Exodus’ Gary Holt Says Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Taught Him How to Play Guitar
Exodus and Slayer‘s Gary Holt credits a metal legend with teaching him how to play guitar — Kirk Hammett. Of course, both musicians have ties to Exodus and Hammett, at that time, wasn’t the legend he is now. Hammett was one of the co-founders of the thrash group in 1979, along with fellow guitarist Tim Agnello, drummer and then vocalist Tom Hunting and a few others. “Tim Agnello was the guitar player before I joined, but Exodus operated as a power trio, with Tom playing drums and singing for a while,” Holt said in a Loudwire episode of Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction. The guitarist added that he me...