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From Slayers facebook:

Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home. Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael and Larry, and will be sorely missed. Our Brother Jeff Hanneman, May He Rest In Peace (1964 - 2013)
May he rest in peace.
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Um, I posted another thread about it, before I realized this one had been updated. Sorry. If anyone wants to edit or merge the other thread, that's fine with me. I've been listening to Slayer for a long time and I feel like I got punched. Dang. :(

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Yep, Slayer's shirts just don't really do it for me. There are tons of bands that I love, but will not wear band tshirts from because I don't like the layout and/or designs. I'm pretty picky when it comes to my tshirts, and while I wouldn't say that I have any specific criteria, there's definitely something that I can't really describe that draws me to some shirts versus others. Oh well, I guess that's why they make different shirts with different artwork, maybe one day I'll find some that I dig from bands like Slayer.

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Yep' date=' Slayer's shirts just don't really do it for me. There are tons of bands that I love, but will not wear band tshirts from because I don't like the layout and/or designs. I'm pretty picky when it comes to my tshirts, and while I wouldn't say that I have any specific criteria, there's definitely something that I can't really describe that draws me to some shirts versus others. Oh well, I guess that's why they make different shirts with different artwork, maybe one day I'll find some that I dig from bands like Slayer.[/quote'] Yeah, I'm picky too. I don't like getting shirts that come from an album I don't like, or that use a logo employed from an early period, or ones that have too much on the back. Having long hair means that whatever it says on this back is not going to be particularly visible. I also hate it when a band shirt seems excessively unclear, because that sort of defeats the point...
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I only just heard about this - I had no idea he was in such poor health? A fucking awful day for metal as a whole. A true legend taken far too young. One of the true influences on me growing up musically. Slayer night tonight. RIP Jeff Hanneman.
Yes - it may have had something to do with the spider bite he suffered back in 2011. They say it was poisonous and/or infected, and maybe he never shook off the effects of that. (I am not a nurse or anything, just my thoughts on it.) It is a shame. Not even 50... A lot of Slayer turned up on my Spotify and Last.fm playlists today too.
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There already appears to be allegations that he had become alcoholic - from The Gauntlet: "Jeff was drinking Heineken and vodka for breakfast, lunch and dinner up until a few months ago. The spider bite was no longer an issue with him, it was his drinking. He just never stopped. It is such a sad day for metal. He was Slayer."

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There already appears to be allegations that he had become alcoholic - from The Gauntlet: "Jeff was drinking Heineken and vodka for breakfast, lunch and dinner up until a few months ago. The spider bite was no longer an issue with him, it was his drinking. He just never stopped. It is such a sad day for metal. He was Slayer."
Okay then. Wish he had gotten some help. :(
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My former guitar teacher was a roadie/touring member of the thrash metal band Hallows Eve in the 80's. He said that they had toured with Slayer on the South of Heaven tour, and told me that Jeff was the only guy that wasn't a complete douche to them. I commented in one of the other threads that at least he had pretty much run out of steam musically, as opposed to dying while he was still in his prime and writing some excellent material, but that's not to say that it isn't sad that he's gone. He definitely had a lot of influence on a lot of guitar players, and was a part of some of the finest metal albums ever back in the 80's.

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My former guitar teacher was a roadie/touring member of the thrash metal band Hallows Eve in the 80's. He said that they had toured with Slayer on the South of Heaven tour' date=' and told me that Jeff was the only guy that wasn't a complete douche to them. I commented in one of the other threads that at least he had pretty much run out of steam musically, as opposed to dying while he was still in his prime and writing some excellent material, but that's not to say that it isn't sad that he's gone. He definitely had a lot of influence on a lot of guitar players, and was a part of some of the finest metal albums ever back in the 80's.[/quote'] Definitely the driving talent in their early days. He wrote 50% of RIB lyrics and guitar wise. He did about 40% of Hell Awaits and Show No Mercy too. Granted his other major contributions (Diablous In Musica & World Painted Blood) are certainly not something to be as appreciative of but his earlier stuff more than makes up for it.
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Definitely the driving talent in their early days. He wrote 50% of RIB lyrics and guitar wise. He did about 40% of Hell Awaits and Show No Mercy too. Granted his other major contributions (Diablous In Musica & World Painted Blood) are certainly not something to be as appreciative of but his earlier stuff more than makes up for it.
Anybody that knows me knows that my position on Reign in Blood is that it's far from the masterpiece that it's made out to be and is very overrated, though still a good album. The reason for this is because despite the underdeveloped song snippets in the middle of the album, it starts with Angel of Death and ends with Raining Blood, which I read in an article regarding his death that Hanneman had a big hand in writing. Even if this wasn't the case though, his earlier contributions would easily make up for the crap they did later, Hell Awaits and Show No Mercy are two of the best metal albums to ever come from America.
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Hell Awaits and Show No Mercy are two of the best metal albums to ever come from America.
I think it's also important note the influence "Live Undead/Haunting The Chapel" (should be other way round technically as seperate releases) had in their development. They sat between the debut and "Hell Awaits" and are correctly described as a "stepping stone" from their early sound to the sonic brilliance of "Hell Awaits".
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https://twitter.com/TheDaveLombardo Dave's reaction to the news, from his Twitter posts: "I'm deeply saddened shocked and speechless. It's difficult for me to write my feelings at this moment. My heart goes out to #KathyHanneman." (May 3) "With every hand I had to shake and every picture I had to take a sadness loomed inside of me. Jeff Hanneman, I'm going to miss you." (May 4)
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I think it's also important note the influence "Live Undead/Haunting The Chapel" (should be other way round technically as seperate releases) had in their development. They sat between the debut and "Hell Awaits" and are correctly described as a "stepping stone" from their early sound to the sonic brilliance of "Hell Awaits".
Both are also excellent, with Live Undead being one of my favorite live albums. Haunting the Chapel took them from melodic to brutal in a great way, but I still feel that it was overshadowed by the brilliance of the aforementioned full lengths. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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"Westboro Methodist Church to protest at funeral of Jeff Hanneman" so just as they did at the funeral of RJD these scum are planning to protest at Jeff Hanneman's funeral and hurl such abuse as "God tried to save you from this man" and so on. I think they may have chosen the wrong place to try this however having failed to take into account that Kerry King may do something right for once and beat the ever-loving shit out of the lot of these pathetic excuses for human beings

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