Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dead at 49
 

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...man-dead-at-49

Slayer guitarist and founding member Jeff Hanneman died earlier today of liver failure. He was 49.

"Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home," the band's longtime publicist said in a statement. "Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure."

Hanneman co-founded the thrash metal greats with Kerry King in 1981; their breakthrough came in 1986 with the brutalist album "Reign in Blood." Hanneman wrote or co-wrote the set's standout tracks, "Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood."

Slayer's first three studio albums hold the distinction of being their biggest. "Reign in Blood" (1986), "South of Heaven" (1988) and "Seasons of the Abyss" (1990) account for over 2 million of their 4.9 million albums sold in the SoundScan era (1991-present). Their highest charting album on the Billboard 200 to date is 2006's "Christ Illusion," which debuted at No. 5.

Their top-selling song is the Hanneman-penned "Raining Blood":

Wow, that sucks. I know he had been sick for a while.

Bummer. RIP

Heaven just got a good guitarist.

That sucks. Loved that band when I was growing up.

RIP

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Damn that really sucks.

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Sad day

and this is why he died of liver problems at the age of 49, guaranteed.

Welp. .you know what they slay.

Exactly why I chose that photo.

Cirrhosis In The Abyss

He was a pretty devout Raiders fan if I recall correctly.

Who?

Bummer

I'm curious to see if the necrotizing fasciitis that he contracted a couple years ago contributed any to the liver problems. Granted, I'm sure copious amounts of booze have been consumed over the years but I think its be much more fitting for the guy to go out courtesy of a flesh eating spider bite than simple liver cirrhosis.

Lemmy and ozzy laugh at his weak liver.

RIP dude.

That is so metal....

Anyone had him in the Celebrity Death Poll?

raining blood on expert is a bitch to get through on GH3

Ah, bummer. I'm gonna play Seasons In The Abyss in his honor.

It's funny how some famous people get made fun of when they die and others get their balls licked.

"Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure," the band said.
The guitarist had been recovering from a spider bite which had left him with necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease which attacks subcutaneous tissue

La k of liver function probably didn't help the spider bite. Reign in Blood is one of the best SoCal thrash albums of all time.

Sad day for Heavy Metal music, but wouldn't this be against all that Slayer stood for?

Is there a new poll for 2013?

This makes me fear spiders even more. If a spider can kill Slayer, I want nothing to do with them.

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Yeah, looks like it did quite a number on his arm.

And from the articles, it doesn't appear that he ever toured with them again after having the surgery, so this picture would've been before he got it worked on.

Uh....Jeff - you may have wanted to go in a little sooner.

All the guys in Mumford and Sons, healthy as mules.

FYP

Cassel>Elvis