We've got a list here of the top 10 most REDNECK cities in the U.S.  Which isn't necessarily an INSULT to a lot of people . . . but a BADGE OF HONOR.

The real estate blog Movoto put it together based on factors like high school dropouts, gun stores, taxidermists, cowboy boot stores, NASCAR tracks nearby, Walmarts, and tractor repair shops.  Here's the full top 10 . . .

1.  Atlanta, Georgia.

2.  Kansas City, Missouri.

3.  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

4.  Nashville, Tennessee.

5.  Tulsa, Oklahoma.

6.  Fort Worth, Texas.

7.  Arlington, Texas.

8.  Sacramento, California.

9.  Cleveland, Ohio.

10.  Mesa, Arizona. 

How the heck did Birmingham NOT make this list?!?!

The San Francisco Giants had a METALLICAtheme night on Friday, and the band was there to participate.

Singer JAMES HETFIELD and guitarist KIRK HAMMETT played an INSTRUMENTAL version of the National Anthem on two Giants-themed guitars.  They later signed the guitars, which were auctioned off for charity. Drummer LARS ULRICH also threw out the first pitch.

Sad news today for Slayer fans- Founding member Jeff Hanneman, whose career was
irrevocably changed after a spider bite, has died. He was 49.

Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald said Hanneman died Thursday morning of
liver failure at a Los Angeles hospital with his wife, Kathy, by his side.

The guitarist had recently begun writing songs with the band in anticipation of
recording a new album later this year. He had been slowly recovering from what
was believed to be a spider bite that nearly cost him his arm after he failed
to seek immediate treatment.

"The
music industry has lost a true trailblazer, and our deepest sympathies go out
to his family, his bandmates and fans around the world who mourn his untimely
passing," said Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Recording Academy,
in a statement.

Robinson-Fitzgerald
said it's believed the spider bite contributed to the failure of Hanneman's
liver, but it is unclear whether an autopsy will be scheduled. No funeral
arrangements have been made.

"Jeff
Hanneman will always be a metal god," rocker Andrew W.K. posted on
Twitter.

Hanneman
co-founded the thrash metal pioneers in Huntington Beach, Calif., in 1982.