Slayer 1986 Interview (40 of 100+ Interview Series)

Reign in Blood era Inteview, aired on the Monsters of Rock show on Sky Channel in 1986.

[@Walamonga1313]

One of the laws of the Big 4: The bass player is always the friendliest, most cool dude

[@ButtahDawgMcDouble]

Holy shit

[@moweewesty279]

One is not really supposed to be there, but I mean sure...

[@crazeyjoe]

Indeed, Araya along with, Ellefson, Bello as well as team Burton, Newsted and Trujillo!

[@devinwatson4594]

The guy from anthrax is a jerk

[@polishcowm7366]

Devin Watson why?

[@MarianoRodriguez]

Tom Araya be like... -Hey, how you doing, Tom? -Hi, I´m fine, you know, it´s a lovely day, people going around trying to relax, I just bought a 7up and we -Hey, Tom, time to sing! -SATAAAAAN babies dropping from hell in bloody generals of deadly assault!!!! MURRRDERRRRRR IS HEEERREEEEEEEEE!

[@dankk2754]

Mariano Rodríguez XD

[@rainbowslushy223]

pretty much lol

[@billyshity4045]

Mariano Rodríguez

[@rexduranzelandony]

Hillarious comment

[@Grimeyhoob]

I saw them live in 1986 on the reign in blood tour in London. What a show man. I was 60 years old back then, am 92 now and still go to metal gigs all the time.

[@capoman1]

Love how Tom is this normal, quiet, soft spoken guy... And then you listen to the music...

[@bluebay0]

It's always the quiet ones you got to watch out for.

[@jaimegodoy757]

Chileno

[@StoneColdET98]

Tom laughs alot. that's why i like him

[@rtdogiuyh1827]

mee to man and most people cant understand that slayer dont believe in the bullshit the say...

[@ClintGilbert5]

Rtdog Iuyh they tell storys threw music are speed metal doesn't make it true are sometimes it does to some degree. all in all who really carers it,s a story.

[@krisfrosz133]

William Hudson I used to think people like Tom are nothing but evil, mean satan worshippers because of the band name and song titles but in reality, they're very nice and incredibly down to earth.

[@StoneColdET98]

KrisFrosz133 yeah dude haha never judge someone by the name of their band haha. Him, James Hetfield, Dimebag Darrell, and lots of other great metal musicians are so amazing. Hopefully I get to meet Tom and Garry at Mayhem

[@stoopidhaters]

KrisFrosz133 My first slayer song was Tormentor (Show No Mercy), when I looked at the album cover...I was a bit skeptical of listening to more slayer, but I liked the song, now I understand Slayer and what they are about. I've heard Show no Mercy, Hell Awaits and Reign in Blood so far.

[@pullyourluck]

At 52 years age and a metal lifer. I am listening to SLAYER now more than over. The older the footage the better. SLAYER!!!!!!!

[@deanpesaturo6401]

RIP 🪦 Jeff Hanneman (1962-12) Dave Lombardo couldn’t be replaced by Bostaph and he left the band, because he had a wife and kid. People are ignorant of the fact he’s responsible and WASP never showed for The 7th Star tour with Tony Iommi’s band with Anthrax opening and killing! During this break I met Belladonna! N

[@DasCollective2.0]

Me too ( 51 years )

[@wolframtichy1777]

Me too 62 y.

[@edpatch2778]

Metal lifer that sounds fucking retarded just say metalhead fucking idiot

[@camlefevre9357]

Can't think of too many other bands that have spanned three decades without changing their attitude, aggression, energy or sound. Slayer stand apart in my world.

[@doomguy8324]

"its just a song, its just a story"- Jeff Hanneman.

[@OldManDoom]

DooM Guy 83 Jesus, right? Everyone got up in arms, but Mengele was a real person who actually did those things that Jeff wrote about in the song. Reality was worse than any horror movie in that regard

[@emperoralvis6559]

Just a prank

[@whosursulahaverbecklookitu7895]

Mr.agent 47 How about my comment on your 9 month old comment pointing out that you commented on a comment that was a year and 3 months old at the time?

