Jeff Hanneman‘s (Slayer) wife has recently opened up regarding the late guitarist’s troubles associated with the spider bite that left him with necrotizing fasciitis in his arm in 2011.
“I couldn’t get Jeff to go to rehab or therapy. I think he was letting the visual of his arm get to his emotions, and it was messing with his mind. It was hard to keep him upbeat at that point. I think he thought he could do this on his own—that he would just to go rehearsal and play, and that that would be his rehab. But I think he started to learn, once he tried rehearsing, that he wasn’t playing up to his ability and that he wasn’t able to play guitar at the speed he was used to. And I think that really hit him hard, and he started to lose hope.”
For more on the interview head to this location. The full interview is in the latest issue of Guitarworld magazine.
