Kerry King Reveals Tom Araya Didn't Play Bass on Slayer Records

Kerry King Reveals Tom Araya Didn't Play Bass on Slayer Records
Prepare for a metal bombshell as Kerry King spills the beans on Slayer's iconic albums! Join us for an exclusive revelation as Kerry discloses the truth about who played bass on Slayer records since the early '90s. The dynamics between Kerry King and Tom Araya take an unexpected turn. 🚀 Get ready for a metal journey of shocking revelations and behind-the-scenes drama! Subscribe Music Mad for More #kerryking #tomaraya #Slayer

[@JayJay-sk3iu]

Never trust anyone who doesn’t like Dave Lombardo

[@johnnyweresorrry]

👊🏽🫱🏽‍🫲🏾💯

[@TheOneTrueAJ]

I never do.

[@jeffrussell777]

Do you know him personally like King does...yea Dave is a Super Awesome Drummer ...but when you have to deal with B.S. from someone there does come a point where you do just want to NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN .

[@johnhoran9840]

@@jeffrussell777 Kerry King strikes me as the kind of guy who is as close to becoming another Ted Bundy as someone can possibly get without actually leaving a trail of bodies behind them. Don't know any of those guys personally, but I wouldn't want to run into Kerry in a dark alley unless I was carrying.

[@Pleurotus]

@@jeffrussell777 To be honest, having met them both, I'll say they're both gentlemen in their own way. The disagreement they had was over money, and we'll never know how it went down, but I tend a bit towards Dave on that matter, as he was thinking for the band's interest and was just like "Guys, we can make more money here, here's how". Kerry just didn't want to hear about it, for reasons known to Kerry only. He's been super tight about it, whereas Dave has spoken very openly about his intentions, and when he got sacked he had no idea what hit him. Very sad, and unnecessary if you ask me.

[@Joe.888]

Who cares? Tom was a performer and frontman, and good one at that.

[@rjg2112]

Agree!

[@ObsidianLife]

Yup, he was able to go 30+ years and could barely play his bass! So good! LMAO!

[@AmokRun666]

Cares the King and the new project😜

[@Good-Enuff-Garage]

and rode the hell out of that E string

[@ObsidianLife]

@@Good-Enuff-Garage There's a great story about the legendary Dick Dale telling his new bass player to "get rid of his top two string (D/G); you ain't gonna need them..." LOL The difference is that guy COULD play bass...

[@kennyg823]

He's unleashed his inner Dave mustaine

[@SubversionAcademy]

😂

[@nickreid5939]

Lolllll

[@satrah101]

😂😂😂😂

[@rrroarrr89]

Just like Conrad in Venom. He deleted the founding members in his website... the cheek of it

[@IronSabbath666]

Except Dave can actually play guitar lol

[@Scott-iw5ji]

I love Slayer, but KK always came off as a bit of a dick. Also, seeing Tom very obviously shredding bass live, I'm not sure I believe that he didn't play in the studio.

[@The_Cadaver]

Copy-pasting this from another comment. King and Hanneman wrote all of the riffs. Not uncommon for a songwriting guitarist to track the bass too. Often times they can do it in one take, and already know the riffs anyway. Waste of studio time to teach someone new songs -- and then have them tracking vocals too. I believe Kerry.

[@TheMlvswoll]

He didn’t play bass live. Dave Grohl did a lot of drum tracks. That doesn’t diminish the talent of the late Taylor Hawkins. Chris passed, Dave is dead to Kerry and Tom hasn’t spoke with him in years. Sometimes you need to look in The mirror and realize if you take issue with everyone around you there is a good chance you may be the problem.

[@endezeichengrimm]

It's very believable. Billy Corgan played bass on pumpkins albums. Daron Malakian played bass on SOAD albums.

[@Beardshire]

More like Kerry didn't like certain parts and redid them. Tom and Dave were very much a once and done type of mind set. Dave ritually played the album through in one shot so any mistakes had to be put into the album, even now you can hear the mistakes but we are so used to hearing them they are a part of the history.

[@user-cs2tc8qn1h]

i thought kerry king act like a jerk for a while . But I dont hate him

[@tytlersbicycle]

Jeff wrote all the hits.

