Where do I begin with this upload....???? There have been rumors swirling around for decades about what is arguably the most awesome bootleg recording of a Slayer gig, a gig which just so happened to be Slayer's first San Diego headlining show at Adams Avenue Theater.... Well I'm here to tell you that THE RUMOR IS TRUE!!!! It is I, who at the time was a humble, mild mannered, aspiring thrash metal musician from the smelly bowels of Chula Vista, who managed to record the Slayer performance from the actual soundboard itself, who possesses the original copy of this most prized mother of all bootlegs!!!! From what I was told, there were other punters who were taping this show that evening, and somehow the Slayer manager got wind of this and confiscated the tapes from at least 3 bootleggers.... I knew the soundman who was working this gig, asked him if I could patch my tape deck into the soundboard to record the performance of my band Legion (we were one of the opening bands....). I also had the brilliant idea of recording D.R.I. and Slayer, and lo and behold, what you're about to hear is the end result of a most memorable evening (a little polishing with pro tools EQ).... A crazy night indeed, Slayer almost bailed on this show, due to financial issues with Ken, the Sodomatic Death promoter.... Balcony diver crashing through the stage.... Jeff Hannemans (R.I.P.) amp apparently blowing out midway through "Fight til Death", which led to him playing bass for the rest of the show, while Tom Araya showed his lead singing and posing skills sans bass.... Local headbanging extraordinaire Ruben Kirstein being summoned over the PA at the end of the show.... WTF???? So all you CV Thrashers Unite to Thrash til Death, while listening to this historical piece of San Diego Thrash Metal History!!!! Now I can go to bed....
Track Listing:
1) Local San Diego Radio Station Ad for Slatanifest
2) Aggressive Perfector
3) Evil Has No Boundaries
4) Final Command
5) Fight Til Death
6) Black Magic
7) Die By The Sword
8) Necrophiliac
9) Antichrist
10) Praise of Death
11) At Dawn They Sleep
12) Show No Mercy
13) Chemical Warfare
14) Hardening of the Arteries
15) Hell Awaits
3 май 2014
