Tom Araya
Name: Tom Araya
Plays: Bass, Vocals
Born: 6. June - 1961 in Chile, Santiago
Tom Araya is from Chile. He was born in 1961. A couple of years later his family had to flee to the US. due to political unrest in the country (I think it was in 1966) He also has a brother, John, which is Slayer-guitar tech. John Araya once had the band, "Bloodcum" with Jeff's brother (I do not know his name!). As many know, Tom is very fascinated with serial-killers. He has been writing about Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer among others. He jokes alot and laugh alot, which is great and very funny to watch. I do not think I have one interview, where he don't laugh. He lives in Buffalo, Texas - out in the middle of nowhere.
Tom had a "funny" incident when he was a kid. He was actually dead for 30 seconds....!!!! He acdidently fell into a tub filled with water, but fortunately for Tom (and for all the Slayer fans outthere), Tom's brother saw it happen and got him out of there almost immediately.
He was the last to join Slayer. Once, he had a job in a hospital. Then Jeff approached him about joining Slayer. Tom did know Kerry though. They both played in a band, prior to Slayer, but then Tom was kicked out of the band and Kerry left shortly after.
Nowadays, he writes most of the lyrics on Slayer's records. He do not write the music. When Tom want to write about a specific serial-killer, the other guys in Slayer says, he changes a lot. Tom wants to "become" that person he writes about, but offcourse Tom do not kill people. Jeff once said, that he sometimes pictures Tom completely naked, blood all over and with a knife in his hand.
He became a father to a little girl, who was born in mid May 1996. Congratulations. But he says, that him becoming a father, not will affect Slayer in any way - shorter tours, less imput or something like that. Phew!!!
Tom used to go to churh - he is not a satanist which someone may believe. He is born catholic and raised as a such. He is actually a very religoius person.