[@DRC-of2ci]

I'll comment just to keep a consistent flow. 1 comment per year

[@DRC-of2ci]

@@whosursulahaverbecklookitu7895 you beat me to it

[@kpax45]

Jeff didn't do many interviews, so this is rare and especially good

[@mouthpee]

Canucks suck bud, just so you know.

[@nonserviam751]

He was probably drunk. And that's not any kind of allegation-- he was notoriously unsocial.

[@nonserviam751]

Or "reclusive", rather.

[@metaphoria3]

@@nonserviam751 perhaps but ya did great here

[@ricwood7976]

Overall he was antisocial, but on occasion he liked to goof and have fun.

[@JohnSmithAprilMay]

I think the Dave drama is the funniest thing about Slayer. "Dave Lombardo quit because the songs were too hard." "Who's the new drummer?" "Dave Lombardo."

[@genebrohan2401]

dave quit because he had a kid they kept scheduling shows after he had asked for time off to be there when his kid was born

[@arvindshastry1178]

@@genebrohan2401 He left in the early 90s because of the reasons that you mentioned. In 1986, he left the band because he wasn't getting paid well even though Slayer were signed with a major record label.

[@tttarms1970]

@@arvindshastry1178 major label doesnt mean shit. Means they loan you more money....takes years to make money...and if you fuck up and sign your life away. You wont make shit

[@arvindshastry1178]

@@tttarms1970 Mate, Slayer were popular as hell in the 80s.

[@tttarms1970]

@@arvindshastry1178 yeah...I was there since the beginning. I ordered hell awaits and show no mercy on cassette...from the metal blade "catalog" which consisted of double printed 2 pages stApled together. Wish I wod have kept it

[@CesarSalgadoA]

as Araya said in one of the last interviews, he and Hanneman had a real friendship. I see now why it is difficult for him to connect with King. Hanneman was the bridge.

[@bradmanharris7350]

Kerry is a tool.

[@etherealcatholic5711]

Kerry King is an idiot.

[@neilrawlins8108]

Kerry is kinda arrogant but he the most dedicated member of the G.O.A.T. metal band. Kerry big part of Slayer's longevity

[@gushinsussin]

kerry king is gay

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Kerry "Douchelord" King?

[@michellkv]

Jeff is gone, but media and video, he is always with us

[@willbourner]

Jeff is gone, but musically he will always be here

[@agentdoodo299]

Slayer is the Black Sabbath of extreme metal. No other band has as much of an influence on death and black metal as them, Venom, Bathory , and Celtic Frost.

[@Joop_Invictvs]

Too bad you are wrong because they aren't black metal they are thrash metal.

[@agentdoodo299]

samuel garofalo Too bad I never said that they were black metal, and that they only had INFLUENCE over death and black metal bands.

[@YPO6]

they are grey metal.

[@YPO6]

***** and Celtic Frost

[@Galantron]

He mentioned Celtic Frost...

[@GameBRO1337]

I love Jeffs first guitar! RIP Jeff, you'll be sadly missed.

[@quickdrawmcgraw3567]

+GameBRO1337 Gone, but never forgotten \m/

[@_.9S._]

+Joseph Dredd He had his hamburger time, but he's never forgotten.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yeah, me too...check out my South of Heaven and Black Magic guitar covers...music chimes for the neighbors...LOL !!! SLLLAAAYYERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

[@1chicharron]

I’m just glad to see mr. Jeff Hanneman in this interview. He was the coolest guy in the band ! I still got my show no mercy cd 💿 autograph by him . 😢

[@OttoNomicus]

Tom Araya was a good looking kid in his pre-Rip Van Winkle days.

[@MegaThrasher95]

"Rip Van Winkle days" Hahahahahahahaha, dead

[@oldgit4260]

We all were

[@karenmeer2320]

Haha!! You are NOT WRONG!!!!!

