RIP Jeff Hanneman

Jeff was taken away from due to liver failure today. March 2,2013


Metalhead Bros and Sisters mourn here


Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - 03 May 2013 at 3:46am

RIP

Slayer was the second band, period, I ever heard. I got out of them for a while (when I was a super snobby prog elitist) but in recent years I was able to enjoy much of their work again. Just typing this gives me a nostalgia I can't shake.
Like many, I though Jeff the better of the guitarists and he had some intriguing songwriting.

Thrash in the after life man

Christ..... 

Damn sad. I�m devastated. Jeff has written some of my all time favorite music. A sad, sad day.

R.I.P.

Sad day

The Westboro "Church" should just be ignored. Like trolls, they feed on attention. The best way to kill them off is to not let them provoke us. And, Jeff Hanneman is more important to the world than they are anyway.

Never a truer word said, well done that man!

From the Band ACID REIGN.

The thing about metal is.....

It�s an extreme form of music. Not many people �get it� but those who do it LOVE it. You�ll often hear people say that they �love� music, heavy metal fans don�t just love it, they live it. They trek miles to see bands, cross oceans, fly around the world, it�s more than music it�s a brotherhood. Metal fans can end up being outcasts and ridiculed for their tastes, that just serves to bring the brotherhood closer together.

So in this extended family bands are the patriarchs, they are the ones responsible for bringing us all together. You grow up with them, you share the best of times and their music helps you through the worst of times. You laugh, you cry, you drink, you head bang, you follow their career and you hope to grow old together.

So when a member of a band dies it�s like losing a member of that extended family, like losing a part of your childhood because you grew up together and you were still friends. It feels strange to have such strong emotions and a sense of loss for someone you never knew and never met but you feel it all the same. It�s potent, it reminds of your own mortality. Things don�t feel like they�ll ever be the same. You recall the times you shared, the last time you saw them and you meet up with others who feel the same.

Today the brotherhood lost a family member. One of the good guys. Jeff Hanneman. He is survived by his wife Kathy a sister, two brothers and millions of us world wide who will never forget him.

Howard "H" Smith May 2013

Colt wrote: Never a truer word said, well done that man!From the Band ACID REIGN. <h5 ="uiStreamMessage userWrapper" -ft=""":1,"tn":"K""><span ="message" -ft=""":3"><span ="user"> The thing about metal is..... It�s an extreme form of music. Not many people �get it� but those who do it LOVE it. You�ll often hear people say that they �love� music, heavy metal fans don�t just love it, they live it. They trek miles to see bands, cross oceans, fly around the world, it�s more than music it�s a brotherhood. Metal fans can end up being outcasts and ridiculed for their tastes, that just serves to bring the brotherhood closer together.<span ="text_exposed_show"> So in this extended family bands are the patriarchs, they are the ones responsible for bringing us all together. You grow up with them, you share the best of times and their music helps you through the worst of times. You laugh, you cry, you drink, you head bang, you follow their career and you hope to grow old together. So when a member of a band dies it�s like losing a member of that extended family, like losing a part of your childhood because you grew up together and you were still friends. It feels strange to have such strong emotions and a sense of loss for someone you never knew and never met but you feel it all the same. It�s potent, it reminds of your own mortality. Things don�t feel like they�ll ever be the same. You recall the times you shared, the last time you saw them and you meet up with others who feel the same. Today the brotherhood lost a family member. One of the good guys. Jeff Hanneman. He is survived by his wife Kathy a sister, two brothers and millions of us world wide who will never forget him. Howard "H" Smith May 2013</span></span></span></h5>

Yeah I�ve read quite a few Words from various musians today about the death of Jeff Hanneman, but this one is definitely the best...it says it all about the Unique brotherhood of metal fans.