It’s tour manager Doug Tuesday! I checked the remaining shows left to post from his collection, and it looks like I have just about the exact number of Slayer shows to get us to the week of Aftershock Fest.. so guess what you are gonna get every Tuesday?
This was the first time I had ever seen Slayer and I was already a massive fan of the band. We had worn out the grooves on the Show No Mercy album, and Hell Awaits had just been released. As soon as we showed up at the venue, we saw my friend Matt Polish who was friends with Slayer. We got to hang out the entire night backstage, it was surreal. When Venom started their set, I had a tough choice- keep hanging with Slayer, or watch the Venom set? I figured I would catch Venom next time so I watched a bit of the set and headed back to the backstage party. I figured I would catch them next time. There was no next time. Still an amazing memory.
Dave Lombardo gave me his Venom Tour ’85 backstage pass that night and I ended up selling it on Ebay years later. D’oh! Shoulda kept it.
Oh, about the tape. This one was a little rough so I tried to EQ it, but that buried the vocals so I boosted them in Izotope. Both tapes from this night (Doug’s and Mark Martin’s) are pretty rough; it was loud.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +9.