BOC: Symbol

[Maxine Wesley]

On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, Paul Mather wrote:

>
> I remember an interview with Tom Arraya (sp?) of Slayer in which he said
> that thrash metal was just a job for him, and that personally he liked
> nothing better than to curl up with a nice bit of Sam Cooke.  The satanic
> stuff---especially the hyped-up stuff on _Reign in Blood_---was to stoke
> up controversy and attract publicity.  He wasn't "into" thrash metal or
> satanism himself.  It was all rather refreshing to hear, actually.


Likewise there is a rather tongue in cheek video with Ozzy on it - when
questioned about satanism he blurts out in a lovely midlands accent:
"Satanism?  I can't even boil a bloody egg properly!"  (mind you he was
frying bacon at the time ;)....


Regards

Maxine