Talkin' Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-@ssed Audiobook D.X. Ferris

May 2, 2013... a day that will live in infamy. Talkin' Slayer is back, to commemorate the 11th anniversary of Jeff Hanneman's untimely, shocking demise. One of the listeners asked if Jeff actively retreated from his dominant creative role in the band, following the disappointing reception of 1998's Diabolus in Musica. That's a good question. So we get into it, using some old facts and new statistics.
The part of the podcast where author D.X. Ferris reads his Slayer band biography is over. For now. But stay tuned... Slayer is back. And Kerry King's solo album and tour about are nearly ready to go. So you'll have things you want to talk about. And I will too.
If you haven't yet, please take a minute to answer two Slayer surveys — and tell some friends. They're all multiple choice questions. It's fast and easy. Pass it around. The more the better. Don't let the Slayer Nation think your favorite album suxx!
1) The Slaytanic Survey (Round 2): Please tell us about your favorite songs and albums. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7YRH76S
2) The OTHER Slayantic Survey (Round 1): Who is Slayer's MVP? What was their best tour? Do you see the reunion coming? What's your LEAST favorite record? And...? Tell us here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S9729MV
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Watch the first Kerry King video here: “Residue.”
https://youtu.be/2fALV3X9jB4?si=uq1TIATm0Z1DHwPj
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Take TWO Slayer surveys if you have a couple minutes, please. They're simple, it's fast... all you have to do is click answers for nine questions in each survey.

1) The Slaytanic Survey (Round 2): Please tell us about your favorite songs and albums. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7YRH76S

2) The OTHER Slayantic Survey (Round 1): Who is Slayer's MVP? What was their best tour? Do you see the reunion coming? What's your LEAST favorite record? And...? Tell us here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S9729MV

Today's topic is the end of Slayer's Final World Tour (TM)... That and the leadup to & aftermath following the band's hazy demise. Slayer existed opaquely, and it perished opaquely. Here is what we know.

This was once the final chapter in the epic saga of Slayer.

But now it's not.

However... today's episode is the end for most listeners, but not for all. Support the show and never miss an episode. Sign up at Patreon.com/SlayerBook .

Regardless, don't cancel that subscription. There is more to come in the next few months...

VIRTUAL TIP JAR:

Season 1 is almost done, and we are passing the hat. Following are links to support the show — and, in return, you can get things like bonus episodes, the audiobook edit of the show, CARVE SLAYER stickers, and more:

1) Make a one-time donation via ko-fi.com/slayerbook. You can make a one-time payment with PayPal, Venmo, or a credit card.

2) Same deal: You can PayPal Team Ferris some gratitude at paypal.me/slayerbook.

3) If you want to sign up as a monthly supporter for the final episodes, and maybe stay on board for Season 2 In the Abyss: All-Killer-Zero-Filler Reruns... you can learn more at Patreon.com/SlayerBook.

And/or buy Ferris' books at 6623Press.com.

DEEZ NOTES, as referenced in the show:

"Fortified With Ashes," the title track of the lastest EP by Talkin' Slayer house band Chupacabra. This is the non-Slayer tune that pops up about midway thru.

https://chupacabrametal.bandcamp.com/track/fortified-with-ashes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvb380cJwLg

Select citations and endnotes from chapter 66.6: “It’s Over, Johnny.”

666-1. “Here Is the Setlist for Slayer's Final Show.” Kerrang online. December 1, 2019. https://www.kerrang.com/here-is-the-setlist-for-slayers-final-show

666-2. YouTube has plenty of great video from the final concert. These clips of the end are my favorites:

“Slayer - last concert Los Angeles - Angel of Death & Slayer says Goodbye.” It’s shaky yet awesome amateur footage from the front row. Posted 1 December 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1YfWHIjBOg

“Angel of Death (FINAL SONG / FAREWELL SPEECH).” Zoomed footage from the cheap seats. Posted 1 December 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5pkbA1t2E4

666-6. Araya first posted the image of the classic Slayer lineup with Trump on Trump’s inauguration day, 20 January 2017. Over 100,000 fans liked the first post. That initial post soon disappeared. The second Trump photo stands at an untitled Instagram post, on the official Slayer account, @slayerbandofficial, 24 January 2017, which identified it as from being from Tom: https://www.instagram.com/p/BPqUjICAi8d/

Araya explained, “I thought it was funny,” followed by language with a conservative bent: “I was amazed at the comments about the picture. Some positive. Some negative. More amazing was in 2 hours there was 10,000 likes. I never would have guessed that there where so many snowflakes commenting their distaste for the new president. Woke up the next morning and found someone had deleted the post. Can someone please explain why?”

This quotation features Araya’s post with modified grammar and punctuation, for clarity and courtesy.

