Talkin' Slayer, Season 4, Episode 9: Metal Moonlighting... Kerry King Joins Megadeth?!

<p>Today's topic is Metal Moonlighting: Slayer team captain Kerry King signs on to play in the very first lineup of Megadeth, briefly apprenticing under one of his heavy metal heroes, Dave Mustaine. </p><p><br></p><p>Is Kerry on the way out of his own band? Was it influential for Megadeth? Was it influential for Slayer? The answers are no, no, no, and “Yes, but…”</p><p><br></p><p>This week is the final episode that is free for all. After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story. </p><p><br></p><p>Learn more at <a href="https://patreon.com/SlayerBook%E2%81%A0">⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?</p><p><br></p><p>BONUS SLAYAGE TALK: NoFriender & The Thrash Metal Show are back — for now — and talkin’ the Hell Awaits reissue. Click here to hear it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>DEEZ NOTES: </strong>Things referenced in this episode...</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Killer video of a near-complete Megadeth set featuring Kerry King — thevideo says it's the first Megadeth show, though it is not: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIS0CZOhdmo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XTzxgX3c0</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>From the killer documentary Get Thrashed, ex-Megadeth bassist DaveEllefson bassist's take on Kerry's time in the band: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rLw_Ro1IUo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rLw_Ro1IUo</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Trailer for Murder in the Front Row, the thrash documentary you NEED: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiEQF2aXoY4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiEQF2aXoY4</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Trailer for Born in the Basement, Rat Skates' Overkill early days /thrash documentary: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twLdbDKnqGY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twLdbDKnqGY</a></p><p>Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage, of UK metal band <a href="https://chupacabrametal.bandcamp.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/Slayerbooks%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="http://slayerbooks.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of <strong>"Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Talkin' Slayer Season IV </strong>presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.</p><p><br></p><p>The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.</p><p><br></p><p>You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at</p><p><a href="https://slayerbook.bandcamp.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.</p><p><br></p><p>The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...</p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://slayerbooks.com/">⁠⁠⁠<strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</strong>⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>and / or</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.theajnaoffensive.com/">⁠⁠⁠<strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