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Mr. Bungle- Warfield, San Francisco Ca. 2/8/20 Live 4K UHD Live Video Scott Ian Mike Patton Lombardo

Here is a first look at the Mr. Bungle show from last Saturday night. I need to recover another 5-10 minutes of the show (including my favorite song of the set, The Crumbsuckers’ Sit There), plus I need to degrain it and hopefully find a better audio source to synch to it. Stay tuned. Regardlerss, this turned out pretty damned nice. I LOVE the ZS200.
So I went into this with no expectations. I figured they’d play the demo and a few covers as a goof and be done. I did NOT expect for my face to be completely melted off. What an amazing show- you MUST GO if you have the opportunity. Trey is a beast on lead guitar, Lombardo is (imho) the best metal drummer ever, and it was obvious they were all having a blast. Scott never stopped smiling!
I was able to cut down on the amount of out of focus shots by turning on continuous AF, but I realized it was eating batteries like crazy so I had to shut it off for the last 15-20 min.
MVP of the night includes the person who got me tickets (you know who you are- thanks!) and Daniel Hague, who not only gave up his spot to me so I could film, but he also stood in the merch line so I could get a shirt! Thank you so much.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS200 w/stock mic

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Slayer- Respectable Cafe, Miami 4/27/96 xfer from Hi8 master tape Enhanced

There is a different angle of this show with better audio courtesy of Will Salas. I showed the other video to Steve Rogers and he was blown away that someone else was filming the show. So, nice job taping will. This angle is shot from a tripod and the audio is super distorted. Maybe it would be good to edit these together one day.

Recorded by: Steve Rogers
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation
Enhanced (Brightness/denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Slayer- Divine Intourvention Tour Rehearsals, Orange Pavillion, San Bernardino 1/11/95 Hi8 master xf

Here is one of the mind-blowing videos from Steve Rogers’ collection of masters. Being an American Recordings employee allowed him access to artists that us ordinary mortals don’t have. Here is Slayer, preparing for tour the day before the Divine Intourvention kicked off in Del Mar.
Audio is a bit distorted but I think that deserves a pass, given the uniqueness of this one.

Recorded by: Steve Rogers
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into PC
Enhanced (degrain/upscale) in adobe premiere elements/Neat Video

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Slayer- Gold Record Presentation, Magic Castle Hotel, 1/17/95 xfer from Hi8 Master Reign in Blood?

Here’s another cool video from Steve Rogers of an industry event. I think this is for Reign in Blood, since it took that album about 6 years to go gold, and Tom’s references in his speech.
The first 3min of this are shots of the hotel and attendees, and then the ceremony starts.

Recorded by: Steve Rogers
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation
Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat video

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Slayer- Backstage @ The Stone, San Francisco Ca. 8/12/88

Man, this one is hard to watch. I have only lost 1 of my master tapes and it was this one. If anyone happens to see an 8mm videotape with This, Dehumanizers from Danceteria in sac, and Flower Leperds from Gilman (all in August of 1988), please let me know. REWARD OFFERED. This fair quality/generated footage exists because Jesse Davis was kind enough to dig it out of a box of old VHS tapes he traded for, years ago. Thank you!

Anyway, Matt Polish was friends with the band and we had hung out with/partied with/chauffeured the band many times so hanging backstage was common… but this was the first time I had my NEW video camera, so we were all screwing around with it backstage. I was planning on filming from the stage, but KERRY knew I was a tape trader and told his security to not let me film. GRRR

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy & Matt Polish
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-88 & Stock mic.

