Phil Demmel, man of many bands, talks about all of them with Nikki Blakk

Phil Demmel is the guitarist in Kerry King’s solo band, but he’s also in Category 7, Metal Allegiance & BPMD. It was a long journey from the beginning of Bay Area Thrash with Vio-Lence to Machine Head to the many high profile fill-in gigs that led him to Kerry King’s post-Slayer project. 5:22 Met Kerry King for the first time 11:40 East Coast vs West Coast thrash 17:20 Balancing bands & family 19:25 Red White & Boozed clip 21:10 the Merkins origins 29:00 Vio-Lence the first end 31:20 Vio ends again/MH Begins 36:27 The MH years 40:30 writing Locusts 50:00 Slayer calls 56:25 First show with Kerry King Band 59:35 Slayer fan hate 1:06:00 Category 7 1:10:00 leaving Vio-Lence 1:12:00 recording Category 7 1:15:00 BPMD future 1:16:00 playing with Corey Glover 1:25:20 Sepultura audition