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Tom Araya (born
Tomás Enrique Araya June 6,
1961 in
Viña del Mar,
Chile) is the bassist and vocalist of the American
thrash metal band
Slayer. Araya's family moved to the
United States in 1966, and at the age of eight Araya started playing bass guitar, performing renditions of songs by the
Beatles and
The Rolling Stones with his older brother.
Araya was employed as a
respiratory therapist in the early 1980s, and used his earnings to finance Slayer's debut album
Show No Mercy. Much of Araya's lyrical content is about
serial killers, a subject he finds interesting, first making his lyrical contribution on 1988's
South of Heaven.
Biography
Araya was born in
Viña del Mar,
Chile
Araya's older brother played the
guitar, leading Araya to pick up the
bass at the age of eight. The two played
Beatles and
Rolling Stones songs, inspiring his musical interest. Araya requested that the hospital allow him time off for Slayer's first European tour in 1984, Araya was denied; “We need you to come in today.” They’d call me at 5:00 in the morning and wake my ass up, "Someone’s not coming in, we need you to come in to work." After a month of not turning up to work the hospital stated they'd fire him; Araya replied "Well, I guess I’m fired." The exchange of words resulted in a long running feud between the bands. Araya became friends with Alice in Chains guitarist
Jerry Cantrell, which lead to Araya's guest appearance on the track "Iron Gland", off the 1992 album
Dirt. "I just screamed on it. Jerry asked me to come in and scream, “I am Iron Gland!” and that was it." He helps his wife Sandra :) run the farm, including looking after five cows and chickens, and often sings country songs to help keep his "singing chops up". Araya and his wife are fans of scary movie
remakes; such as
The Amityville Horror and
Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The two allow their children to watch the movies, making clear it's just a movie as one will ask “Is this real?” In 2006 Araya underwent
gall bladder surgery, which made alterations to
The Unholy Alliance tour. Originally set to launch on
June 6, the tour was postponed to
June 13. Araya was also unable to finish the vocals for a song entitled "Final Six", which was to be included on Slayer's 2006 album
Christ Illusion, the song was later released on the CD/DVD version of Christ Illusion. Araya took his children on the tour stating its "kind of cool to expose them at such a young age. My first concert, I was, like, 17."
Religion
Araya commented about the misconception of the band labeled as
Satan worshipers, "Yeah, yeah I think that’s one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band, but next to that just the fact that we’re normal." If guitarist King writes a good song, Araya puts his beliefs aside, "I'm not one that's going to go, 'This sucks because it's contrary to my beliefs.' To me it's more like 'this is really good stuff. You're going to piss people off with this.'"
In an interview, Araya believes that "...
Christ came and taught us about love, about doing unto others. That was his preach: Accept each other for who we are. Live peacefully, and love one another." When asked if he believed in God, replied "I believe in a supreme being, yeah. But He's an all-loving God." Araya explained that he's a "really strong belief system," and Slayer's words and images will "never interfere with what I believe and how I feel.... People are not in good shape to where they've to question their own belief system because of a book or a story somebody wrote, or a Slayer song." "Why? I’m trying to see where these guys are coming from so maybe I’ll understand. It’s always kind of intrigued me…”
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