
Talkin' Slayer, Episode 57: Live Review of Kerry King Band & Mastodon. Plus updates.
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08/15/24 • 52 min
WE ARE BACK! I saw Kerry's band and Mastodon live in Cleveland Friday. And here's what I thought about it.
More new episodes are coming soon. Plus plenty of reruns after that.
DEEZ NOTES:
Click here to see some photos and video from the show:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pic-n-nat-from-9-109914077
As mentioned in the episode... This is my 2011 interview with Brann Dailor, for Alternative Press.
https://www.altpress.com/mastodon_brann_dailor_interview/
Here's Ferris talking Talkin' Slayer on the Talking Bollocks podcast show program with Howard "H" Smith:
Apple:
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/69Kqw3zBCyPhLdSdrB8W95?si=3e9b34a9ae784b17
Free listeners miss every other episode. If you want full access to every chapter/episode, you can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/slayerbook/membership
Or if you would rather pay a one-time fee or donate to the virtual tip jar... you can do that too. Click that link for details.
If you haven't, please take the Slaytanic Surveys. AND tell your friends about the survey. Post it. Pass it around. The more the better!
1) The Slaytanic Survey (Round 2): Please tell us about your favorite songs and albums. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7YRH76S
2) The OTHER Slayantic Survey (Round 1): Who is Slayer's MVP? What was their best tour? Do you see the reunion coming? What's your LEAST favorite record? And...? Tell us here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S9729MV
Talkin' Slayer is deeply researched, written, rehearsed, lightly edited, and member-supported, with some production value.
See Ferris' Slayer books: SlayerBio.com Look at Ferris' other books at Amazon: www.amazon.com/stores/D.-X.-Ferris/author/B001JS65YC Get fresh content on the Insta: Instagram.com/SlayerBooks
WE ARE BACK! I saw Kerry's band and Mastodon live in Cleveland Friday. And here's what I thought about it.
More new episodes are coming soon. Plus plenty of reruns after that.
DEEZ NOTES:
Click here to see some photos and video from the show:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pic-n-nat-from-9-109914077
As mentioned in the episode... This is my 2011 interview with Brann Dailor, for Alternative Press.
https://www.altpress.com/mastodon_brann_dailor_interview/
Here's Ferris talking Talkin' Slayer on the Talking Bollocks podcast show program with Howard "H" Smith:
Apple:
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/69Kqw3zBCyPhLdSdrB8W95?si=3e9b34a9ae784b17
Free listeners miss every other episode. If you want full access to every chapter/episode, you can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/slayerbook/membership
Or if you would rather pay a one-time fee or donate to the virtual tip jar... you can do that too. Click that link for details.
If you haven't, please take the Slaytanic Surveys. AND tell your friends about the survey. Post it. Pass it around. The more the better!
1) The Slaytanic Survey (Round 2): Please tell us about your favorite songs and albums. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7YRH76S
2) The OTHER Slayantic Survey (Round 1): Who is Slayer's MVP? What was their best tour? Do you see the reunion coming? What's your LEAST favorite record? And...? Tell us here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S9729MV
Talkin' Slayer is deeply researched, written, rehearsed, lightly edited, and member-supported, with some production value.
See Ferris' Slayer books: SlayerBio.com Look at Ferris' other books at Amazon: www.amazon.com/stores/D.-X.-Ferris/author/B001JS65YC Get fresh content on the Insta: Instagram.com/SlayerBooks
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Talkin' Slayer, Episode 56: Rerun... International Day of Slayer & Christ Illusion
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SLAYER. This episode features the origin story for this heavy metal holiday. And it also covers Christ Illusion... how the classic lineup got back to the business of making new music.
This is a rerun, but if you're not a Patreon supporter, you haven't heard it before. FARGIN' SLAYERRR!
Free listeners miss every other episode. If you want full access to every chapter/episode, you can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/slayerbook/membership
Or if you would rather pay a one-time fee or donate to the virtual tip jar... you can do that too. Click the link for details.
DEEZ NOTES:
If you haven't, please take the Slaytanic Surveys. AND tell your friends about the survey. Post it. Pass it around. The more the better!
1) The Slaytanic Survey (Round 2): Please tell us about your favorite songs and albums. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7YRH76S
2) The OTHER Slayantic Survey (Round 1): Who is Slayer's MVP? What was their best tour? Do you see the reunion coming? What's your LEAST favorite record? And...? Tell us here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S9729MV
Slayer’s “Eternal Pyre” EP, featuring “Cult,” “War Ensemble” live, and in-the-studio/behind-the-scenes footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44tcKdhlsJ4
Three clips from 2007 rehearsal, centered mostly on Jeff:
“Supremist,” 2007 rehearsal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUSP8wOZs_4
“Ghosts of War,” 2007 rehearsal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8SkdJ4aAk
“Jihad,” 2007 rehearsal:
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Ao4rr8DGk
Official video, “Eyes of the Insane”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwRunMCNAo
“Cult” live on the Henry Rollins Show, 2006:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZSbIwE_BKM
“Disciple,” unaired clip from the Henry Rollins Show, 2006:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wufl37-lKVI
Slayer interview on the Rollins show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwvq7pZd7qo
Unholy Alliance tour video 2006, General Motors Place, Vancouver Canada. Slayer & Mastodon and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilSTILZY3ZU
My Spotify playlist of the all-Kerry songs from Christ Illusion:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10JGYS25ef6n2rEr3lHbIw?si=4b186f646f5d4325
Does Christ Illusion hold up? Tim Bianconi from Inside the Vinyl revisits it, as part of his Lost Classic series:
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Episode 58: Podcast Postmortem... Talkin' Talkin' Slayer on Talking Bollocks
This week's topic: Acid Reign frontman/Talking Bollocks host/Motörcast host/all around standup guy Howard "H" Smith interviews Talkin' Slayer host D.X. Ferris about this show, Slayer, Kerry King, organizational harmony, and what it's all about. This is mostly a behind-the-scenes look at the show, where it came from, and how it happens. And, of course, they talk about Slayer, Kerry King, and more.
Click HERE to support the show via Patreon or a one-time donation.
DEEZ NOTEZ... as referenced in the show:
Talkin' Slayer on the Instagram
The Talking Bollocks internet talk show programme. As of this writing, H’s latest guest is Yngve Anderson of Rat Lord & Blood and Command..
IF YOU'RE NEW, PROBABLY SKIP THIS EPISODE AND LISTEN TO THESE ONES INSTEAD
Talkin’ Slayer episode 57: I review a Kerry King / Mastodon concert
Talkin’ Slayer episode 55: I discuss the Kerry King album
Also, please take the Slaytanic Surveys. AND tell your friends about the survey. Post it. Pass it around. The more the better.
1) The Slaytanic Survey (Round 2): Please tell us about your favorite songs and albums.
Talkin' Slayer is deeply researched, written, rehearsed, lightly edited, and member-supported, with some production value.
Click here to check out Ferris' Slayer books here.
Click here to see Ferris' other books at Amazon.
Talkin' Slayer is deeply researched, written, rehearsed, lightly edited, and member-supported, with some production value.
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