[@trendmassacre8423]

THIS!!

[@markcapestro5390]

All of them

[@Anacronian]

Kerry King: "Hey, remember those canons in the 1812 overture? - yeah, I played them!"

[@SubversionAcademy]

😂

[@DrMurdercock]

itsd common for the guitarist to play everyones parts in studio...esp if thhey wrote the riffs. More common than people seem to be aware of

[@ActAccordinglyNow]

Kerry king is like Steven Seagal telling every journalist he taught Anderson Silva that front kick that knocked out Vitor Belfort.

[@shawnbruce6934]

LOL.

[@jamesb95]

Hanneman wrote all of their iconic riffs. No debate. Lombardo had the most skills as a musician. Araya vocals were amazing. Kerry King was a bald headed little dwarf that just tried to act tough.

[@ethanbox2010]

Is anyone else getting a sense that Hanneman was always the glue that held this band together for so long???

[@donrice311]

Funny you should mention that slayer died when Jeff did

[@AV57]

I really doubt it, considering how Jeff wasn't very chummy with the other guys and his alcoholism.

[@shawnbruce6934]

Yes.

[@marklavric8323]

Bla, bla; I guess Kerry played everything: both guitars, bass, drums. He don’t like Dave Lombardo, Tom Arraya(oh, Slayer was Tom’s band), Kirk Hammet,.. Is anybody who fits to his wishes? I guess no. And, by the way, Jeff wrote mainly all the best Slayer songs and he was a Slayer God and not Kerry.

[@cbhamm5676]

Jeff, Kerry and Dave were already jamming together when they asked Tom to join in '81. Was not Toms band and he never wrote a lick.

[@bradkneale7580]

Did Kerry sing Toms vocals too..... lol thet seen to be a pretty important part @@cbhamm5676

[@GonnaGetYouBoi]

@@cbhamm5676kerry also wrote every pantera/metallica album. he sold them the rights. jeff hanneman was way better than him. his guitar was also wayyy better. ESP vs bc rich? lOL~ should tell you all you need to know. nothing against BC rich.. but if I had infinite money to spend on a custom guitar, it would be coming from ESP.

[@cbhamm5676]

@@GonnaGetYouBoi wtf? I never said anything about who is the better guitar player, dont know where that random thought came from. I never said who wrote most of the songs, another homo random thought hipster. I never said anything about which guitar brand makes you a better player...youre on dope,right? Weirdo.

[@cbhamm5676]

@@GonnaGetYouBoi wtf? Where did I say anything about who was better? Where did I say anything about guitar manufacturers? Where did I say Kerry wrote everything? lol dude, I dont know where any of that came from. Too much Red Bull today or something? All of your nonsense aside...yes Im a Hanneman guy, yes Kerry and Tom are money hungry scrubs. Weirdo.

[@JasonGreen-jt5qt]

Kerry also invented the wheel and discovered fire. Lol

[@AmokRun666]

and PIZZAAAA🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@falseflag42]

And played everything on Van Halen 1 and 2.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Kerry King also invented the internet, founded America, and painted the Mona Lisa

[@edgargonzalez1648]

Along with Gene Simmons 😂

[@The_Cadaver]

Dude literally invented death metal lead guitar. Fire and the wheel aren't even in his top 5 accomplishments.

[@willchug]

Jeff is the riff fuhrer. Dave is the most skilled. Tom could sing like all hell. And then there was Kerry.

[@ObsidianLife]

...fuhrer...? Damn Dude...REALLY? As dumb as Hannamen was, HE didn't consider himself a N4zi...

[@idontgivea1769]

And his shit solo guitar tone!

[@spectrumdisorder]

Kerry "the whammy bar" King

[@Undeadmetalhead87]

And don't forget hes a skinhead who seems to be in the white supremacy.

