RIP Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
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scoobyfreak10 said:
The Nur said:
R.I.P Jeff
At least he has Dime to party with, eh?
Good callAt least he has Dime to party with, eh?
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Extremely sad day, to hear this news. I literally could not believe it when my friend told me at work today, I had not checked Facebook this morning so I hadn't seen the news. I was even wearing a Slayer t shirt at the time!
I think I knew in my heart that Jeff would not return to the touring band full time after the bite and the infection, as your arms need to be in great shape to play a Slayer song, let alone a full set, ontop of the gruelling rigour of actually being on a tour anyway. I had always hoped that he would get back into the studio or at least help them write. I always thought the best Slayer songs came from Jeff, and Jeff and the band as a whole were a big influence on my journey through metal. When I was first getting into metal about 14 or so years ago, I remember hearing all this hype about certain metal bands of the past, and their best albums. I then remember hearing those albums and thinking they sucked, and were totally over-rated. "Reign In Blood" always got rave reviews, so I bought it thinking it might be more of the same. WRONG. It was everything people said it was and more.
You always knew where you were at with a Slayer record, there was no pretense, no pomp, just a 30 minute punch in the face every time you pressed play.
A lot of kids these days think they are too cool for Slayer, but there is no denying that if you listen to or play honest, brutal metal in 2013 you owe a huge debt to Slayer, and to Jeff. Slayer raised the bar for speed and brutality and paved the way for extreme metal.
Reign in peace, Jeff.
I think I knew in my heart that Jeff would not return to the touring band full time after the bite and the infection, as your arms need to be in great shape to play a Slayer song, let alone a full set, ontop of the gruelling rigour of actually being on a tour anyway. I had always hoped that he would get back into the studio or at least help them write. I always thought the best Slayer songs came from Jeff, and Jeff and the band as a whole were a big influence on my journey through metal. When I was first getting into metal about 14 or so years ago, I remember hearing all this hype about certain metal bands of the past, and their best albums. I then remember hearing those albums and thinking they sucked, and were totally over-rated. "Reign In Blood" always got rave reviews, so I bought it thinking it might be more of the same. WRONG. It was everything people said it was and more.
You always knew where you were at with a Slayer record, there was no pretense, no pomp, just a 30 minute punch in the face every time you pressed play.
A lot of kids these days think they are too cool for Slayer, but there is no denying that if you listen to or play honest, brutal metal in 2013 you owe a huge debt to Slayer, and to Jeff. Slayer raised the bar for speed and brutality and paved the way for extreme metal.
Reign in peace, Jeff.
Mastodon2 said:
Extremely sad day, to hear this news. I literally could not believe it when my friend told me at work today, I had not checked Facebook this morning so I hadn't seen the news. I was even wearing a Slayer t shirt at the time!
I think I knew in my heart that Jeff would not return to the touring band full time after the bite and the infection, as your arms need to be in great shape to play a Slayer song, let alone a full set, ontop of the gruelling rigour of actually being on a tour anyway. I had always hoped that he would get back into the studio or at least help them write. I always thought the best Slayer songs came from Jeff, and Jeff and the band as a whole were a big influence on my journey through metal. When I was first getting into metal about 14 or so years ago, I remember hearing all this hype about certain metal bands of the past, and their best albums. I then remember hearing those albums and thinking they sucked, and were totally over-rated. "Reign In Blood" always got rave reviews, so I bought it thinking it might be more of the same. WRONG. It was everything people said it was and more.
You always knew where you were at with a Slayer record, there was no pretense, no pomp, just a 30 minute punch in the face every time you pressed play.
A lot of kids these days think they are too cool for Slayer, but there is no denying that if you listen to or play honest, brutal metal in 2013 you owe a huge debt to Slayer, and to Jeff. Slayer raised the bar for speed and brutality and paved the way for extreme metal.
Reign in peace, Jeff.
Superb write up, good manI think I knew in my heart that Jeff would not return to the touring band full time after the bite and the infection, as your arms need to be in great shape to play a Slayer song, let alone a full set, ontop of the gruelling rigour of actually being on a tour anyway. I had always hoped that he would get back into the studio or at least help them write. I always thought the best Slayer songs came from Jeff, and Jeff and the band as a whole were a big influence on my journey through metal. When I was first getting into metal about 14 or so years ago, I remember hearing all this hype about certain metal bands of the past, and their best albums. I then remember hearing those albums and thinking they sucked, and were totally over-rated. "Reign In Blood" always got rave reviews, so I bought it thinking it might be more of the same. WRONG. It was everything people said it was and more.
You always knew where you were at with a Slayer record, there was no pretense, no pomp, just a 30 minute punch in the face every time you pressed play.
A lot of kids these days think they are too cool for Slayer, but there is no denying that if you listen to or play honest, brutal metal in 2013 you owe a huge debt to Slayer, and to Jeff. Slayer raised the bar for speed and brutality and paved the way for extreme metal.
Reign in peace, Jeff.
I'm gutted by this - even more it seems as each day passes.
I too found Slayer via their Reign in Blood album and was simply captivated by their unique style. A few years later, when they toured after releasing South of Heaven, I was lucky enough to see them live and, to this day, have never seen their performance bettered. I have a pretty diverse musical taste and, in the intervening years have been to a lot of live performances, some of which, perhaps were close equals, but nothing has been better for the mix of precision (very few 'bands' can faithfully recreate their studio sound), energy and atmosphere.
Hanneman and King worked almost seamlessly with the lead guitar roles and, for my money, there are few things of such haunting beauty as a Hanneman guitar solo.
Sorry I'm a bit late to the thread, but I couldn't not contribute respect here.
I too found Slayer via their Reign in Blood album and was simply captivated by their unique style. A few years later, when they toured after releasing South of Heaven, I was lucky enough to see them live and, to this day, have never seen their performance bettered. I have a pretty diverse musical taste and, in the intervening years have been to a lot of live performances, some of which, perhaps were close equals, but nothing has been better for the mix of precision (very few 'bands' can faithfully recreate their studio sound), energy and atmosphere.
Hanneman and King worked almost seamlessly with the lead guitar roles and, for my money, there are few things of such haunting beauty as a Hanneman guitar solo.
Sorry I'm a bit late to the thread, but I couldn't not contribute respect here.
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