SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING Talks Presidential Election - "Trump Is Just A Sideshow; He's Like The Politics Version Of WWE"

July 28, 2016, 8 years ago

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING Talks Presidential Election - "Trump Is Just A Sideshow; He's Like The Politics Version Of WWE"

Slayer guitarist Kerry King is featured in a new Rolling Stone, offering his thoughts on the current run for President of the United States.

"I'm certainly not a political analyst, but I think that Hillary Clinton is the safe, correct choice," he tells Rolling Stone. "Trump is just a sideshow. I'm not even going to apologize to all the Trump followers. I think the reason he's so popular is because he's like the politics version of WWE. He's sensational like wrestling and that's why middle America loves him."

When Rolling Stone mentions that King might offend some of his more conservative fans, he says his opinion shouldn't make any difference to them. 

"People just have to make up their minds and not be into things because their friends are into it or because their girlfriend or their spouse or whoever is into it," he says. "People have to be individuals. Sounds like I'm talking about religion, doesn't it? (laughs)."

On July 21st, Slayer performed at the House Of Blues in San Diego, CA, which conicided with the San Diego Comic-Con International. After thanking fans for attending the show, Tom Araya was spit on by one of the attendees. He repeatedly asked "why?"  before security booted the "fan" from the show.

Check out fan-filmed video of the entire San Diego show below.

The setlist on the night was as follows:

"Repentless"
"Disciple"
"Postmortem"
"Hate Worldwide"
"War Ensemble"
"When The Stillness Comes"
"You Against You"
"Mandatory Suicide"
"Fight Till Death"
"Dead Skin Mask"
"Die By The Sword"
"The Antichrist"
"Born Of Fire"
"Seasons In The Abyss"
"South Of Heaven"
"Raining Blood"
"Black Magic"
"Angel Of Death"


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