[@ironbird72]

Metallica have Ulrich, so yeah Slayer must have Kerry. It's a good thing Ulrich does not releases any solo album

[@romanfortner3248]

Sounds like to me Kerry is trying to bury the rest of the former band members of slayer. It seems he has sat there and ran his mouth almost non-stop since the band retired. He has a new band he needs to focus on that instead of trying to put his former band members down. I got to see Slayer back in 2012 and Tom kicked ass along with Dave on drums. Honestly his new project sounds real good but I doubt I will give them a listen. Kerry is just bitter bout slayer calling it quits

[@gdgbjbfgcbjn]

And now they're reuniting....Wtf I guess they aren't that bad huh...

[@romanfortner3248]

@@gdgbjbfgcbjn supposedly Tom's wife urge him to reunite with them. If I was Tom I would tell Kerry to stick to his new band and let slayer go. Tom has more than paid his dues and deserves his time in retirement. Kerry needs to focus his energy on his new band and let slayer go plain and simple.

[@chrissnow6655]

Dave Lombardo is my second favourite drummer after John Bonham. Kerry King is, at best, an asshole

[@jarhead03xx37]

I've been a Slayer fan since 85 and personally KK has been the douche in the band since the beginning . He always comes across as trying to hard

[@carmichael3594]

He's just passionate that's all I think. But he does come off as a dick

[@MetalD1111]

@@carmichael3594I disagree he’s just straight forward and if you don’t like it don’t listen to his interviews and stuff

[@s.d.c5513]

​@@MetalD1111 He's a backstabby narcissist. That counts as "dick"

[@booker9879]

Yeah .. look at him now albums later He didn't try he made it

[@jarhead03xx37]

@@MetalD1111 Being a dick is easy

[@6324jorge]

As for someone who was there from the very beginning when Slayer used to rehearse in Tom's Garage we all witnessed Tom playing bass especially in the early recordings of show no mercy haunting The Chapel at track records Tom does in fact know how to play bass

[@andrewking4885]

I've seen him play chords on bass .I think that was on the unholy alliance cd

[@scottashe984]

That wasn't what was claimed..

[@cbhamm5676]

He never said Tom couldn't play.

[@booker9879]

Tom doesn't get enough credit as a bass player ... I've felt the bass was under rep

[@Devious480]

I don't buy it....if Tom could play them live in front of huge crowds he can play them in the studio....if I remember right there's footage of Tom playing in the srudio...

[@myufostory689]

Kerry King was also Steve Vai's guitar teacher.

[@shawnbruce6934]

LOL.

[@booker9879]

You have smoked too much.... disconnect from the server

[@Pleurotus]

Next thing he'll claim he was Chuck Norris' stunt double.

[@JShadow6661]

Nah he’s the type to say he was Chuck’s sensei lol

[@Pleurotus]

@@JShadow6661 🤣🤣🤣

[@thehelpdesk4051]

Love slayer Don't care for King or his project

[@Snakebyte3301]

His new band is just a mid version of slayer

[@metalfarmer646]

poor fucking kerry! consumed by envy, because he will never recive the admiration ans love from slayer maniacs, that jeff deserves...😢

[@eon14873]

This is old news. Kerry or Jeff played bass on the albums . I heard these rumours in the early 90s

[@CarlosRodriguez-bo4sx]

Kerry King also played the drums in the studio. Lombardo simply had to learn the parts. Lucky for him that Bostaph already knew how to play.

[@mamamia6925]

Tom is an iconic Frontman in Metal ,an absolute legend. I don't care who played bass on the 90's and later albums. To me Slayer died with Jeff. Let them Rest in Peace.

[@brucegruben140]

Some people are not comfortable in the studio I heard every albums bass was done by Kerry. Tom did played well on stage who cares. KK seems like a dick.

[@joesandoval3741]

I mean I understand especially for a recording you want the best quality and performance. Bands do that all the time who ever is the stronger/tighter player. I’m sure Kerry has been the sole writer for majority of the music in last 10 years or so but sounds like he isn’t giving Tom any credit. It is just wrong and messed up

[@joshpelton8068]

@@joesandoval3741 Kerry and Tom seem to have bad blood between them.they were close but grew apart.for one, Kerry wanted to move on with slayer and he felt Jeff would have wanted that as well . People deal with grief differently.when my mom died , many of my family members turned on one another .I am not comfortable showing emotions on front of people so they took it as me being cold. Loss is never a predictable thing.i feel like Kerry kind of carried the band once Jeff was out of commission. Slayer fans are a strange bunch 😮

[@joesandoval3741]

@@joshpelton8068 strange bunch ? So if you’re not a fan why are you here? Makes you seem like the strange one snooping around. Unless you know them personally you shouldn’t say anything about grieving and how any of them deal with it. I never said anything about.m that topic. Not sure why you did.

