As one in every of thrash steel’s hardest working guitarists, Gary Holt doesn’t have time to begin — not to mention full — the tasks he’d actually love to do. At the least that’s what he instructed attendees throughout a guitar clinic final week when he was requested concerning the prospect of creating a solo album.

The query got here final Monday at Pitbull Audio in Nationwide Metropolis, California (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). Holt, who’s been an integral a part of Exodus because the early 80s and a significant a part of Slayer‘s post-Jeff Hanneman, instructed attendees that whereas he loves the concept of placing collectively a solo album collectively, he merely doesn’t have the time.

“I’ve thought of doing a solo report for years, like having totally different buddies play on it and totally different singers and shit like that. Possibly sometime. However I give every thing I’ve received to Exodus and all the time have. And when the remainder of the band are sitting round doing nothing, like a bunch of lazy fucks they’re, and I like ’em to loss of life, I’m writing or I’m doing different shit.

“However that’s okay; that’s my function. So I by no means have time for that type of shit. Even when I’ve time… Like proper now, with [Exodus’s tour of] Europe being canceled, I’ve been house doing nothing, however I must make a brand new Exodus report, so I’ve been engaged on that, other than doing a little house enchancment bullshit and stuff like that.”

Along with engaged on new Exodus music, Holt additionally lately introduced by way of social media that he’s received a memoir titled A Fabulous Catastrophe: From The Storage To Madison Sq. Backyard, The Exhausting Approach within the works. It’s been picked up by Hachette Books.

“Tremendous stoked!!! The announcement in ebook circles has gone out at this time, so I’m sharing it in MY circle! The ebook about my life is underneath approach, from the beginnings of Exodus and thrash steel, to the drug fueled fall, to the sudden and tragic circumstances that led me to @slayerbandofficial to the bounce again to Madison Sq. Backyard with and @exodusbandofficial charting at quantity 20 on the MAIN Billboard charts, all can be instructed! No holds barred, all of the lows and highs can be retold! Been a undertaking very near me, and I’m stoked to be working with @ademtepedelen_ @lauramazer @bschafer714 @hachettebooks and @wendysherman to make this a actuality!”

Along with writing new Exodus music and memoir, Holt’s been loopy busy with different private {and professional} obligations. To not point out the familial points that cropped up earlier this 12 months when his brother was injured overseas.

We’ll have to attend and see if Holt’s schedule clears up. It could be loopy attention-grabbing to listen to what Holt would provide you with if he didn’t have all these different issues happening.