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 write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with it and I'll become what that song is all about until I have finished it. And when you do that, it makes the song more visual, it makes it more personal.
I don't reflect much, unless I'm talking to the media. I have more of a 'Forward, march!' kind of attitude.
In the crazy world of touring, if something gets stuck at customs, I can do a show with just my amp!
We haven't played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn't get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones.
If I'm ever feeling uninspired, all I have to do is go see Exodus or Arch Enemy, and think 'Oh yeah, that's what we're doing this for.'
Chart numbers can be deceiving. An album doesn't have to sell that much these days to show up really high on the charts.
My strangest media moment a photo session they all had dressed up like 50 gangsters. That was pretty cool. We have to get some more of those kind of photos sometimes.
Venom were the first thrash band i heard on record-it really pushed me to the best!
The worst thing about touring is the travel.
It's hard 'coz you have got different time zones; you can't sleep and y'know, it's boring way for the show to happen, but you do off the stage. Y'know, onstage it's all better.
I've never thrown out a TV set out of some hotel's window, but I have thrown a microwave out of one 'coz it was cooler.
Check bags are fun. I just make sure there won't be anything illegal in my check bag which is forbidden at a cabin of a plane. Just leaving things like scissors and such out of my carry-on things in order to avoid troubles with some certain airline, y'know.
I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we'll see if we are going to see somewhere.
If I'm in a corner, I like my corner. It's the coolest corner I've ever been in.