Greatest Metallica Bassist

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This should be a no-brainer.

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1. Les Claypool.....wait....he failed the audition.........who else is there?

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2. There's Cliff, the guy before Cliff,

and the two guys after Cliff.

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3. I'm not familiar with the non-Cliffs

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4. In fact, I heard Primus' cover of "The Thing that Should Not Be"

On the way to work this morning. That's what inspired this poll.

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5. IIRC he didn't "fail" the audition

He was too good for the band. Theres a pretty hilarious james comment about his audition which I'm not recalling enough to relate.

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7. They made a wise choice.

I think if they hired Claypool, too many fans would have viewed him as "Cliff's replacement," especially with his abilities and quirky image. It seems as if they were going for a completely different style of bass player when they hired Newsted. He's not a bad bassist, but he doesn't hold a candle to Cliff. Few do.

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6. "I love Cliff Burton"

at least that's what I wrote in everybody's yearbook my Freshman Year of High School

I can still play most of "Anestesia (Pulling Teeth)" on my bass.