Season 4, Episode 12: Slammin' to Slayer... Metal Enters the Pit (#142)

<p>Today's topic is primal crossover: Slammin' to Slayer... Metal Enters the Pit (Chapter 11). Metal and punk collide. Cuts, bruises, busted bones, and broken noses ensue. And, yeah, it's totally worth it.</p><p><br /></p><p>After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows &amp; 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" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>DEEZ NOTES: </strong>Things referenced in this episode...</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>The Pap Smear demo, featuring Dave, Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Rocky George, and Jeff on guitar AND vox: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_gESKuTzk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_gESKuTzk⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Slayer Live 1984 at the Keystone in Berkeley, California Full Show: </strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taTrf3U01PY" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taTrf3U01PY</strong>⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Slayer - Live at The Country Club - Reseda, CA - 9/1/1984. ST's Mike Muir introduces the band: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHQf3it_GNo" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHQf3it_GNo⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p>⁠<strong>Spotify playlist of songs with Slayer guest appearances, plus influential tunes and jams referenced this week: </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2i6SOz4xeI54L4XwMqXNEs?si=741da9b86c3c4698" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2i6SOz4xeI54L4XwMqXNEs?si=741da9b86c3c4698⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Interview with Sum 41's Cone McCaslin; he talks about collaboratingwith Kerry King, at about 13 minutes: </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Absv70CB2vBhKRY4NW269?si=1f76fcc3689d4b58" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Absv70CB2vBhKRY4NW269?si=1f76fcc3689d4b58⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>TALKIN' SLAYER &amp; Ferris on the Instagram: </strong><a href="https://instagram.com/Slayerbooks%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: </strong></p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="http://slayerbooks.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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&amp; 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/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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 rewri