Kerry King Can’t Wait for His Solo Band to Hit the Road
Considering how Kerry King let everyone and their mom know that Slayer won’t be doing shit together for the foreseeable future, it makes since how the guitarist would want to triple jump his ass to whatever show he can get to with his new solo band. They’re heading out on a headlining North American tour with Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry in just a few days, and I’m sure King is beaming with joy over it.
King and Municipal Waste guitarist Ryan Waste recently did an interview with Heavy Consequence to excitedly talk about their upcoming excurision (as transcribed by Blabbermouth.net):
“We jump at the chance to tour anywhere. So, we were lucky enough to do the Mastodon/Lamb of God summer [2024] run in the sheds. That was really cool because those dudes, we had a big part in both those bands’ early history, so for them to reciprocate and give me a shot, I thought that was super cool and super humbling. So that was rad. But now we get to come back and headline the States.”
He isn’t entirely sure how the sets will go since he hasn’t figured out the set length or setlist, but he’s got a good reason kinda? King’s “still working on the setlist and set length because I don’t want people to get burned out with two heavy hitters playing in front of us. I don’t wanna stay up there too long because when you play thrash, I feel there is a limit to how long you should play.”
King also added a little bit of bullshit about how expensive concerts are now. I know he’s right but as someone who goes to many a concert, the pricing really is bullshit:
“One bad thing that people may not know and why ticket prices are so high these days is because when the pandemic came around, all that shit exploded. Everything went up [in terms of cost] — buses went up and everything just plateaued. And then when we started touring again, the buses and everything stayed expensive. So, you can curse promoters and venues all you want, but it costs money to come around, unfortunately. And it’s not as cheap as it was five years ago, by far. So it’s cush, it’s comfortable, we’ll have a good time, but it’s all a means to what the poor fans have to pay at the end of the day.”
Kerry King’s tour starts on January 15 in San Franciso, ending at the House of Blues in Vegas at the end of February.
