“It was kind of overwhelming because I never thought it would happen again” – Paul Bostaph reflects on the Slayer’s reunion shows

The band’s two reunion shows earlier this fall, on October 10 at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California, and on September 22 at the Riot Fest in Chicago, Illinois, were discussed by Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph in a recent interview with Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco Bay Area radio station 107.7 The Bone. 

How do I feel? Um, wow. That’s a really good question. I’m kind of a bit drained. Sacramento was a lot of guests there, a lot of friends, not to mention the show. So it was a lot of energy just put out. But each one of the shows kind of felt that way because it was kind of overwhelming because I never thought it would happen again. So, yeah, it was a lot of relearning songs that you really thought you did know, but you hadn’t played them for five years. So, I don’t know — it was great. I feel like it was probably one of the best live experiences I had because the fans were really into it. They were hungry for it, and that kind of made it special.

It’s unclear whether there will be more shows.

We played our last one… If everybody’s asking that question, I am too, but I don’t have the answer to that question. So, yeah, Aftershock was the last one. And we all hope that there will be more. It’s fun to play Slayer songs. So, hopefully that can happen in the future. But [Aftershock], that was the last show.