Tom Araya
Tom Araya
Tomás Enrique "Tom" Araya Díazis a Chilean American 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth6 June 1961
CityVina del Mar, Chile
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician beatles inspired kinda learning rolling songs stones time
We would just be learning to play Beatles songs and Rolling Stones songs of that time - of the '60s. That's kinda what inspired me to play.
american-musician entire middle sing verse verses
Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to me, I'm in the middle of that same verse!
anybody basically book books chance good jumps life recommend walk
I recommend anybody go to a bookstore, go down the self-help or new-age section, and just walk those aisles. See what book jumps out at you; there's a good chance it's a book you need in your life. That's basically how I find the books that I read.
dad drank enjoy flavors goes growing learned qualities rick spoke taste tastes taught
Growing up, my dad drank a lot of wine, so I got a taste for, and learned how to enjoy it. He spoke a lot about flavors and differences in tastes of wine. Also, our manager, Rick Sales, is a big wine drinker; he goes to a lot of wine-tasting classes, and he's taught me about the qualities of wine.
song trying done
I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs. We figure that out first, then I go back and listen to it and go over and rehearse stuff with it and try to get a feel for the words.
san-francisco people surfing
Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the release. That was our first experience with stage-divers, crowd-surfing, people walking on people across an entire crowd.
couple moving home
We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again
mind trying interviews
When I do interviews, I enter them with an open mind and try to answer the questions the best I can.
school blood years
I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood.
song names listening
I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.
mean listening radio
Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio
couple half firsts
We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there
writing focus be-good
No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it
catholic born raised
I was born and raised Catholic.