Keep in mind: In Slayer’s 1996 cover of 80s punk nugget “Superficial Love,” Tom changed an anti-Reagan line to “President Clinton can suck my motherf@ckin’ d!ck” — which he’s allowed to do. And while I’m defending his right to voice his opinions, let’s also

Another long one. It's a full hour. Three topics this week: 1) A book report about Tom's sister's history of her family -- mostly her dad and brother. 2) An annotated list of some other Slayer-related material. And 3) a deep meditation on the pagan significance of the Slayer Leprechaun. Seriously.
Two weeks ago: We looked at the beginning of Slayer's life after Jeff.
Last week: Patreon listeners received 2.5 hours of content. First a report about the Relentless "Final World Tour." And then they got a long breakdown of -- and commentary on -- Kerry King's Rolling Stone interview by Kory Grow.
Next week: The Slaytanic Survey... Which albums and songs are fan favorites? Tune in and find out. Then two or three more episodes, and the show is over. For now.
VIRTUAL TIP JAR:
The show is almost done, and we are passing the hat. Following are links to support the show -- and, in return, you can get things like bonus episodes, the audiobook edit of the show (when it's done, which will be soon), CARVE SLAYER stickers, and more:
1) Make a one-time donation via ko-fi.com/slayerbook. You can make a one-time payment with PayPal, Venmo, or a credit card.
2) Same deal: You can PayPal Ferris at paypal.me/slayerbook.
3) If you want to sign up as a monthly supporter for the final episodes and maybe stay on board for Season 2 In the Abyss: All-Killer-Zero-Filler Reruns... you can learn more at Patreon.com/SlayerBook.
And/or buy Ferris' books at 6623Press.com.
DEEZ NOTES, as referenced in the show:
Slayer photo book, both editions. Portraits of Slayer, Words by David Ling. https://www.rufuspublications.com/rufusbooks/slayer/
Araya, Jeanette. Bloodline: The Araya Story. Revised first edition: 2015, p. 8. Archway Publishing. Bloomington, Indiana. 116 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Books-Jeanette-Araya/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJeanette+Araya Patricio Jara. Slayer: Read In Blood (1986-2016): 30 Años Del Clasico De Slayer. Chile: Planeta. 2016. 172 pages.
Mehling, Shane. “Meet the Man Who Carved ‘Slayer’ Into His Flesh.” September 6, 2016. Clrvynt. Archived at http://clrvynt.com/slayer-michael-meyer/
“A Tribute to Jeff Hanneman, Written by Dave Lombardo.” By Dave Lombardo, as told to Dave Everley. Metal Hammer (online). 25 September 2018. https://www.loudersound.com/features/a-tribute-to-jeff-hanneman-written-by-dave-lombardo
Divita, Joe. “Here’s Over An Hour Of Pantera Jamming With Slayer’s Kerry King.” Loudwire (online). 26 September 2018. At Loudwire.com. https://loudwire.com/pantera-jamming-slayer-kerry-king-video/
“PANTERA with KERRY KING. 1989.05.18 (Hangin Out & Rehearsals).” Video posted by Concert Matrix Reloaded Nov 27, 2013 at YouTube. Three segments from May 18-20, 1989 in Fort. Worth, TX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suk_80ittN4

About the show:
Talkin' Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-@ssed Audiobook is an audio adaptation of D.X. Ferris' book Slayer 66 & 2/3: A Band Biography (2024 Update, the REBORN Edition). This illustrated, exhaustively researched rock book features many cool photos, 2 appendices (3 in ebook), and over 400 citations/endnotes. Ferris also wrote the 33 1/3 book about Reign in Blood.

Talkin' Slayer, Episode 45... Repentless & the Retirement Announcement

Today’s topics are 1. Slayer’s final (?) album. And 2. whether or not the band actually SAID they were totally retiring and would never play again when they announced a "final world tour," way back in 2018.

The weekly podcast Talkin' Slayer has four more episodes left, folks. And free listeners only hear half of those. To get every episode, including the ones you missed, sign up at ⁠⁠Patreon.com/Slayerbook⁠⁠. Packages start at less than $1 per episode.

DEEZ NOTES

"Atrocity Vendor," original 2010 version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TTQmnehJM

"Atrocity Vendor," 2015 version from Repentless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIYbtDgoxGE

"Piano Wire," Jeff's last contribution to the catalog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvRWOCygwNY

Slayer, "Implode," early version from 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0gVs_UcxKY&list=RDk0gVs_UcxKY&start_radio=1

Slayer, album version of "Implode": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdHP5jiR4D0

"You Against You" unofficial lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuHHaSt-d8 Once again,

Kerry on Dave's final, fireable offense: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BEhzyPUVoBY

"You Against You" soundcheck live from Chicago's Riviera, 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4LLs7O5Q_I

Official interview with the band... Gary Holt about Repentless, what he played, and how he played it. Plus the rest of the band on recruiting Gary. Includes some succinct, emotional commentary from Tom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c332223oass

Metal Hammer's Slayer: The Repentless Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdYkCUp14EY

Loudwire talks to Tom about pros and cons of touring:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_r8uIqPyI8

Dean Delray talks retirement tours and Slayer on this week's Let There Be Talk, at the 30:00 minute mark:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTS7TBsUYUJ6PQwDeVdWG?si=Hw5lVkS3RsedUV0RMDp5jQ

The Talkin' Slayer podcast program show is written, deeply researched, lightly edited, and mostly rehearsed, with some production value.

