Gary Holt from Exodus on 80's talk show

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Gary Holt from Exodus goes on a TV talk show (KQED) in the mid 80's to defend heavy metal lyrics. Courtesy of Ron Quintana his Metal Mania fanzine.

[@abigailsaoirsefinnegan]

Ain't about no goldfish Ain't about no tuna fish And it ain't about no trout.

[@MetalGypsy9]

ULTIMATE REVENGE , YESSSSSSSSS LOL 🤘

[@theeducatedfool]

Gary Holt; truly one of metal's deepest thinkers.

[@a7xanimals]

they're vicious friendly fish LOLOL

[@ViciousFriendlyFish]

This video gave me my username, haha!

[@a7xanimals]

BADASS

[@mauaraya141]

HHAHAHAHAA

[@MetalGypsy9]

AGREED LMAO 🤣

[@christopheranderson2158]

My mom laughed at me when I said bands like Exodus, Overkill, Testament, Metallica, Anthrax, etc are just as relevant as the ‘50’s and 60’s music she grew up with, and will be around for more than a few years. That was in 1986......and honestly, it’s really amazing all these killer bands are still rocking 40+ years later!! She eventually came around to understanding the appeal of metal music and conceded I was right. She even came to an Ozzy Osbourne concert back in the ‘90’s and had a blast.

[@sharksandwich101]

They were a bad influence on me growing up, I tried so hard to become a piranha but alas I am not manimal.....gimme a break

[@Yismeicha]

"it's a vicious friendly fish and we wanted to write about it" lol.

[@Siah2000]

wow he was so young!! I saw him last week here in vegas performing with kreator! Its amazing to see such an older looking guy kicking more ass on stage then the younger ones that played before hand! Gary holtz is the fucking man!!

[@piranhaattack4836]

What a legendary show that must’ve been

[@theblitz8]

"Yeah witchcraft and the occult have always been interesting topics." lol gary is awesome

[@fishnsticks]

Gary Holt has a great point. There are tons of films out there with gore and bad language yet the musicians are the ones that fall victim to these kinds of people. But whatever that was back in the 80s.

[@alexferus9391]

i love the song piranha it's cool it's metal!

[@metalhead9211]

im influenced by every single thing exodus writes THRASH TILL DEATH!!!!

[@Under_myvoodoo]

Metal is art too so it can be subjective to what the artist lives and is inspired by. So hell yeah 🤙🏾

[@carpenoctem775]

Just can’t picture him without his beard.

[@GarethPontin]

it's generally epic, in every sense of the word - lots of quests, snow, mountains, wind, battles... it's pretty cool

[@vagabondz]

Nice one! Exodus are still one of the best bands.

[@sppspharmdude]

Been looking for this for awhile now, thanks for sharing!

[@theartofpablo0110]

Piranha is a fuckin rad song

[@miguelcruz2682]

YUP!!! some one had write about them dam critters!!!🐟🤘😈🤘

[@katiemaykilla4209]

Garys so cool \\m//

[@hekateon.ioannis.lasorsa]

Baby Holt was precious

[@Hemotoxin]

this weekend at the tidal wave festival i got to talk to gary before they played and i told him that his guitar solo after pirahna from 1985 and i told him that inspired me to play guitar and i got to shake his hand

[@witchinghour666]

Gary Holt is cool

[@robdukes]

you are 100% right god bless you for that

[@ThrashIsBack100]

so fucking true holy shit

[@TheMaiden41]

:O that guy (the one that ask the questions) is so cool! I've never seen a guy like that asking some so open questions! nice

[@Mrmayhembsc]

great response by Gray at the end there

[@swans1997]

ahhh, yeah. memories. the era of Satanic panic, ha ha.

[@EnchantedStarlight]

Let's not be over-analytical , I mean WTF!! Singing about Evil shit is cool, that's all -

[@ortegaj98]

EPIC answer :D

[@eugvh18]

@AGNTthrasher thanks for the information, i read bout' on wiki, that he had stroke and the doctors on unplug him geesh, he has a strong vocal for thrash metal music, saw live as a kid and he just kicksazz on the mic live

[@aaronsaunders6974]

listen to piranha all the time on alexa. great song.

[@jumpfart666]

YESSS!!!

[@TheNewAgeGamer97]

What video is the suit talking about? Was there a video for piranha?

[@ArtHazard]

He's probably talking about a Combat Tour video.

[@fabianblade]

I think full interview was uploaded, anyone happen to have it?

