Slayer 66 2/3: The Jeff & Dave Years. A Metal Band Biography. (63 page)

Chapter 58:

On the Outside

Chapter 59:

Reborn: The Saga Continues

59-1. Kitts, Jeff. “Reign Maker,” p. 47.

59-2. Dimitris, Kontogeorgakos and Voutiriadou, Maria. “Kerry King (Slayer).”

59-3. Blakk, Nikki. “Mayhem Festival 2012: Slayer's Kerry King.”

59-4. Slayer press release, “Slayer Welcome Paul Bostaph Back to the Fold.” Slayer.net (official band site). 30 May 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

http://www.Slayer.net/us/news/Slayer-welcomes-paul-bostaph-back-fold

59-5. Holt, Gary. Band news update. ExodusAttack.com. 18 May 2005. Archived at Blabbermouth, “Exodus Guitarist: Drummer Paul Bostaph Has Fastest Feet I've Ever Heard,” 18 May 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=36866

59-6. Lombardo, Dave. Tweet. Twitter.com/TheDaveLombardo. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

https://twitter.com/TheDaveLombardo/status/340266936543879168

59-7. Blakk, Nikki. “First Interview With Paul Bostaph As ‘New’ Drummer in Slayer!”
Metal Zone
.

59-8. Rosenberg, Axl. “Slayer and Exodus Merge Into Slexoder; Announce Co-Headlining Tour with Themselves.” This is a joke article. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/05/31/Slayer-and-exodus-merge-into-slexoder-announce-co-headlining-tour-with-themselves/

59-9. Krgin, Borivoj. “Video: Slayer Performs Live For First Time Since Death Of Jeff Hanneman, Return Of Paul Bostaph” report, with embedded concert footage. Blabbermouth. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=190854

59-10. Rosenberg, Axl. “Here’s Video of Slayer’s First Performance Since Dave Lombardo Was Fired and Jeff Hanneman Died.” Commentary, with embedded concert footage. Metal Sucks. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/06/05/heres-video-of-Slayers-first-performance-since-dave-lombardo-was-fired-and-jeff-hanneman-died/

59-11. King, Kerry. “International Day Of Slayer 2013 - Kerry King.” 6 June 2013. Posted on Slayer’s YouTube Channel by user slayer. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcKEOAoRmOo

59-12. Hartmann, Graham Gruhamed. “Exclusive: Slayer Hope to Unveil Never-Before-Heard Jeff Hanneman  Material on Next Album.” Loudwire. 7 October 2013.

http://loudwire.com/exclusive-slayer-never-before-heard-jeff-hanneman-material-next-album/

59-13. For
video of Slayer covering Pantera's "Fucking Hostile," try searching here.

59-14. The Tone King. “Interview w Slayer’s Kerry King on BC Rich Guitars – Backstage Mayhem Fest 2012.” Video interview. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

http://thetoneking.com/wp/interview-w-Slayers-kerry-king-on-bc-rich-guitars-backstage-mayhem-fest-2012-3/

59-15. Ferris, D.X.
Slayer’s
Reign in Blood, p. 110.

59-16. Grow, Kory. “Slayer's Tom Araya: I Was Fuming After Dave Lombardo's Facebook Rant.” Minneapolis
City Pages
music blog Gimme Noise. 6 November 2013. Viewed 10 November 2013.

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2013/11/slayer_tom_araya_interview.php

59-17. Full Metal Jackie. Radio interview with Kerry King.
Full Metal Jackie
, 1 November 2013 episode.
www.FullMetalJackie.com
, also archived at http://fullmetaljackie.podbean.com/2013/11/05/kerry-king-on-full-metal-jackie-radio/.

59-18. Items posted at Slayer’s online store, via Slayer.net. Viewed 13 August 2013.

http://store.Slayer.net/

59-19. McIver, Joel. “Reign of Fear.” Thrash Hits.

59-20. Atkinson, Peter. “Songs About God and Satan, Part 2.”

Addendum:

“It’s Time to Set the Record Straight,” or, I Fucked Up.

A-1. I already used “mea culpa” in the “Raining Theater Blood” chapter.

A-2. Ferris, D.X.
Slayer’s
Reign in Blood.

A-3. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Nazi Camps,”
Holocaust Encyclopedia
.
www.ushmm.org
. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005144

A-4. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Killing Centers,”
Holocaust Encyclopedia
.
www.ushmm.org
. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005145

C.Q.I.

This book would not have been nearly as detailed without the late, great website Slayerized.com. While it lasted, it was a rich reservoir of Slaytanic information, curated by Paul Slayerized, from 1997 through 2013. He shuttered it as I was finishing research. Paul offered this epitaph for his longrunning project:

When I surfed the web in the summer of 1997, I realized there was only one good Slayer site at the time (The Abyss) but I thought I could be a bit better ;-)

I spent a lot of time and effort on the site and improved my HTML skills (they're a joke nowadays). Slayer still mean a lot to me; the raw energy they produce is just insane. I was introduced to Slayer at 12 years old in 1994 through MTV (the “Seasons in the Abyss” video). And since then, that was it for me. I didn't care that metal wasn't popular in the  ’90s. This was what I had been searching for.

Today I am proud of what I made and the people I got to know through the site, but everything in life must end.

Lisa, I will never forget you!

           
— Paul

It was great while it lasted.

GRATITUDE.

Dedicated to the memory of Jeff Hanneman.

Sumner J. Ferris and Ronald Forsythe: Gone, not forgotten.