This was requested by Zoran. I am the guy in the white Adrenalin O.D. shirt

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Slayer- El Dorado Saloon, Sacramento Ca. 11/5/86 xfer from 1st gen audio tape Remixed Main Set

Thanks to Ken Doose for posting this flyer yesterday and starting some conversation around this show.
As I have talked about before, my friend Matt Polish was friends with the band. He toured with them in 1985 and by this time, he had gone to L.A. to hang with Jeff multiple times. So we got there early and went right back onto the NEW tour bus supplied by Def American. We step in there, and here are the guys in Slayer partying hard, and listening to… rap music? We were totally dumbfounded- what the fuck is this? It turned out that they had an advance tape of Beastie Boys’ License to Ill and they were BLASTING it as they partied on the bus. They were reciting every lyric. This was months before the Beasties were well known, and before Anthrax’ rap collaborations. Rap and metal at the time did NOT mix. It was one of the most hilariously jarring moments I have ever experienced. After an hour or so of goofing off, they got dressed and played this show. So funny.
No encores were recorded. I don’t know why.

Recorded by: Ricky (RIP)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio audiophile 2496 card
Remix by Shayne Stacy in Sony Sound Forge (EQ settings in FB comments- the original tape sounds like hot garbage)

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Slayer- Sherwood Hall, Salinas Ca 2/21/86 xfer from 1st or 2nd gen audio cassette

I usually don’t worry about posting on the anniversary of a show, but I see people posting and commenting on this show more often than most, so I figured I’ll pull it out and digitize it for you.
This show was memorable for a few reasons. First, after watching that life-changing D.R.I. opening set at Club Can’t Tell the previous August, I bought every D.R.I. thing (LP, 7″) and wore them out in 6 months. This would be the first show I saw of D.R.I. after being converted to a massive fan. Second, this was the first show I went to in a few months- I had lost my job in December (only time I was ever fired!) and was at a low point in life, in general. Me, Matt Polish and a bunch of friends piled into my 1985 Tbird and made the 3 hour drive there. Third, this was the first time that I was invited to hang backstage before the show- I had ended up back there afterwards, but Matt had become very good friends with the band so he (and friends) were invited to hang out… and I almost spilled the nails out of Kerry’s wristband right before the show. Who knew they weren’t in there securely?

Recorded by: Ricky Miramontes
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakmichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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Jeff Hanneman- Home Demos 1985/86 xfer from 2nd gen cassette

Happy Tuesday Everyone. This one will probably be a total TL;DR.
These posts are for Bobby Khan- thanks for the Slayer book! It was pretty damned good.
Pap Smear was a side project featuring Jeff Hanneman & Dave Lombardo (Slayer), and Rocky George from Suicidal Tendencies. My friend & Roseville High School Alum Matt Polish (IGD) also handled vocal duties on one demo. I believe I have the best copies of these tapes, as I got them from Matt.
Here’s the backstory of Matt’s involvement (and how I got the tapes). Matt befriended Slayer in August of 1984- he approached Tom Araya at the Aquatic Park show in Berkeley with beer and became fast friends with the band. He toured with them on the Summer Fashions Tour in 1985. At about this time, Jeff Hanneman would invite Matt to L.A. where they would get hammered and do music or other stupid stuff. One time, they went to Toys R Us to buy the most stupid thing they could think of. Matt won the competition by buying a kiddie pool.
So every few months, Matt would call me (he lived in Rocklin) and tell me to come over. He would play me tapes that he got from Jeff from his trips to L.A.. Some of them were classic punk tapes (Wasted Youth, Black Flag etc) and some were Pap Smear demos. I would copy everything and keep them stored away. Matt’s original (1st gen) copies from Jeff are gone, so this 2nd gen is probably the lowest tape available.
Here is the second tape that Matt brought back. This tape was amazing- it filled up most of the 45min side. It has A couple of Hanneman home demos, Papsmear with Jeff on Vocals, Bloodcum’s Wild Rags demo (WAY better then the official release) and Papsmear with Matt Polish on Vocals.
This Jeff solo stuff is so great. I bet he recorded a ton of this stuff. Hopefully Kathy or his estate will release it one day- so good.

