Kerry King
Kerry King
Kerry Ray Kingis an American musician, best known as a guitarist for the American thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and has been a member ever since. He became lead songwriter for the band after Hanneman's death. Kerry King also played as lead guitarist with Dave Mustaine in 1984 with his band, Megadeth...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth3 June 1964
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I fly a lot, so I knew what's gonna be good and what's not. So I put everything into my check bag I think I might need during these flights.
It's good to be playing one and a half hour again. In the States we played like an hour and when you got onstage it felt like all of a sudden you are already done your set. But now, it feels like we are touring again.
It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And then we threw it on our record as well.
They even didn't know if I would have liked it, so I took it home and made a song up on it and thought I guess I'd better order one.
So, there's like one luxury you take and since we do that, y'know, you're involved with people in suits; business people all the time. But hey, if I sit down on a bar and they leave, good for me.
Of course we are doing this primarily for ourselves, but I know our fans dig most of it, too.
In the beginning when I started to write lyrics, I wanted to do something what I haven't done before. So, I threw away the synonym finder.
I had to stand guard at the door.
This is probably the most prepared we've been to record an album since the '80s. We've been writing and cutting demos for months.
I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either.
This was the first time I lived there for 3 months; I became a Canadian for 3 months so to speak. Now Vancouver is like my second home.
I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.
If you're a gay person I'd rather not be stuck in a lift with you.
If I'm in a corner, I like my corner. It's the coolest corner I've ever been in.