Slayer don't do garage... even if they recorded a very powerful punk cover album, Undiscuted Attitude.

Jeff Hanneman is now gone and we think it's sad for the underground music community.

And you ? what about Slayer ?

I have to say that Slayer made me discover old californian punk bands like TSOL, Verbal Abuse or Minor Threat. I was 15 when they released their punk's covers album and it was a big kick in my ass !

Actually he died cause of liver problems... Alcool maybe, one of his sponsor was Heinecken !

Still quite rock'n'roll, no ?

John Battles said:

How did he die , actually? Seriously , I have'nt heard. I did hear he was once bitten by a rare venomous spider that made his hand blow up far more than it's normal size. My friend called it "The ultimate Heavy Metal injury". There are certainly many contenders for that title , but , I heard nothing about his death being related to the spider bite.   Slayer , I was never a fan. I liked a few of their songs in the 80's when I was briefly listening to some of the then - new Speed Metal bands , but , that does'nt mean I don't feel for his fans , friends and family.

How did he die , actually? Seriously , I have'nt heard. I did hear he was once bitten by a rare venomous spider that made his hand blow up far more than it's normal size. My friend called it "The ultimate Heavy Metal injury". There are certainly many contenders for that title , but , I heard nothing about his death being related to the spider bite.   Slayer , I was never a fan. I liked a few of their songs in the 80's when I was briefly listening to some of the then - new Speed Metal bands , but , that does'nt mean I don't feel for his fans , friends and family.

I´m not a big metal-fan, with few exceptions. Slayer was one of them.
Slayer has been the only (thrash-)metal band i used to hear in the 80s, despite i was into a completely different kind of music, but still liked them a lot.
They were great and so powerful!. Fantastic live, too.
Jeff Hanneman was a great musician, no dubt!
What a pity! and so young!

I like Slayer.  I've never been a huge metal guy but Slayer was a band I dug.  Got to see them once in the mid- 90's and they were excellent.  The opening bands made me want to run out of the venue screaming but Slayer was fantastic.  What a horrid but totally heavy metal way to die:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/05/03/obit-jeff-hanneman-slayer-guitarist.html

Horrifying.  

Gotta admit, I never liked 'em. Never really understood all the attention they got, either. Whatever.