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Jeffrey John Hanneman (January 31, 1964 – May 2, 2013) was an American musician, best known as a founding member and co-lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer. Hanneman composed both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his death in 2013.
Slayer is one of the most influential bands in heavy metal history. Steve Huey of AllMusic believes the musical style of Slayer makes the band stronger than the other members of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax, all of which rose to fame during the 1980s.
Gary Wayne Holt (born May 4, 1964) is an American musician from the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] He is the guitarist, bandleader, and main songwriter for thrash metal band Exodus, and has also been a member of Slayer from 2011 to 2019 and again since 2024, initially joining as a temporary guitarist in place of Jeff Hanneman, and as a permanent guitarist after Hanneman's death in May 2013.
Slayer guitarist Kerry King is the latest guest on the SPIN Presents Lipps Service podcast, during which he and host Scott Lipps discuss the band’s surprising reunion after a five-year hiatus ...
Kerry Ray King (born June 3, 1964) [1] is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and is one of two members to stay with the band for its 44-year existence, along with Tom Araya. During Slayer's hiatus from 2019 to 2024, King ...
[3] Along with King, Araya is one of the two original members to remain in Slayer for the entire length of the band's career, having been in the band since 1981. Araya at Gods of Metal 2008. In 2006, Araya underwent gallbladder surgery, which disrupted The Unholy Alliance tour. Originally set to launch on June 6, the tour was postponed to June 13.
At the beginning of the band's show at The 7 Flags Event Center near Des Moines, Iowa on February 2, 2002, Araya welcomed Lombardo's return and dedicated the show to Exodus vocalist Paul Baloff, who had died earlier that day. Lombardo toured with Slayer as part of Ozzfest, H82k2, Summer Tour, and the 2004 Download Festival.
Camden Toy, a television actor who worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died.Toy's rep confirmed the news to ET on Wednesday. Toy died on Monday at the age of 68 following a private two-year ...