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Concerts. all playing at the same night. this was an incredible tour. and because of the surgery, the whole tour had to get postponed because the slayer guy had to get an anterior cervical discectomy to deal with all the consequences of all of his decades of vigorous head banging. and nobody knew if the show would be able to go on but lo and behold it turns out the almighty smiles even on bands named slayer and tim arraya recovered and we did, in the end, get -- this is the important part, look at the top there, see the red banner at the top there, bloody background? that's right, the american...

Awesome metal dude who has started to turn gray, right? and you're still wanging your head around as part of your day job, those little vertebrae in your neck don't like it when you do that for decades. and so -- there is he is. in january, tim arraya got cervical riddick lop think. which is a bad thing. and in order to deal with his cervical ridiculopathy, he had to get surgery on his neck. and that was a drag for him and a bunch of other aging metal dudes in his band and other bands. it was also a drag for their fans because him having to get surgery delayed the mega metal all-star tour that...

His name is tim arraya. tim arraya is the base player and lead singer for the band slayer and being the lead singer of the band slayer is a job -- actually being anybody in the band slayer, it's a job that has specific requirements that don't apply to all that many other jobs in life. one of the things you have to do if you're in the band slayer is you have to really wang your head around a lot. all the time. every time you play in public, any time you shoot a video, anything. it's one thing if you're, like, in a metal band for a year in high 16 and you're 16 and basically made of rubber, righ...

Neck don't like it when you do that for decades. and so, there he is, in january, tim arraya got cervical readdict lop think. this is a bad thing. and in order to deal with that, he had to get surgery on his neck. and that was a drag for him. it was also a drag for a bunch of other aging metal dudes in his band and other bands and a drag for his fans. because him having to get surgery delayed the mega metal all-star tour that was due to start in january 2010. this was an incredible tour. this was not just going to be volunta slayer, this was going to be slayer and megadeath and testament all p...