Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal group, founded in Huntington Park (not Huntington Beach as has often been reported), California in 1982 by Tom Araya (bass guitar, vocals), Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman (guitars) and Dave Lombardo (drums). Lombardo has been in and out of the group several times, but the others have remained constant. Hanneman and King are the group's main songwriters.

Accusations of racism

In addition to the controversy caused by "Angel of Death," Slayer's cover of Minor Threat's "Guilty Of Being White" (which, it is generally accepted, was not performed with the same intentions as the original) raised questions about a possible message of white supremacy by the band. Most of the controversy surrounding the cover involved the changing of the refrain '"guilty of being white"' to '"guilty of being right"' at the song's climax, which Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye was reportedly incensed by. (It should be noted, though, that Tom Araya is Chilean, so it wouldn't make much sense for him to be seriously singing about white supremacy.)

Related Topics:
Minor Threat - Guilty Of Being White - White supremacy - Ian MacKaye

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