10 years ago today, RIP to the AOD

[thegame]

 

[CrystalSky]

Damn, time flies. RIP Jeff, even though I don’t care for slayer at all.

 

[Deleted member 16554]

He seemed like such a cool dude, sucks the way he went…his widow posts awesome pictures on Instagram if anyone is interested

https://instagram.com/officialjeffhanneman?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

[dave74]

One of the best metal-riff writers ever IMO.

 

[angelspade]

The breakdown middle section of that song is almost impossibly evil...Still gives me chills.

 

[DISTORT6]

My little “shrine” I threw together to take some pics when I got my Hanneman.

 

[thegame]

The breakdown middle section of that song is almost impossibly evil...Still gives me chills.

That single riff, including gtr 2's harmony part, contains 11 of the 12 possible tones from the chromatic scale. Sheer brilliance. In fact, a little too brilliant for Kerry:

 

[JackBootedThug]

10 years...damn....I think Randy Bachman died yesterday and Gordon Lightfoot today....

 

[Techdeth]

Jeff’s playing on ditto head js so cool . Weird ass Melodie’s that work and repeated then nightly

 

[psychodave]

That single riff, including gtr 2's harmony part, contains 11 of the 12 possible tones from the chromatic scale. Sheer brilliance. In fact, a little too brilliant for Kerry:

My wife took a video of me playing this lick while my daughter was playing around with a shred neck practice guitar. It’s so funny as it’s metal and she’s like 3 bopping along to it. ?

 

[RaceU4her]

i got to stand behind him a few times, it was rad

 

[Beyond Black]

JH was the man. Huge influence on me as a thrashing young lad.

 

[jeff5]

Ugh, R.I.P. Can't believe it's been that long.

 

[watson503]

Just seeing this and erroeously started another thread on the same subject so I'll just add my thoughts in this one. It's hard to believe ten years have passed, I remember getting the news like yesterday...Jeff will always be one of my favorite riff and songwriters, just so many classic riffs and songs that get stuck in my head all of these years later.

Here are my two favorite full sets on YT - the 6 Ritz show and the Night Of The Flying Seat Cushions, also in NYC at the old Felt Forum

 

[Beyond Black]

Just seeing this and erroeously started another thread on the same subject so I'll just add my thoughts in this one. It's hard to believe ten years have passed, I remember getting the news like yesterday...Jeff will always be one of my favorite riff and songwriters, just so many classic riffs and songs that get stuck in my head all of these years later.

Here are my two favorite full sets on YT - the 6 Ritz show and the Night Of The Flying Seat Cushions, also in NYC at the old Felt Forum

They were absolutely untouchable back then. Slayer live was a mind blowing experience.

 

[dave74]

I still think for the early 80s no other metal band/album touched Show No Mercy.

 

[skoora]

Love the size of Lombardo’s tom’s. Today, his 2nd rack tom would be a guy’s floor tom, in his super metal, 4 piece kit.

 

[watson503]

They were absolutely untouchable back then. Slayer live was a mind blowing experience.

Most definitely. The first time I saw them was on the South Of Heaven tour at a club and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen - Motorhead and Overkill opened so the entire show was awesome but Slayer was just on another level. Caught them on the Clash Of The Titans and it was a great show but definitely way more intense in a smaller venue.

This is the show - it was at Club NRG, not the Axiom as listed - wish the quality was better but still cool to see after all of these years:

 

[GJgo]

The best metal riffage and the best metal guitars came from Jeff. The fond memories of both happen daily.

 

[legend71]

Great riffs and do not forget the brilliance of Dave Lombardo