slayer interview at headbangers ball

[@hu9204]

R.I.P Kerry's hair.

[@SuperBoomshack]

RIP Kerry's jawline

[@jamesbailey2377]

@@SuperBoomshack LMAO

[@JSession]

His hair couldn’t keep it up with the head banging. It happens

[@pittsa5919]

@Hu,😁😂😂😂

[@pinolombricalombrica6792]

In the hell, I wish 😈!

[@iamnaitsirk3091]

If Tom is not destroying the audience with their fast songs,he's here destroying the couch.

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

...and Kerry is destroying couches with fart power 3:28!

[@SxSxG666]

The picture quality is so poor that I first thought he was petting a cat :)

[@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano]

XD@@SxSxG666

[@Spaghetti_curry]

When Kerry had hair and eyes

[@nigel7779]

RTHA300 you are a savage 😎😎😎

[@dokterkarel]

@RTHA300 aren't most gays homosexual?

[@cheothegeo2742]

@@dokterkarel a gay homosexual is actually a heterosexual. cuz -1 * -1 = 1. it was a compliment. he was being nice.

[@dokterkarel]

@@cheothegeo2742 Rofl!!!

[@dystopiant7793]

@@cheothegeo2742 How is homosexuality an insult?

[@DaveDoingDaveThings]

tom is so softly spoken... but then he sings and FUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuu !!

[@hockeylvr42]

"People go nuts at slayer shows" Tom: "nahhhhh" Hahahahahahaha

[@marrlawilkinson1]

Tom tearing the couch apart

[@kingkardashian223]

Piece by piece

[@casperkuling3339]

i just love that Tom is wrecking the couch

[@1978Propain]

headbangers ball in '80 and early '90, my best years, amzing time, epic music, thank you mtv

[@Reuben007Ash]

When metal music was the hit and got a lot of respect on MTV & VH1 So many great bands...

[@eddie626sgvable]

Now it's nothing but hot 💩

[@cognitivedissident2881]

@@eddie626sgvable Theirs's great bands out there, you just have to dig a little bit further.

[@lifeisdead01]

@@cognitivedissident2881 What modern bands would you recommend?

[@neonknight-1522]

@@lifeisdead01 he cant recommend because its all hot 💩

[@childrenoftheabzu]

respect? Yeah for 3 hours a week starting at midnight on saturdays. Then grunge came and then the metal was reduced to like 1.5hr because the same grunge videos played ALL DAY on MTV took up half the ball. For a minute they did the enter the pit which was all death metal stuff for a half hour after the ball. But it was always the bastard stepchild make no mistake

[@dirfdirf4516]

Tom: “wanna answer that question?” Kerry: “politics” 😂🤣

[@dorcap7]

Tom is quite a silent guy given that he's the singer in Slayer...

[@BLUECIFER]

i also still have this recorded on a vhs from the night it aired! i used to spend the night at my grandparents' house every saturday night because they had cable and owned a vcr, just so i could record headbangers ball. good times! thanks

[@BLUECIFER]

oh yea the thing i remember most is tom pulling the couch apart! hahaha!

[@kayceeyou]

Saw Slayer probably 5 times. They never disappoint live.

[@antoniocognato5023]

Yup..I saw them 4times. 1988. 1991. 1990 twice. Clash of titans 91 February 91 with testament October 1990 Sundance rock club December 1988 felt forum nyc

[@ShanOakley]

Araya is a nice person and helluva welcoming man to Slayer fans.

[@jamesk.2195]

I almost forgot that Kerry used to have hair!

[@eon14873]

+James K. its clearly starting to thin by this time

[@jasonh9692]

+eon14873 what do u mean

[@eon14873]

he started to go bald before seasons in the abyss

[@TheKorfish]

when I first got into slayer I was shocked this was him back in the day.

[@bibana06]

Do you know when he decided to shave his head ?

[@Blackmetaljulian]

0:51 "yo my hair still here??"

[@tammymayeaux328]

Hilarious

[@streatcarp]

I've never seen Kerry smile so much!

[@gogopossum]

That couch was new at the start of the interview.

[@mosh7697]

This was the moment I became a Slayer fan. I was freaked out about all of the satanic lyrics and imagery and wouldn't listen to them for years, but after seeing and hearing this premier vid for War Ensemble at the time it originally aired, I borrowed Seasons from a friend and became a fan for life.

