Photos
The stone was replaced on the 28:th of november. Here are some new shots of the memorial stone.

The uncovering of the memorialstone, september 30, 2006

Movie clips
The uncovering of the memorialstone, 2006 September 30.

Articles


"'Memorial stone dedicated to former bass player, Cliff Burton, unveiled.'
In Connection with the 20th anniversary of Cliff's death (i.e. 27th September), on Saturday 30th September, the special memorial stone, created by Manuel Pino, was placed close to the site of the accident and uncovered at 17:00 CET."
metallica.com 2006 October 20

Tony from Vårgårda honours Cliff Burton with memorial stone (in Swedish)
Swedish Newspaper Alingsås Tidning, 2006 October 09

"We would never have written guitar harmonies or instrumental songs, or songs with very complicated melodies and orchestrations without Cliff, says James Hetfield of Metallica over the phone from the bands headquarters in San Fransisco."
Read the whole interview with James, 2006 October 05
Swedish Newspaper, Dagens Nyheter 2006 October 05 (in Swedish)

"'Remembering Cliff'
This was surely a trip to remember. Three Metalli-Crazed friends from Norway travelled to the crash-site near the Swedish town of Ljungby to honor and respect the memory of Cliff Burton. We were there at the exact moment where Cliff died 20 years ago!"
encycmet.com 2006 October 03

Many honoured Metallica's Cliff Burton (in Swedish)
Swedish Newspaper, Småläningen 2006 October 1

Fans mourn the Metallica star (in swedish)
Swedish Newspaper Kvällsposten/Expressen 2006 September 28

The fans are there when memorial stone is unveiled at the site of the accident (in Swedish)
Swedish Newspaper, Smålandsposten 2006 September 27

With Cliff Metallica was able to change the hard rock genre (in Swedish)
Swedish Newspaper, Smålandsposten 2006 September 27

Hard rockers honour the memory of Cliff Burton (in swedish)
Swedish Television SVT 2006 September 27

Memorial stone to be erected over dead bass player (in Swedish)
Swedish Radio SR 2006 September 27

Memorial stone for Metallica's bass player in Ljungby (in Swedish)
Swedish Newspaper Kvällsposten/Expressen 2006 September 27

Twenty years ago somce Cliff Burton died near Ljungby (in Swedish)
Swedish Television TV4 2006 September 27

The dead bass player gets memorial stone in Dörarp (in swedish)
Swedish Newspaper Aftonbladet 2004 May 30

Audio
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