[@David-bo5uc]

He didn't age for like 25 years. Now's he aged all at once into Metal Santa. I like the way it looks though.

[@timh9497]

What's wrong with the Satanic Santa now? BTW Mrs Claus is still fucking smoking. Good for Tom.

[@heatnationwpb]

I love the interviewer. She hit em with straight up blunt questions, especially about Lombardo. Respect!

[@aanddone4747]

Tom: "We're going to try some different things." Jeff: "Like from my girlfriend last night" lol

[@darrenjhodgey4734]

Slayer , there is no band that are or will ever come close to just how good you are and will never be forgotten. My hero's since I was 16 yrs old. Thank you for delivering such awesome metal. Your very best was tom, Kerry, Jeff, and Dave. Rip Jeff you fucking legand 👌

[@andyskeels8539]

I met these guys in 1986 and they were so easygoing, down to earth, and happy to hangout with the fans, kids really... Tom, Jeff and Dave embodied the closeness and connection of the scene in those days. Slayer, one of the all time greats..

[@calebbartlett367]

Lombardo, what a drummer!!!

[@DARRINCONNOR1]

One of the many reasons I love Hell Awaits, is because you can clearly hear Toms bass.LOVE IT

[@ShanOakley]

Damn, I fucking loved Slayer so much in the 80's. I now enjoy the sound of popcorn popping and wind blowing through chimes in my garden.

[@chillenkillen7277]

what happened to you?

[@ShanOakley]

Fucking A brother! Banging my fucking head! Now!!!!!!

[@Chris_Oblivion]

Shan HELL YEAH!! KICKING ASS AND TAKIN' NAMES!!!

[@MrRoman-lo6ih]

i just staged dive into my bed lol

[@chillenkillen7277]

Mr. Roman thats a pretty gay thing to say lol

[@jeffbutterfield6778]

man, those were the good ol' days! SLAYER still reigns supreme!

[@80sJerm]

Wow -- they don't call it head-banging for nothing! Sad to say the title alone leaves me running the other way! Fast players though for sure! Wish the singer would sing, too.

[@lakiskrystal3759]

R.I.P, JEFF HANNEMAN

[@JayT851]

Slayer is and always was and always will be the greatest thrash band of all time

[@ivan14968]

I miss the 80s!

[@emperoralvis6559]

I wasn't alive during them

[@crosscountrycrusader]

Slayer really was the perfect extreme answer at the time (1986) to all of the glam and mediocrity continuing to emerge in popular music. Things can only move in one direction for so long and their is always a counteraction. The more the pendelum swings left, the harder it must swing back, achieving some kind of twisted equilibrium. These guys were the perfect blend of musicians to make a big dent in that shift.

[@RepukkenMisogi63]

Tom's smile and energy is fucking awesome

[@Reuben007Ash]

Slayer in their youth. Always love this band even I listen lots of kind of music today

[@rayorbison4699]

Hahaha Dave left the band, and within the span of a Billy Idol video, he was back. WTF XD

[@lateremortis6115]

Ray Orbison haha

[@travistrent9840]

Ray Orbison LMFAO!

[@stoopidhaters]

Ray Orbison HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! That's fucking hilariousXD

[@stephendelvacchio9522]

Born 83

[@rayorbison4699]

***** Happy 50th.

[@kfcbus61]

Unbelievable Jeff is gone, this clip really demonstrates how cool he was. He was the greatest!

[@unbridledenthusiasm]

rocking the DRI shirt onstage, hell yeah

[@mayhem213am]

Yeaaaa...Golden age of SLAYER.

[@benerini]

KZbin censored the other clips that used to be available. This pre dated their new censored laws because it was uploaded later. Great clip, great cat, down with censorship!

[@CHlEFFIN]

Fantastic interviewer. In-depth, smart questions and absolutely STUNNING.