[@Danimal300zx]

They did a video, because in 1988, Metallica broke down that door with ONE and other thrash bands followed suit, because at this time, Metallica were STILL a respected thrash band.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Dude, MegaDeth had several videos way before Metallica One... Wake up Dead, Peace Sells, Anarchy in the Usa, Holy Wars, Hangar 18. Metallica always refused to do any videos trying to prove some ego trip for some reason.

[@Masterdebater1313]

@thrash, Hangar 18 was after One.

[@lemmymotorhead4429]

@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS I'm glad you brought up megadeth. Anthrax too had videos for their classics like "Madhouse" well before metallica's first video...

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

@@lemmymotorhead4429 Yeagh Buddy! Check out my collection of MegaDeth interviews, live performances and Anthrax live set at Salt Lake!

[@lemmymotorhead4429]

@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 🤘😎

[@cgcAWESOME84DANK]

Tom sounds so much more peaceful in person than in his songs ahaha

[@32spitzer]

Tom to this day....is one of the COOLEST DUDES IN METAL! \m/

[@TheRiu890]

Its funny how Tom speaks so Low and calmly. but when hes on his bass...

[@Krrrimmi]

SEASON IN THE ABYSS. The 1st SLAYER album I listened into. \m/

[@brycelamp7491]

tom has to be a huge stoner hes always laughing his ass off

[@panzerfaust66]

He is!

[@emperoralvis6559]

Well around this time he was on cocaine

[@mysteriosking619]

Nickhead87 exactly 😂😂😂 some of them used to be coke heads too

[@mysteriosking619]

Emperor Alvis that's not surprising lol

[@TheLordGoat]

Tom loves his pot lol

[@THE-zv7vj]

YES Tom we went NUTS at your shows all of them even in my 40s ...SLAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@victorsdiaz]

Todo Sudamérica 🇨🇱🇵🇪🇦🇷🇧🇷🇪🇨🇨🇴🇺🇾🇳🇱 ama a SLAYER 🎸🤘💪🇺🇲

[@Lungsy1988]

That's the love ballad lmao good interview. Love looking back on interviews from all the epic bands of the 80's.

[@jasonmcclain3376]

The best metal band forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mysteriosking619]

Slayer was the first thrash metal band to retire. i miss them. i have a feeling they will come out of retirement in a couple years.

[@MrFabio8666]

tom seems really like a nice boy

[@jakeunderwood6845]

Tom just picking at the couch nervously the whole time 😂I’m glad I found this in this dumb quarantine, it was a good distraction

[@Publius-24]

Thank you SLAYER, you made life worth living.

[@oh033]

Seasons of Abyss??? Damn this interview is old

[@Nate-pd7yj]

Ur old

[@unicornsteaks6769]

+Aarya Gaikwad Yeah, but I'm old. It was their best album, IMO. It has more political and social subject matter than any that came before. The whole devil thing is silly to me. And the song the album is named for is my all-time favorite by them. I lost interest in them soon after this point. As with most bands that last this long, it got too repetitive for me.

[@oh033]

Reign in Blood and Seasons of abyss are the best albums by them imo

[@gabrieleconforto4318]

+Aarya Gaikwad Show no Mercy and Hell's Awaits are good too.

[@oh033]

Yeah they are haha. Most of them are good

[@Disciple1000]

I remember watching this on MTV. It was great to hear them in a normal setting. You never got that back then unless you went to a signing. It was before the internet and they didn't interview often. That Slayer tour was amazing, as they all have been. Riki Rachtman was a douchebag and probably still is. He got booed off stage at the Headbangers Ball concert.

[@Strings-jg2to]

This takes me back. Every Saturday night.

[@bdoug5316]

11,000 people was their largest show then 😂 now they can play for 90,000+

[@clayhenderson7578]

The best show I ever went to was the "Clash of the Titans" ...Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeath, and a little known band named Alice in Chains opened the show. Epic and I still have the shirt... grayed and full of holes.

[@johnsambo9379]

I saw that show. AIC go booed the whole time.

[@lMrFresno559l]

But the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is loosely based off of Ed Gein.

[@Wargasm644]

I’ve seen some monster pits in my day. I remember going to see Slayer open for Judas Priest back in the day. It was a swirling mass of 3 huge tornadoes of human bodies. I had to get in it. Seen some awesome pits in my day. I remember a Pantera gig where there was exposed pipes and plumbing hanging from the ceiling. Everyone would “monkey bar” across the ceiling and drop into the pit. Brutal stuff. I am 53 now and no longer pit-worthy. Now my old ass just sits in the stands and tries to at least headbang 😂

[@davidcoffman321]

I agree, Rust in Peace does have Seasons in the Abyss beat, but Dead Skin Mask is still an eargasm every time i hear it.

