One house was destroyed Destroying and a second house damaged Damaging along Cliff Drive after 60 people were evacuated Emptying from the area .

In late 1983 , auditions were held Hold and Irons was quickly replaced Change by Cliff Martinez , best known Know for his work Employment with The Weirdos , The Dickies and Captain Beefheart .

Slovak was replaced Change_of_leadership by Jack Sherman while Irons was replaced Removing by Cliff Martinez .

Hetfield , Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett had discussed Communication firing Lars Ulrich upon completion of the tour , but plans were set Placing aside upon the death Death of Burton on September 27 , 1986 in a tour bus accident Catastrophe near Ljungby , Sweden while en route from Stockholm to Copenhagen , Denmark .