[@codebabe]

I agree exodus were brutal and had tons of satanic imagery but the reality of it is, it's no different than someone making a graphic horror movie. it doesn't mean the band believes in going out and pillaging and that they really believe in worshipping the devil. I'm a Christian, and I really just wish people would recognize that you have freewill and you can't blame a band for that stuff when you already said okay to horror movies which are much more influential than lyrics.

[@zenrincon7472]

U can tell from jump that Gary holt is already irritated from that first question 😂

[@BBQChickenWingz]

@alexithereaper Man sounds exactly like me when I was a kid. Now if we could just get other kids to think like you little man... Lol keep the metal alive brother.

[@SUPERNERD77]

He's all like "dur, I like piranhas so we wrote a song about it asshole."

[@GrobmotorikJones]

does anybody have the whole tv show?

[@tnekf94]

so what were you guys saying there? oh so we're talking about piranhas LOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@ThrashingIsMyBizness]

you can go rent a movie at a uh... rental place. LOL! idk why but that made me crack up. Fucking Gary Holts the man! EXODUS!

[@sk8freak3000]

i saw them live yesterday and gary threw away his pick and i catched it !!!!

[@ntxp3]

Is there a full video of this interview anywhere? Found it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX6moKFugrKpjM0

[@williampope4063]

YES! Metal fish \m/

[@helloiseeu]

If you live in SF like me, you'll know him.

[@eugvh18]

what happen to orginal lead singer? who sang this song before souza

[@metalmanic66690]

Is this on Get Thrashed, the dvd?

[@AGNTthrasher]

@eugvh18 He passed away in 2002, I believe.

[@2sc458]

KQED is just about the same today.

[@ArtHazard]

Out of all Exodus songs that had murder and occult references they chose Piranha to rip on.

[@MrFantastik]

he passed away back in 2002.

[@Regdot]

''We tried very hard.'' My arse.

[@metalahhhhhhhhhhhh]

@ThazuaBlackarrow true my thing is when people are like 'oh yeah the big four of thrash great bands" but thats the only real thrash they know about thats how I used to be till I heard Razor then Vio-Lence, D.R.I., S.O.D., Voivod, Dark Angel. Now I like a good amount of older thrash bands besides just the big four.

[@Nick89BR]

lol "heavy metal band" Exodus is thrash metal all the way.

[@ragggggy38]

Ha ha. people in da comments are complaining about texting. THANK YOU! Talking>Texting. I hate texting! all the kids in so-cal ever do at parties is sit in da corner and text! SCREW TEXTING!

[@metalahhhhhhhhhhhh]

Exodus, Slayer, Vio-lence, Dark Angel, Megadeth. CANADIAN THRASH: INFERNAL MAJESTY, RAZOR!!!!!

[@Mysterio-Solar]

The Next President Of The USA 😆🙊🙉🙈🙄🤔🔥💥👀😵😝😂😳😜😉🤣 Gary Holt

[@stevieVantanna]

everybody sounded like surfer dudes in the mid 80's haha.

[@leftyzappa]

If they really wanted to have a serious discussion, they should have gotten the album and read the lyrics. "Piranha" is tame compared to "No Love". Those words make me sick...but I love the sound.

[@effrainm]

i Saw Suicidal Tendencies Last Night..Gay Holt Was there!

[@codebabe]

@hez1919 Well this interview was from around the time Bonded by Blood and Pleasures of the Flesh were released dude, and that's what a lot of the lyrics on those albums are about. A lesson in Violence for instance. "I'm guarded by satan, i'm riding on baphomet. the pleasure of watching you die is what I will get." That is as satanic as anything slayer ever wrote. Besides it doesn't matter who "the most" satanic band is, the fact is that Exodus did have those kinds of lyrics.

[@ThrashingIsMyBizness]

WHERES THE REST OF THE VID!

[@cannabutters]

lol im just trying to put that out there xD

[@MercyfulFate]

this is fuckin hilarious!

[@basssungwoo]

how so?

[@luke-da-duke]

how the world has changed

[@Rocky-sn6fl]

LOL.

[@awarewolf2685]

Supposedely there was a group of teenagers in the 80’s who beat up their high school teacher while shouting the lyrics to A Lesson In Violence. Not sure if true or not

[@jazzectomy]

si athat gary oholttt

[@KevmanX999]

Some people may not like what I'm about to say but I would even go as far as to say that he's better than Kirk whom he replaced. No disrespect to kirk but Gary has wrote some of the most amazing solos and riffs known to mankind and yet he get's no love.

[@S1NG15]

ahahaha awsome PIRANNAAHHHAHAH !!!

[@teddyrodgers5917]

im so late on this comment but do you have entire shit to post? :D love gary!