The volume and quality of photographs appearing

in these pages was made possible by these stellar underwriters:

Bloom Automatic (
www.BloomAutomatic.com
)

Metal Sucks (
www.MetalSucks.net
)

and

Matt Wardlaw & Addicted to Vinyl (
www.AddictedToVinyl.com
)

Your support made it better. Thank you.

Infinite thanks to Paul Slayerized, formerly of Slayerized.com. Danke!

Incalculable thanks, also, to Niklas
the
Slayer Collector, online at www.SlayerCollector.com.

And to Borivoj Krgin, not only for original scholarship, but for maintaining the amazing archive & resource that is Blabbermouth.net. You are the best friend metal ever had.

Extensive appreciation for his dedication to the historical record: Jeff Kitts.

Musical and historical consultant: Greg Van Krol.
Greg served as my second thrash brain from beginning to end. Thank you for knowing more than I do, and again for sharing it. You are always right. Except maybe about
Killing Is My Business…

Singular consultation — again: Alan Natali.

Thank you for lending your superior talent to this work: Albert Cuellar, Harald Oimoen, Georges Sulmers, Johnny Angell (
Cleveland Frequency
, Cleveland), Sean Benedict (
Iron City Rocks
, Pittsburgh), Cameron Edney (Wicked Pix Photography, Australia), Amy Weiser (
Amy Weiser Photography
, Cleveland), Ester Segarra  (
Ester Segarra Photography
, London), and Tim Tronckoe (
Tim Tronckoe Photography
, Belgium).

Assorted acts of photographic awesomeness: Victoria Stanbridge Photography,

www.victoriastanbridgephotography.com
.

Cleveland
Scene
articles reprinted with permission.
http://www.CleveScene.com

People who helped me find material, figure stuff out, get things done, make my way down the path. Or made me smile during the lonely work of sitting at a computer all year:

Dan LeRoy (that’s French for “the king”). Vince “Stigma” Bloom. The Three Kings of Metal Collectors: Jamie Walters, Tony Alberts, and Spahr Schmitt (Brave New World, Carol Roden Schmitt RIP). Murray Cohen & Ace Document Preparation Services (Need it in a hurry? Better call Murray!). George Sulmers. Doug Goodman, who has seen everything, remembers it all, and notes to back it up. DJ Will [Howell]. Brian Slagel. Bill Metoyer. Kathryn Hanneman. Matt Wardlaw and his infinite archive. Jason Bracelin. David Konow. Chris Keating. Paul Vangenhassend. Matthew Goldenberg. Niklas Elzes. Corey Mitchell. Chris Bade. Albert Mudrian. Axl Rosenberg. Vince Neilstein. Carlos Ramirez. Tracy Bloom. Annie Zaleski. Tom Morrissey (inadequately identified in previous book as “TM”). Scott Newmyer. Jose Galvan. Dan Goldberg. Doug Keogh. Andrew Stuart. Charles Elliot. James G. Lakely. Sean Munger. Brendan Halpin. John Comprix. Christian Rummel. Paul Gargano. Steffan Chirazi. Jim Utz. Dag Hansen and Jim Tate. Howie Abrams & Sacha Jenkins. Howie Abrams again. Joel McIver. Marjorie Drinan. Daniel Faigin of CalHighways.org. Chip Jacobs (ChipJacobs.com). ‪ Judy Gish at Caltrans. Chris Akin. spropaganda. Nick Sanchez. Kill That Cat Video. ‪Neil Daniels. Dimitri Galeos. Devilman138 & his crew at 7
^th
House. Slaytanic Megaforce. Evaristo Mendoza. Kim Kelly. C.M. Fecek. Audrey Sepesy. Merridy Greenlief. Bill Bennett. Aaron Burgess. Bob Nalbandian. Frank Lewis. Margorene Blackthorns. Aaron Griffith, Sean Benedict & John Katic (Iron City Rocks &
Heavy Metal  Book Club
podcasts/websites). Alison Fensterstock. Greg Renoff. Jeff Giles & our fellow co-conspirators at Popdose.com. Ill Bill. Phil Freeman. Mike Olszewski. Jason Pettigrew. Mike Shea. Martin Björklund. Chad Lee. David Lay. Sean Munger. Michael Gallucci. J Henderson. Sluggo. T.J. Scaglione.
Dave Ignizio & Square Records.
Tony Erba (Face Value & Fuck You Pay Me). Gary Suarez. Kyle Antivenin. Ian Plakias. Tanderson the Ranchr. @tat2boxr. James Ferris. Sumner Ferris IV. Lucas Lee Bloom (“You’re a funny guy!”). Scott Sinclair (Happy Halloween). Alan Rudolph. Madame Goreyhaus. Every member of the Galactic Watercooler family, including but not limited to Andiminga, Aset, Badger, CardinalFang, Chuck Cage, Dawn “AZ” Maria, EvolutionGirl, GalaxyRanger, Professor Audra Heaslip, Julie, J-Bob, Katyalir, Keir, Lady D, Nikki, Oddball, Sean O’Hara, Rachel, Scott Rupert, Shooter, Solai, Jeanne Szarama, Thot, Topgun (You’re still “Topgun”), and the pundit previously known as Starbuccaneer. Bob Becker. Caryn Ganz. Kyle Ryan. Kevin McFarland. Genevieve Koski. Steve Gleydura. Erick Trickey. Mathew Pearlman. Randy Harper. Gregg Walton. Steve Seyerle. Ryan Andrachik. Everybody else who ever caught a typo or cut me a check. And aspirin. Thank you, aspirin.