[@wahyubiantara2009]

kerry king looked real scarry back then. Now he looks like some weird lost time traveler hipster

[@edybocman76]

Wahyu Biantara look like a skin head

[@thomasackerly7732]

KK is no Hipster

[@johnnyfountainS]

these guys aren't hipsters

[@AncientMorbidity1991]

Your confused bud.

[@colico14]

@@AncientMorbidity1991 "you're", but I agree with you.

[@perseepassacaille]

Kerry looks like Waingro.

[@marlonmbcr]

"The Grim Reaper's visiting with you."

[@marcorodriguez7694]

"I had to get it on!"

[@andyacropopolis5815]

Anyone want some pie?

[@toddprater14]

Reading this , while watching Heat. Love it ....and he does look like him a bit.

[@andotech]

Man, Riki Rachtman was such a fucking tool. Headbangers Ball was killer when Adam Curry hosted it and was total glam ballad bullshit with Riki. My brother and I used to record it every Saturday night and watch it religiously when it was good.

[@verve92]

+andotech The whole idea of the VJ makes me want to puke then shit my pants. One for depriving us of the music and one for the video. I always thought Martha Quinn was cute in a sort of low maintenance way.

[@EbenezarGold]

+verve92 I could totally see her getting up and making me a sammich "after". She is way cute.

[@tonmyritter6377]

andotech , Put that on you tube?

[@LtKrunchy]

andotech - Adam Curry was more of a tool than Riki...Programming was better the first time out...But during Riki's time, metal was starting to become watered down...Blame it on the program director

[@mikesquid3170]

andotech. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) used to punk Ricki poser

[@captainstarkillerful]

The greatest two guitarist and drummer of all-time hands down!!!

[@TheStenius]

If they had held the interview 5 minutes longer, the couch had been totaly gone :D

[@adamvmiller]

And covered in Kerry’s hair lol.

[@senurajayasinghe8416]

hahaha look at kerry

[@Jordo246]

Kerry's hair isn't dead it just migrated

[@juliegogola4647]

Tom is still VERY HOT here. Nowadays he is "metal Santa" still cute though.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Ah memories, Check my South of Heaven cover and SOD riffs I first heard before and after commercial breaks on HeadBanger's Ball..Dead Skin Mask and Season's covers coming soon!

[@TheCircusfreak777]

For being the lead singer of Slayer Tom's very soft spoken and down to earth. He seems cool.

[@TheKingBJ]

If Reign in Blood had came out in 1990, it would has beaten Rust in Peace, but the involved album in the video is Seasons in The Abyss.

[@alfredmeneses7780]

I used to record this show on vhs back in the days..

[@MagnificoGiganticus]

Clash was the first time I saw Slayer.

[@jimdithomas408]

Kerry was badass back then no stupid tattoos and long hair. He was a lot thinner also.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Thankful you will never get old.

[@Justafoo_04]

Well the hair would’ve gone regardless, he only shaved it because he was balding

[@daBEAGLE1017]

@@Justafoo_04 he only was losing hair because he head banged so dang hard it flew out. KMFK is a Legend

[@Justafoo_04]

@@daBEAGLE1017 True lol

[@daBEAGLE1017]

@@Justafoo_04 peace love and RnR brother.

[@Moa991]

tom always seems so stoned in the interviews :D

[@Organnabis]

RIP Kerry King's hair.

[@snakeeyes6669]

Kerry and Tommy such wholesome guys!!!

[@SamJohnnyVoices]

I knew War Ensemble was recorded live

[@GlobalTubeTruth]

Would have been cool to hear the complete interview.

[@Krrrimmi]

The hi-cut sneakers era. The happy days. When Kerry was not yet a douchebag. That's METAL. \m/👹

[@Shanksftw]

I knew Dead Skin Mask had something to do with Ed Gein! I'm going to have to listen to that song again...

[@dericketcobanez117]

Slayer is Slayer!

[@FUSCKEK]

Yeah! i was there too, [guess it was in the Felt Forum right?].Great show and the opening act was misplace thinking 'bout so many good choices back then [overkill, testament, exodus, vio-lence etc.]