Host D.X. Ferris is an award-winning writer. He has worked for Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, The AV Club, and Decibel magazine. He is a fan. He has opinions. He is the author of something like nine books, depending how you count them. Two are about Slayer. The first one is an entire book about the classic thrash album Reign in Blood, which is part of the fairly prestigious 33 1/3 book series.

His bigger Slayer book, though, is the 2023 update of the full-on band biography "Slayer 66 & 2/3: A Metal Band Biography, POSTMORTEM Edition." (This is the third edition; it was previously known as "Slayer 66 & 2/3: The Jeff and Dave Years....").

And that book is mostly what he'll be talking about when we're talkin' Slayer. Most episodes are audio adaptations of chapters from that book. Some have original and/or bonus material.

Ferris' Slayer books at Amazon: 

⁠SlayerBio.com

BREAKING NEWS: SLAYER WILL REUNITE FOR LIVE SHOWS

Listen for the deets AND the 'tails.

This week: Four chapters, one topic... We’re talkin’ Jeff. We’re talkin’ postmortem. We’re talking about tributes to the late, great Jeff Hanneman – the soul of Slayer and the true artist behind the band. One them was, according to Metal Injection's Johnny Orlando Jr., "the loudest memorial service I’ve ever attended, and the first one to break out into a massive mosh pit.”

The weekly podcast Talkin' Slayer has six more episodes left, folks. And free listeners only hear half of those. To get every episode, including the ones you missed, sign up at Patreon.com/Slayerbook. Packages start at less than $1 per episode.

DEEZ NOTEZ

Chapter 55. Postmortem Interlude II: 11 Top Memorial Tributes to Hanneman

11. Jucifer's Gazelle Amber Valentine's tweets: https://web.archive.org/web/20160703054518/https://twitter.com/_JUCIFER_/status/330081179657199616 

10. Yardley, William. “Jeff Hanneman, Guitarist, Dies at 49.” The New York Times: https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095606/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/arts/music/jeff-hanneman-guitarist-for-slayer-dies-at-49.html 

9. Iann Robinson, . “RIP: Jeff Hanneman of Slayer Dead at 49.” Crave. https://web.archive.org/web/20130507130755/http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/494031-rip-jeff-hanneman-of-Slayer-dead-at-49 

8. Skolnick, Alex. “Remembering Jeff Hanneman: 1964 – 2013.” 6 May 2013. Premier Guitar online. https://web.archive.org/web/20130902093711/http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Remembering_Jeff_Hanneman_1964_2013 

7. Lombardo, Dave. Facebook post. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=477342499003620&set=a.125439164193957.23902.124433877627819&type=1 

6. Abrams, Howie. “Honoring Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman.” Myspace. Not available. The internet is a terrible place to park content, folks — especially MySpace... whoops; Myspace.

5. Christe, Ian. “R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman 1964–2013.” Bazillion Points blog. http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2013/05/02/r-i-p-jeff-hanneman-1964-2013/ 

4. Kerry King has moment of noise for Jeff Hanneman at the Revolver's Golden Gods awards. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qQtYBSMOBVo

3. The LA Kings. See Krgin, Borivoj. “Los Angeles Kings Hockey Team Pays Tribute To Fallen Slayer Guitarist.” Blabbermouth. https://blabbermouth.net/news/los-angeles-kings-hockey-team-pays-tribute-to-fallen-slayer-guitarist 

2. Norton, Justin M. “Jeff Hanneman: 1964-2013.” [Decibel] Deciblog. 3 May 2013. http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/jeff-hanneman-1964-2013/ 

Norton also wrote a distinct, excellent profile of Hanneman as part of Decibel’s long tribute to Hanneman: “The Life and Legacy of Jeff Hanneman” in issue no. 105, July 2013. The stories aren’t available online, but the magazine is available for purchase at DecibelMagazine.com.

1. Flynn, Robb. “Jeff Hanneman.” MachineHead1.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20130702004141/http://machinehead1.com:80/board_posts/jeff-hanneman-memorial-hollywood-palladium 

Chapter 56: Six Things Hanneman Hated. And Six He Liked.

ESP Guitars& Basses. “Jeff Hanneman: 5 Things I Hate." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiA5l3kMp9I&feature=youtu.be 

Howard, Randy. “Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Discusses Gear and Slayer's Beginnings.” Guitar World. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606060055/http://www.guitarworld.com/archive-guitarist-jeff-hanneman-discusses-gear-and-Slayers-beginnings

Chapter 57: The Mosh Memorial

Various video clips from the Hollywood Palladium memorial: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+hanneman+memorial%2C+hollywood+palladium 

Metal Injection, hosted by Johnny Orlando Jr. “Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman Memorial Recap: WBC No-Shows, Friends Speak, Circlepits Erupt” video report, with subsequent links to video inside and outside the service, including speakers. http://www.metalinjection.net/show-recap/Slayers-jeff-hanneman-memorial-recap-wbc-no-shows-friends-speak-circlepits-erupt 

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