Amazing!! Thanks for sharing this Brother. I was lucky enough to have had my band (Possessed) open up for Slayer on several of their Show No Mercy and Haunting The Chapel US Tour Dates back in the 80's and I can tell you they have always been a talented and amazing band. Slayer for Life!!! PS Much Respect to Gary Holt and congratulations Brother!!
+Jeff Becerra Long time fan my man Possessed were the shit. Hope you are well Metal Brother. I know i aint nobody but love the music. You guys were in high school creating some great Metal!
haha holy shit a memeber of one of my favorite bands commenting on another one of my fav bands videos....thanks for the rad music HAILS POSSESED AND SLAYER.....and gary holt!
+Ozzy TYSON I believe that Seven Churches is the one I have on cassette lol. I have one maybe more I'm not sure. I collected many things back then have several hundred from Cancer and Atheist to modern day heavy metal.
I went to South Gate High School. Dave Lombardo was in my P.E. class. He introduced himself to me and told me he was a heavy metal drummer. I didn't believe him at the time. Boy, i felt stupid by 1986 when I saw his picture on the back of the album cover of Reign In Blood! Then I started going to SLAYER shows. Seen them 3 times!!! SLAYER!!!
Hahaha!! Great story! How many people have similar stories about guys that weren't Dave Lombardo? Probably lots more lol! Was he good at running in place?
Let me put this into perspective here. Kerry and Dave are only 18 YEARS OLD HERE!!!! Jeff is 19!!!! Tom is 21. That's an insane amount of raw talent to have at that age. To create such power, speed, technicality with such precision at that age! 3 of the 4 of them weren't even legal age to drink!
Sometimes that is a very productive age when it comes to aggressive music like this! All full of ideas and passion and to a point not caring about what others will say! \m/
It's easier to be hardcore and fast when you're young. Trust me. I'm not young anymore. Einstein was young when he blew the world open with relativity. So was Hawking with the black hole stuff. Hendrix, Joplin, Kobain, Morrison, etc. System of a Down's first two albums. U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday. NIN at Woodstock 1994. Jaedong, Bisu, and Flash were young when they revolutionized Starcraft. George Lucas before the bullshit in the 90s. The guys who stormed the beaches at Normandy. The Lost Generation of the First World War. ISIS recruits. All young as fuck. But at least the Beatles got more hardcore as they matured.
The flux capacitor is on O'Reilly's auto parts website!! (as a joke, of course!) If I remember correctly, they had the wrong number for the amount of gigawatts! 😂 They may have corrected that though.
Well, we all could’ve attended this show. Only 10 people did back then 😂 I’ve seen them 4 times between 95 and 2019. I was lucky to be able to watch their last show in Holland 🤘🏻👊🏻
I love megadeth and dave but i saw Metallica n 83 when i was 17 open for rraven just saw raven again in 2019 saw Metallica. Right after dave saw megadeth in 85 and Slayer in 85 and someone ask me which band was best live of the 3 and it slayer but all 3 shows are still in my dna
This is how people react when they see a great break out game changing band. They just stand there in awe, mouths agape, and take it all in. The next day they tell all their friends. That's how great bands get their start.
The audience is slowly growing in front of the stage... Absorbing this new style of heavy metal. Like moths to a flame, they accept it. Thinking, "This band is going to be huge!"
@@AncientMorbidity1991 I said that cus you said legends never die yet dated a year at which they ended, while I see where your coming from like you probably mean they will go down in history because they definitely will in the metal world
I saw him in 2008 Moscow show. I scream so hard "Lombardo is the best", so he point on me. I will never agree another opinion. David Lombardo is and will be best drumer in the world
I was there. There were about 2-3 other bands. Abattior & Odin I believe. Slayer was new and we were like "Fuck!" Metal broke loose in 83, Slayer was extreme and awesome!
Abittoir was badass. I saw them a few times at Woodstock and the Country Club. Metalica and Armored Saint ruled OC and LA during those years, hands down!
Everyone was headbanging so hard back in the 80's when they listened to Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Exodus, Iron Maiden and a lot more metal artists like them!
***** i saw a picture of the ticket from that show but i'm not sure if it was legit or not... because it said may 28th '83 playing with august redmoon and savage grace???
m169marroquin Great point man, that is how it is, even to this day. All the bands they opened for were watching from the bar like, "fuuuuuckkk", these guys are goood!" When then were no name's, just a band from SoCal, thrashing hard and playing tight. Tightness is a well respected talent developed through consistent blood, sweat, whiskey and rigorous hours of practicing, while balancing your own personal life (work, relationships, and substance abuse). Very beautiful. In the right cities and scenes this "true"art, true passion, real people, and fucking amazing musicianship and showmanship, STILL exists... And it is all in front of your eyes haha
When you consider that Iron Maiden or WASP were about the heaviest things kids in LA had ever heard before, Slayer is a cardiac arrest comparatively speaking.
Not even close. 😂🤣 Born and raised in O.C. Still live here even though it's a shit show now but anyways, I was 13 and listening to Black Flag back then. 1000X heavier. In comparison this was glam rock.
BeastOf Bodom But you took the time to reply to a comment not aimed at you within 5 minutes of it being posted. What a loser. You will probably take the time to comment again as well. Ha ha beast of bottom more like.
@@Miloman5599 Phones have replaced lighters at shows. I'm serious, I went to one not too long ago where everyone whipped out their phones and raised them in the air, much like people used to use lighters at shows. It was kinda weird, especially since most people who did that already had their phones out.
