1. Jeffrey John Hanneman was an American musician, best known as a founding member and co-lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer.
17 Facts About Jeff Hanneman
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Jeff Hanneman was working as a telemarketer in 1981 when he met Kerry King, with whom he founded Slayer.
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Jeff Hanneman was born January 31,1964, in Long Beach, California, and grew up there in a family containing several war veterans: his father fought in Normandy during World War II and his brothers in Vietnam, making warfare a common conversation topic at the dinner table.
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War films were popular on TV at the time, and Jeff Hanneman often joined his brothers in constructing and coloring tank and plane models.
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Jeff Hanneman was introduced to heavy metal music as a child through his older sister Mary, when she was listening to Black Sabbath at her house.
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In 1981, Jeff Hanneman, who was working as a telemarketer at the time, met Kerry King, when King was auditioning for a southern rock band called "Ledger".
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Jeff Hanneman stated that he was playing guitar for a year by the time he met King and put an effort into improving his skills after watching him play.
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Jeff Hanneman, who was heavily influenced by hardcore punk music, got the other members into the genre, leading Slayer into a faster and more aggressive approach.
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Jeff Hanneman said in 1987 that although he had begun reading the Satanic bible for lyrical inspiration, he was far from a Satanist.
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Jeff Hanneman said his lyrics were typically antitheist in nature and that he hated the idea of Satanism as much as Christianity, calling them "the same thing".
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Jeff Hanneman took a lot of his lyrical inspiration from books he would read.
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In early 2011, Jeff Hanneman contracted necrotizing fasciitis on one of his arms.
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At one point, Jeff Hanneman was placed in a medically-induced coma.
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In February, 2013, King revealed that Jeff Hanneman was still battling health issues that prevented him from performing.
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Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure on May 2,2013, in a Southern California hospital near his home.
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Jeff Hanneman contributed lyrics and music to every Slayer album, having formed a music and lyric writing partnership with Araya, which sometimes overshadowed King's creative input.
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Jeff Hanneman often composed riffs at his house, using a 24-track and a drum machine and then by gathering opinions from the other band members; King and Lombardo made suggestions of alterations.