[@klaw3713]

10:22 love that ! He was such a cool guy R.I.P jeff hanneman He is one of my top 5 fav guitarists, sad thing 4 of my top 5 are dead, i had no chance to see them live!

[@MrPriestyman]

Good old days where tom could head bang without risking killing himself haha such down to earth thrashers

[@BadEconomyOfficial]

It’s Ironic but funny, Jeff actually looks like a warrior angel in this video, and he plays for Slayer.

[@user-eb8mi3xi5f]

Jeff got such a deep and low voice..

[@garryhamblin7320]

Despite what anyone thinks, these guys were damn good at what they do. Jeff Hanneman was a genious.

[@Darrylizer1]

These guys were such a fucking force of nature when they first came out. Nobody played with that much fucking energy live!

[@jessejafrnd]

I love Jeff's triumph at being the songwriter..😂6:40

[@kingkardashian223]

9:32.. interviewer: “your music has reached its maximum in speed” Blast Beats: allow me to introduce myself

[@harrycallahan9143]

Funny how they mention Venom right at the end..its actually Cronos from Venom who gave Tom that black eye you can see in the Hell Awaits video..true story...rest in peace Jeff.

[@theguywhoplaysinbands]

Why did he give Tom a black eye?

[@harrycallahan9143]

SlaytanicTallicaFan999 Apparently Tom needed to go a piss, Cronos said as a joke piss in my mouth, Tom took him serious and started to piss on Cronos head lol Cronos got up and punched Tom in the face and had to finish the tour with Venom & Exodus sponsoring a black eye...they were all drunk...they're all still cool with each other from what I've heard..they were just wasted at the time.

[@Angryprometheus]

That is probably the funniest thing I've ever read.

[@mouthpee]

Your stupid bullshit comments are all over Slayers videos. You're full of shit bud.

[@lodke1697]

@@harrycallahan9143 Man,cronos must've had anger issues when he's drunk.I mean most people are but damn he's so intimidating

[@OzMonopolyMedia]

The Hanneman grab at 10:14 ahaha

[@severed111]

Looked kinda like he could have been a wrestler then, but so did a lot of dudes in the 80's. Imagine a guy from say, one real metal band MTV will for some reason talk to (i think there is no music videos anymore, the canadian version of mtv, for a while had NO MORE MUSIC shows for about 4-6 years, then at night there's videoclips now from midnight to 8 am. They regained subscribers.

[@dean1618]

I was lucky enough to see these on their last ever tour. N they just blew the place away. Only bad thing. Jeff wasn't there. R.I.P Jeff R.I.P slayer

[@lickerkwiker]

all hail the mighty Jeff Hanneman, RIP metal brother.

[@LxTxSURGE]

lucky people who actually were teens during this period of time, great albums,shows cracking every week

[@jeffgroves9263]

This video is gold. Very few understand the influence, the talent, and the power of Slayer. RIP Jeff - the songs you wrote will always stand apart.

[@vicrattlehead6386]

Tom looks like long haired John Travolta

[@Soundeagle3456]

no

[@Sunsetsonthehorizon]

I love watching Tom's interviews. He's so well spoken and adorable.

[@angelalalalalala]

Shit he's so cuteee!

[@angelarose249]

I met them at L'amour Rock Capital of Brooklyn in 1990, RIP Jeff Hanneman. One of the loudest hardest shows I ever went to, live and up close 🤘

[@stupoc6715]

The interview starts with them talking about Slayer signing with Def Jam records. If someone was wondering.

[@67beaumont67]

Man they look like kids... ha. Awesome! RIP JEFF!!!

[@FirebirdCamaro1220]

67beaumont67 You should watch the video for Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies, Tom has a cameo in the video, looking super young

[@alexeim1966]

Slayer was the best band of this type. Best drummer, best vocals. (Most of the time) you can hear what he's singing. They also had many styles. It's cool when they slowed the music down then gradually sped it up.

[@kakolykia]

Tom seems like such a nice guy :p

[@susanheath9791]

everybody in the band except Kerry is cool.

