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Maldororz
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Member # 186

posted April 18, 2007 12:52

Cool article about Slayer's early days, HERE

Voivod content inside!

And also: Gene Hoglan holding together Dave's kit!

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Nuclear Vampire
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Member # 20

posted April 18, 2007 16:57

Holy shit they mentioned Winnipeg! That club must be the Royal Albert. I had no idea they were ever here except for when they came here with Venom in 85.

Great article!

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schroeder
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Member # 5

posted April 18, 2007 20:01

thanks for the link, that was an excellent article. makes me wanna buy the issue so i can read the rest.

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Mezcalhead
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Member # 26

posted April 18, 2007 20:25

I enjoyed the hell out of that piece. The early thrash days is a part of history that totally intriques me... Surprised that it came from Decibel which is renowned for all its mallcore crap.

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Tangento
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Member # 117

posted April 18, 2007 20:26

I saw Bitch, Slayer and Overkill in like 1981-82 (83 maybe?) at the Country Club in Reseda CA.

All three bands were absolutely horrible.

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X-D
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Member # 3

posted April 18, 2007 21:23

I really enjoyed this article as well, thanks Maldororz!

Funny they mentioned switching instruments in the early days as that happened when I saw them play in Seattle in May of 1985... although they blamed a faulty guitar amp that time if I remember. I still have this vivid memory of them playing Chemical Warfare with one guitar (Hanneman), Kerry King on bass, and Tom just singing, haha. Great fucking show!

Great times all around actually... Leaving the show, cars blasting Venom or early Metallica, and a 15 year old myself thinking "this is not my older brother's kind of metal", haha. I consider the thrash movement among the most interesting... some real trailblazing going on then and it really did feel like a kind of movement overall, music and attitudes were changing.

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Paulie 88
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Member # 775

posted April 18, 2007 22:07

Buried, somewhere, I have a vid of Slayer live in LA in 83 (or late 82?) and the sound is through the board - And for 3/4 of the show, Tom is pumping his right fist instead of plucking the bass, so there's almost no bass playing in the entire thing - It's like he couldn't play and sing at the same time, totally hilarious because the sound is from the board so you hear every note he hits, which ain't many!

Very metal. I miss that.

All the best,
PAULIE

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pppaaaüüülll
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Member # 13

posted April 19, 2007 03:36

Mmmmm, drooling thoughts of back then....

Venom, Possessed, Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, Slayer, Destruction, Sodom, Kreator, S.O.D, Celtic Frost, VOIVOD, Angent Steel, testament

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The Neverman
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Member # 4

posted April 19, 2007 04:02

quote:
Originally posted by Nuclear Vampire:
Holy shit they mentioned Winnipeg! That club must be the Royal Albert. I had no idea they were ever here except for when they came here with Venom in 85.
Great article!

it might as well be "Wellingtons"...

they played 3 dates in a row there on october 22, 23 and 24 of 1984...

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schroeder
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Member # 5

posted April 19, 2007 06:58

Instatutionalized
Here's the great Suicidal video with Tom Araya's cameo that is mentioned in the article... cool and funny.

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Emlyn K Helicopter
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Member # 44

posted April 19, 2007 07:06

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Lombardo: I remember driving the Camaro somewhere in Montana with Tom and Kerry. I hit black ice, and the car just spun out. I let go of the steering wheel, and we hit a ditch. Everybody was okay, though—we were lucky. I remember we were listening to Voivod when it happened.

Blacky told me (whilst driving my car...) that he span his car on black ice back in the day - but I can't remember what he said was blasting out the stereo. Be funny if it was Slayer!

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Nuclear Vampire
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Member # 20

posted April 19, 2007 08:24

quote:
Originally posted by The Neverman:
it might as well be "Wellingtons"...
they played 3 dates in a row there on october 22, 23 and 24 of 1984...

AHA! That's gotta be it! The club is in the basement there and I've seen a vid from around that era of Verbal Abuse playing there. It's like 2 doors down from the Albert. When I was gigging around town those were 2 of the places we'd play the most. Ah the memories...