Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) - RIP

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Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) - RIP

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Fucking hell - gone at 49! By complications arising from a spider bite. That's seriously crazy.

Jeff was an absolute master at guitar at its most brutal, heavy and intense yet with an economy of delivery and a razor sharp accuracy. Slayer transcend any bullshit labels or genres that they have been lumped in with over the years - those guys are far beyond that - and a hell of a lot of that was down to Jeff's songwriting skills as well as his deadly guitar abilities. For me, Slayer are pretty much unique and while they have often been imitated, and spawned a legion of supposedly 'influenced' bands, nobody and I mean nobody, comes close. There's some weird kind of heavy power present when those guys play together and the energy, adrenaline and bizarre euphoria they create is just something else.

Can't see them carrying on without him. Gutted...

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Re: Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) - RIP

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Blimey - that's sad. I flirted with Slayer a long time ago - South of Heaven I think - and enjoyed the power and raw nature of that album. Some amazing guitar playing though...
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Re: Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) - RIP

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Not a band or genre of music that I ever got into but for better or worse, I suppose, it was Slayer and Venom who spawned a whole new sub category of metal with their fast as lightening, heavy riffage and black/satanic imagery and pushed it into uncharted territory. For that alone he was a bit of a trailblazer.

What a strange and tragic death at an early age.
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Re: Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) - RIP

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I went thru a phase with early-mid slayer (South of Heaven / Seasons in the Abyss) which makes for great driving around music when you need an energy kick.
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Re: Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) - RIP

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Yep. Used to love a bit of Slayer. Sad to hear this
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