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INTERVIEW WITH KERRY KING<\/strong>
\nINTERVIEW BY CARSON CORNETT<\/strong>
\nINTRODUCTION BY CARSON CORNETT<\/strong>
\nPHOTO BY SETH HOCHMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slayer!!! Forever reigning thrash metal gods, whose influence in the skateboard world has fueled generations of raging lunatics, as some might call us skateboarders. Co-founder and guitarist of Slayer, Kerry King, is one of the most dominating guitarists of his time, as well as being an avid snake collector\/breeder. Since their formation in 1981, Slayer has been down a long road, Grammy nominations and all, but have always managed to stay true to their fans and more importantly their music.<\/p>\n

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“Musically, I only worked on it for six weeks, which is incredibly short. We were kind of under the gun on the time train, so we kind of had to quit fuckin\u2019 off and going to the bars every night and do some real work.”<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What\u2019s been happening, man?<\/strong>
\nI had plans to go to the valley to check my backup guitar rig and then sit in Hollywood traffic and do interviews, but I got tied up at home. I ended up not going to the valley, so I just came to Hollywood and now we\u2019re here.<\/p>\n

So you\u2019ve got a new album out and I hear it\u2019s doing great. I can\u2019t stop listening to it.<\/strong>
\nCool. I\u2019m still playing it in my car, which is odd because, usually, when I see the record I\u2019m completely tired of it. We wrote this one so quick that it hasn\u2019t worn out on me yet.<\/p>\n

How long did it take you to get this one written?<\/strong>
\nMusically, I only worked on it for six weeks, which is incredibly short. We were kind of under the gun on the time train, so we kind of had to quit fuckin\u2019 off and going to the bars every night and do some real work.<\/p>\n

[Laughs] Well, the album sounds amazing.<\/strong>
\nThe lyrics came together over the entire recording, which was close to three months, and it came out great.<\/p>\n

It is great. So you\u2019re living out here now?<\/strong>
\nI live in Corona. I got out of Arizona in \u201898.<\/p>\n

How do you like it out here?<\/strong>
\nCool. I\u2019m on the green side of the 15. If you\u2019re on the east side, you\u2019re on the green side. If you\u2019re on the west side, you\u2019re on the brown side. It\u2019s nicer on that side. It\u2019s not quite as desert feeling.<\/p>\n

Nice. Are you getting some downtime now that you\u2019re done recording and the album is done? Are you trying to recuperate before you guys get out on tour?<\/strong>
\nActually, I was thinking the other day that this is the opposite of what we usually do. Usually, you do a record, go on tour and then you\u2019ve got time off. This time we put a record out, and now Tom is recovering, so we\u2019re home. We\u2019re going to tour later. I\u2019ve got to get it in my head what I want to do for the next album. The downtime we have now is the downtime we usually have at the end of the tour, so I don\u2019t want to waste it.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s Tom doing?<\/strong>
\nGood. I got an email the other day that he had a one-month check up and, apparently, he\u2019s pain free. The doctor says we\u2019ll see in another couple months. At that point, hopefully, he\u2019ll get a clean bill of health so we can go tear up the world.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s good to hear. Was it an injury or did it just happen over time?<\/strong>
\nI would imagine it happened over time. He doesn\u2019t warm up as much as Jeff or I do, but, hopefully, that will keep us from getting whatever problem he had.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got to warm up with the way you bang your heads. So you guys formed officially in \u201881?<\/strong>
\nYes.<\/p>\n

Where were you guys based?<\/strong>
\nHuntington Park, CA.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning it was you, Tom, Jeff and Dave? How did you get introduced?<\/strong>
\nI knew Tom from a previous band I played in. He lived down my street. Dave lived on the next block. He heard about me and the other guy that played guitar. He lived about a block away from me. The three of us were very close. I went to an audition for a band because I was just looking for something to do. Jeff was working in the building that this band was in. The band ended up being stoner rock, so I was packing up to go and I heard Jeff playing his guitar in the lobby. He was playing stuff that I knew. I was like, \u201cHey, we should play in a band together.”<\/p>\n

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