https://realrocklab.com/people/jason-newsted/Recent content in Jason Newsted on Real Rock LabHugoen-usWed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://realrocklab.com/cliff-burton-bus-crash-at-40-the-metallica/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://realrocklab.com/cliff-burton-bus-crash-at-40-the-metallica/<p><em>Every retrospective of 27 September 1986 tells the story from the swapped bunk. Aidan Mullen was sleeping directly above Cliff Burton, went through the same window, and told it on a podcast in August 2026.</em></p> <h2 id="the-scene-everyone-knows-minus-one-person">The scene everyone knows, minus one person</h2> <p>The bunk story is the one part of that night every <a href="https://realrocklab.com/bands/metallica/">Metallica</a> fan can recite. The band picked sleeping spots on the tour bus in Stockholm, <a href="https://realrocklab.com/people/cliff-burton/">Cliff Burton</a> won the choice, took <a href="https://realrocklab.com/people/kirk-hammett/">Kirk Hammett</a>&rsquo;s bunk, and Kirk went to sleep at the front. A few hours later the bus went over and Cliff was dead at 24.</p>