No Way! I remember this. I was at this show! I had seen them a year or two before right next door at Radio City when they were doing covers so I thought it was cool they were doing originals and had their own light show and all.
they ar elike.. what the hell is this.. .. and now.. they are.. what the hell .... i love thisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss watch out.. infamous .. angel of death.. manager of the kingdom of the dead.......... whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa kids.. go to ur bed.. !!!
I was 4 years old at this time,I'm glad someone recorded this so could see my fav band when they started,I've been fortunate enough see them 4 times but this is the coolest
the crowd not knowing they are watching one of the most influential metal drummers of all time. this is GOLD> man, i was only 12 when slayer formed. at least i heard them for the first time when i was 18... about 100 years ago haha
Man Tom sounded fucking badass when he was young. I remember when we first heard Slayer. No one was as extreme. Just blew us away. We used to get wasted, blast Slayer, and see who could hit those Araya highs!!
back in those days people didn't understand what they were seeing or how to react to it. I bet they were scared shitless that's why theyre all just standing there. lol
We weren't shocked or scared of the music, it was new and exciting. What I was scared of was the audience members at certain shows like that then (not the show above, that is tame, nothing happening, very weird). But at bigger shows the crowd could be pretty wild and rough, morons picking fights while drunk high with little to no security to stop them
It's amazing how this recording exists. It's rare to see shows from a bands early years from this era let alone their live debut. If only I could've been there in person!
Maybe, this was just a dry crowd. The mosh pit was prevalent in the late 70s with the punk scene, and Bad Brains had popularized and encouraged it in 1981, when lead singer H.R. had demanded the crowd to “mash”, pronounced mosh because of his Jamaican accent being misunderstood by fans.
As I grew up hard rock was all I loved musically. Still I wanted harder,faster, more intensity. And 8 days after my 20th birthday, this happened. Slayer!!!!!!!
Yo Jeff, What was the name of that song in the middle with the tapping solo you did?! Also, I put footage of you in my new World Painted Blood cover... thanks for the metal /w\JEFF/w\
I seen them a few months after the first album came out in a small club in Milwaukee.There were MAYBE 75 people there.The local radio station was supposed to air the full concert but they had NO clue what SLAYER was about...LOL! The second they said "This one's called antichrist!"...the radio station pulled the plug! LONG LIVE SLAYER!
I went into the Navy in the early 80's and had been into heavy shit since I was a kid...I saw Slayer the first time in early '85 with Venom, in LA...holy shit! We drove up from San Diego (Navy C-school) to see women's mud wrestling and made the "best" wrong turn of my life and ended up at a Slayer show...already had Hell Awaits as a cassette and played it till it was eaten by the player.
Hollywood Paladium, awesome show. I still remember feeling the heat from the lightbulbs that formed the upside-down crosses. I've Also been to the Tropicana to watch the fine sport of female mud wrestling-fine athletes they were.
They were so far ahead of their time that their first release was on a metal compilation album. Metal was around for about 20 years before bands like Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth hit the scene.
When I noticed "Blitzkrieg" in the set-list, I thought it would be a cover of the NWOBHM classic. It turned out to be the "Final Command" song, so I guess "Blitzkrieg" was the original pre-Show No Mercy title.
That’s brutal!! Best era for Slayer. First album is always gonna be my favorite. I’ll never forget I was in 5th grade and summer came. I got Show No Mercy and my life was never the same and neither was anybody religious around me either lol
Been going to slayer shows since early 90s, listening to them since my elementary and middle school years in the 80s. First time seeing this! Classic to say the least! An incredibly important video for the history of metal!!!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!!
I've heard Kerry himself say in several interviews that their early music was full of hints of Priest and Maiden, and you can certainly hear it here. This is really amazing to see.
I grew up OC in the early 80s and I remember all of these clubs. Woodstock was at Knott/Ball, Jezebel's was just east of Lincoln on St College, Radio City was on Ball...all of these bands played all of these clubs in the early 80s. It was an awesome time for music.
Thanks for posting this! I first saw Slayer with Overkill at The Agora Theater in Cleveland 1986. Last time I saw them was May 2014 at The Fillmore Denver. All Hail SLAYER!
This is awesome! I saw them 2 years later in Sacramento with Exodus and Venom. The crowd there was unbelievable. The most thrashing I'd ever seen up until that point. People were stage diving off of the PA stacks.
Tom is spot on.And Jeff my man! Is killing those leads like a mad man with fire in his eyes.This is such a beautiful thing to see.And now the last few bits of touring for these guys is about to come to a close.Slayer will always be a powerhouse for metal music for generations to come.And im glad to have witnessed it all unfold.Thanks Tom,Kerry,Dave and Jeff(R.I.P.) for what you guys had to deliver to thw music world.It definitely wont be the same with your name on the tour bill.Stay heavy!
Between these guys and Venom, I figured I was going to hell for sure lmao. The Hell Awaits cover scared the shit out of me. Glad I never turned back, I turned 12 a month after it's release. Outstanding footage here!!!
I was 13 years old , I'm now 43 years and I am still a fan saw them in Las Vegas with Testament , Carcass , saw them at the house of Blues in San Diego , I have my ticket to see them at the Houston open air festival , I feel like seeing them in Mexico city.
