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Today's topic is the end of Slayer's Final World Tour (TM)... That and the leadup to & aftermath following the band's hazy demise. Slayer existed opaquely, and it perished opaquely. Here is what we know.
This was once the final chapter in the epic saga of Slayer.
But now it's not.
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DEEZ NOTES, as referenced in the show:
"Fortified With Ashes," the title track of the lastest EP by Talkin' Slayer house band Chupacabra. This is the non-Slayer tune that pops up about midway thru.
https://chupacabrametal.bandcamp.com/track/fortified-with-ashes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvb380cJwLg
Select citations and endnotes from chapter 66.6: “It’s Over, Johnny.”
666-1. “Here Is the Setlist for Slayer's Final Show.” Kerrang online. December 1, 2019. https://www.kerrang.com/here-is-the-setlist-for-slayers-final-show
666-2. YouTube has plenty of great video from the final concert. These clips of the end are my favorites:
“Slayer - last concert Los Angeles - Angel of Death & Slayer says Goodbye.” It’s shaky yet awesome amateur footage from the front row. Posted 1 December 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1YfWHIjBOg
“Angel of Death (FINAL SONG / FAREWELL SPEECH).” Zoomed footage from the cheap seats. Posted 1 December 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5pkbA1t2E4
666-6. Araya first posted the image of the classic Slayer lineup with Trump on Trump’s inauguration day, 20 January 2017. Over 100,000 fans liked the first post. That initial post soon disappeared. The second Trump photo stands at an untitled Instagram post, on the official Slayer account, @slayerbandofficial, 24 January 2017, which identified it as from being from Tom: https://www.instagram.com/p/BPqUjICAi8d/
Araya explained, “I thought it was funny,” followed by language with a conservative bent: “I was amazed at the comments about the picture. Some positive. Some negative. More amazing was in 2 hours there was 10,000 likes. I never would have guessed that there where so many snowflakes commenting their distaste for the new president. Woke up the next morning and found someone had deleted the post. Can someone please explain why?”
This quotation features Araya’s post with modified grammar and punctuation, for clarity and courtesy.
Keep in mind: In Slayer’s 1996 cover of 80s punk nugget “Superficial Love,” Tom changed an anti-Reagan line to “President Clinton can suck my motherf@ckin’ d!ck” — which he’s allowed to do. And while I’m defending his right to voice his opinions, let’s also be clear: I don’t agree. Which doesn’t matter.