S(lame)layer

OK I get my new guitar magazine and it's pretty cool because it has a really good article on Jimi Hendrix but! it goes down hill with the sycophant nut swinger ass kissing about Kerry King's new amp. I'm so sick of Slayer they are totally over hyped. They were never that good compared to Metallica (Cliff Burton ERA) They sound like Metallica but with out the cool Riffs and listenable guitar Solos!!! LOL.

They have just over done it with the Satanic Imagery and hype, shit Kerry are you a Satan worshiper or just pretending to be one to sell your music? If you are gong to talk the talk you better walk the walk. I suspect the later. Slayer Knows damn well with out the Dark Side appeal to them that their music would great on peoples nerves really fast and they would call them what they really are: Boring Unlistenable Crap all of their songs sound the same. If you are a good musician you don't need to act like a Tuff guy or a Satan worshiper to make people like you, you just need to write and play great music. Speaking of Tuff guy poser what the heck is with those dumb ass chains that Kerry has hanging off his belt? at least with Zakk Wyled it's actually his wallet chain. And the Spiked arm band? man that's just so Black Metal gone wrong it's not even funny.

People seem to think that by saying that they listen to Slayer that it's intimidating or something. I just feel sorry for you, when I hear that some one listens to Slayer I think they must have had A) a bad child hood B) a punctured eardrum or C) have never owned a record collection with any decent bands in it.

Here is something that a Slayer fan once said on a chat board. The thread was about some sort of family oriented pirate convention. The Slayer fan posts: I ought to go down there and hand out hand bills wearing my slayer t-shirt. Do you really think that is going to mean shit? It's not like some dude in a cheesy t-shirt is going to scare anyone unless he has a gun let alone convince them to come to your showand. He should be wearing his own bands t-shirt while handing out fliers not hiding behind Slayers.

I think Slayer for some kids is like the dark cloths and makeup for the Goth crowd, it's something to hide behind. I don't mean hide behind because they are physically weak but because they want to hide their emotions and feelings.

Slayer fans will say: Well Slayer puts on a super bad ass heavy show. Well so did the Who and they also made great albums and did not have to hide behind a Tuff guy image and Satanism. Hell Pete Townsend just wore work cloths on stage and they were still a hit because the music cut through based on it's own merits.