Jeff Hanneman Quotes

The metalcore has been left behind. It's not something that any of us find enjoyment in listening to, so it's obviously not the direction we would write songs in.

PG-13' is kind of a scattered, almost movie soundtrack album, with elements of punk and metal and electronica.

In the 70s, what thrash was there? Punk came on, and that was cool. But there was no thrash. There were dinosaur big bands, and that was great. Those were my influences.

Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer.

The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.

A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

I certainly didn't want to be in a punk rock band, because I had already been in a punk rock band. I wanted to be in a band that could do anything - like Led Zeppelin.

I was always searching for something bigger, faster and better, and Slayer came up with that.

I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.

The Pandoras began as a '60s punk group. Then they went pop, then metal. When they went metal, I quit because I hate heavy metal music and I wanted to write my own songs.

When we started, I was just having fun with it I didn't even know about doing it for a living. It was a new style of music, a combo of punk and metal.

'Waking the Fallen' truly encompasses everything that Avenged Sevenfold was at that time. It was us being fearless, us showing our roots in heavy metal, punk, rock n' roll, and not being afraid to try everything under the sun when it comes to writing music.

The Go-Go's were a frothy pop band. I wanted to do music that had a harder edge.

I loathe and detest heavy metal.

I think Slayer is a funky band.

I was a big fan of hardcore music growing up, black metal.

I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music.

We're not a Screamo band.

Death metal has now become exclusively about being evil, Satanic and playing full speed ahead. It's not what I'm into at all.

My exposure to independent music was via Nirvana and grunge so I'd never gotten into punk. I don't really like that music of Crass, but I love the band, and I love their way, and their presentation.

The power, the complexity, the aggression - there's so many things that would attract anyone to Metallica. I think that they are the prime example of a metal band.

People always ask me: Is it the music? Is it the masks? No, it's all of it. It's Slipknot. It's the optics, it's the masks, it's the music, it's the performance, it's the records.

My genre of music is called Afro-Fusion because I fuse different types of music into a ball.

From the beginning, I felt that Heavy Metal is not just about music but also something that you feel with your heart. It is music that helps you express your emotions and feelings.