[@jelmeromero]

Dave Lombardo and Anaya's style of vocal is what elevated them from the mediocrity.

[@brunodamario]

Tom is not the sid vicious of metal. If you think he can t play bass watch slayer s concerts on KZbin.

[@The_Cadaver]

I don't know if I consider playing the low E with a guitar pick "playing bass," but aight.

[@eon14873]

There are performances were the last few minutes of mandatory suicide Tom literally is not even using his left arm at all

[@The_Cadaver]

@@eon14873 His bass is always absolutely BURIED in the mix. Dude could literally put the bass away and they'd still sound the same.

[@donrice311]

Nope don't have to I seen him play live just fine 5 times slayer shows are absolutely killer shows

[@southpaw_from_southport1522]

​@@The_Cadaver Is it in key, on time & locked in with the kick drums? Yes? That's what the Bassist is supposed to do.

[@Ray-pw8hn]

Kerry throwing his toys out of the cot again!!!. Will always be the 2nd best guitarist in slayer.

[@jameshausler5259]

Tom Araya was never "known" to be a virtuoso bass player. If you watch him play live, one could see that. King, probably sounded better in the studio for recording purposes and probably could do it in less takes. Their music was never mixed with any kind of heavy bass, but more of a focus on the dueling lead/rhythm guitar. But, to reveal it now is just to take a pot shot at Araya whose vocals are BA to say the least.

[@jjp_nl]

I do not pretend to know the inner workings of Slayer, but this looks and sounds a lot like KK expressing his resentment over the way Slayer ended by throwing shade at former band mates. I guess harhouring a degree of disappointment over what went down is to be expected. Letting it fester like this, is a choice (even though letting it go can be hard). FFS, get over it already, and focus on what a new project can bring to the table. This way KK will be an old and bitter man before he knows it. Shame.

[@kevinbecton2281]

Don’t fucking care one iota if this is true or not. Tom was the voice of Slayer, period. KK seems to be resentful that Tom was ready to enjoy is life out of the public eye since KK obviously needs the public attention. I wish KK well on his new project, I’ll be seeing them with Lamb of God and Mastodon in July. Really excited to hear what Mark Oseguada brings to the entire album.

[@blub.lubber5171]

lol "Slayer's iconic basslines" wtf?

[@antcare2804]

Lmfao

[@absu132]

😂😂😂😂right?!!! the bass lines are not even hard, it just hums in the background trust theres nothing iconic from slayers bass lines. THE TRUE MEANING OF ICONIC. STEVE HARRIS,STEVE DIGIORGO,LES CLAYPOOL CLIFF BURTON

[@justinandsheba]

That's what I was wondering...lol. I guess the bass to Black Magic is pretty cool.

[@peeweevermin]

KK is unbelievably limited as far as musical skill goes. Not sure I believe a word he says at this point.

[@Therionsylar]

his solo always sucked , i dont understand why people love them

[@The_Cadaver]

@@Therionsylar Have you tried to solo over a fast thrash riff? It sounds awful no matter what. His atonal style fit perfectly, and hundreds of death metal guitarists happily ripped him off.

[@The_Cadaver]

King and Hanneman wrote all of the riffs. Not uncommon for a songwriting guitarist to track the bass too. Often times they can do it in one take, and already know the riffs anyway. Waste of studio time to teach someone new songs -- and then have them tracking vocals too. I believe Kerry. Timeline checks out too. They would have been hella busy in the 90's onward.

[@RappinAcoustic]

I heard KK also came up and played all the drum parts for seasons in the abyss. Also, during the two weeks he was in Megadeth he managed to write all the solos Marty Friedman would later play in rust in peace. What a talent….

