Full name: Kerry King Instrument: Guitar Birthday: 3rd June 1964. Birthplace: Los Angeles Short biography: Kerry King was the one who started Slayer. At first he got together with Jeff and then they met Dave Lombardo, the drummer. During some concerts of Megateth Kerry helped them because they had some problems with guitarist. Kerry's hobbies are breeding snakes and show-dogs. Kerry is not a man who is afraid to say something as he proved that in an interview with Kerrang when he said that Kirk Hammet was the most overrated player ever on the pages of guitar magazine. After that Kerrang received many letters from readers about that and since then relationship between Slayer and Metallica has not been the best. Kerry King and Lars Ulrich have been described as the most influencial persons in heavy/trash metal, because they started Metallica and Slayer, and these bands influenced tons of other bands. The entire trash generation was built on Show no Mercy and Kill 'em All. Kerry is a big fan of hockey and football, and when performing he usually wears a sport shirt. He was married in 1990 but was divorced later. He has a child and lives in Phoenix.