

GUESS I'LL HAVE TO CHANGE
MY WAY OF LIVING
DON'T WANNA REALLY KNOW
THE WAY I FEEL


GUESS I'LL HAVE TO CHANGE
MY WAY OF LIVING
DON'T WANNA REALLY KNOW
THE WAY I FEEL

Clifford Lee Burton
(February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986)
was an
American musician
who served as
the bassist
for the heavy metal band
from 1982
until his death in 1986.
He is renowned for his
musicianship and influence.
Burton's early musical ventures
include performing in bands
such as
EZ-Street
and
Agents of Misfortune,
and frequently collaborating
with guitarist
Jim Martin.
He was discovered by
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
while performing in
Los Angeles,
who asked him to
replace bassist
Ron McGovney
in Metallica.
After the release of
their first two albums
Kill 'Em All
(1983)
and
Ride the Lightning
(1984),
Burton and Metallica
achieved their
worldwide breakthrough
with
Master of Puppets
(1986),
often cited as both
the band's
best work
and one of the
best metal albums.
While touring in 1986
to support
Master of Puppets,
Burton died
following a bus crash
in Sweden.
He received posthumous
writing credits on
...And Justice for All
(1988)
for the song
"To Live Is to Die"
He was posthumously
inducted to the
Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
as a member of
Metallica
in 2009.
He also appeared
in a 2011
reader poll from
Rolling Stone
recognizing the
greatest bassists
Of All Time

Bradley Kirk Arnold
(September 27, 1978 – February 7, 2026)
was an
American
singer-songwriter
and musician
who was
the lead vocalist
and a
founding member
of the
Mississippi-based
rock band
Arnold was born
September 27, 1978
and grew up in
Escatawpa, Mississippi.
He wrote
3 Doors Down's
breakout hit single,
"Kryptonite",
in high school
during math class
at age 15.
Arnold was a
founding member of
3 Doors Down.
He was the band's
lead singer
and former
drummer.
Formed in 1996
the band is known
for the hit songs
"Kryptonite",
"Here Without You",
and
"When I'm Gone".
Both
"Kryptonite"
and
"When I'm Gone"
received
Grammy nominations.
The band's
first studio album,
The Better Life,
was released in
February 2000
and went on to be
certified 7× platinum.
Released in April
of that year,
the single
"Kryptonite"
reached
number three
on the charts
and became
the band's
breakout hit.
Away from the Sun,
the band's
second studio album
, was released in
November 2002
and peaked at
number eight
on the charts.
It went platinum
within two months
of release
and eventually
went multi-platinum.
The band's third
studio album,
2005's
Seventeen Days,
debuted at No. 1
on the Billboard 200
and has been
certified platinum.
3 Doors Down
released their
self-titled
fourth album on
May 20, 2008.
It debuted at No. 1
on the Billboard 200,
selling 154,000 copies
in its first week.
It became the band's
second consecutive
No. 1 album
on the chart after
Seventeen Days,
as well their
fourth album
to reach the Top Ten.
In 2009,
3 Doors Down,
along with
The Soul Children of Chicago,
released the song
"In the Presence of the Lord"
on the compilation album
Oh Happy Day:
An All-Star Music Celebration.
In 2009,
the band
recorded a
Christmas song called
"Where My Christmas Lives",
which was the first
Christmas song
Arnold had written.
3 Doors Down
released their
fifth studio album,
Time of My Life,
on
July 19, 2011.
Their first
greatest hits album
was released on
November 19, 2012.
On January 19, 2017,
3 Doors Down
performed at the
pre-presidential
inauguration concert
of U.S.
President-elect
Donald Trump.
Arnold told
TMZ
that he was
"proud"
to perform
and that he thought
it would be a
"good experience".
In 2020,
Arnold released a
single entitled "
Wicked Man"
as a solo artist
Arnold was a
recovering alcoholic
who stopped drinking
in 2016.
On May 7, 2025,
Arnold announced that
he had been diagnosed
with Stage IV clear cell
renal cell carcinoma
that had metastasized
to his lung.
Despite the severity
of the diagnosis,
Arnold stated
that he had
"no fear".
Arnold died in his sleep
from renal cancer on
February 7, 2026,
at the age of 47.
The news was confirmed
by his family
and the
remaining members
of the band
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan
(born February 5, 1964)
is an
American musician.
He was the bassist
of hard rock band
for twelve years,
with whom he
achieved
worldwide success
in the late 1980s
and early 1990s.
McKagan
rejoined the band
in 2016,
following their
induction
into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Toward the end of his
first tenure with
Guns N' Roses,
McKagan released
the solo album
Believe in Me
(1993)
and formed
the short-lived
supergroup
Neurotic Outsiders.
Following his departure
from
Guns N' Roses
in 1997,
McKagan briefly
reunited with his
pre-success
Seattle punk band
10 Minute Warning,
before forming
the hard rock band
Loaded,
in which he performs
lead vocals
and rhythm guitar.
Between 2002 and 2008,
he played bass
in the supergroup
Velvet Revolver
with his former
Guns N' Roses
bandmates
Slash
and
Matt Sorum.
He briefly performed with
Alice in Chains in 2006,
with
Jane's Addiction
in 2010,
and with
the supergroup
Hollywood Vampires
in 2016.
He has also
collaborated
in several
short-lived projects
with fellow
Seattle-native musicians
Mike McCready
(primarily of Pearl Jam)
and Barrett Martin
(formerly of Screaming Trees),
including
Walking Papers
and
Levee Walkers.
In addition to
his musical career,
McKagan has
established himself
as a writer.
He has written
weekly columns on
a wide variety of topics for
SeattleWeekly.com,
Playboy.com,
and
ESPN.com.
Bradley Kirk Arnold (September 27, 1978 – February 7, 2026) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who was the lead vocali...