Hey, all. Welcome back to Talkin' Slayer. Only Patreon supporters get the full episode, and this is the biggest episode yet... but I still wanted to get you some of it. So today's topic is how Slayer commissioned & created the Live Undead cover art with the late, great artist Albert Cuellar. Supporters also get to hear the full nine: all about Live Undead, the band's first North American tour, their black-ice brush with death, and MAROUSHKA! Here's the deal: If you want to receive every weekly episode, sign up at Patreon.com/Slayerbook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Membership packages start cheap. If you want to buck up some more, I'll throw in some cool stuff for ya. Click the link for details. Shownotes and links referenced in the episode: Slayer opening act Sinister Witch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRoueVQ1pfY Dennis Dread's “The Occult Roots Of Metal Iconography,” which shows some of the direct inspiration for the Live Undead cover art (4 May 2011). http://dennisdread.blogspot.com/2011/05/occult-roots-of-metal-iconography_896.html Araya: "SOME SAY THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD! I SAY F*CK THE SWORD, CUZ YOU CAN DIE BY THE SWORD!": Slayer live at the Woodstock 12 August 1983. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIS0CZOhdmo&t=1110s MISSION STATEMENT: After some introductory episodes, Talkin' Slayer tells the story of the Los Angeles heavy metal institution, in chronological order: how the band happened, when things fell apart, how they put them back together, and what it all meant — no, MEANS. After Episode Nine, Patreon supporters receive every weekly episode. Free listeners get every other episode, every other week. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Every week, host D.X. Ferris presents another chapter — sometimes two or three — in the history of Slayer, from the groundbreaking group's pre-history in Chile to their hazy, fractured, mysterious end in 2019. Slayer was the first Big Four band to break up. Why? Well, it's a long story... The Talkin' Slayer podcast program show is written, deeply researched, lightly edited, and mostly rehearsed, with some production value. This is an all-killer-no-filler podcast: The episode proper begins after roughly 60-90 seconds of introduction, tops. No need to skip the first 15 minutes. The music changes every week. Ferris is an award-winning writer. He has worked for Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, The AV Club, and Decibel magazine. He is a fan. He has opinions. He is the author of something like nine books, depending how you count them. Two are about Slayer. The first one is an entire book about the classic thrash album Reign in Blood, which is part of the fairly prestigious 33 1/3 book series.His bigger Slayer book, though, is the 2023 update of the full-on band biography "Slayer 66 & 2/3: A Metal Band Biography, POSTMORTEM Edition." (This is the third edition; it was previously known as "Slayer 66 & 2/3: The Jeff and Dave Years....").  And that book is mostly what he'll be talking about when we're talkin' Slayer. Most episodes are audio adaptations of chapters from that book. Some have original and/or bonus material. Look at Ferris' other books: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.amazon.com/stores/D.-X.-Ferris/author/B001JS65YC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/SlayerBooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #Slayer #KerryKing #Thrash #ThrashMetal #Slayer #TomAraya #AlbertCuellar #TimBurton #LiveUndead #BernieWrightson #RiverGod #WeirdWarTales #zombies #undead #art