Kerry Ray King (born June 3, 1964) is an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of American thrash metal band Slayer.
King was born in Los Angeles, California to a father who was an aircraft parts inspector and a mother who worked as a telephone company employee. In his teenage years, Kerry moved to Burlington, Ontario to attend Nelson High School and graduated as valedictorian. He went on to move to the USA away from most ...
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Kerry Ray King (born June 3, 1964) is an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of American thrash metal band Slayer.
King was born in Los Angeles, California to a father who was an aircraft parts inspector and a mother who worked as a telephone company employee. In his teenage years, Kerry moved to Burlington, Ontario to attend Nelson High School and graduated as valedictorian. He went on to move to the USA away from most family. He has been married twice, his current wife is named Ayesha King, and has a daughter named Shyanne Kymberlee King from his first marriage.. His main influences are Judas Priest, Venom, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath. In 1981 King was trying out for the position as a guitarist in a band. After the session was over Jeff Hanneman approached him and the two began playing Iron Maiden and Judas Priest songs with the session drummer. Hanneman mentioned "Why don’t we start our OWN band?” [Laughs] I was like, “…Fuck yeah...
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