Metal Injection

Everybody jizzed over the big jam at the end of the Big Four show featuring members of Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax but the big question was where was most of Slayer? Dave Lombardo came out to do some drumming, but the string section was completely missing. This was one topic that was brought up in a recent interview with Kerry King on Revolver:

Revolver: Why didn't you play in the Big Four jam on "Am I Evil" at the end?

Kerry: There's a damn good reason. It isn't too long an explanation. [MEGADETH's Dave] Mustaine came to me that day and [METALLICA's] James [Hetfield] came to me that day saying, "Hey, it would be really cool if you played." I knew Jeff [Hanneman, SLAYER guitarist] wouldn't do it, and I knew Tom [Araya, SLAYER bassist/vocalist] wouldn't do it. And I also knew after we played that neither one of them would edit our video that was going to cinemas in a couple hours, so I told James and Mustaine both, "Listen, man. I've gotta edit our video before I can even think about playing with you guys." So the entire time of the set change between SLAYER and METALLICA, I was editing that video. I came running to the tuning room after I got done picking the songs, and they were already onstage. And to make it an even better story, I found out at 1 a.m. the night prior, so I really had no chance to work on that stuff or anything. So I wanted to; it just couldn't happen. I've got a lot of flack for that but yeah, that's the story.

So that makes sense. Jeff Hanneman is too cool for covers, Tom Araya is too old and Kerry was too busy actually doing work. Makes sense. If you haven't see these live videos, you can watch the entire four hour concert on demand right here.