Tom Araya
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| Tom Araya | |
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 Tom Araya of Slayer performing at Sonisphere Knebworth, August 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tomás Enrique Araya |
| Born | June 6, 1961 Viña del Mar, Chile[1] |
| Origin | South Gate, California |
| Genres | Thrash metal speed metal heavy metal extreme metal hard rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Bass, vocals |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | American |
| Associated acts | Slayer |
| Notable instruments | |
| ESP Tom Araya Bass Guitar Model | |
Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in Viña del Mar, Chile[1]) is an Chilean musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer. Araya is ranked fifty-eighth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time.
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 to 1985's Hell Awaits with the track "At Dawn They Sleep".
References[change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keko Paralta Casanova. "Rockaxis - Interview with Tom Araya (Spanish)". Rockaxis.com. http://www.rockaxis.com/relacionadoxs_ver.php?products_id=2483&osCsid=db0c62673d665d9e615a632bc6e4b9d5. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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