SLAYER - TOURNIQUET Drummer Recalls His Audition, "Jeff Was Really Cool"
May 2, 2013, 11 years ago
Earlier today (May 2nd), SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed away at the age of 49 from liver failure.
TOURNIQUET drummer Ted Kirkpatrick has since shared his personal experience with this one of a kind guitarist:
"I was very sorry to hear that Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed away today. He wrote and performed some killer tunes for sure - and for my brief interaction with him - he was really cool."
I got on the stage and saw Dave's drums still set up there. I had of course brought (my own). Tom said I could just play on Dave's kit. I told them I had one problem - I'm left handed. So they said just switch everything around however I wanted, which I did. They asked what song I wanted to start with. I said "How about 'Criminally Insane'?" So away we went - and man was it loud. They were super tight and it sounded like a 1000 times louder version of listening to the record on my stereo. When we finished 'At Dawn They Sleep', they said I was the only one who got it right. It does have a few trippy time signature parts.
The next week I got a call to return for a second audition. We did the same tunes - but this time when we finished playing 'Angel Of Death', Tom said - hey Ted do you think you can play it again? I said Ah... ok. You drummers know this song is a little exhausting. So we played it twice - it ruled. Anyways, later on they worked things out with Dave Lombardo so he returned to the band. Well, this is just my little tribute to one of the thrash metal greats - RIP Jeff."
