Jeff Hanneman
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Person
- Born
- 1964-01-31
- Died
- 2013-05-02
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Acting · Oakland, California, USA
Jeff Hanneman was a musician. He is best remembered as the guitarist for the American thrash metal band Slayer.
Known for
- Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine — Self (archive footage)2017
- The Big 4 — Self2011
- Slayer - Live at Sonisphere2010
- Slayer: Rock Am Ring — Guitars2010
- Slayer - The Big Four - Live from Sofia, Bulgaria — Guitars2010
- The Big Four: Live in Sofia — Guitars2010
- Slayer - Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London2008
- Slayer: Rock Am Ring — Guitars2005
- Slayer: Still Reigning — Self - Guitar2004
- Slayer: War at the Warfield — Himself2003
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- Listeners
- 429
- Total plays
- 2,444
Jeff Hanneman (January 31, 1964 - 2nd May 2013) was the guitarist and founding member of the American thrash metal band Slayer. Hanneman grew up in Los Angeles in a family of war veterans, leading to his fascination with warfare. When at a friend's house in 1981 Hanneman approached Kerry King, who was trying out for the position as guitarist in a band. The two began playing Iron Maiden and Judas Priest songs, deciding to form their own band. Hanneman was born in Oakland <a href="https://www.las
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Rich Feature Hierarchies for Accurate Object Detection and Semantic Segmentation
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· 2020 · cited 15,355x
- Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics
· 2004 · cited 10,238x
- Activating Mutations in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Underlying Responsiveness of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer to Gefitinib
· 2004 · cited 9,522x
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 8,884x
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Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey John Hanneman , ( 1964-01-31 ) January 31, 1964, Long Beach, California , U.S.
- Died
- May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02) (aged 49), Hemet, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Thrash metal
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instrument
- Guitar
- Years active
- 1981–2013
- Formerly of
- Slayer
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Key dates
- Born
- 31 January 1964
- Died
- 2 May 2013
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Hemet
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- thrash metal
- Instrument
- guitar
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Jeffrey John Hanneman (January 31, 1964 – May 2, 2013) was an American musician, best known as a founding member and co-lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer. Hanneman wrote both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his death in 2013.
Born in 1964 in Long Beach, California, Hanneman listened to heavy metal and hardcore punk in his childhood and adolescence. He was working as a telemarketer in 1981 when he met Kerry King, with whom he founded Slayer. He wrote the music for many of the band's most famous songs, such as "Angel of Death", "Raining Blood", and "Die by the Sword"; his own favorite album was Reign in Blood. His guitar riffs, inspired by metal and punk bands such as Led Zeppelin, Wasted Youth, and Iron Maiden, have been called some of the most famous in metal, while his dual guitar solos with King have attracted high praise.
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