Slayer: ‘We read a lot from the Satanic bible’ – a classic interview from the vaults

To mark the death of Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman, we visit Rock’s Backpages – the leading music writing archive – for this interview with him, from NME in 1987

There’s still time to get your ticket for Rock’s Backpages Album Club this Thursday (9/5/2013).

Q/MOJO/Word founder MARK ELLEN in a celebration of the Incredible String Band’s immortal 1968 album The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter with not one but TWO giants of our time, MR. ROBYN HITCHCOCK and MR. GREEN GARTSIDE.

RBP’s Incredible String Night takes place on Thursday 9th May, 7pm at The Idler Academy, 81 Westbourne Park Road, London W2 5QH. 

MORE DETAILS AND TICKETS HERE

PARKS DEPARTMENT – The fabulous Van Dyke Parks, interviewed at length by John Tobler (Hot Wacks, 1973) and by Penny Valentine (Street Life, 1976). Plus Parks talks about SMiLE, Song Cycle and much, much more (RBP Audio, 1993)…