{"id":114904,"date":"2024-11-26T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=114904"},"modified":"2024-11-26T11:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:02:02","slug":"gary-holts-slayer-exodus-memoir-a-fabulous-disaster-due-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=114904","title":{"rendered":"Gary Holt\u2019s (SLAYER\/EXODUS) Memoir \u2018A Fabulous Disaster\u2019 Due In April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Guitarist\u00a0<strong>Gary Holt<\/strong>, known for his work with\u00a0<strong>Exodus<\/strong>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<strong>Slayer<\/strong>, will be publishing his memoir, \u2018<strong>A Fabulous Disaster: From The Garage To Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way<\/strong>\u2018, on April 08th.\u00a0<strong>Hachette Books<\/strong>\u00a0will be issuing the book,\u00a0<strong>Holt<\/strong>\u00a0he co-wrote alongside\u00a0<strong>Adem Tepedelen<\/strong>. An official product listing stated of this memoir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2018Since exploding out of the Bay Area heavy metal scene in the 1980s, thrash metal has made its way to every corner of the globe, conquering worldwide charts year after year. As the guitarist and primary songwriter of&nbsp;<strong>Exodus<\/strong>, and an originator of the subgenre and one of its fiercest proponents,&nbsp;<strong>Gary Holt<\/strong>&nbsp;watched as his peers\u2014<strong>Metallica<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Megadeth<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Slayer<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Anthrax<\/strong>\u2014soared to superstardom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">As his fellow artists amassed millions of fans and record sales,&nbsp;<strong>Exodus<\/strong>\u2019s albums received critical recognition and inspired generations of listeners but struggled to reach the same heights of success, as the band was plagued by years of bad management, bad luck, and bad decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In&nbsp;<strong>A FABULOUS DISASTER<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Holt<\/strong>&nbsp;shares a deeply personal account of what it was like to \u201clive fast, play fast, and crash hard\u201d as thrash metal dominated the globe. Readers witness his highest of highs and lowest of lows as&nbsp;<strong>Holt<\/strong>&nbsp;and his bandmates juggle major label contracts, MTV-sponsored tours and festivals, growing addictions to alcohol and meth, and the departures of original members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In the throes of addiction,&nbsp;<strong>Holt<\/strong>\u2019s own fall from grace is swift: one year he\u2019s playing on the&nbsp;<strong>MTV Headbanger\u2019s Ball Tour<\/strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>Anthrax<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Helloween<\/strong>, and the next he\u2019s struggling to find minimum wage jobs as he battles drugs, divorce, and the impending collapse of his music career. Ultimately, after the tragic death of one of his closest friends and former bandmates\u2014<strong>Holt<\/strong>&nbsp;realizes the only one who can save him is himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An \u201cunadulterated odyssey through decades of insanity,\u201d punctuated by&nbsp;<strong>Holt<\/strong>\u2019s unique insight and knack for storytelling,&nbsp;<strong>A FABULOUS DISASTER<\/strong>&nbsp;is a thrill ride from start to finish. His story proves that redemption\u2014even from the pits of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll excess\u2014is always possible.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The foreword in the book was provided by\u00a0<strong>Holt<\/strong>\u2018s past\u00a0<strong>Exodus<\/strong>\u00a0bandmate, guitarist\u00a0<strong>Kirk Hammett<\/strong>, who of course went on to join\u00a0<strong>Metallica<\/strong>. Pre-orders are available now through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/gary-holt\/a-fabulous-disaster\/9780306834011\/\">hachettebookgroup.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guitarist\u00a0Gary Holt, known for his work with\u00a0Exodus\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Slayer, will be publishing his memoir, \u2018A Fabulous Disaster:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114904"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114909,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114904\/revisions\/114909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}