[@Albee213]

Who knows on some albums, but the first three had to be Tom they were finger played and actually pretty good. From South of Heaven onwards the bass guitar got very basic and only did what it had to, to fill the sound. Also, Kerry did record all the rhythm tracks for every player album starting with Divine Intervention.

[@boe5832]

theres footage of tom playing bass in studios no? i saw one from records of post 1990s..

[@micheldeveer4304]

What is next? He sang as well?

[@philipjohnson935]

Idk it’s believable that maybe in the studio they divided up the work that way. But end of the day you can go look up live “straight from the board” Tom Araya bass and hear that he nails those parts and is a really good player

[@rexrosal1863]

On the Slayer: Making of Repentless documentary from 2015, there is a picture of Kerry playing a 5 string, B.C. Rich Mockingbird bass. At the time, I didn't think much of it because it's not unusual to see pictures and/or footage of musicians playing other instruments to come up with parts and ideas for songs and/or just mess around. But there is also a picture of Tom playing his bass in the studio so it could be a thing to where Kerry played bass on some songs on that album.

[@tom416]

In the studio KK did all the drums guitars bass vocals ran the boards and did all the production mixing and editing. Simultaneously. Live. In one take. No stacking or laying tracks over one at a time. He only takes credit for bass and guitar because hes such a humble and good friend.

[@bulletsforteeth5029]

It's easy to talk smack about your old band mates... Dave Mustaine, anyone?

[@aldothewarrior]

Kerry is just looking for attention to fuel towards his new project. I don't believe his claims to have any truth to them whatsoever - the least talented member of Slayer was Kerry by far!

[@EruditeBlueJackass]

Agreed, you teach a monkey to hammer out riffs!

[@mikemars2112]

Please. It's known that Kerry was the lynchpin, recording all the band's guitars for years.

[@aldothewarrior]

@mikemars2112 Jeff wrote most lyrics, Tom and Dave were the ultimate metal rhythm section and Kerry (while being a decent player and songwriter) is mostly just a mouthpiece trying to make himself out to be this outrageous and tough metal legend. He could have been replaced by any other guitarist and the difference wouldn't have been noticed

[@mikemars2112]

@@aldothewarrior Good job. Your imaginary scenario has just eliminated Slayer from existence. Kerry was crucial to the early Slayer sound, not only because he and Jeff started as one of the greatest songwriting duos in thrash-but also because of his obsessive Judas Priest influences. Kerry was the one who told Jeff they should start a band together, and Jeff was inspired to develop his skills after those early jams with Kerry. Try all you want, but Kerry King's legacy is undeniable, and his importance with Slayer and thrash is undisputed. There's a reason why actual thrash musicians respect him so much. And there's a reason why losers on the internet don't.

[@billgibson7899]

No... he's just a tool...

[@arturoalmazan5262]

i like King but he's lying his ass off lol . next thing he'll say he played all the instruments with slayer 😂

[@_PuppetMaster86]

“When Lombardo wasn't in the band, I played drums on Divine Intervention. Bostaph only played live. :)”

[@jjharson7344]

@@_PuppetMaster86 did King really say that? it wouldn't surprise me..... I always thought that they got Lombardo back for the album, due to Paul hurting his arm or something?

[@kaosinyourface1406]

Tom played pretty Damn good while playing Live

[@noctilucent7396]

Sure as fuck did.

[@78gagta78]

Funny how Slayer is doing two shows in a few months, must not hate each other that much

[@WillClark-fp6fu]

Dave can't be replaced

[@servicesthankyou4032]

I like all original band members!

[@user-ck2qu7pk2i]

Don't touch Mr ARAYA !! 🤘

[@chessforfunonly1586]

Tom Araya sure played the bass live!

[@jamesvaughn4126]

What name of that theme

[@wigs666]

King played bass and all the rhythm guitars as well from Divine intervention onwards. This is old news; any Slayer fan knows this. Also, it's pretty common with bands.

