What is Kerry King?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Kerry King | Img = Kerry King, 2006.jpg | Img_capt = | image_size = 250 | Landscape = Yes | Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|6|3}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date= | Instrument = [[Guitar]] | Genre = [[Thrash metal]], [[speed metal]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] | Occupation = [[Guitarist]], [[songwriter]] | Years_active = 1981 – present | Label = [[American Recordings]], [[Metal Blade Records]] | associated_acts = [[Slayer]], [[Megadeth]], [[Pantera]], [[Beastie Boys]], [[Rob Zombie]], [[Sum 41]], [[Hatebreed]], [[Machine Head]] | website = }} '''Kerry Ray King''' (born June 3, 1964)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGuuH2EwqlkC|title=The Bloody Reign of Slayer|last=McIver|first=Joel|date=2010|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-1-84938-386-8|language=en}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[guitarist]], best known as the [[rhythm]] and [[lead guitarist]] and one of the first members of American [[thrash metal]] band [[Slayer]]. ==Biography== King was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. His father worked as an aircraft part inspector, and his mother worked for a telephone company. When he was a teenager, Kerry moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he learned how to play guitar from a local man, Dana Dawley. He divorced once; his current wife is Ayesha King, he also has a daughter named Shyanne Kymberlee King from his first marriage.<ref>{{cite web|title=After 25 years, Slayer keeps casting metal|author=Beck, Aaron|publisher=The Columbus Dispatch|date=2007-02-10|url=http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2007/02/10/20070210-B1-02.html|accessdate=2007-02-25|archive-date=2012-03-29|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66WBAhlvg?url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/404.html|url-status=dead}}</ref