R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman/ Westboro Baptist Church plans protest

[michaels]

Rest in Peace

Most intense show I ever saw was Slayer back in (cough, wheeze) 1990.

Better still, the Westboro "Baptist Church" is planning on protesting the funeral.

I'd like to see if that works out for them.

I know that they planned to protest a dead soldiers funeral in my brothers' town.

The local Motorcycle Club let them know that that wouldn't be a good idea, and the church called it off.

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[Hamundr]

RIP Jeff

 

[nwwoodsman]

Wish people still made music like this. Now it's just a bunch of guys in skinny jeans singing about their feelings.

 

[Caveman Jim]

RIP Jeff.

I can't hear music today like i heard it when I could hear.

 

[Don H]

Shocked! I had no idea he passed. RIP.

 

[westcoastal]

I can't see WBC having much luck with a group of slayer fans
Could be good youtube videos in the near future

 

[bellarum]

My horns were lowered to half staff! RIP JH!

 

[safooma]

RIP indeed. Back in my previous life I was in a band and we covered all of the Slayer favs--South of Heaven, Dead skin mask, Seasons, Mandatory suidcide, etc. so Jeff was a HUGE influence on me as a guitar player. I am lucky enough to have attended 3 Slayer shows over the years, all three with the legendary linup(yes, Lombardo too ;-) ).

First thing I did upon hearing the news was grab a cold one, head into the music room, pick up the trusty old washburn and play some of my slayer favorites. My kids had no idea that this person even existed(me jamming slayer on guitar), lol!

Huge loss, sucks for us metal heads.

SLAYER SLAYER SLAYER

 

[bikejunkie]

I can't wait to see the YouTube videos of the WBC douche bags getting the snot beaten out if them by Slayer fan...

 

[bellarum]

Just blasted Show no mercy and Haunting the chapel on my PR10 monitors pushed by a Crown 200 watt power amp through an Alesis mixer. The lyrics just stick with ya What a great band! Gary Holt has to be an awesome stand in for JH. I go see Exodus every chance I get when they come. I lifted my youngest son into the air at his first Exodus show and watched him surf. He got handed the set list at the end of the show. Too cool! Megadeth at the armory was just OK. Good times when the kids respect and enjoy the BIG FOUR!!:rockon:

 

[BDA.45]

I cant tell you how EXCITED I am..... I would LOVE to witness this event. This should be something for Pay Per View. I want to see those people get their faces eaten off by pissed off Slayer fans. 16 or so years ago, I would be one of the people doin the eatin..... (Man how times have changed) I really hope those idiots do this. I would love to protest all of their funerals.....

(Currently listening to Slayer and gettin really uhhhhhhhhhhhh...... adrenalin filled!!!!!)

 

[BrentN]

A band I've always considered as often imitated, never duplicated. Best riffs ever. RIP Jeff.

 

[safooma]

This is what I suspected/feared all along. This is partly because up until he announcement of Jeffs death, everything I had read indicated that he was rehabbing from the spider bite and was getting better. As a Slayer fan, I knew Jeff was a drinker--combine this with some prescription pain meds containing acetaminophen and good dose of depression and yeah. None of this takes anything away from the badass guitar giant that was Jeff Hanneman.

 

[michaels]

If it was a spider bite, or drinking himself to death....

Whatever. We lost a good one.

On an unrelated note, here is a best of craigslist ad for a metal guitarist.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/aus/2875664657.html

 

[STUKA]

RIP..Im getting the SLAYER logo tattoo next week! If I can find room

 

[MrNiceGuy]

I wouldn't listen to "slayer" if lives depended on it. Still, I hope westboro gets what's coming to them.