Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 182
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
From Slayer's 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)
Sad news, I was a HUGE Slayer fan back in the day.
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)
Sad news, I was a HUGE Slayer fan back in the day.
#3
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Fuck. I knew he had a lot of health problems, but I was not expecting this.
#4
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Was just listening to Decade of Aggression on the way to work this morning. Sucks. Slayer is one of my favorite metal bands of all time.
#5
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Behind the Orange Curtain
Posts: 20,085
Likes: 0
Received 7 Likes
on
7 Posts
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Goddamnit! I had no idea his condition was that bad.
I've been a Slayer fan since 6th grade. I met the guys during a signing for Divine Intervention. Met Jeff once at a metal show - he was a totally laid back, cool guy. Even though I've never been a huge fan of their newer material, I've always listened to them.
He also wrote just about every great Slayer track there is.
R.I.P. Jeff, and R.I.P. Slayer.
I've been a Slayer fan since 6th grade. I met the guys during a signing for Divine Intervention. Met Jeff once at a metal show - he was a totally laid back, cool guy. Even though I've never been a huge fan of their newer material, I've always listened to them.
He also wrote just about every great Slayer track there is.
R.I.P. Jeff, and R.I.P. Slayer.
#6
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Horrible news. While I was only a casual listener, I always respected the role he played with Slayer. Huge loss for the music world.
#7
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
I was a fan up to Seasons in the Abyss. Saw Slayer live couple of times in the late 80's and early 90's. Put on a hell of a brutal show. RIP Mr. Hanneman.
#8
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Wow, shocked to read this tonight, so sad. Thanks for so many killer riffs and being a regular guy. Slayer.
Metal lost a great one...
Jeff Hanneman
Metal lost a great one...
Jeff Hanneman
#9
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
That flesh eating disease (necrotising fasciitis) that he got from a spider bite two years ago did him in. That fucking sucks.
#10
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Rip
#12
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
He died of liver failure. The dude was a major alky. Fans used to joke about him being drunk on stage all the time.
The flesh eating bacteria had nothing to do with it. Fact is, Jeff was hardly clean-living.
The flesh eating bacteria had nothing to do with it. Fact is, Jeff was hardly clean-living.
#13
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Here's an article from about a month ago:
http://www.metalinjection.net/latest...back-to-slayer
King uses some careful language in describing Jeff's recovery, too.
It's been a little under two years since Jeff Hanneman had to step down from his position as guitarist of Slayer, and it looks like he might not be coming back.
Hanneman was the victim of a spider bite that caused enough damage to his arm that he still can't fully play certain Slayer songs. It's enough to keep him sidelined for over a year, during which time the band got Gary Holt of Exodus to fill in.
In May of last year, Hanneman had still not yet recovered.
By the summer the band began writing new music without Hanneman.
Now, it seems that Hanneman might be gone for the long haul. In a recent interview with Metal Obsession, guitarist Kerry King basically said don't hold your breathe:
“I think Gary is in for the long haul. I haven’t really discussed it with him. But he keeps his schedule free when he knows we’re on tour… If Jeff all of a sudden came back in June, we would probably pay Gary for freeing up his time… But if Gary played with us for ever? I’m okay with that.”
What King is seemingly saying is that if Hanneman ever gets healthy, he'll be welcomed back into the band, but it doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon and that's a total bummer, especially now with Dave Lombardo not currently in the band, seeing Slayer with only 50% of their original lineup is no longer Slayer. It's, as my buddy Axl at MetalSucks put it…. seeing "Slayer."
Yeah, the spider bite was more than 2 years ago and since Jeff, whose known to have a drink or five, has lots of downtime, and in a weakened state, probably kept the drinking going through his recovery. At first I though that maybe his organs were also damaged by the spider bite, but that seems unlikely now if they're saying liver failure.
http://www.metalinjection.net/latest...back-to-slayer
King uses some careful language in describing Jeff's recovery, too.
It's been a little under two years since Jeff Hanneman had to step down from his position as guitarist of Slayer, and it looks like he might not be coming back.
Hanneman was the victim of a spider bite that caused enough damage to his arm that he still can't fully play certain Slayer songs. It's enough to keep him sidelined for over a year, during which time the band got Gary Holt of Exodus to fill in.
In May of last year, Hanneman had still not yet recovered.
By the summer the band began writing new music without Hanneman.
Now, it seems that Hanneman might be gone for the long haul. In a recent interview with Metal Obsession, guitarist Kerry King basically said don't hold your breathe:
“I think Gary is in for the long haul. I haven’t really discussed it with him. But he keeps his schedule free when he knows we’re on tour… If Jeff all of a sudden came back in June, we would probably pay Gary for freeing up his time… But if Gary played with us for ever? I’m okay with that.”
What King is seemingly saying is that if Hanneman ever gets healthy, he'll be welcomed back into the band, but it doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon and that's a total bummer, especially now with Dave Lombardo not currently in the band, seeing Slayer with only 50% of their original lineup is no longer Slayer. It's, as my buddy Axl at MetalSucks put it…. seeing "Slayer."
Yeah, the spider bite was more than 2 years ago and since Jeff, whose known to have a drink or five, has lots of downtime, and in a weakened state, probably kept the drinking going through his recovery. At first I though that maybe his organs were also damaged by the spider bite, but that seems unlikely now if they're saying liver failure.
#14
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: The 6900 block of Go Fuck Yourself
Posts: 3,079
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Man, I used to be a huge Slayer fan back in the days of my youth. I took an Italian class once with Tom Araya, super cool dude. Sucks Hanneman has left us. R.I.P.
#17
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Dimebag Darrell
Chuck Schuldiner
Paul Baloff
Piggy
Dave Pritchard
Paul Gray
David Wayne
Peter Steele
The Rev
Gar Samuelson
Quorthon
Cory Smoot
Cliff Burton
Criss Olivia
#18
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Behind the Orange Curtain
Posts: 20,085
Likes: 0
Received 7 Likes
on
7 Posts
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
^ A lot of those guys couldn't exactly delay their death, though. Sounds like Jeff could have if he'd gotten some kind of help.
#20
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z50PVHIM00E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Watched Slayer's Big 4 set last night.
Watched Slayer's Big 4 set last night.
#21
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: ohio
Posts: 462
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
This love (pantera cover) Philip & Rex w/Anthrax http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs9W4uk2FeU
Last edited by sniper007; 05-03-13 at 11:59 AM.
#23
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Dimebag got shot in the face at a show
Chuck Schuldiner had a brain tumor
Dave Pritchard had leukemia
Cliff Burton was killed in a bus accident
Criss Oliva was killed by a drunk driver
#25
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49
Jeff's arm almost had to be amputated. He was in bad shape. Just the years of antibiotics alone could have weakened his liver.