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RIP Slayer's Jeff Hanneman

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edited May 2013 in Other Music
http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/05/rip-jeff-hanneman-of-slayer/
Jeff Hanneman of Slayer has died at the age of 49.

The band just posted the following to their Facebook page.

Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home. Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael and Larry, and will be sorely missed.

Our Brother Jeff Hanneman, May He Rest In Peace (1964 – 2013)

In early 2011, Hanneman contracted necrotizing fasciitis. It is assumed he contacted the disease from a spider bite. Exodus guitarist Gary Holt had been filling in for Hanneman since. There is no word if the liver failure was a complication from necrotizing fasciitis or not.
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  • HeisenbergHeisenberg Los Pollos Hermanos Posts: 4,957
    Jeff will kick Satan's ass in hell. R.I.P.
  • Nuzpaper.Nuzpaper. Posts: 112
    Heisenberg wrote:
    Jeff will kick Satan's ass in hell. R.I.P.

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  • nothing_man_92nothing_man_92 Canberra, Australia Posts: 347
    Man I used to absolutely gobble everything Slayer up in my teens so sad to hear the news this morning :( RIP Jeff
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    What a shame
  • iwasatpj20iwasatpj20 Rockford, IL Posts: 3,412
    Slayer is a band I have listened to since I was in my teens and still to this day. Very sad, RIP Jeff.
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  • john roachjohn roach Posts: 80
    One of the best live bands I have ever seen. Shitty news. Rip Jeff. Will be a shit load of slayer at work tomorrow
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  • AzWickerAzWicker Posts: 1,162
    RIP Jeff. You Were always THE guitar player in Slayer. Your riffs were the best, I grew up on those simple but devestating riffs. I owe my right hand picking speed to you and Hetfield.
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  • AzWickerAzWicker Posts: 1,162
    Wow, Only 49, Basically Eds age and a year younger than Jeff and Matt... I am getting old. Weird when people in bands you enjoy as a kid start passing makes you ponder your own mortality.
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  • Marco PJ 4 LifeMarco PJ 4 Life Posts: 91
    R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman one more great guitarrist is gone... But your music will live forever!!!
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  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    Sad news indeed, Slayer was one of the best live bands i've seen, in fact you didn't go see Slayer, you experienced Slayer.
    R.I.P Jeff, sadly missed in the rock scene.
    their fans are amongst the best most loyal, and crazy following ever, my heart goes out to them too.

    My best slayer story, the year they were late to the download festival, and had to be bumped to the second stage, so we're waiting in the tent for slayer to come on, fans getting excited, chanting, then an announcement comes over, slayer are running late, and will now be on after Taking back sunday, well the fans get restless, start chanting "Slayer, Slayer" after about 10 mins or so, another announcement, okay slayer will be on next but you'll have to be patient and wait until they get ready. I reckon, taking back sunday must've said to hell if we're going out in front of that angry slayer mob.... probably a wise move.

    anyway jeff will be sadly miss.
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  • Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    RIP Jeff. Monumental figure for music.
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    :(
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  • mydogmookieblaylockmydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    A master of metal left us for the abyss yesterday. All because of a Fucking Brown Recluse spider. This sucks.
    RIP Jeff
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    Eddie Vedder, Reading Festival 2006 wrote:
    Thanks to Slayer for making our day!
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    iwasatpj20 wrote:
    Slayer is a band I have listened to since I was in my teens and still to this day. Very sad, RIP Jeff.


    Same man, really broken up about this. Slayer opened so many new doors for me musically when I was younger.
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  • markhammmarkhamm i come from the mountain Posts: 79
    Very sad to hear about this. I outgrew metal (for the most part) while I was still in high school, but the exception to that is Slayer, which still finds itself in my rotation frequently.

    Huge loss. Not sure how they can continue without him.
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  • rearviewrossrearviewross Posts: 3,055
    nothing_man_92 wrote:
    Man I used to absolutely gobble everything Slayer up in my teens so sad to hear the news this morning :( RIP Jeff

    Me too, I remember buying Die By The Sword on tape and then Decade of Aggression, which was one of my favorite albums throughout my high school years.

    When I heard it was liver failure I assumed alcohol. Apparently he was bitten by a spider a while back and that may have contributed to it.
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    What a horrible way to die, damn spiders!
    R.I.P :cry:
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  • jasonbouchard88jasonbouchard88 Posts: 369
    I may not have the biggest Slayer fan, but this is a huge loss in the rock/heavy metal industry. Rest in peace, Jeff. You will be missed hugely.
  • LostUponMyWayLostUponMyWay Posts: 184
    I just read an article on how his last couple of years were. One minute your sitting in a hot tub drinking beer and the next you are in an induced coma! Awful........and then liver failure two years later, all from one damn spider. R.I.P. :(
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  • markhammmarkhamm i come from the mountain Posts: 79
    I felt like I got punched in the gut when I heard about this. I went through the typical "Big Four of Metal" phase from about 8th grade through my sophomore year in high school, but I grew out of it and just never really went out of my way to pay attention to the genre- with the lone exception of Slayer. There's always a spot for Slayer in my car's 5 disc changer; I just had Seasons in the Abyss in the rotation a few weeks ago... This is a big loss for music. Terrible news. RIP
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    It wasn't a spider bite that led to his death...

    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainme ... 6639801417
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,071
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    It wasn't a spider bite that led to his death...

    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainme ... 6639801417

    yeah saw this on NME, damn alcohol! this was the NME article. Still sucks :(

    http://www.nme.com/news/slayer/70215
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