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The staying power of Slayer
'Twas the melody my moonlit muffin,
that did Shine on me,
that tender ittle, that holy maid,
such sound supreme!
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At it for two decades now, is radio ready for Slayer as oldies in another 20 years?
By Adam Gallo
For the Daily Due to Slayer's dark lyrics that deal
with topics such as Satanism and serial
For more than 18 years now, Slayer killers the group has long been familiar
has been peddling its pummeling brand with the sort of attention Marilyn
of guitar and double bass driven metal. Manson has received in the last couple
Pioneers of this form of aggressive of years,
music in the early '80s, the group's inno- On that subject King, a principal lyrip
vation has inspired countless numbers of writer, said, "I personally have the phi-
bands. losophy that if you can show me, I'll
At the recent Ozzfest '99, The believe it. The reason we've always sung
Michigan Daily caught up with Slayer about the devil is because no one really
guitarist, Kerry King who claims that the gets too upset if we rip on Satan.
band is confident of its continued vitali- On the subject of the horned one,
ty among today's crop of bands. "We've King mentioned admiration to another
been at this awhile and all we really want fellow Devil advocate and Ozzfest '99
to do at this point in our careers is to performer, "I think Rob Zombie is one
please ourselves. People are still coming of the best performers out there toda*
to our shows, so I guess we're doing He puts a lot in his shows," said King.
something right," King said. There's evidently mutual admiration
This is no modest boast either as the too as King mentioned that "Zombie
last three shows the group has per- invited me to perform his 'Thunderkiss
formed in Michigan over the last year '65' on stage at Ozzfest one day a couple
were to sold out 2,000-seat venues. of weeks ago and I accepted"
"Since then, its been a pretty regular
thing for me to come out during that
song and play it with him. The crowd
just loves it," King said.
With the group pushing into its sec-
ond decade together, it looks likely thO
the crowd will continue to love Slayer.
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