John Cole I went to see them at Houston Open Air. They played a hell of a set! Too bad most of the bands didn't get to play. Also saw them in Austin with Anthrax and Death Angel. Got my tickets to see them in Austin again with Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth and Testament!
10 people standing in front of what would become one of the most prolific metal bands of all time. So surreal to watch this. I was actually at the last L.A. Coliseum show when people were tearing up the seats and Slayer was forever band from there. Epic!
They tried to still keep their evilness in the 90's but the 5 albums from the 80's wipe the floor with anything after imo. I've always thought South of Heaven destroyed Seasons. Hell Awaits and Haunting the Chapel is where they managed to really capture something that sounds like it came from the abyss.
I saw Metallica here twice with Dave Mustaine - on a night just like this with very few people...and they were selling tee shirts out of an old green station wagon. There was another club right next door called Radio City - this young guitarist named Yngwie Malmseen played there..
I love how this early show shows Slayer in a different light. The Judas Priest worship, the early NWOBHM roots, it's more apparent here. Metallica is the same way in early recordings of their shows and the No Life Till Leather demo. I actually find the 1982 version of Jump in the Fire the most fitting version, because the song itself seems so dated(in a good way) so Metallica's earliest sound as a band just pulled it off the best imo. Also to anybody that loves Show No Mercy, check out the band Black Magic from Norway. Their debut is pretty much what Slayer would have sounded like if they recorded Show No Mercy 2 years earlier. They really exaggerated the NWOBHM roots.
Oh yeah, I like them too! I wish they did a second album, but in the style of Haunting the Chapel. I've always wanted Haunting to be a full album because it probably would have been my favorite Slayer album.
Kiss were the manin roots of this macho guitar stance dual/triple attck move thing. It was a trademark move of theirs as far back as 74 & they were well known for it,although by the 80s No band would ever admit to liking KISS ha.
There are a lot more fools than just the one guy whoee thinking that. Probably even a preacher's son in the audience shaking his head in SHOCK, thinking... "BLASPHEMERS!". Then, walked out... - Haha! 🔥👹⚔️😈🔥
That was pretty epic! I grew up on this. This gig was even before "Show No Mercy", amazing. That's certainly in my top 5 albums of all time. The audience is hilarious!! x]
Ghee Juice But there was already Iron Maiden, Kiss, Venom, ... right? Probably wrong audience, wrong place ;-) But still amazing to see now, more than 30 years later! =D
Well at that time, this was probably the most extreme stuff out there. If you have to compare this with anything else from 1983 and lower, I think Show No Mercy is the heaviest thing you will find.
The crowd looks dead cause SLAYER were Nobodies then, a historic event No Doubt but this was 83 so...KFK doin his best KK Downing impression tho, gotta love it
Found this on Wikipedia... In 1983, Slayer was invited to open for the band Bitch at the Woodstock Club in Anaheim, California, to perform eight songs, six of which were covers. The band was spotted by Brian Slagel, a former music journalist who had recently founded Metal Blade Records. Impressed with Slayer, he met with the band backstage and asked them to record an original song for his upcoming Metal Massacre III compilation album. The band agreed and their song "Aggressive Perfector" created an underground buzz upon its release in mid 1983, which led to Slagel offering the band a recording contract with Metal Blade.
".....guess you're not ready for this yet, but your kids are gonna love it. ". Marty McFly
SHEEEEEIIIITT!!! You know it!
Jajajaja
RustyAngel i was thinking the same thing lol motionless crowd
BFFB WHAT A SHOW!
Thats right!
Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘
The crowd wasn't ready for Slayer.
shadapakap Ha ha ha ha ha they don’t even know what they are witnessing!!
Imagine they made a set like that ppl would let them fucking neck bones on stage.
Crowd? Yeah all 12 of them..lol!!
I was there and SLAYER was the opening band for Bitch,I never heard of either one of these bands at the time !!! ;-) I have it on video DVD now!!!
@Marcelo Gagliano agree
Amazing!! Thanks for sharing this Brother. I was lucky enough to have had my band (Possessed) open up for Slayer on several of their Show No Mercy and Haunting The Chapel US Tour Dates back in the 80's and I can tell you they have always been a talented and amazing band. Slayer for Life!!! PS Much Respect to Gary Holt and congratulations Brother!!
That's right, Jeff and you guys always kicked some major ass - And you still do, My Brother! Thrash Til Death!
+Jeff Becerra
Long time fan my man Possessed were the shit. Hope you are well Metal Brother. I know i aint nobody but love the music. You guys were in high school creating some great Metal!
haha holy shit a memeber of one of my favorite bands commenting on another one of my fav bands videos....thanks for the rad music HAILS POSSESED AND SLAYER.....and gary holt!
+Jeff Becerra My brother still has his original copy of "Seven Churches" on vinyl. EPIC.
+Ozzy TYSON I believe that Seven Churches is the one I have on cassette lol. I have one maybe more I'm not sure. I collected many things back then have several hundred from Cancer and Atheist to modern day heavy
metal.
I went to South Gate High School. Dave Lombardo was in my P.E. class. He introduced himself to me and told me he was a heavy metal drummer. I didn't believe him at the time. Boy, i felt stupid by 1986 when I saw his picture on the back of the album cover of Reign In Blood! Then I started going to SLAYER shows. Seen them 3 times!!! SLAYER!!!
☹️
Dammnnn
Woah cooool!!!!😮
Lucky!
