EvilHomer  - 2013-05-03
True story: my best friend nearly got expelled from school on account of these two songs. He was in studyhall one day, bored out of his mind, and decided it would be fun to type up the lyrics to his two favorite Slayer songs on one of the library computers. He saved them as a textfile, titled "My List of People to Kill".
Our craAaAazy teachers thought it was some kind of threat and put the school on lockdown for the rest of the day. They never did find out who was responsible, but I like to think that at least one of those teachers learned a valuable lesson in what constitutes a mean-ass metal lyric.
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Old_Zircon - 2013-05-03
I was waiting in the orthodontist's office in 7th or 8th grade and they had a magazine (Esquire maybe? I forget) the "5 out of 5 Kids Who Kill Listen to Slayer" article. I stole it, read it at home, and decided that any band that was pissing people off enough to write an article that obviously full of shit had to be pretty good.
That summer my famil visited DC and a 20-something security guard at the national archives or something lectured us about my Slayer shirt, and about how metal was OK but Slayer was bad news and sang about raining blood and I should listen to a good band like Kix.
I really wish I still had that shirt.
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Old_Zircon - 2013-05-03 http://www.etsy.com/listing/121097014/slayer-clash-of-the-titans-t our-t-shirt?ref=sr_gallery_26&ga_search_query=slayer+shirt&ga_view _type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=vintage
Damn it.
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EvilHomer - 2013-05-03 Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned that not every pony enjoys being quiet and nice all the time. Some ponies like to act all angry and loud, thrashing their manes about while listening to songs about Nazis, and wearing t-shirts with scary looking monsters on them. That doesn't mean they're upset, or having a bad day! They're just having fun, in a different sort of way.
Also, I learned that Kix sucks ass.
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Jimmy Labatt - 2013-05-03
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This news sucks such balls and I'm going to be bummed about it for a long time. Harkens me back to when Dimebag got blown away.
You can't pick a more metal way to go out though , really: A spider bite eating the flesh off your bones and blasting your liver to smithereens.
Get snuggly with Satan, Jeff, you will be missed!
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EvilHomer - 2013-05-03 It's a real testament to Slayer's legacy that people can now wish a guy good fortune in hell, without the slightest bit of irony or fear of reprisal from religious nutbags.
Was it really a spider bite? That's metal as fuck.
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Old_Zircon - 2013-05-03 The spider bite is allegedly unrelated but still metal.
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Jimmy Labatt - 2013-05-04 Actually it's totally related!
Apparently, the bite initiated the flesh-eating bacteria that munched his arm (and later, his liver). One of our most well-known politicians lost his leg to the same thing!
So sad to see Jeff go like that; I was hoping for a rocket attack from Westborough Baptist or something...
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Old_Zircon - 2013-05-04 Not according to the official press release. It seems suspicious, but people who follow Slayer mor ethan me said that his arm was well on the way toward recovery and he was starting to play shows again.
I hope it was the spider though, because if you've got to go that's the way to do it.
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Jimmy Labatt - 2013-05-04 Huh, maybe he just drank himself to death then. Metal either way!
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Old_Zircon - 2013-05-04 Yeah, either way. I've heard both but the official statement was liver failure unrelated to the spider bite.
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