[@claytonschiller8664]

***** naaaaaa Kerry queen isn't cool he's someone who think he can fill jeff's boots but he can't infact he couldn't walk a mile in jeff's boot if he tried sorry but slayer is dead without jeff hanneman or dave Lombardo on drums

[@claytonschiller8664]

Dave owns Paul in a drumming contest

[@lateremortis6115]

susan heath Kerry is THE coolest

[@claytonschiller8664]

Kerry is good but Jeff was better

[@severed111]

He actually said he can't be Jeff Hanneman. You cocksuckers who won't stfu about rumours or musicians and shit should go back to the 90's or just buy Kerrang! magazine if it's still published on paper. Slayer could have done something different, like a 6 song EP, would have been enough, Kerry cannot carry an album all by himself, he only did it once (GHUA), only 2 Hanneman songs on there (God Send Death, Addict), musically I speak of, they always wrote lyrics for one another's music, sometimes. They respected each other, and Kerry is a really good rhythm guitarist for sure, even back in 91 Hanneman was starting to have arthritis pain, listen with good headphones to Decade of Aggression, the left side (Jeff), he's not holding thos chords as hard as Kerry, although performs his solos perfectly.

[@blakeman135]

1980s: Turn on TV to see a great band being interviewed! \m/ Now: Turn on TV to see Jacob Sartorius being interviewed :(

[@blutundboden4479]

The Amazing Metalhead Who's Jacob Sartorious?

[@jackko21]

Its sad

[@yootoob1001001]

OMG these days... Dave Lombardo, and Jeff, and baby Tom, and Kerry (with hair).

[@KickflipGnasty]

King is such a melodic genius. Absolutely gorgeous playing.

[@anniasnuffdirector9187]

Saw Slayer 3 times in concert I love 🤘Slayer🤘

[@renuelcruz9065]

Tom is a nice dude

[@stephensams9784]

I remember first hearing them in 1984 and they absolutely blew me away, I was 13 years old..i first saw them in 1987 and it's still the roughest pit I've ever been in.

[@brianporter138]

Great to see Jeff doing an interview. Kind of a rare thing

[@vinnierusso1971]

Dave left (5 seconds later) Dave's back

[@andrewking9761]

Lick it up

[@yugantarsaini6042]

yeah man i didnt get that time machine thing hw did that happen

[@2sc458]

The 80's man. Party-Time!

[@Allan62T]

Thanks to Slayer, we got... "WARNING. EXPLICIT LYRICS INSIDE!' Or some such shit that just made you want to give them money. South of Heaven and the next tour were two of the most brutal concerts I ever had the good taste to lick. I've got a couple scars and others have more.

[@friotaiocht101]

Dave Lombardo is a fucking beast on drums...

[@JoeTyler85]

tom talks softly lol but then he goes onstage and oh well...HELL!

[@JazzHandzLMT]

SLAYER makes me happy

[@joelewishenry7886]

Me too!

[@GTCooper223]

Jeff's energy is like a black hole!

[@1728CHUMCHUMN]

Crazy never knew Tom used his fingers to play i always thought he used picked

[@rusticsurviving2606]

Good Lord we are all getting old I first started listening to slayer in the 80's

[@VolBeat2412.]

0:46 first time i see kerry king with hair

[@islanderking4974]

"Rejoice o young man in thy youth"

[@plantagenious]

Jeff was the man! RIP legend.

[@PapaShongo25]

Jeff barely said shit in public but was the glue to this band. Wrote pretty much all of their great songs. Rip

[@sophiepowell1882]

im so in love with tom!

