SLAYER On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!': First-Hand Account

January 20, 2007

SLAYER made its first-ever network television appearance on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last night (Friday, January 19),performing in front of a 1,000 fans on an outdoor stage in Hollywood, California. A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Michael James Seidenberg has submitted the following report:

* People began lining up for the show at 9:00 a.m.
* Kerry King [guitar] and Tom Araya [vocals] showed up around 4:00 p.m.
* Tom didn't stick around long he went inside with his wife (I think)
* Kerry went into a back alley and hung out with about 20 fans and took pictures and autographs. He was really nice and made sure to stick around long enough so that everyone could meet him and get his autograph.
* The rest of the band showed up around 5:15 and started doing their soundcheck and rehearsal shortly thereafter. It was also about that time that the line began to grow to a few hundred people.
* During soundcheck [the band] treated the fans to full versions of 'Jihad' and 'Eyes of the Insane' (each was played in full with vocals twice and and 'Jihad' was played all instrumental once).
* At around 6:15 they started letting us all in and it took about two hours to get the whole line in, which looped all the way to Hollywood Blvd. (about 5 blocks).
* People who could not get in stayed outside the fence or on the roof of a neighboring parking structure.
* Inside there were well over 1000 people and I would guess about 100 more on the roof and another few hundred standing outside the fence.
* Once the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' show started, they had it projected on a screen behind the stage and every time Jimmy said 'Slayer!' the crowd went insane.
* SLAYER came on stage about 8:45 Cali time along with Jimmy, Sarah Silverman, and the two freaks from 'American Idol' (they all watched the show from a couch on the side of the stage).
* The whole crowd (as you could see on TV) was chanting 'SLAYER' for about five minutes before they started playing.
* The set list was:

01. Eyes of the Insane (which was aired)
02. Jihad (which is supposed to be online soon)
03. Mandatory Suicide
04. War Ensemble (without the usual intro)
05. Dead Skin Mask
06. Raining Blood

* After the show people hung out in the back alley waiting to meet the rest of the band, Dave [Lombardo] showed up for about two minutes but no one else did.
* Overall, it was a wonderfully Slaytanic night.

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