Westboro Baptist Church Also Planning To Picket Hanneman Memorial Event

Posted by Chris Harris on May 17, 2013 in News

These Westboro Baptist Church fucks are true scum. I almost don’t want to expend the energy it’d take to verbally bitch-slap them, because to be frank, they don’t deserve the attention. But if you plan on attending Slayer’s public memorial for late guitarist Jeff Hanneman, may I suggest stockpiling rotten vegetables now. See, the Westboro Read More

Slayer Announce Jeff Hanneman Memorial Event

Posted by Chris Harris on May 16, 2013 in News

The remaining members of Slayer (which, at this point, may or may not include Dave Lombardo) will celebrate the life of recently-deceased guitarist Jeff Hanneman during a public event next week. The remembrance will be held at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on May 23. Jeff was 49 when he died two weeks ago Read More

Dio Died Three Years Ago Today

Posted by Chris Harris on May 16, 2013 in News

It was three years ago that Ronnie James Dio died, and there hasn’t been a day since that I haven’t thought about the man. Ronnie James Dio was larger than life — a respectable man with a catalogue of great songs under his belt and a voice others have wanted to emulate. Three years ago, Read More

Wasn’t A Spider Bite Killed Slayer’s Hanneman; Booze Ruled The Cause

Posted by Chris Harris on May 9, 2013 in News

The official cause of death has been announced for Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman. It was no spider that killed one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Nope, it was alcohol-related cirrhosis. While he had his health struggles over the years, including the recent necrotizing fasciitis infection that devastated his well-being, Jeff and those close Read More

Doctor: Spider Bite Not To Blame For Hanneman’s Death

Posted by Chris Harris on May 9, 2013 in News

I’m not sure who Dr. Kent Sepkowitz is, but a quick Google search turns up a ton of credentials for the New York City-based infectious-disease specialist. Kent’s written a piece for The Daily Beast, where he weighs whether Jeff Hanneman’s spider bite of two years ago actually contributed to the Slayer guitarist’s recent death. In Read More

Slayer’s Araya, King Issue Statement

Posted by Chris Harris on May 9, 2013 in News

Tom Araya and Kerry King are bummed Jeff Hanneman’s gone. But, hey — tears dry and the Slayer show must go on. In a statement to Slayer’s European fans, King and Araya seem hellbent on keeping the train going at full speed. “We know that our fans everywhere are hurting for the loss of Jeff Read More

Slayer’s Lombardo Can Predict The Future

Posted by Chris Harris on May 7, 2013 in News

Probably not. It’s probably just a freaky coincidence Dave Lombardo, Slayer’s drummer (maybe?), spoke about someone in the band dying a day before someone in the band did. KzRadio.net spoke with Lombardo about his current standing with Slayer, which seems questionable at best. The band recently benched Lombardo before a bunch of shows in Australia; Read More

Everyone Just Needs To Calm Down About This ‘Jeff Hanneman Burns In Hell’ Post

Posted by Chris Harris on May 6, 2013 in News

Yes, I have seen it. Everyone keeps asking me if I have seen this news piece on Jeff Hanneman’s death, which characterizes the Slayer guitarist as “a weak-willed servant of Satan” who “drank himself to death after a necrotic spider bite took away his ability to strum the Devil’s chords.” I have seen it, but Read More

Report: Friends Discuss Slayer Guitarist’s Behavior

Posted by Chris Harris on May 5, 2013 in News

The Gauntlet must have naked pictures of Kerry King or something, because the site has been digging up all kinds of information on Jeff Hanneman in the wake of the Slayer guitarist’s death. Apparently, months ago, the site reported that Jeff Hanneman did not want to return to Slayer and pretty much gave up on Read More

Westboro Baptist Church Announce Plans For Hanneman Funeral Protest

Posted by Chris Harris on May 4, 2013 in Featured, News

Well, I guess I’m going to jail, kids. I am going to have to go against my own stance on Kickstarter campaigns to raise money for my legal defense. Those Kansas-based kooks in the Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing outside the funeral of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, and announced plans to sing during the Read More