From the Attic: Two gig posters from 1983. Remembering Cliff Burton January 10th 1962 - September 27th 1986 R.I.P.

I still remember the moment I found out Cliff had died.  A friend called out from his window while on my way to school with the news as I passed his house.  I was only in grade 7 and had never really experienced death on any level.  So when I found out one of my heroes had fallen, I was shocked, I was stunned, I was confused that someone so young and who seemed so invincible and powerful could die.  I just remember thinking Metallica was over...  and to some people the band did indeed die that day as well.

In tribute on the anniversary of his passing, I bring you the flyer for his second gig ever with Metallica (Culprit and Warning opened), followed by the awesome poster for his 5th and 6th shows while supporting Venom.

The Stone flyer is one of the few items in my collection that I must admit, I am not 100% convinced that it is authentic.  Even though I got this from a well known collector, I believe that someone may have copied an original years ago as many I have seen have the same rip in the same bottom left corner (perhaps to hide a rip on the original that showed up in the copy?)  Anyway, I can't be totally certain without seeing another one in person, but beware if buying one of these out in the wild.  Gladly I can say the Venom one is 100% the real deal.