Slayer guitarist Kerry King is the latest guest on the SPIN Presents Lipps Service podcast, during which he and host Scott Lipps discuss the band’s surprising reunion after a five-year hiatus and releasing his 2024 debut solo album, From Hell I Rise.
Throughout, King regales Lipps with stories about the music that shaped him, hanging with Black Sabbath, Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell and Eddie Van Halen, the eternal punk vs. heavy metal debate and how he met the other members of Slayer.
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The guitarist also talks about playing on the Beastie Boys’ beloved 1986 debut album License To Ill and watching the early iteration of Metallica with future Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine on guitar.
On the previous episode of Lipps Service, New York musicians Des Rocs, Eamon Rush and Brian Duke of Pan Arcadia and Connor Abeles of Cab Ellis took a deep dive into the highs and lows of establishing their careers in the Big Apple.
Since it began in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalities in music, including exclusive interviews with Anthony Kiedis, David Lee Roth, Hozier, Maynard James Keenan, Dove Cameron, Mick Fleetwood, Nikki Sixx, Perry Farrell, the Kills and many more. Every few weeks, a new episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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