[@eddjr1971]

funny interview....lol

[@Tettuli]

@skaterobban anthrax are awesome

[@metaldams78]

I was a kid in the 80’s and now middle aged, just like these guys questioning Gary Holt. It’s now kind of sad watching guys my age grill a guy who maybe has turned 25 about his lyrics. I knew as a teen not to kick in faces and rape and murder wives and so did just about anybody else. As far as these lyrics influencing people, anybody who would do such a thing after hearing lyrics like that already has issues to begin with and would wind up doing something crazy regardless. Meanwhile people like this about lyrics are probably going on their warmongering rant in the next segment.

[@redbrixeli]

what r u talking about r u for what i said or against??

[@Flama664]

@skaterobban If you have listened just 2 songs from them it's obvious that they doesn't deserve their place by your eyes..

[@cannabutters]

nope there buddy you are wrong. black metal was going on in EARLY 80s before metallica have you ever heard of venom and celtic frost, and other such bands? if not then you should lol

[@Chemicalwarfare84]

Oh my gosh those guys are scared of piranhas.

[@EugeneBakman]

"Why do you write about Satan ... if you do?"

[@Hemotoxin]

thanks everyone thinks that the new singer is a dick but i got to talk to him too and he told me how he always tries to make the exodus fans happy but knows there won't be another baloff they are all nice guys

[@Carbombing101]

hahahahahahaha \m/

[@basssungwoo]

well...apparently Holt likes too...

[@TheFakee666]

@Dazsturbed There is no any better representation for Satan. hahahaha

[@szbalazs2073]

I have the pleasure to give the 666th like xD

[@mandalorianzwarrior]

it doesnt matteri f u have the pick of destiny, that doesnt mean you know more about music than anyone else

[@redbrixeli]

black metal who's talking about black metal this is a video for thrash metal..and balckmetal wasn't made until like the late 80s..there for black metal is just a tag along music it came from real metal bands like metallica,exodus and megadeth even black sabbeth from 1969 most of black sabbeth stuff isnt about satan and like i said satanism is a good subject in rock history so dont think every band you hear that lyrics about satan is santanic...and i didnt even mention black metal?

[@hez1919]

@smegmalfog i have heard them and didnt like them, which is why i said i am not framiliar with them. what is "best" from a band is ONLY personal opinion. my favorite album is impact from exodus, i would say THAT is their best stuff ....so who is right? hmm? come on? no one thats the correct answer because it is about personal taste. you should have said its what YOU like best

[@bengativo6]

exodus did great by firing kirk hammet ,eevn tough a lot of people say he left the band,well the truth hammet was no match and has never and never be for gary holt,.

[@Illcastashadow1]

????? He left to go to Metallica. Gary was the one he told and Gary was OK with it because he knew what an opportunity it was for Kirk. Who are all you clueless people?? This comment section is fuckin lame

[@Rattlehead1818]

@mongoloidfred you know what, i randomly started listening to them not to long ago, and i got to say they are starting to grab my attention. i just have to listen a bit more before i can officially dismiss them, but none the less they got good songs

[@Rattlehead1818]

@skaterobban I know right and they also dont include the thrash metal bands from Germany, and other overlooked bands in the bay area its like wtf. In Exodus's case at least make it the Big 5, if you cant kick out Anthrax. Anthrax to me were more punk than they were thrash. I mean yeah they got a couple good songs, but really not enough to make them the big 4 in my opinion, they should be replaced by Exodus, Testament, Sodom, Kreator, or Destruction

[@MetalHeart8787]

friendly vicious Fish? LOL surprised no one was dumb enough to jump in a lake filled with them & then the parents to sue Exodus for influencing them.

[@basssungwoo]

there is nothing wrong with that question.

[@Barb_Wire]

They probably got the idea for Piranha from the god damned movie. But they complain about the song and not the movie.

[@anemaldemomusic8182]

stoned...

[@GoldenGateNum9]

Anyone ever noticed how Exodus's Strike Of The Beast sounds allot like Venoms Heavens On Fire?, SATAN WORSHIPERS ;O

[@brodie1989]

lol PIRANHA is awesome!

[@smedheat]

This is tame compared to today's lyrics. Leave metal artists alone! They should not be held to a higher standard.

[@gpalmamrw]

uhm...the theme "Piranha" about what could possibly be about...uhm....maybe is about...pirahnas?? wow! that was so fucking dificcult to figure it out!.

[@AGNTthrasher]

There's no such thing as bad publicity, right? =/

[@PinkPantherPunk]

wow the guy how said he didnt understand the lyrics must be deff there ont hard to hear or understand