Gary Holt’s memoir will include the ups and downs in his life

Gary Holt, guitarist for Exodus and Slayer, discussed the progress of his novel “A Fabulous Disaster: From The Garage To Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way,” which is scheduled to be published by Hachette Books next year, in a recent conversation with Chuck Armstrong of Loudwire Nights.

We’re right in the final review stage in that. You can hear all the like horror stories of my own self-destruction and stuff, but the redemption as well. My story is a different one than most — and I hate to use the word ‘rock star’ ’cause I’m not — but most books involve someone achieving great success and then a freefall into the gutter. My freefall came after marginal success, and then years in the gutter. And then I went from there to Madison Square Garden with Slayer, of course. It’s an interesting arc. The book came out really good. I’m real happy with it.