Kerry King Picks His 5 Favourite Guitarists of All Time

Thrash legend Kerry King picked his 5 favourite guitarists of all time throughout a current interview on a podcast and in addition 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 supplied another context of him speaking about them previously. Preserve scrolling to see all of them.

Ritchie Blackmore

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

“I’ve been going by means of an enormous Ritchie Blackmore renaissance just lately. He wrote some nice stuff and doesn’t get the credit score he deserves. I really like Rising and ‘Stargazer,’ however to me Lengthy Reside Rock ‘n’ Roll has essentially the most bang on your buck, music for music. There’s nice stuff on there. The shit is simply heavy,” King praised.

Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi is one in every of King’s idols, and the Slayer musician really offered 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 luckily in a position to overcome it.

“I’ve had a variety 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 stated Eddie Van Halen is “with no query” on his listing. 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’ll be able to’t even speak about 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 urged that he’s the “most neglected” guitarist.

“As a result of for those who take a look at the leads he was doing and when he was doing them, he sort of innovated a variety of that stuff,” King stated to Lipps Service.

Zakk Wylde

“I will go together with a brilliant heavy-hitter that is my bro, and say Zakk Wylde,” King stated when choosing his final selection.

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

“If I had the chance to play a music with Zakk Wylde, I might 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’