Official Mayhem Fest Thread

[llama lom]

Just put down Amon Amarth, Rotten Sound, Landmine Marathon, Exodus, and Anata. Probably unlikely but it's not like it's going to happen anyways.

[RampinUp46]

Originally Posted by Chris_M_S

Nobody has said Hi to me yet. Come on, shitheads! I might give you free sunglasses! Depends on my mood. I'm having a blast on the road with the tour, everyone is pretty great.

I'll hopefully be at the date in Dallas in either an Eyehategod shirt, an Anal Cunt shirt, or a GG Allin shirt. Likely going to be there early since I could give a fuck about a lot of the opening bands.

[mastodon421]

Originally Posted by Chris_M_S

Nobody has said Hi to me yet. Come on, shitheads! I might give you free sunglasses! Depends on my mood. I'm having a blast on the road with the tour, everyone is pretty great.

Hopefully someone says hi to before Mansfield, but I'll make sure to stop by and say hi.

[XDoomsayerX]

All ya peeps contemplating attending Mayhem just for Slayer should go, sounds like Araya doesn't want to tour anymore.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/...r_regrets.html

[Onioner]

Originally Posted by XDoomsayerX

All ya peeps contemplating attending Mayhem just for Slayer should go, sounds like Araya doesn't want to tour anymore.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/...r_regrets.html

As much as he may miss home, if we wants to feed his family and put his kids through college, he's gonna keep touring whether he likes it or not. From what I understand, Metallica are pretty much the only full-time metal musicians that could retire and do nothing for the rest of their lives. Everyone else either has day jobs that help pay the bills when they're not on tour (Testament, Heathen etc) or tour constantly so that they can be full-time musicians (Slayer, Exodus etc).

tl;dr Slayer aren't gonna stop touring anytime soon.

[dcmetal108]

Originally Posted by Onioner

As much as he may miss home, if we wants to feed his family and put his kids through college, he's gonna keep touring whether he likes it or not. From what I understand, Metallica are pretty much the only full-time metal musicians that could retire and do nothing for the rest of their lives. Everyone else either has day jobs that help pay the bills when they're not on tour (Testament, Heathen etc) or tour constantly so that they can be full-time musicians (Slayer, Exodus etc).

tl;dr Slayer aren't gonna stop touring anytime soon.

Metallica is has enough money to be able to do anything they want.

I mean Slayer could do a farewell tour with a huge world tour and make enough cash more than likely to live nicely.

[Wizard in Black 666]

Originally Posted by XDoomsayerX

All ya peeps contemplating attending Mayhem just for Slayer should go, sounds like Araya doesn't want to tour anymore.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/...r_regrets.html

I would hate for this to be the last time i see the band as it didn't end on a very good note.

Here's hoping for a farewell tour before boning out

[Dextrimental]

Originally Posted by XDoomsayerX

All ya peeps contemplating attending Mayhem just for Slayer should go, sounds like Araya doesn't want to tour anymore.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/...r_regrets.html

We'll get a farewell tour when the time is right I'm sure! Funny thing is, with that article, Tom does somewhat of a 180 at the end, because he then talks about how good he thinks Kerry's writing is. The dude still enjoys playing live, but to be honest, this interview could be from ANY musician who tours full time.

[hellawaits77ny]

Slayer won't stop touring for at least a few years. I wouldn't worry.

[Sanitarium78]

Originally Posted by Onioner

As much as he may miss home, if we wants to feed his family and put his kids through college, he's gonna keep touring whether he likes it or not. From what I understand, Metallica are pretty much the only full-time metal musicians that could retire and do nothing for the rest of their lives. Everyone else either has day jobs that help pay the bills when they're not on tour (Testament, Heathen etc) or tour constantly so that they can be full-time musicians (Slayer, Exodus etc).

tl;dr Slayer aren't gonna stop touring anytime soon.

You're kidding yourself if you think the guys in Slaye aren't financially secure at this point. Since RIB they have been one of the most consistanly successful and in demand metal bands in the world. While their albums don't sell what they used to, they still sell very respectable. Between Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, Slayer is the band that has maintained the bulk of their fanbase through the years. The reason they keep touring is because the demand is always there from fans to see them. Also, when you've been doing that for 30 years, you know nothing else except to go tour because that's how you make your money. Just look at all the big tours they've been on the last few years. They're co-headlining mayhem for the second time and they've had tours with Megadeth and Rob Zombie and let's not forget about the big four stuff either. It doesn't seem to me the band is having much of a cash flow problem unless the individual members are just bad with money and don't know how to manage it. Otherwise, it appears to me that the band is doing just fine financially. They haven't had too many down periods either and they've always been good at keeping their name out there.

The other bands I could see having day jobs though. Testament had a long layoff between The Gathering and The Formation Of Damnation, so it's not surprising the members would have something else. Heathen is no shocker either since they haven't been on the metal radar in well, ever.