RIPs

[shaolin_monkey]

Zachi Telesha, comics writer, passes away at age 12

oh god that nearly made me cry in work.

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

When I was seventeen, I had a very good year...I also resolved to learn Reign in Blood in its entirety. A genre defining album with a running time of 29 minutes on the dot. I would stick it on and try to play along without stopping. When you factor in tuning up (or down as the case is with Slayer), it amounted to a good half hour of punishing relentless guitar practice. It's partly because of this that I am now one of the greatest human beings to ever play guitar (Hendrix doesn't count, because he was from outer space). I shall be raising a glass and breaking out my sexy Les Paul in tribute to the great Jeff Hanneman tonight.

[TordelBack]

Zachi Telesha, comics writer, passes away at age 12

oh god that nearly made me cry in work.

No nearly about it.  Puts an unproductive day in perspective. 

[Hawkmumbler]

Zachi Telesha, comics writer, passes away at age 12

oh god that nearly made me cry in work.

I did actualy well up at this. Horrible waste of talent, but of that fate was born a tiny legend.

[Emp]

w....ah no never mind

[JOE SOAP]

Sad news, and it does seem almost impossible that he was only 49.  One of my favourite-ever gigs was Slayer in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in (I think) 1988, accompanied by, I believe, Nuclear Assault. 

The Top Hat (now apartments) was the place for gigs back then: Metallica (played 2 nights and Hetfield skateboarded round it), Anthrax, Slayer, Nuclear Assault, Sepultura, Ozzy, Faith No More, Danzig, Sonic Youth, Nirvana; it wasn't too far from where I live and it was the perfect size.

Jeff Hanneman created Slayer's best and most sinister tunes and considering the band's profile, and his own interests, I find it oddly macabre the means to which his health had declined in the past few years. Still, he pumped out the power-chords like it was no one's business and I like to think he's doing it elsewhere with Cliff Burton. Thanks for the riffs Jeff.

[Hawkmumbler]

I've really had enough of this BS now. 

http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=189530

Leave the guys alone, he did more for any given medium than anyone of them have.

[Emp]

fuck em....when I go I'd like the WBC to boycott my funeral!   Narrow minded fuckers the lot of them. It's a bit presumptuous to say you speak for god!

[von Boom]

The problem that shit like the WBC is the bread and butter of the American media. Hell, all media these days. I wish there was a news director out there with the backbone to say sod them and ignore their antics.

[Mark Taylor]

I like to think he's doing it elsewhere with Cliff Burton. Thanks for the riffs Jeff.

[CrazyFoxMachine]

Bloody hell.

Ray Harryhausen. This has literally just happened.

http://www.movies.ie/movie%20news/Ray_Harryhausen_RIP

[Daveycandlish]

Oh bollocks. :-(

[Bat King]

Oh my. What an absolute legend in film making.

[Recrewt]

Ray Harryhausen

That is said news but he had 'a good innings' as they say in my neck of the woods.

I would like to thank him for my childhood - Sinbad, Titans & Argonauts.  The medusa has never been bettered - even with todays CGI.

[Spikes]

What an absolute legend in film making.

Absolutely. Damn, that is crap news.
So many of his films where firm faves from my childhood onwards, as i suspect they was for many on here.
A unique talent. RIP Mr Harryhausen