Recorded by: Jeff Hanneman
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon- Audiophile 2496 card- sony soundforge

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Pap Smear- Demo 1986 Jeff Hanneman on Vocals xfer from 2nd gen tape Slayer Papsmear

There are 3 versions of the Pap Smear demo- the one I posted yesterday (instrumental), this one with Jeff on vocals, and the one with Sacramento native Matt Polish (IGD) on vocals. I should be able to post that one tomorrow.

Backstory:
Pap Smear was a side project featuring Jeff Hanneman & Dave Lombardo (Slayer), and Rocky George from Suicidal Tendencies. My friend & Roseville High School Alum Matt Polish (IGD) also handled vocal duties on one demo. I believe I have the best copies of these tapes, as I got them from Matt.
Here’s the backstory of Matt’s involvement (and how I got the tapes). Matt befriended Slayer in August of 1984- he approached Tom Araya at the Aquatic Park show in Berkeley with beer and became fast friends with the band. He toured with them on the Summer Fashions Tour in 1985. At about this time, Jeff Hanneman would invite Matt to L.A. where they would get hammered and do music or other stupid stuff. One time, they went to Toys R Us to buy the most stupid thing they could think of. Matt won the competition by buying a kiddie pool.
So every few months, Matt would call me (he lived in Rocklin) and tell me to come over. He would play me tapes that he got from Jeff from his trips to L.A.. Some of them were classic punk tapes (Wasted Youth, Black Flag etc) and some were Pap Smear demos. I would copy everything and keep them stored away. Matt’s original (1st gen) copies from Jeff are gone, so this 2nd gen is probably the lowest tape available.
Here is the second tape that Matt brought back. This tape was amazing- it filled up most of the 45min side. It has A couple of Hanneman home demos, Papsmear with Jeff on Vocals, Bloodcum’s Wild Rags demo (WAY better then the official release) and Papsmear with Matt Polish on Vocals.

Don’t tell Matt or Tom Araya, but these are my favorite versions of these Papsmear songs. Jeff kicks ass on vocals.

Recorded by: Jeff Hanneman
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon- Audiophile 2496 card- sony soundforge

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Jeff Hanneman- Home Demo #2 xfer from 2nd gen tape w/Angel of Death bridge Slayer

Here is the 2nd Hanneman demo that was on the tape from Matt. This is a one song demo that features a bridge from Slayer’s Angel of Death. This was probably written before the Slayer song, and Jeff grabbed the bridge from this song since it fit so well. It’s odd hearing this again, after hearing the Slayer song so many times.

Backstory:
I believe I have the best copies of these tapes, as I got them from Matt.
Here’s the backstory of Matt’s involvement (and how I got the tapes). Matt befriended Slayer in August of 1984- he approached Tom Araya at the Aquatic Park show in Berkeley with beer and became fast friends with the band. He toured with them on the Summer Fashions Tour in 1985. At about this time, Jeff Hanneman would invite Matt to L.A. where they would get hammered and do music or other stupid stuff. One time, they went to Toys R Us to buy the most stupid thing they could think of. Matt won the competition by buying a kiddie pool.
So every few months, Matt would call me (he lived in Rocklin) and tell me to come over. He would play me tapes that he got from Jeff from his trips to L.A.. Some of them were classic punk tapes (Wasted Youth, Black Flag etc) and some were Pap Smear demos. I would copy everything and keep them stored away. Matt’s original (1st gen) copies from Jeff are gone, so this 2nd gen is probably the lowest tape available.
Here is the second tape that Matt brought back. This tape was amazing- it filled up most of the 45min side. It has A couple of Hanneman home demos, Papsmear with Jeff on Vocals, Bloodcum’s Wild Rags demo (WAY better then the official release) and Papsmear with Matt Polish on Vocals.
This Jeff solo stuff is so great. I bet he recorded a ton of this stuff. Hopefully Kathy or his estate will release it one day- so good.

Recorded by: Jeff Hanneman
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon- Audiophile 2496 card- sony soundforge

Audio Demo