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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=4988 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:51:44 -0400 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:49:33 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=4988 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-says-exodus-formed-alongside-metallica-and-never-got-the-same-credit-we-carry-the-worlds-biggest-chip-on-our-shoulders https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-says-exodus-formed-alongside-metallica-and-never-got-the-same-credit-we-carry-the-worlds-biggest-chip-on-our-shoulders Music News: "The world's against us, and everybody looks down on us."]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:51:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-dont-think-they-are-the-best-of-us-anymore-gary-holt-on-how-metallica-has-changed-and-why-exodus-crushes-them https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-dont-think-they-are-the-best-of-us-anymore-gary-holt-on-how-metallica-has-changed-and-why-exodus-crushes-them Music News: "I think Exodus crushes them, but that's my own humble opinion."]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:07:37 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-on-life-after-slayer-i-went-from-the-la-forum-to-some-really-sketchy-german-shower--and-i-loved-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-on-life-after-slayer-i-went-from-the-la-forum-to-some-really-sketchy-german-shower--and-i-loved-it Music News: "I'm not rich, but I make a living playing guitar, and that's a gift in itself. I can't retire. I gotta keep working."]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:02:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/gary-holts-idea-from-a-very-dark-period-became-exodus-title-track-of-new-album-one-of-my-favorite-musical-journeys https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/gary-holts-idea-from-a-very-dark-period-became-exodus-title-track-of-new-album-one-of-my-favorite-musical-journeys Interviews: UG Exclusive: "Sometimes, you can't separate yourself from the time that you wrote it."]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:16:54 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its-me-stuffing-that-shirt-in-that-poly-mailer-gary-holt-on-low-earnings-in-music-says-hes-a-traveling-clothes-salesman https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its-me-stuffing-that-shirt-in-that-poly-mailer-gary-holt-on-low-earnings-in-music-says-hes-a-traveling-clothes-salesman Music News: "I'm not hiring someone to do it. There's no warehouse."]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:26:15 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-on-kirk-hammetts-reputation-in-the-metal-community-people-leave-him-out-of-that-discussion-a-lot-and-i-think-its-bull----t https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-on-kirk-hammetts-reputation-in-the-metal-community-people-leave-him-out-of-that-discussion-a-lot-and-i-think-its-bull----t Music News: "He deserves double f___ing credit."]]> Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:51:25 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-had-never-heard-of-metallica-this-guitarist-joined-a-legendary-thrash-metal-band--without-knowing-anything-about-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-had-never-heard-of-metallica-this-guitarist-joined-a-legendary-thrash-metal-band--without-knowing-anything-about-it Music News: "I was just like, 'Whoa. This is, like, punk rockers with long hair."]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:16:27 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/when-i-first-started-playing-there-was-no-such-thing-ex-exodus-guitarist-explains-where-thrash-metal-actually-came-from https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/when-i-first-started-playing-there-was-no-such-thing-ex-exodus-guitarist-explains-where-thrash-metal-actually-came-from Music News: "In the early days of Exodus, we were angry, bro, we were we were broke. we were working hard man, and we were young, we were partying our asses off." ]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:58:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-dont-know-if-he-saw-any-inherent-talent-gary-holt-speaks-on-how-kirk-hammett-got-him-into-exodus-says-he-wasnt-even-a-guitar-tech-at-first https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-dont-know-if-he-saw-any-inherent-talent-gary-holt-speaks-on-how-kirk-hammett-got-him-into-exodus-says-he-wasnt-even-a-guitar-tech-at-first Music News: "I was a roadie. You can't call it a tech, because I didn't even tune the guitar."]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 08:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/that-never-happened-gary-holt-speaks-on-paul-baloffs-lax-relationship-with-truth-debunks-exodus-myth-involving-king-diamond https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/that-never-happened-gary-holt-speaks-on-paul-baloffs-lax-relationship-with-truth-debunks-exodus-myth-involving-king-diamond Music News: "We bought it up till his death."]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2025 08:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its-horrible-its-enough-to-make-you-quit-for-sure-gary-holt-opens-up-on-playing-to-empty-venues-with-exodus-during-the-90s https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its-horrible-its-enough-to-make-you-quit-for-sure-gary-holt-opens-up-on-playing-to-empty-venues-with-exodus-during-the-90s Music News: "We started just having Black Sabbath jams, because there was no one there."]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2025 01:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/people-are-cranky-its-just-all-legacy-bands-gary-holt-reacts-to-sleep-token-haters-explains-why-their-success-matters https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/people-are-cranky-its-just-all-legacy-bands-gary-holt-reacts-to-sleep-token-haters-explains-why-their-success-matters Music News: "Isn't that what we want?"]]> Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-opens-up-on-how-zetro-souza-negatively-affected-exodus-members-its-bringing-everybodys-spirits-down https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-opens-up-on-how-zetro-souza-negatively-affected-exodus-members-its-bringing-everybodys-spirits-down Music News: "Every single time I go to the airport to go on tour, I'm sad."]]> Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:57:57 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ive-seen-james-leaving-out-downpicks-gary-holt-reveals-what-people-dont-get-about-picking-opens-on-health-affecting-his-playing https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ive-seen-james-leaving-out-downpicks-gary-holt-reveals-what-people-dont-get-about-picking-opens-on-health-affecting-his-playing Music News: "On the last Exodus album, I had so many cortisone shots I lost count."]]> Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/it-defined-thrash-metal-and-still-hits-hard-40-years-later-this-album-changed-everything-in-metal-music-178163 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/it-defined-thrash-metal-and-still-hits-hard-40-years-later-this-album-changed-everything-in-metal-music-178163 Features: "We had everybody from the Bay Area coming, we had drunken fights with friends, like, we would start fist-fighting."]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:28:57 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/zetro-souza-speaks-up-on-exodus-firing-explains-why-hell-never-perform-with-them-again-it-would-be-a-bit-redundant https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/zetro-souza-speaks-up-on-exodus-firing-explains-why-hell-never-perform-with-them-again-it-would-be-a-bit-redundant Music News: "If you saw my last concert in Los Angeles at the Regent, then you truly saw the last concert that Zetro will ever sing with Exodus."]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:07:09 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/rob-dukes-opens-up-on-his-return-to-exodus-reveals-first-reaction-to-being-called-to-rejoin https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/rob-dukes-opens-up-on-his-return-to-exodus-reveals-first-reaction-to-being-called-to-rejoin Music News: "I didn't expect it."]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 03:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/rob-dukes-speaks-up-on-rejoining-exodus-and-replacing-zetro-souza-reveals-what-surprised-him-about-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/rob-dukes-speaks-up-on-rejoining-exodus-and-replacing-zetro-souza-reveals-what-surprised-him-about-it Music News: "I took a day and decided, 'Yeah, okay, I can make it work.'"]]> Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:29:46 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-speaks-up-on-exodus-firing-steve-zetro-souza-the-marriage-was-done-and-over https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary-holt-speaks-up-on-exodus-firing-steve-zetro-souza-the-marriage-was-done-and-over Music News: "I've no desire to talk badly about him."]]> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:46:50 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-zetro-souza-reveals-he-was-fired-from-exodus-i-did-not-leave https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-zetro-souza-reveals-he-was-fired-from-exodus-i-did-not-leave Music News: "It says Exodus has parted ways, not Zetro has parted ways!"]]> Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:00:03 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/gary-holt-reveals-how-thrash-metal-musicians-really-felt-about-glam-we-were-secretly-coveting-warren-demartini https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/gary-holt-reveals-how-thrash-metal-musicians-really-felt-about-glam-we-were-secretly-coveting-warren-demartini Interviews: UG Exclusive: "If someone showed up with a Ratt shirt, we'd pull out the pocket knife and cut strips of the shirt off."]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:46:00 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/gary_holt_explains_why_he_prefers_esp_guitars_answers_whether_traditional_fenders_and_gibsons_are_good_for_metal.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/gary_holt_explains_why_he_prefers_esp_guitars_answers_whether_traditional_fenders_and_gibsons_are_good_for_metal.html Interviews: UG Exclusive: "I tour often with the LTD models."]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:44:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/these_two_metal_bands_dont_get_enough_credit_gary_holt_says_they_all_deserve_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/these_two_metal_bands_dont_get_enough_credit_gary_holt_says_they_all_deserve_it.html Music News: "I'm always giving credit where credit's due to my friends from overseas."]]> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:40:37 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/theres_no_music_business_im_a_t-shirt_salesman_exodus_bassist_speaks_up_on_the_state_of_the_industry.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/theres_no_music_business_im_a_t-shirt_salesman_exodus_bassist_speaks_up_on_the_state_of_the_industry.html Music News: "It isn't that I'm just jaded, it's that there's no music business anymore."]]> Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:35:54 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/bassist_jack_gibson_to_miss_upcoming_exodus_shows_replacement_announced.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/bassist_jack_gibson_to_miss_upcoming_exodus_shows_replacement_announced.html Music News: "Our thoughts and hearts are with our brother now."]]> Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:06:59 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary_holt_says_rhythm_parts_are_more_important_than_solos_explains_how_he_cheats_at_downpicking.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary_holt_says_rhythm_parts_are_more_important_than_solos_explains_how_he_cheats_at_downpicking.html Music News: "Everybody cheats, even Hetfield cheats, and he's the best out there."]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 14:16:17 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary_holt_names_ritchie_blackmore_as_his_guitar_hero_explains_why_learning_riffs_by_ear_wrong_isnt_necessarily_bad.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary_holt_names_ritchie_blackmore_as_his_guitar_hero_explains_why_learning_riffs_by_ear_wrong_isnt_necessarily_bad.html Music News: "When I was a kid, we learned everything we wanted to learn from our heroes by listening to records... and we usually learned them wrong."]]> Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:08:12 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary_holt_explains_why_exodus_changed_labels_after_two_decades.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gary_holt_explains_why_exodus_changed_labels_after_two_decades.html Music News: "They're all 100 percent behind this band."]]> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 21:32:26 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/exodus_and_fit_for_an_autopsy_announce_co-headlining_us_tour_with_darkest_hour_and_undeath.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/exodus_and_fit_for_an_autopsy_announce_co-headlining_us_tour_with_darkest_hour_and_undeath.html Music News: Kicks off this November.]]> Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:14:31 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/exodus_gary_holt_would_like_to_do_a_solo_record.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/exodus_gary_holt_would_like_to_do_a_solo_record.html Music News: "I've thought about doing a solo record for years."]]> Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:49:33 -0400