[@MrMetallidude]

R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman

[@rareapplepie878]

Not to be a dick I'm just getting into slayer but who was that

[@MrMetallidude]

rareapplepie Jeff Hanneman was one of Slayer's founding members. He also wrote the music and lyrics to at least 50 % of their songs. And most of their best songs, were written by him. In 2011 he got bit by a spider and caught a flesh-eating virus. It ate most of the flesh of his right arm, so he had to get medical help. They cut open his arm from his wrist, to his shoulder. He nearly died. And in 2013, 2nd of May, he did die. However not because of that spider-bite, but due to a failing kidney, as of result of his heavy drinking. He was 49 years old. Gary Holt, a guitarist from another band called Exodus, helped Slayer by filling in for Jeff when he got ill in 2011. But since Jeff never recovered, Holt is now a full-time member. Slayer and Exodus have been friends for over 20 years.

[@yaboyunicorn]

+rareapplepie he's the previous slayer guitarist

[@emperoralvis6559]

rareapplepie the blonde guitarist

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yeah, me too...check out my South of Heaven and Black Magic guitar covers...music chimes for the neighbors...LOL !!! SLLLAAAYYERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheCringeCrusader]

Slayer is the single coolest thing to ever exist

[@johnwhitaker545]

These guys were best friends, obviously. Their chemistry offstage in all of these old interviews genuinely makes me laugh. RIP Jeff

[@hussle2654]

I was lucky enough to see Hanneman's final live performance at Big 4 in Indio, CA. RIP \m/

[@Vampire-666.]

How very soft spoken Tom is.

[@DechantMusic]

going to miss these guys when they retire after the Final tour,one of the best of the best if not THE BEST,saw them at the now famous lakeland Florida show... Amazing.

[@jamesquiroz9720]

I did not know that Tom Araya was from Chile, and I listen to slayer in the 80’s in the USA!!!👍

[@SilasBudman420]

Young slayer looks like my drinking buddys

[@alansouzacruz9627]

rip jeff

[@omarmunoz7509]

This is a gem.

[@chetrok1]

Jeff to me will always be the best fkn dude to ever pick up an axe and hes self taught, no wonder he became so fkn good w his own style

[@user-eb8mi3xi5f]

Wait, self taught?? Man, he is so awesome..

[@SinistaMinista666]

damn, this is the first time I've ever seen this interview with the full video in it...all the other versions I've seen always have the video cut out

[@idontknowwhatever665]

Rest In Peace Jeff

[@chch6050]

it was on Germany TV called Hard n Heavy I loved this shows ! Fu...ing SLAYER !!

[@mikerobinson4006]

I was 4 when this came out.lol. keep jamming SLAYER

[@gabrieldobos2711]

"THE Tom Araya" damn straight

[@nickl6373]

i always find looking up metal vocalist in interviews to be pretty amusing, it's always kind of fun to see the man behind the mask or whatever, like you think tom araya would be this huge brutal Transylvanian dude, but instead he's like fez from that 70s show, lol.

[@bdjsjshhehehd8989]

80s-90s Tom Araya was so hot man

[@Come-What-May]

When you think of entire libraries of music Slayer is hard to best. Consistently intense. They never went off in a direction that abandoned their roots.

[@NocturnoVision]

jeff hanhemann rules!!!! guitar demon!!!

[@juliegogola4647]

Tom Araya is SO HOT here! Now he is very cute and cuddly kinda "Santa Clause" looking guy. The music is great, and that is an easy thing. But, he is now cute and cuddly.

[@CJ-rx5fi]

I had such a crush on him when I was a 13 year old girl ❤ some girls thought Dave Mustaine was the heart throb but how can they deny Tom’s smile and laugh 😍

[@juliegogola4647]

@@CJ-rx5fi I've never been too into blonde guys, but, Mustaine was kinda hot. Mustaine may have actually had reddish blonde hair, not blonde straight up. But, yeah, Tom Araya was always hot. I like guys who have long dark hair and eyes. I always like my men small too. I'm not sure about Toms height and all that. Some women don't like small guys. I don't care for muscle men.

[@axeflanker]

Oh man.. lovely memories.. WTF.. why am i crying?!?!?

[@orange20fan]

Hanneman interviews are rare. Thanks for posting...