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Slayer splits - Whatever shall we do without them?
Oh, no: popular culture is about to implode. Clothing will be rent. Slayer's Tom Araya has been hinting the band might call it a day:
"Let's put it this way, this is the final record of our commitment with Rick Rubin. When we first signed a deal with him back in 1986, we never sat down and said, 'How long do you guys want to keep this together?'. We signed the deal and we've just been doing records since.
We're working on new ideas now just so that people can have a taste of what's coming. Kerry and Jeff are putting together ideas, so what the end result of this next two-and-a-half months is, I don't know. Once we've put together new material, we can get together and discuss our future plans."
We're working on new ideas now just so that people can have a taste of what's coming. Kerry and Jeff are putting together ideas, so what the end result of this next two-and-a-half months is, I don't know. Once we've put together new material, we can get together and discuss our future plans."
We love the idea that there's a process involved in "putting together ideas" to make a Slayer record, like they're going to be gathered round a whiteboard with the words 'ballet?' 'string quartet' and 'RAWK' written on, weighing the pros and cons.
It seems age is just catching up with them:
"Seeing a 50-year-old man headbanging on stage would make me cringe. If I was watching that, I'd think, 'Dude, you're a little too old for that, aren't you? You're gonna fall off!'."
Heavy rock - it's a young man's game. Once you're past 48 it's time to quit, eh, Tom?
4 comments:
Whatever shall we do without them? Well, 'she watch channel zero' would've been anywhere near as good without the slayer sample!
More sneering!
So you dont like Slayer? Me neither(not since i was about 14) but considering some of the utter shite you regularly flag up as worthwhile i think this is a bit rich. Hopefully there will be a ton of smelly heads on here to put the boot in!
@anonymous
I would like to see a Slayer fan argue against the contention that one Slayer record sounds very much like another Slayer record - indeed, I think there's something grudgingly admirable about identifying your market and delivering to their expectations year-in, year-out.
I'd guess the "utter shite that I flag up here" would probably make a Slayer fan unsurprised that I don't possess much of their back catalogue.
The suggestion that liking, say, The Rogers Sisters or Forward Russia means you shouldn't suggest that Slayer are a bit formulaic is duly noted, though.
Simon,
Within the framework of what Slayer does, certainly there is variation, much like within the framework of The Pixies one can hear clear differences between Surfer Rosa and, say, Trompe Le Monde. Play them for the uninitiated and they'll sound pretty similar, despite what seem like glaring differences to my ears. Slayer is to some extent at least in the same boat. Listen to the music with ears that want to hear the stuff and each album becomes distinct, probably moreso than anything AC/DC's done in the last quarter century. (Damning with faint praise, I know.)
I say this as someone who has never liked Slayer, and likely never will. (I've never been that mad at mom/dad/the world.) And this is not to say they're musical chameleons, or that their next record will represent a Revolver-era Beatles-like stylistic breakthrough. Just that to a Slayer fan (and I've known many...too many...) the records do sound different.
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