Thrash legend Kerry King picked his 5 favourite guitarists of all time throughout a latest interview on a podcast and in addition named which ones he thinks is the “most missed.”

King, who will play exhibits 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 capable of title his 5 picks fairly simply.

The rocker responded to the query fairly merely, so we listed his 5 selections under and offered another context of him speaking about them previously. Maintain 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 metallic albums and selected one by Rainbow.

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

Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi is one in all King’s idols, and the Slayer musician truly introduced him with an award on the Basic Rock Awards again in 2006. King admitted he felt extremely nervous as a result of he was starstruck, however he was luckily capable of overcome it.

“I’ve had quite a lot 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 Struggle.

Eddie Van Halen

King stated Eddie Van Halen is “with out a query” on his record. 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 discuss guitar and never point out him,” King asserted.

Glenn Tipton

Glenn Tipton is King’s favourite guitarist of all-time, in accordance with the video clip and he additionally instructed that he’s the “most missed” guitarist.

“As a result of in the event you take a look at the leads he was doing and when he was doing them, he form of innovated quite a lot of that stuff,” King stated to Lipps Service.

Zakk Wylde

“I am going to go along with a brilliant heavy-hitter that is my bro, and say Zakk Wylde,” King stated when selecting his final alternative.

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

“If I had the chance to play a tune with Zakk Wylde, I would be throughout it,” he instructed Terrorizer [via Blabbermouth].

Take a look at the Lipps Service clip for your self under.

Kerry King Picks His 5 Favourite Guitarists + Which of Them Is ‘Most Ignored’