Kerry King Picks His 5 Favorite Guitarists of All Time

Thrash legend Kerry King picked his 5 favourite guitarists of all time throughout a current interview on a podcast and likewise named which ones he thinks is the “most neglected.”

King, who will play reveals with each Slayer and his solo band in 2025, appeared on an episode of the Lipps Service podcast. They shared a clip of the guitarist naming his 5 favourite guitar gamers and whereas he could not rank them, he was in a position to title his 5 picks fairly simply.

The rocker responded to the query fairly merely, so we listed his 5 selections beneath and offered another context of him speaking about them up to now. Hold scrolling to see all of them.

Ritchie Blackmore

King has talked about his appreciation for Ritchie Blackmore up to now, particularly throughout an interview with Rolling Stone the place he named his 10 favourite metallic albums and selected one by Rainbow.

“I’ve been going by a giant Ritchie Blackmore renaissance not too long ago. He wrote some nice stuff and doesn’t get the credit score he deserves. I like Rising and ‘Stargazer,’ however to me Lengthy Dwell Rock ‘n’ Roll has essentially the most bang to your buck, tune for tune. There’s nice stuff on there. The shit is simply heavy,” King praised.

Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi is one among King’s idols, and the Slayer musician truly introduced him with an award on the Traditional Rock Awards again in 2006. King admitted he felt extremely nervous as a result of he was starstruck, however he was happily in a position to overcome it.

“I’ve had plenty of heroes, be it from Judas Priest to Sabbath and whoever the hell, Ritchie Blackmore. However, yeah, Tony was the one. I needed to climb that mountain and recover from it,” he recalled on the Greek present TV Conflict.

Eddie Van Halen

King mentioned Eddie Van Halen is “with out a query” on his checklist. Whereas talking with The Columbus Dispatch in 2007 [via Blabbermouth], King named Van Halen because the very first guitarist who impressed him to play the instrument.

“Eddie Van Halen. You may’t even discuss guitar and never point out him,” King asserted.

Glenn Tipton

Glenn Tipton is King’s favourite guitarist of all-time, in response to the video clip and he additionally prompt that he’s the “most neglected” guitarist.

“As a result of if you happen to have a look at the leads he was doing and when he was doing them, he form of innovated plenty of that stuff,” King mentioned to Lipps Service.

Zakk Wylde

“I will go together with an excellent heavy-hitter that is my bro, and say Zakk Wylde,” King mentioned when selecting his final alternative.

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Again in 2008, King was requested if he was excited by engaged on any initiatives outdoors of Slayer, and he name-dropped Wylde then too.

“If I had the chance to play a tune with Zakk Wylde, I would be throughout it,” he instructed Terrorizer [via Blabbermouth].

Try the Lipps Service clip for your self beneath.

Kerry King Picks His 5 Favourite Guitarists + Which of Them Is ‘Most Missed’