[@keefriff99]

Andy Wallace is an incredible sound engineer...Reign/South/Seasons are probably the most sonically perfect thrash albums released during the genre's '80s/early '90s heyday. It's really sad that these bands sounded BETTER 20-30 years ago with LESS advanced technology. What the fuck happened? Albums like Death Magnetic and World Painted Blood, while solid musically, sound thin and compressed, and the drums sound like cardboard boxes.

[@tpl6963]

true but god hates us all and divine intervention also sound fantastic.

[@jeremycubs8331]

That's not Kerry, that's Michael Anthony from Van halen LOL

[@petestanton1945]

Thinner

[@ericcartmansstrengthandpow5960]

Tom is tearing up that couch.... PIECE BY PIECE.

[@metal1881]

I agree man. Maybe its all the digital engineering now? Im sure back in the early to mid-eighties it was all done in analog form.

[@jacobjames8782]

And Scott Ian's hair is now Kerry's beard.

[@97warlock]

Ricky & Kerry wore the same Stache/goatee look that day.

[@ブレイヴフェンサ]

I now notice the couch, it’s kind of cool

[@brianmeen2158]

Damn I Miss headbangers ball. I miss the 80s and early 90s metal scene

[@MetalHeart8787]

he was a Fan OF Metal & had many Friends in Metal Bands. He cut his hair which shows the move the same way the crowd does, so did kerry king. and many Other Musicians. Riki just didn't play an instrument, I know many people that also didn't play But they were fans of Heavy Metal.

[@titzit4754]

Slayer always say they didn't get no radio play, which is true, but they did get some help from MTV, like this interview.

[@dansavka7648]

Man I miss Headbangers ball I don't know how many times I waited patiently at the Fagen Pharmacy in the locked case to get a new tape from some band that I heard on Headbangers ball and now you can't do that

[@elizabethmasters3179]

Tommy keeps picking at the cushion and throwing it on the floor...lol

[@MrVarsityphysics]

Kerry looks like Ted Levine in Heat.

[@drummerinthepark9641]

I got into Slayer when Kerry started balding, when I saw the other videos of Slayer which were from early eighties, I thought who is this guy with hair now? but when I saw clearly I thought ummmmm.

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

This live show is going around but it is in scarce circles.

[@AndreasW-p4r]

Good old days with headbangers balls 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@PatrickWalts1]

@crgeiger498909 Rikki Rachtman mentioned to Axl Rose that he'd like to host Headbanger's Ball, and Axl took him over to the Mtv offices and made it happen.

[@wlower5159]

Bruh imagine a music video for angel of death, raining blood, mandatory suicide... those would be insane

[@aaronamccoy]

tom is too smooth

[@thomasackerly7732]

Was amazing back then to

[@Beholder505]

@crgeiger498909 That was Ricky Rachtman. He was heavily involved in the hard rock/metal scene before he even got the Headbangers ball gig. He owned the Cathouse which Gun's N Roses, and many other bands played before they got big. He wasn't manufactured. Many people didn't like him, but he was legit.

[@SwitchFlipKid323]

HAIRY KING!

[@santanaincubus]

Wow Riki is trying to look as metal as possible here with his hair and beard LMAO

[@dereknoland9975]

Tom just steady picking at that couch

[@patrickmetal96]

the last 2 guys are back

[@adam2aces]

This was when MTV stood for MUSIC TELEVISION (they used to have cheesy music videos on most of the day) and not reality television. Did you see King checking his watch (he is so flippin bored with this interview). \m/

[@donoles2]

the interviewer guys voice sounds exactly like Tucker Carlson

[@slayerrules70]

Fuck yeah!!!!! I am drinking a beer for Jeff,my metal god bro!!!!!!!!!!!

[@m169marroquin]

I've been looking for those old school all white Converse with the big tongue. Can't Thrash without 'em.

[@happyrAGEeee]

Me too. I have old white high top pumas. Ive been tryin to find old white nike high tops.

[@alinesanchezramirezbaruchi2658]

É uma banda popular. São bandas bem-sucedidas de música popular. Não é erudito ou contemporânea de indie. Eu gosto bastante. São muito bem-vindos.

[@blakebuol3386]

Kerry king looks like travis Tritt

[@dannycruz5446]

Kerry checking his watch lol

[@AcidTechnoMan5000]

His ego got so big it expanded his skull, stretched his scalp, and his hair fell out.

[@jasonstewart5649]

I remember this. This is the headbangers ball interview when they were asked about the Grammy's, and Tom said, "🖕the Grammy's!