Gary Holt (musician)
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Gary Wayne Holt (born May 4, 1964 in Richmond, California) is an American guitarist from San Francisco, California. His main guitar influences are Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker, Angus Young, Tony Iommi, Uli Jon Roth, Matthias Jabs and Ted Nugent[1]. His favorite bands include Venom, Motörhead, Black Sabbath, early Iron Maiden and Judas Priest[1].
He helped form thrash metal band Exodus in 1981 and he is the main songwriter for the group. After Kirk Hammett's departure from Exodus to join Metallica, Gary Holt kept Exodus going and during a lot of years, him and Rick Hunolt were referred to as the Exodus' "H-Team" guitar players.
He has his own signature model guitar with Bernie Rico Jr. guitars (he used Ibanez and Jackson Guitars before).
He is the only member of Exodus who has played on every album.
He has struggled with drug addictions, most notably Speed but is now clean.
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