Hahaha!! Great story! How many people have similar stories about guys that weren't Dave Lombardo? Probably lots more lol! Was he good at running in place?
"This doesn't sound like Twisted Sister." --The crowd
Hahahhahahha
Twisted sister is fucking awasome
Here was I thinking about what would the band they´re opening to? the crowd seems not to understand a bit of what´s going on...
I saw TwistedSister , LitaFord , Y&T 84 HollywoodPalladium Way Better crowd
😂😂😂😂
Let me put this into perspective here. Kerry and Dave are only 18 YEARS OLD HERE!!!! Jeff is 19!!!! Tom is 21. That's an insane amount of raw talent to have at that age. To create such power, speed, technicality with such precision at that age! 3 of the 4 of them weren't even legal age to drink!
Sometimes that is a very productive age when it comes to aggressive music like this! All full of ideas and passion and to a point not caring about what others will say! \m/
It's easier to be hardcore and fast when you're young. Trust me. I'm not young anymore.
Einstein was young when he blew the world open with relativity. So was Hawking with the black hole stuff.
Hendrix, Joplin, Kobain, Morrison, etc. System of a Down's first two albums. U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday. NIN at Woodstock 1994.
Jaedong, Bisu, and Flash were young when they revolutionized Starcraft.
George Lucas before the bullshit in the 90s.
The guys who stormed the beaches at Normandy. The Lost Generation of the First World War. ISIS recruits.
All young as fuck.
But at least the Beatles got more hardcore as they matured.
@@lafeeshmeister haha lol
Love you guys
@Roque Ortiz Odd, the drinking age was 18 at that time. I graduated high school in '84 and I could drink at that time as an 18 year old.
video from 1983 ... still sounds better than 99% of cellphone videos of shows today ...
I know man
VHS actually had pretty good bass response
Funny thing is that 1000$ cell phones in 2017 is inferior to VHS recording in 1980's.
& bonus: it's not a vertical video!
Shot on iPhone -10
If I ever build a time machine, I'm going to this concert.
The flux capacitor is on O'Reilly's auto parts website!! (as a joke, of course!) If I remember correctly, they had the wrong number for the amount of gigawatts! 😂 They may have corrected that though.
Start the pit early!
Take us too!
And I will mosh like hell
Well, we all could’ve attended this show. Only 10 people did back then 😂 I’ve seen them 4 times between 95 and 2019. I was lucky to be able to watch their last show in Holland 🤘🏻👊🏻
I wish I had a time machine!
666MINDSLAYER Tell me about it! Saw them for the 1st time in 86' at the Ritz in NYC. Was 16. Thanks for the Video!! 🤘🏼
666MINDSLAYER I wish I was born in like 1967. I would've been like 14 but i'm really 8 years old but I saw slayer in may
I bet I could throw this football over that mountain.....
I love megadeth and dave but i saw Metallica n 83 when i was 17 open for rraven just saw raven again in 2019 saw Metallica. Right after dave saw megadeth in 85 and Slayer in 85 and someone ask me which band was best live of the 3 and it slayer but all 3 shows are still in my dna
@@toddmitchell6362 "still in my DNA". Awesome comment!
This is how people react when they see a great break out game changing band. They just stand there in awe, mouths agape, and take it all in. The next day they tell all their friends. That's how great bands get their start.
Haha, could you really tell that by this fotage? Man, what screen are you using?
@@BilateralChatterhas never been to a concert before..
Love how the guy so calmy welcomes slayer
The audience is slowly growing in front of the stage... Absorbing this new style of heavy metal. Like moths to a flame, they accept it. Thinking, "This band is going to be huge!"
...Replying to a year old comment but yeah, i was thinking the same....and they were right, Slayer did good and become Huge🤘👍...
Os caras já nasceram pro sucesso. O primeiro album é muito bom. Show no Mercy, um classico
you can tell how slayer was going to be one of the greatest . From a crowd of 50 to 50k . Legends
About 12 minutes in a couple dudes at the stage start... head bang ing. Couldn't avoid it, seminal Slayer possession
SLAYER 1981-2019 legends never die.
*MELHOR BANDA DE THRASH METAL DO MUNDO* 🇧🇷⚰️
The first pit was formed at a early Slayer show. I think.
Then why include the 2019??
@@kingtaco4064 I’m pretty sure you know why kid, it only took 3 years to get a reply as stupid as that one lol.🗿
@@AncientMorbidity1991 I said that cus you said legends never die yet dated a year at which they ended, while I see where your coming from like you probably mean they will go down in history because they definitely will in the metal world
“Ladies and gentlemen, to open our show this evening, please welcome Slayer”. 😁
He said it so...nice LOL!
@@SteveBello and clam then slayer comes out and kills it!!
Like he was introducing Milton Berle or something. 😂
With special guest, Wayne Newton.
0:21 Black Magic
4:25 Die By The Sword
8:36 Tormentor
10:55 Simple Aggression
16:50 Blitzkrieg
19:41 Ice Titan
24:25 Assassin
27:03 Night Rider
28:28 (Drum Solo)
31:01 Crionics
36:33 Aggressive Perfector
#SLAYER 🤘🤘🏻🤘🏿🤘🏼🤘🏽🤘🏾
FUCK YEA!!!
