To bang your head, or not to bang your head, that is the question. With apologies to both William Shakespeare and Slayer singer-bassist Tom Araya, the question posed above is also the answer to another question. No official reason has been given. And Araya, drummer Paul Bustaph and guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt aren’t talking to the press to explain their decision. But in a 2016 interview with Loudwire, Araya, now 56, joked that it was “time to collect my pension.” Growing more serious, he said: “I had neck surgery, so I can’t headbang anymore. And that was a big part of what I enjoyed (about) doing what I do, singing and headbanging. I liked knowing I was one of the (expletive) badass headbangers. That played a big part.” In his pre-surgery days, the Chilean-born Araya would constantly whip his head of chest-length hair in a clockwise direction whenever he wasn’t singing. On Thursday, he remained almost entirely stationary. Not so, guitarist King, whose neck appears no worse for wear after four decades on the road with this Orange County-bred band of metal marauders. Playing with characteristic precision and an equally characteristic absence of...
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