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Los Angeles, California, USA
Kerry Ray King is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer.
Known for
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2026
- WrestleMania 41: Sunday — Kerry King2025
- Studio 666 — Krug2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2022
- Flying V — Self2020
- Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story — Self2019
- Slayer: The Repentless Killogy — Himself2019
- Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent Castiglia — Self2018
- Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine — Self (archive footage)2017
- The Jim Jefferies Show — Self2017
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Kerry Ray King , ( 1964-06-03 ) June 3, 1964 (age 62) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Genres
- Thrash metal
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instrument
- Guitar
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Label
- Reigning Phoenix
- Member of
- Slayer
- Website
- kerrykingofficial .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- thrash metal
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- kerrykingofficial.com
- Image
- Kerry King, 2006.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kerry King
- date of birth
- 1964-06-03
- member of
- Slayer
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- name in native language
- Kerry King
- pseudonym
- Kerry Fucking King
- birth name
- Kerry Ray King
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Encyclopedic overview
Kerry Ray King (born June 3, 1964) is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and is one of two members to stay with the band for its 45-year existence (with the exception of their 2019–2024 breakup), along with Tom Araya. King is also currently a solo artist, with his debut album From Hell I Rise released in May 2024.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerry King” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.