He's so good because he played on THE FIRST 3 METALLICA ALBUMS. He's a big part of those albums sound. Kind of the James Hetfield of bass ... or is Hetfield the Cliff Burton of guitar/vocals?
I'm going to get a lot of **** for this. But I don't see why people think Cliff Burton is better than okay. But I'm not going to say he's not, I would like to know why people think he's so good.