Slayer's final show in L.A. was a poignant send-off for the hometown hard rock heroes.
Tom Araya of the band Slayer performs onstage during the bands final show of the"Final Campaign" tour at The Forum on Nov. 30, 2019 in Inglewood, Calif. warmly embraced each other and their crew, soaked up their love of their fans, took pictures for the band scrapbook, and exited the stage for one last time.
It was a long, affecting goodbye. Bassist/singer Tom Araya, visibly moved by the shouts of “thank you, Slayer," looked out across the crowd with misty eyes. Guitarist Kerry King symbolized the completion of his tour of duty by dropping his giant metal chain belt on stage, while the arena’s screen showed close-ups of fans openly sobbing.
Such is the range of emotions that both band and fans experienced in the final show of their 18-month Final Campaign tour . After nearly four decades, the quartet are supposedly calling it quits on touring, although they will continue to exist as a band. “Thank you for sharing your time with us… time is precious,” said Araya. “I’m gonna miss you guys.”
The absence of their spectacular and relentlessly powerful shows will will leave a huge, irreplaceable hole in the hard rock world. Here are the five things we’re gonna miss most about Slayer live. With founder member Jeff Hanneman passing away in 2013, King’s guitar work has taken a front seat in later years and it is a sound that still astonishes.
“We’re from L.A. and when we started off, it was kinda hard to get support,” he recalled. “That doesn’t matter anymore, does it?” Slayer may be done as a live band, but get a group of Slayer fans together in a room, and they will summon the same energy they have always done.
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