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:mad: Guitarist Jeff Hanneman of Slayer has passed away. He was 49. According to a report on CNN.com, the cause was liver failure. Rest in peace. I just got home and heard this for the first time. I'm in shock. Yes, he had problems. The rest of us do... If you enjoy his music, play some tonight. Thank you. Guitarist Jeff Hanneman, founding member of Slayer, dies - CNN.com
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My buddy sent me the text, Jeff Hanneman died, could't believe what I saw. Earlier that day, I was telling my sister about his bite, and for some odd reasin I said, if anything happened to one of them, you wouldn't see on news. Little did I know, that he was in the process of dying at that monent, very wierd for me. RIP Mr. Hanneman!

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R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman! \m/ you were brilliant
"Were" being the key word there. I'm in no way trying to besmirch his legacy as an influential and marvelous thrash metal guitar player and writer, but the fact is that he simply hasn't been that for over 20 years. I definitely respect Slayer for sticking together for as long as they have and being totally workmanlike with their touring and album pace, but their albums have been sucking for quite some time and they were very disappointing live. Anyway, R.I.P. Jeff, if only you had left us with more masterpieces like Hell Awaits.
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"Were" being the key word there. I'm in no way trying to besmirch his legacy as an influential and marvelous thrash metal guitar player and writer, but the fact is that he simply hasn't been that for over 20 years. I definitely respect Slayer for sticking together for as long as they have and being totally workmanlike with their touring and album pace, but their albums have been sucking for quite some time and they were very disappointing live. Anyway, R.I.P. Jeff, if only you had left us with more masterpieces like Hell Awaits.
His passing is sad but Slayer is the better for it. He'll never be able to fuck their shows up again. I have a hard time feeling sorry for his passing since he hadn't recorded anything since about 88 minus his "solos". That's a bit of an insult as both a recording musician and a fan. He did help write some killer songs but that was in Slayers formative years.
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His passing is sad but Slayer is the better for it. He'll never be able to fuck their shows up again. I have a hard time feeling sorry for his passing since he hadn't recorded anything since about 88 minus his "solos". That's a bit of an insult as both a recording musician and a fan. He did help write some killer songs but that was in Slayers formative years.
It would be pretty fucked up for Slayer to continue on without both him and Lombardo. I know that they've done so without Lombardo before, but he's not only the best drummer that they've ever had, but their stuff without him wasn't exactly great. I've heard that Gary Holt of Exodus is filling in for the tour that they have booked, but I'm hoping that they don't continue to release shitty albums without him to fuck up his legacy. If he really hadn't recorded anything since '88, he was the smart one, do the tour for the money and don't put your name on the crap albums.
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