Shadowing Practice: Kerry King Remembers Slayer's Jeff Hanneman - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, this is Kerry King from Slayer, and you are checking out Loudwire.
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When I went and tried out for a band that I had no interest in, after I tried out for them,
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just wasn't a fit, you know, and Jeff was like the attendant at the desk that told you where to go.
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I guess it was a rehearsal kind of place, so there's kind of probably rehearsal rooms everywhere.
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And then when I came out, he was playing, and he was playing stuff that I was into, like Def Leppard's first record,
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ACDC Priest, Sabbath, you name it.
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And I said, you want to get together and see where this goes?
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And we did.
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He'd only been playing like a year when I met him.
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And I was probably playing like four, which is nothing in the big perspective of things, but he'd only been playing a year.
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And he learned a lot from me.
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I fucking learned a lot from him.
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It was really, really cool.
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We kind of, we didn't redefine the genre but we helped establish the genre between us.
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I remember I remember when it was probably,
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I don't know, maybe a year before our record came out, Show of Mercy.
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I remember he'd gotten into hardcore punk shaved his head.
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I'm like, what are you thinking?
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You know, because to me it was, what did I know?
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I know the Judas Priest guitar players.
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You know, and he was KK Downing.
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I was Glenn Tipton, the brown -haired, the blonde -haired guy.
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You know, I know Iron Maiden.
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You know, I know metal and guitar.
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Guitar players have fucking long hair.
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You know, I didn't get the punk thing.
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I was, it was, I didn't get it for a while.
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He shaved his head.
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And, you know, he was, that's how hardcore he was into it.
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And that's who Jeff was.
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Just dive in fucking full force.
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and he took that on stage like in the...
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I got all kinds of old pictures but you know just the rage
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and the joy coming out at the same time just being on stage and playing what he loved, that was fun.
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I think the uniqueness to him would just be thinking outside the box.
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You know I think we were both good at that
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because you kind of got to be to establish yourself as a metal band you in the wakes of Sabbath,
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Maiden, Priest, so many others.
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But you've got to have originality, you've got to think outside the box, and you've got to present it differently.
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And he was really good at that.
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Like the backward gallop in Raining Blood.
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Even though it had happened before, it hadn't happened like that.
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You know, the double kick's coming, it's like a wall just hits you in the face
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but he was very good at creating things that sounded like they hadn't existed before.
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I knew he was in the hospital.
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I knew he was in bad shape.
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But nobody thought he was in that bad of shape because nobody raced to get out there.
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And then, you know, he was gone.
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And I had rehearsal that day.
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I had the Golden Gods where people gave me shit for not fucking blubbering on Mike.
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But, you know, it's a celebration.
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Even in death, I wanted people to celebrate.
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And, you know, they needed it.
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They needed somebody to say, it's okay we're moving on.
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And you get to the Golden Gods.
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Nobody wants anybody to go to the Golden God and just be a fucking downer.
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I dealt with what I had to dealt with.
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I think I got the crowd up for it.
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And I think that's a good memory of Jeff for them.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Kerry King Remembers Slayer's Jeff Hanneman”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: rehearsal, Priest, Jeff, guitar, Golden. This video has 59 sentences and 633 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:28. The speaker talks fast, about 183 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| guitar noun | /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ | A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). |
| rehearsal noun | /ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/ | The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to… |
| establish verb | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ | To make stable or firm; to confirm. |
| punk noun | /ˈpʌŋk/ | A passive or effeminate homosexual man. |
| genre noun | /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ | A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks. |
| hardcore adjective | /hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/ | Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity. |
| shave verb | /ˈʃeɪ̯v/ | To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| desk noun | /dɛsk/ | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a… |
| celebration noun | /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament. |
| differently adverb | /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/ | In a different way. |
| dive verb | /daɪv/ | To swim under water. |
| rage noun | /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/ | Violent uncontrolled anger. |
| backward adjective | /ˈbækwɚd/ | Situated toward or at the rear of something. |
| attendant noun | /əˈtɛndənt/ | One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| get together verb | To meet, to gather together, to congregate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm like, what are you thinking?
- You know, because to me it was, what did I know?
- You know, I didn't get the punk thing.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, he'd, you've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, genre /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, originality /əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like guitar, rehearsal, establish.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.