This josue portillo sickblood gore then now tomorrow forever hail Satan slayer forever
Blitzkrieg nunca la tocan......es the final commnad.....saludos desde Chile
Before the song starts Tom says this song is called Blitzkrieg, they later changed the title to The final Command
@jokerisaac41 Thanks for the set list!🤘🏻
Damn the audience looks dead! Obviously they are unaware that they are witnessing an historic event in metal history.
bcparkerjr × they must have thought it was going to be a nite of regular glam rock 80's style. they have no idea. The two in the front get it.
Haha! Yes those two in the front 🤘🤘🤘
I've had the same thought as you, I couldn't say it better.
or maybe they ain't seen/heard anything like it. like @37:25
This is exactly the reason why. Who was really out at this point that was heavy? Venom...Motorhead....Metallica....not too many more.
Dave Lombardo is no doubt one of the best drummers ever in music
No doubt my friend 👍
50 Helens would agree...
I saw him in 2008 Moscow show. I scream so hard "Lombardo is the best", so he point on me. I will never agree another opinion. David Lombardo is and will be best drumer in the world
@@СемёнСемёнов-ж5уBest Drummer in the World? Ehm. No.
Best metal drummer absolutely, best drummer ever Neil Peart, best living drummer Danny Carey.
I was there. There were about 2-3 other bands. Abattior & Odin I believe. Slayer was new and we were like "Fuck!" Metal broke loose in 83, Slayer was extreme and awesome!
Where was this theatre?
Slayer has been performing for 1 year already at this point.
***** YES
Bad to the fuckin bone.....wow...very impressive
Abittoir was badass. I saw them a few times at Woodstock and the Country Club. Metalica and Armored Saint ruled OC and LA during those years, hands down!
Crionics is such an underrated song
I'm glad they lost that cheesy intro though!
as Tormentor! both are awasome thrash songs with much influence of NWOBHM
@@dvdrtrgnit s actually a really good intro
Tormentor is so underrated. Also, those synchronized moves are incredible 🤘
Tormentor was a totally different song back then. It's interesting
synchronized headbanging 10/10
Alexander Cravero ya thats embarrassing along the lights.
Everyone was headbanging so hard back in the 80's when they listened to Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Exodus, Iron Maiden and a lot more metal artists like them!
Judas
This was a band that you didn't come to see because they were Slayer. You stopped, peeked in and thought damn, these guys can play!
dude your videos rock
SeventhYearSenior
Thanks
***** i saw a picture of the ticket from that show but i'm not sure if it was legit or not... because it said may 28th '83 playing with august redmoon and savage grace???
m169marroquin Great point man, that is how it is, even to this day. All the bands they opened for were watching from the bar like, "fuuuuuckkk", these guys are goood!" When then were no name's, just a band from SoCal, thrashing hard and playing tight. Tightness is a well respected talent developed through consistent blood, sweat, whiskey and rigorous hours of practicing, while balancing your own personal life (work, relationships, and substance abuse). Very beautiful. In the right cities and scenes this "true"art, true passion, real people, and fucking amazing musicianship and showmanship, STILL exists... And it is all in front of your eyes haha
Jeffrey Martinez Those are some phil anselmo words of wisdom there.
"Show No Mercy" was a master piece! The great old sound!
Crowd is thinner than Kerry's hair was, couldn't imagine the strange feeling of being able to move around freely at a Slayer concert
I always moved freely in slayer pits. 💪🏽
@Sepher Agon slam dancing? Is that what when they swing their arms like they're throwing a fit at a metalcore concert?
looks like kery had more amount of hair then jeff here haha
When you consider that Iron Maiden or WASP were about the heaviest things kids in LA had ever heard before, Slayer is a cardiac arrest comparatively speaking.
We had Venom and the Bad brains.
SLAYER 4 LIFE
There was incredibly heavy stuff if you knew where to look but I can’t imagine what witnessing this in 83 would’ve been like, jealous, very jealous
Not even close. 😂🤣
Born and raised in O.C.
Still live here even though it's a shit show now but anyways, I was 13 and listening to Black Flag back then. 1000X heavier.
In comparison this was glam rock.
@@surferdude8086 Black flag😂🤣
I can safely say I've seen it all.. not a mosh at a slayer concert.
+MrLowprofile13 Well, it's 1983. The mosh pit actually may not have been invented yet ?
It's 1983 dude...
+666MINDSLAYER Eh... Yes it was. Look at the shows with any good punk(hardcore) band.
+Dry Bokes yea because we're going to actually take the time to do that to prove your point... Fuck outta here lol
BeastOf Bodom But you took the time to reply to a comment not aimed at you within 5 minutes of it being posted. What a loser. You will probably take the time to comment again as well. Ha ha beast of bottom more like.
Back when people use to go see bands that they had not actually heard yet.
+decadepast decadepast man you ain't kidding.
True, but you can do that with basement shows or something like that.
Larry Camarillo I still go to basement shows and have played quite a few. Concrete walls are hell on the ears, though.
And there weren't phones all over the place
@@Miloman5599 Phones have replaced lighters at shows. I'm serious, I went to one not too long ago where everyone whipped out their phones and raised them in the air, much like people used to use lighters at shows. It was kinda weird, especially since most people who did that already had their phones out.
No Way! I remember this. I was at this show! I had seen them a year or two before right next door at Radio City when they were doing covers so I thought it was cool they were doing originals and had their own light show and all.
I remember radio city. Went to quite few shows there. That takes me way way way back to when my mom would drop us off and pick us up.
There was also Fenders in Long Beach. Dancing Waters in San Pedro.
