I never realized that Slayer headlined Arco. I lived in L.A. at the time and this totally passed me by. That kinda blows me away, never thought they were that huge in the mid 90s.
This is another one filmed by Gary Shurtleff- owner of the “bootleg cowboys” youtube channel. This one is already posted over there, but I denoised that 8mm grain out of it to post here… and he gave me the OK to post the sacramento stuff I transferred for him!

Here is what Gary had to say about the show:

I consider myself to be one of the lucky few who got to film Slayer with permission. Tom was interviewed for a video zine I was working with before the gig and after the interview we asked him if we could film the set. Tom said- Yeah sure, don’t release the whole show though. After 25 years sitting in the vault. Felt now is the time to finally share this RARE one with you thrashers!!

I firmly believe if they adopted a “taping policy” similar to Metallica. They could have reached an even bigger audience within the taping circles world wide.

My only gripe, is when zooming in, the focus is not sharp like it should be. Looking through these small view finders, sometimes one cannot tell if the sharpness is where it’s suppose to be. Anyways, enough of my rambling…..

Another side note – If you have ever seen the Serenity in Murder CD single cover, there is a fan who carved the SLAYER logo into his back with a knife and blood dripping down from the letters. That fan was from the Sacramento area and at this show. Which is where he showed Kerry, he thought it was insane but of course had to take a picture. So think of Sacramento 95 when you see the image.

Recorded by: Gary Shurtleff
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell workstation
Enhanced (degrain) in adobe permiere elements/Neat Video