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EXODUS Guitarist Wanted To 'Reconnect' With METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT

August 23, 2011

Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS has slammed Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL for allegedly forcing his band to cut its set short by three songs at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival.

When asked by Toby Cook of The Quietus how Holt felt EXODUS' performance at Bloodstock which was held August 12-14, 2011 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom had gone, the guitarist replied, "Fuck HAMMERFALL, they can go suck a dick they cost us, like, three songs! They can suck my balls!

"We had huge problems because HAMMERFALL's sound man rearranged the entire input list and you just don't do that at festivals.

"I've nothing against them musically; I think they're a great band musically, but you're at a festival, you're not headlining you're actually playing under us do your job right! They fucking made it difficult for everybody."

During the same interview, Holt also shed some light on what may have been his major motivation for agreeing to fill in for SLAYER's Jeff Hanneman for the recent "Big Four" Sonisphere shows.

"It was all about reconnecting with [current METALLICA and former EXODUS guitarist] Kirk [Hammett]," said Holt. "He was my best friend when we were in [EXODUS] together, and being able to spend time with him again and talk about the old days, that's what it was all about. It wasn't about playing with all the other bands; it was about reconnecting with a very good old friend. It was really, really nice."

Photo below courtesy of Metallica.com

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