This is exactly 36 years old today... Slayer will never die - they are timeless \m/
The attendance (14 guys) didn't know it was watching a band that would become lengendary! Lucky bastards!
they ar elike.. what the hell is this.. .. and now.. they are.. what the hell .... i love thisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
watch out.. infamous .. angel of death.. manager of the kingdom of the dead..........
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
kids.. go to ur bed.. !!!
Actually, I counted twenty-one at one point.
And the legend begins......
You can hear so much Paul Di'Anno Maiden influence in the riffs and arrangements
@Sepher Agon he meant di'anno era maiden obviously. the first slayer album is like 50% slayer and 50% iron maiden
@@manfrombritain6816 Venom, Priest...
This is history for those of us who love Metal. This is a gem! Thank you for sharing ... Wow!
Yes indeed
It’s cool to hear Tom actually singing melodically in places.
They sound practically like Power Metal of that era during many of these songs.
@@blackwrits maiden fans them😁\m/.Tom fucking rules like di anno with bass!funny him play jazzbass!😆
This and Hell Awaits are the only albums where Tom actually does some good quality singing. Even his bass playing was better.
@@russkate88HA bass sound is amazing
I wish they had continued with this more melodic and speed metal side of thrash
I was 4 years old at this time,I'm glad someone recorded this so could see my fav band when they started,I've been fortunate enough see them 4 times but this is the coolest
Unbeknownst to the crowd, history is happening before them.
Hell to the yeah.! Thank God I was alive to see SLAYER never will you see something like this again.. the 80's kicked ass for all metal bands ..
pioneers indeed, not many bands were playing this style of rock back then.
the crowd not knowing they are watching one of the most influential metal drummers of all time.
this is GOLD> man, i was only 12 when slayer formed. at least i heard them for the first time when i was 18... about 100 years ago haha
Man Tom sounded fucking badass when he was young. I remember when we first heard Slayer. No one was as extreme. Just blew us away. We used to get wasted, blast Slayer, and see who could hit those Araya highs!!
back in those days people didn't understand what they were seeing or how to react to it. I bet they were scared shitless that's why theyre all just standing there. lol
not true at all. you can only imagine but i was there.
THEY WERE AHEAD OF THERE TIME !!!
nope ..we knew
I knew exactly what was going on. Was into them before this show
We weren't shocked or scared of the music, it was new and exciting. What I was scared of was the audience members at certain shows like that then (not the show above, that is tame, nothing happening, very weird). But at bigger shows the crowd could be pretty wild and rough, morons picking fights while drunk high with little to no security to stop them
(R.I.P.) "Jeff Hanneman"
Rick Rozz , I bang my head in respect. Rest In Peace Jeff Hanneman. You WILL live on in our hearts!!!!!
5ar wtf
@@5ar_ Does that turn u on? Don't hold back, let it all out!
@@5ar_
What a douchebag comment! You need psychiatric help!
I would put him on the greatest guitarist's list ever! We will never forget you Jeff!!!!
It's amazing how this recording exists. It's rare to see shows from a bands early years from this era let alone their live debut. If only I could've been there in person!
Love how everyone is in shock and hypnotized. This was filmed before the invention of the MOSH PIT!
Maybe, this was just a dry crowd. The mosh pit was prevalent in the late 70s with the punk scene, and Bad Brains had popularized and encouraged it in 1981, when lead singer H.R. had demanded the crowd to “mash”, pronounced mosh because of his Jamaican accent being misunderstood by fans.
It’s no wonder how big they got. For a first small time gig they are extremely on point and very clear. 👏👏👏
It's not their first show.
As I grew up hard rock was all I loved musically. Still I wanted harder,faster, more intensity. And 8 days after my 20th birthday, this happened. Slayer!!!!!!!
For their fist show, the lights and choreography were on point.
Ray Garza Not their first show.
The first show filmed.
Gene Hoglan was your light technic at the first years.
Thank you guys for your comments. We had a great time during this show. *from south of heaven*
Thanks for the metal. Say hello to Cliff for me. 👍🏻
@@FACTBOT_5000 I will bro.
Hail from malaysia jeff
Yo Jeff, What was the name of that song in the middle with the tapping solo you did?!
Also, I put footage of you in my new World Painted Blood cover... thanks for the metal /w\JEFF/w\
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS Oh I see. Well it was a filler we didn't have a tittle for this one. Kerry wrote it, but it was not good enough to keep it.
Wow, for 1983 the sound quality on this video is really good!
The audio is incredible! Blown away...
I seen them a few months after the first album came out in a small club in Milwaukee.There were MAYBE 75 people there.The local radio station was supposed to air the full concert but they had NO clue what SLAYER was about...LOL! The second they said "This one's called antichrist!"...the radio station pulled the plug! LONG LIVE SLAYER!
LOOOOOOL !!!!
LOL
Slayer is on the radio?
LOL!
What’s really crazy is. This was then, barely any fans at the beginning. Now I’m getting ready to see slayer in June for their final tour.
Lucky you saw them live I discovered them last February in 2020 my first song from them was hell awaits
And now they are coming back for at least two more shows
Not so many bands influenced Slayer, as how many bands were influenced by Slayer.
I can't understand why "Ice Titan" was not on Show No Mercy. There's something real special about this song.