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

for example James Hetfield plays ALL rhythm parts on the metallica studio albums. Steve Asheim of Deicide has played most of the rhythm guitar parts on Decide albums. Charlie Benante with Scott Ian play most the Anthrax rhythm guitars on Anthrax studio albums. it is well known that bands have members that are "better" in studio than the ones that do the live versions. and im okay with that. it doesn't ruin anything.

[@booker9879]

I don't care about the behind the scene. .. it's the collection of talent that every single element that makes up Slayer. The how does not matter Now I'm very interested in hearing something from both Slayer and Sepultura

[@servicesthankyou4032]

I like all the original band members of Slayer.

[@michaelgarner387]

I met them all at an album signing in the early 90’s and KK was a total jerk for sure. The rest of the guys were really cool.

[@defleshedbuttocks]

Kerry King-a-ling also hand-built all the guitars and basses. Facts.

[@michaelduncan5038]

Tom says that Kerry only played bass on Repentless. I believe Tom over Kerry.

[@katshades]

This is not news. This has been known for years.

[@PaddyByrne931]

It was said many years ago that Kerry recoded bass lines some albums

[@humbly-soalejandro6898]

He's still a pissed off teenager. that's really sad.

[@ThemightyEdburton]

Dude Tom can shred

[@VolvoImpala]

All Slayer's albums since Seasons in the Abyss or since Divine Intervention? And that's an interesting tidbit considering Tom seems to show no problem playing and singing all their songs live. AND it's interesting considering Kerry King played all the rhythm guitars or most of them from Diabolous in Musica on. I don't know. The fact is I have Slayer's classics and Disc 2 of Soundtrack to the Apocalypse does a great job covering the Bostaph years. Then I have Christ Illusion and World Painted Blood. I probably give Christ Illusion a bit of an edge. It's tighter in the writing department.

[@JayTor2112]

Wouldn't be the first case of the bass player live wasn't the bass player on the album(s). Remember Tom was new to metal when they started, he didn't even know what it was when he joined Slayer. So it wouldn't surprise me if Kerry played bass at least on the early albums, there is some pretty shredding bass on those albums.

[@davec3901]

Isn't this odd timing for these comments considering the two show reunion?

[@EJ-74]

They just announced a reunion 🤘🏻

[@CakedNinja]

Recording vs live isn't the same. You have to be incredibly precise to record. Bands use studio musicians all the time to record. If Tom wrote bass lines or had any part of the creative process, that's great. If he's only the talent for live, that's also great. Two different sets of skills, nonetheless.

[@christophervickers1110]

I never knew that about studio recording vs stage shows. Interesting. Either way I love their music still

[@CakedNinja]

@christophervickers1110 agreed. Take a look at Tim Pierce if you're interested in guitar studio process. He's a session guitarist and has written/recorded with a lot of famous artists.

[@markcapestro5390]

Thoughts?? ... well it would be nice to see the actual reference that King stated that. While i do understand King does play a lot of the bass tracks mixed w the rhythm to get the song going, its probably unfair to say Araya had nothing to do w the sound.

[@brucetungsten5714]

Love everything up until 1994 of the band and especially Kerry King's awesome live performances / look - especially during the 80ies. He's always been a hard worker and a very good player relative to his niche. As for his current activities - interesting to some extent but stylistically awe-ful.

[@macbrebonicks8668]

So Tom Araya was getting his Bass Hero on just like the rest of us.😂

[@garageworkouts1]

Kerry also said he played Jeffs rhythm parts too..Not new news..This has been known since Diablos..

[@angrytroll27]

Kerry did all the rhythm track since the early 90s. as he said it sounds tighter. Maybe same reason for tracking bass

[@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness]

yeah Matt tuck didn’t get flack for revealing that he does the rhythm and the bass tracks on the albums they just credit whatever bassist is playing live with them

[@puhigeoffreywaynefuimaonok8656]

yeah na he might seem like the rhythm guitarist but he is a awesome musician well trained song writer of his class I would want to play the parts too love your creativity with a message as well youth of the future will embrace slayer

[@pistonport70ssm24]

A true bass player already known this,,,, there is no bass solos for a reason! Jeff and Kerry is SLAYER

[@JonnySublime]

Karen King probably played drums for Slayer too.

