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SLAYER Frontman Interviewed On AndrewHaug.com (Audio)

AndrewHaug.com, Australia's first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station launched by Andrew Haug, the former host of Triple J Australia's "The Racket" radio show (originally "Full Metal Racket"; 2001-2011), conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia.  You can now listen to the chat below. 

SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo sat out the band's Australian tour due to a contract dispute with the other members of the group.  Also missing from the shows was guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who is still recovering from necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease which he is believed to have gotten from a spider bite.  Filling in for them were returning member Jon Dette (TESTAMENT, ANTHRAX) and Gary Holt (EXODUS), respectively. 

In an interview with Soundwave TV, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King stated about Lombardo's current status with SLAYER: "It's unfortunate that Dave couldn't be with us; I planned on him being here up until the Monday before I left.  And then I saw trouble in paradise, and since I am the mastermind on making decisions like this, I was, like, 'Alright, I've got a backup plan.  Just in case.'  'Cause I would have hated to have just Australia blown out.  Can you imagine how shitty that would have been?  So I did what I thought was best, and we pulled it off." 

Asked if he saw the dispute with Dave coming, Kerry said: "Tom did.  Tom's been on the fence about Dave for awhile and I was pretty much the one that said, 'Nah, I'm not comfortable moving on [without Dave].'  And then it got thrust in our face and I took action immediately and I got a very lucky culmination of things that happened." 

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