Yeah, the verse riff especially sounds heavy... at least bits of it were used in Show no Mercy and Altar of Sacrifice
@@effiemars_They literally dismembered the song, to put parts in some songs
I went into the Navy in the early 80's and had been into heavy shit since I was a kid...I saw Slayer the first time in early '85 with Venom, in LA...holy shit! We drove up from San Diego (Navy C-school) to see women's mud wrestling and made the "best" wrong turn of my life and ended up at a Slayer show...already had Hell Awaits as a cassette and played it till it was eaten by the player.
Hollywood Paladium, awesome show. I still remember feeling the heat from the lightbulbs that formed the upside-down crosses. I've Also been to the Tropicana to watch the fine sport of female mud wrestling-fine athletes they were.
Historic, Heavy, and way aHead of their time. Tight.
They were so far ahead of their time that their first release was on a metal compilation album. Metal was around for about 20 years before bands like Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth hit the scene.
Thank you for this ! The older the better. HISTORY - of SLAYER!
When I noticed "Blitzkrieg" in the set-list, I thought it would be a cover of the NWOBHM classic. It turned out to be the "Final Command" song, so I guess "Blitzkrieg" was the original pre-Show No Mercy title.
of course.
That’s brutal!! Best era for Slayer. First album is always gonna be my favorite. I’ll never forget I was in 5th grade and summer came. I got Show No Mercy and my life was never the same and neither was anybody religious around me either lol
Hey man, I'm an old metal head. What the fuck is NWOBHM? MAYBE I'M JUST FUCKIN DRUNK AND FIXING TO FUCK MY CHIC. I DON'T KNOW MAN
Erasmo Ganceres NWOBHM: New Wave Of British Heavy Metal.
I was expecting a Blitzkrieg Bop cover.
Been going to slayer shows since early 90s, listening to them since my elementary and middle school years in the 80s. First time seeing this! Classic to say the least! An incredibly important video for the history of metal!!!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!!
It’s crazy how Jeff and Kerry we’re both 19 and Dave was 18 freaking 18 and drumming like a beast fuckin love SLAYER!
people were just taking it in. this is like classical/beethoven/mozart of thrash metal. Thanks for the upload.
Definitely. And if you notice every single person's eyes are glued on the stage.
Big things... have small beginnings.
I've heard Kerry himself say in several interviews that their early music was full of hints of Priest and Maiden, and you can certainly hear it here. This is really amazing to see.
I grew up OC in the early 80s and I remember all of these clubs. Woodstock was at Knott/Ball, Jezebel's was just east of Lincoln on St College, Radio City was on Ball...all of these bands played all of these clubs in the early 80s. It was an awesome time for music.
Now all those clubs are gone. Sad.
Legend has it that the crowd still stands frozen in time .
It just shows how much a little Priest,Venom,Maiden,Motorhead can get you far ahead!
Totally Wrong! This only shows the greatness of Slayer! Nothing to do with any other bands.
@@cezartorescu
uh huh. the guys in slayer didnt listen to ANY music AT ALL and were not fans of ANY other bands EVER.
Un concierto histórico, la mayor influencia para todo el metal más extremo que vendría más adelante, unos verdaderos precursores
Those riffs are timeless.
Seeing this right after their last song and farewell speech from 2019. That's tough !
Same here! It's a fuckin ride
Thanks for posting this! I first saw Slayer with Overkill at The Agora Theater in Cleveland 1986. Last time I saw them was May 2014 at The Fillmore Denver. All Hail SLAYER!
I really hope these guys make it someday.
If yhey keep at it stay off drugs they just might.
I love that 80s hum coming from the amps , reminds me of the good old days .
The growl at 6:26. Remebwr this is basically still a world of 70’s music at the time. Insane
I've been a Slayer fan for about 12 years and seen them maybe 10 times, several on their final tour, and this is a real treasure.
Show no Mercy released on this day December 3, 1983! Rest in Peace Jeff!!!
This is awesome! I saw them 2 years later in Sacramento with Exodus and Venom. The crowd there was unbelievable. The most thrashing I'd ever seen up until that point. People were stage diving off of the PA stacks.
Tim Moore I saw that same tour at the Hollywood Palladium... to this day, the most epic thrash show ever!! The pit was insane!!
I saw that tour in Cleveland OH
Tom is spot on.And Jeff my man! Is killing those leads like a mad man with fire in his eyes.This is such a beautiful thing to see.And now the last few bits of touring for these guys is about to come to a close.Slayer will always be a powerhouse for metal music for generations to come.And im glad to have witnessed it all unfold.Thanks Tom,Kerry,Dave and Jeff(R.I.P.) for what you guys had to deliver to thw music world.It definitely wont be the same with your name on the tour bill.Stay heavy!
I am happy i could see/hear this footage!!!.
Between these guys and Venom, I figured I was going to hell for sure lmao. The Hell Awaits cover scared the shit out of me. Glad I never turned back, I turned 12 a month after it's release. Outstanding footage here!!!
Lol, there are like 12 people watching them. Nice upload.
it's 15 ^^
Its because they weren't even popular. When they were touring reign in blood and south of heaven thats when more people started to show up
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4th or 5th guy from the right knows what thrash is
Full of energy from the beginning! Slayer, the best!
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1983 is my year of birthday!They've thrashed already! Warriors!!!
Thanks for sharing!
This is how good Metal was at the time. You have a killer set like this going on, and people are just walking by like "Hmmm.... interesting".
