Slayer's Hanneman Interview 2006-12-19 by Jom | 13 Comments | Courtesy of Luxi Lahtinen at Metal-Rules (source below), Jeff Hanneman sat down with the site to talk about Slayer, Christ Illusion, Slayer getting banned from countries and the people behind it, and more.
http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=737&Itemid=6 0
Portions of the interview follow:
Metal-Rules.com: As you have probably heard from almost every possible direction many have said that the aggression and brutality of your old days have returned. So, what actually happened in the Slayer camp when you started writing new songs for your latest album?
Jeff: I think a lot of it has to do with having Dave [Lombardo] back in the band. We just felt this new old chemistry with Dave again. When we were writing stuff it had a lot to do with Dave and his speed. We don't sit down and think about what we're going to do before we do it, it just comes out that way. I think that is the better formula for writing songs, because if you sit down and over-think it, it's usually shit. You try to do too much and you're not playing from the heart, you're playing from the mind and try to think it through. So with Dave back in the band, we just let it happen. And it turned out great.
Metal-Rules.com: What inspired you to come up with such melodic leads for this album?
Jeff: Once again, we don't over-think things. Ten percent of my leads are done in the studio and the rest I've done in my hotel room, working on it, working on it, working on it. Then I show up in the studio shouting, "Quick, record it, I think I've got it!" It's just spontaneous, a lot of it.
Metal-Rules.com: Christ Illusion was banned in India due to the album cover, a Mumbai-based Catholic secular forum being behind this. The reason was "Christ with a missing eye and amputated arms…"
Jeff: I take it as a good thing. I actually do. When I heard about it, I just thought "I'm the winner!" I like them. Bad publicity is always good publicity. Even though it wasn't fully intentional we knew somebody would get mad about this, so I'm glad somebody did.
Metal-Rules.com: Also they complained about this one song on Christ Illusion, "Skeleton Christ," saying that the lyrics in it are an insult to Christianity. That song off your new album also made them pissed off somehow.
Jeff: [laughs] Good!
Metal-Rules.com: Do you overall think it's always a good publicity for Slayer to get banned in countries?
Jeff: I like it! Two reasons: it's good publicity and it's what we're about. We're the bad guys anyway. We always write about the bad things so it's only fitting that we get banned in some place.
Metal-Rules.com: I guess you have pretty much used to this type of "banning" over the years, am I right?
Jeff: Oh yeah, been going on for years. When Reign in Blood came out we got kicked out by our American label. [laughs] It's been happening for years. I guess that's nothing really new to us. [laughs]
Metal-Rules.com: Have you received any "ultimatums" from some other religious groups because of this song called "Jihad" on Christ Illusion?
Jeff: Actually, no. I think Tom was really worried when he read the lyrics after I finished it. He was like, "We're gonna get some shit about this in the States." But nothing has surfaced. In the States, we've been getting in trouble for so long that all the people who monitor music and try to tell you what to think just looked at it and thought, "That's just Slayer being Slayer." So they ignored it.
To read the interview in its entirety, follow the aforementioned link at the top of the article.
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Lol slayer you suck.
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I think it's more like you suck, dude. Let's see you write anything with 5% of the talent and innovation of Reign In Blood, or even Diabolus En Musica. I'll wait.
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Lol slayer you suck. You suck more like.
I don't like Slayer but whatever.
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Not only is Jeff is better than Kerry, but he also comes off as a cooler dude in interviews.
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Wow, I knew Kerry King was an egocentral piece of bull, but I never knew Jeff was so f*cking cool. HE is the man!
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I think it's more like you suck, dude. Let's see you write anything with 5% of the talent and innovation of Reign In Blood, or even Diabolus En Musica. I'll wait.
I'm going to start beating you now. I'm not sure when... or even if I'll ever stop.
Anyway, I'm not a Slayer fan, but I have to give Jeff credit. He simply doesn't give a shit.
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OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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I'm feeling your e-punches, steerpike :lol:. Get a life. I don't even know where your comment came from. The guy claims Slayer sucks... well I don't think he was part of any band that dropped two undisputed classic albums (South Of Heaven and Reign In Blood) and inspired 90% of what we know as Death Metal, was he?
And the RIB - Diabolus comment was supposed to be a comparison of their best (reign) and arguable worst (Diabolus). Next we do colors and numbers!
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I think it's more like you suck, dude. Let's see you write anything with 5% of the talent and innovation of Reign In Blood, or even Diabolus En Musica. I'll wait.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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I feel I should probably elaborate on that :D
A problem that many people seem to have is the idea that in order to criticise something, the criticiser has to have done something comparable to the person or thing he or she is criticising. This is not the case. If it were, nobody would ever be able to criticise or have an opinion about anything.
Want to try colours and numbers now?
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SLAYER!!!! Jeff is so cool!
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slayer is a good band.
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Well asharoth, as a fellow musician to anyone who plays an instrument and has
actually been in a band before, I can say yes, it's way harder to write catchy/
timeless music than it sounds, and looks. You try writing a "Smoke On The Water"
or even "Smells Like Teen Spirit"... you'll rip your f*cking hair out. And yeah, I think
people should look at both sides of a story before opening their mouths. We'd have
way fewer morons.
Some people have that special talent of writing great music... some don't. Slayer
has it. That's all I was saying, and it should be respected that they dropped one of
the best if not THE best metal albums of all time. You may not like their music but
you can't deny their stature and influence in metal of all kinds, as well as several
hardcore and punk acts. n00b.This Message Edited On 12.22.06
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