Exodus and Slayer’s Gary Holt credits a metal legend with instructing him how to take pleasure in guitar — Kirk Hammett.

Of course, the two musicians have ties to Exodus and Hammett, at that time, was not the legend he is now. Hammett was a single of the co-founders of the thrash group in 1979, along with fellow guitarist Tim Agnello, drummer and then vocalist Tom Looking and a quite a few other folks.

“Tim Agnello was the guitar participant just before I joined, but Exodus operated as a electric power trio, with Tom participating in drums and singing for a whilst,” Holt reported in a Loudwire episode of Wikipedia: Actuality or Fiction.

The guitarist added that he accomplished Hammett and became a roadie for the band.

“We have been actively playing backyard events for totally free beer,” he recalled. “That indicates you just hung out and you drank beer and perhaps carried a guitar case in. I did not tune the guitar, I did not touch the guitar.”

Holt then shared that Hammett taught him how to take pleasure in his extremely initially chords on the guitar, given that they had created a restricted friendship. He joined Exodus as a guitarist 6 months afterwards, and Agnello had previously nonetheless left the group by that position.

“The to start with track [Hammett] taught me… I actually are not able to bear in mind. But it was a Rolling Stones song, showing me some essential chords,” Holt ongoing. “I can not don’t forget which one it is, perhaps ‘Wild Horses’ or some shit like that.”

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Hammett nonetheless left Exodus in ’83 to sign up for Metallica proper following the firing of Dave Mustaine, and the relaxation is record. Holt has been the crucial songwriter for Exodus at any time given that, and also joined Slayer in 2011 in position of the late Jeff Hanneman.

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