I was 13 years old , I'm now 43 years and I am still a fan saw them in Las Vegas with Testament , Carcass , saw them at the house of Blues in San Diego , I have my ticket to see them at the Houston open air festival , I feel like seeing them in Mexico city.
John Cole
I went to see them at Houston Open Air. They played a hell of a set! Too bad most of the bands didn't get to play. Also saw them in Austin with Anthrax and Death Angel.
Got my tickets to see them in Austin again with Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth and Testament!
Was at that show. Started listening in '85 and still the all time crusher
John Cole I will probably never see them live...
Damn that is awesome, some of these songs from the Show No Mercy album weren't in their final form
10 people standing in front of what would become one of the most prolific metal bands of all time. So surreal to watch this. I was actually at the last L.A. Coliseum show when people were tearing up the seats and Slayer was forever band from there. Epic!
That was at the LA Sports Arena
Amazingly tight for such a young band ! easy call to sign these guys and predict they would become big - tons of talent and passion !
Legendary! I love Slayer forever, but these early days were really awesome. The music had a slightly more evil and demonic feel..
well thank God they grew up and got out of the demonic and demon feel.....
They tried to still keep their evilness in the 90's but the 5 albums from the 80's wipe the floor with anything after imo. I've always thought South of Heaven destroyed Seasons. Hell Awaits and Haunting the Chapel is where they managed to really capture something that sounds like it came from the abyss.
I saw Metallica here twice with Dave Mustaine - on a night just like this with very few people...and they were selling tee shirts out of an old green station wagon.
There was another club right next door called Radio City - this young guitarist named Yngwie Malmseen played there..
Was it the Green Jeep Wagoneer from the beer run scene in Cliff'Em All?
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS It was pre- Cliff.
@@RNicolasRuvalcaba Oh wow! Ron McGovney posts on YT in his own name bro!
I love how this early show shows Slayer in a different light. The Judas Priest worship, the early NWOBHM roots, it's more apparent here.
Metallica is the same way in early recordings of their shows and the No Life Till Leather demo. I actually find the 1982 version of Jump in the Fire the most fitting version, because the song itself seems so dated(in a good way) so Metallica's earliest sound as a band just pulled it off the best imo.
Also to anybody that loves Show No Mercy, check out the band Black Magic from Norway. Their debut is pretty much what Slayer would have sounded like if they recorded Show No Mercy 2 years earlier. They really exaggerated the NWOBHM roots.
+Afrobomination Dude, check out INSANE - Wait and Pray album. it sounds like....................you will like it. cheers
Oh yeah, I like them too! I wish they did a second album, but in the style of Haunting the Chapel. I've always wanted Haunting to be a full album because it probably would have been my favorite Slayer album.
Kiss were the manin roots of this macho guitar stance dual/triple attck move thing. It was a trademark move of theirs as far back as 74 & they were well known for it,although by the 80s No band would ever admit to liking KISS ha.
Back when they were a bona fide Black Metal band!
There's one guy at the back with his arms folded saying "Naaaaaahhh! These guys will never make it! I mean, they're not as good as
Helix"
Or Keel...
There are a lot more fools than just the one guy whoee thinking that. Probably even a preacher's son in the audience shaking his head in SHOCK, thinking... "BLASPHEMERS!". Then, walked out...
- Haha! 🔥👹⚔️😈🔥
hahaha Helix .. i have that record!
I just hurt my throat laughing!
"Oh come on now, gimme an R? I'LL GIVE YOU A FACKIN R!!!!"
watching this in 2019 during the final campaighn.
I wonder if those people at this show know just how lucky they were to be there in this venue, with how big *SLAYER* became!!
That was pretty epic! I grew up on this.
This gig was even before "Show No Mercy", amazing. That's certainly in my top 5 albums of all time. The audience is hilarious!! x]
DreamWizard9 They're probably all shocked because they've never seen something like this.
Ghee Juice But there was already Iron Maiden, Kiss, Venom, ... right? Probably wrong audience, wrong place ;-) But still amazing to see now, more than 30 years later! =D
Well at that time, this was probably the most extreme stuff out there. If you have to compare this with anything else from 1983 and lower, I think Show No Mercy is the heaviest thing you will find.
DreamWizard9 wich audience? haha
+Ghee Juice black metal was already around man, I think that's the craziest for the time.
The crowd looks dead cause SLAYER were Nobodies then, a historic event No Doubt but this was 83 so...KFK doin his best KK Downing impression tho, gotta love it
Found this on Wikipedia...
In 1983, Slayer was invited to open for the band Bitch at the Woodstock Club in Anaheim, California, to perform eight songs, six of which were covers. The band was spotted by Brian Slagel, a former music journalist who had recently founded Metal Blade Records. Impressed with Slayer, he met with the band backstage and asked them to record an original song for his upcoming Metal Massacre III compilation album. The band agreed and their song "Aggressive Perfector" created an underground buzz upon its release in mid 1983, which led to Slagel offering the band a recording contract with Metal Blade.
Wow. This is an absolute gem. Thanks so much.
the people didn't know what to do, so they bobbed their heads in sync to the drums. 1 day, a fan would mosh and change the world forever.... ;p
2 guys in the crowd were getting it. A bunch of people had their arms crossed. I would have been going crazy!
always gotta be that one guy who doesn't understand jokes....
*****'yous guys ares dildos'... LOL!??:p...@msbtrock?...N/M
As a real Slayer fan, I don't give a fuck! On and on south of heaven!!!!
***** I hear ya brother...same side of fense!!