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Kerry King is an American male artist who began his professional career in 1981. He is associated with the thrash metal, metal, heavy metal, and groove metal genres. King has also used the pseudonym "Kerry Fucking King."
In addition to his musical activities, King is an author with nine works listed in Open Library. His top works include *Brooks and Sam*, *Gracie Cooks up Some Math*, *Bug in the Garden*, *Swing of the Blade*, and *Melanin*. Crossref records five works under his name.
King’s music has been tagged with descriptors such as "american" and "groove metal." His profile on Last.fm indicates 33,465 listeners and 451,237 plays. He is referenced by 309 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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
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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.