[@Geo-Real]

That's why you guys reunited, huh?

[@Stigmatix666]

There are bass lines?

[@DirtyHowy]

“Iconic bass lines”

[@gipsyavenger9829]

Besides being bald and short, Kerry is a Class A balloon knot.

[@thekivster]

What were the "iconic bass lines" of Slayer?

[@duncandistortion]

Should title the album 'when the shit hits the fan,it splatters your eyes'.

[@mrbrocephus3849]

Just wish to hear more bass on the songs. But Toms voice makes up for his voice

[@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness]

yeah they and Metallica turned it down idk why definitely more audible on megadeth and anthrax records

[@REVOisMYname]

Kerry King with that KinCobraJFS level shredding

[@chrissnow6655]

His ego has always been out of control. Unless it's confirmed by someone else, I don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth.

[@bradkneale7580]

his new band sounds exactly the same as Slayer

[@iantheman8332]

At least James let Jason play (even if it's not loud )

[@thecosmosrocks]

Who played it. Who wrote it? Who played it live.

[@SplinteredCompany]

And Jeff played Kerry's parts on the albums..

[@breakfaith3031]

And Tom played Jeff's parts on the albums

[@SubversionAcademy]

😂

[@SubversionAcademy]

@@breakfaith3031😂

[@kevincote1920]

nah i wrote and recorded slayers discography @@breakfaith3031

[@SplinteredCompany]

@@breakfaith3031 And Paul sang Toms parts on the albums!

[@Powers3848]

Kerry King is a small man with Napoleon complex. Hence the overkill tattoos, beard, and shades. His insecurity armor.

[@axematthew6242]

and he wrote the first bible

[@dvca1875]

Interesting now that SLAYER is reuniting for 2 festivals this summer...

[@leifhildebrandt1645]

This is not a revelation King spoke of this way back in the Seasons in the Abyss album.

[@ActAccordinglyNow]

Kerry king is like Steven Seagal telling every journalist he taught Anderson Silva that front kick that knocked out Vitor Belfort.

[@user-gl2me5ns3k]

George Santos said he played it while preparing for the Olympics.

[@SeverinoSE]

Hilarious comments :D Now imagine if it turns out he was just drunk during that interview :D

[@cheranguista]

He also recorded Jeff Hannemans guitars - Jeff only recorded his solos

[@Kfu2]

I never in my years of being a Slayer fan have ever heard an iconic bass line from them

[@slaxxxer]

Spot on, the last album to have well defined bass lines was recorded forty years ago!

[@ilegallaws3741]

It's true if you listen to the live shows you could hardly hear the bass at all ! I love Tom because he was born in chile 🇨🇱 but I could never hear the bass on their live shows !:(

[@jeremyfickas5137]

He's everything yah yah yah. 😢gary Holt carried him when he joined the band

[@CAlanRobinson]

It actually makes sense.... it's not like Tom's bass parts were "genius" bass parts... they ALWAYS follow the guitar parts that either Jeff or Kerry wrote, so it makes sense that in the studio with the clock ticking and studio time being expensive, that making Tom LEARN all of these new riffs so that HE could play them on the record would be a waste of time and money... just have the guitar player who wrote the riff play it... be knows it already... then Tom can learn it later on his own time for the live performances. It's not like Tom lacked the skill to play them... which I think Kerry is trying to say without saying it (just to be kind of a bitch). That is how most people would look at the situation of Tom NOT playing on albums on the surface. Most people don't understand the recording process and would not know that stuff like that happens ALL THE TIME. I don't think less of Tom for this.

[@Aymungoos]

Its probably true but there isnt really an issue with it. Its a lot more common than you think. For example the only time you hear Kirk playing on metallica records is during solos, James records every other guitar part

[@gozerthegozerian9888]

Even if this is true like who really cares he still plays all his bass parts live and tom is definitely known way more for his vocals than being a bassists you can hardly ever hear it most of the time in there songs

[@dead0404]

Judging by the logic of him hating Mustaine, he has to hate himself

[@mvm5375]

Slayer ended beautifully with World Painted Blood. For me at least. The last Slayer album!!!