Gary Holt | |
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Holt performing with Slayer in 2014 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Gary Wayne Holt |
Born | San Pablo, California, U.S. | May 4, 1964
Genres | Thrash metal |
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Instrument | Guitar |
Years active | 1981–present |
Member of | Exodus, Slayer |
Gary Wayne Holt (born May 4, 1964) is an American musician from the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] He is the guitarist, bandleader, and main songwriter for thrash metal band Exodus, and has also been a member of Slayer from 2011 to 2019 and again since 2024, initially joining as a temporary guitarist in place of Jeff Hanneman, and as a permanent guitarist after Hanneman's death in May 2013.