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Members of the Hard Rock and Metal Community React to the Death of Leslie West

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Leslie West, guitarist for the proto-metal legends Mountain, has passed away. He was 75 years old.

As news of West’s passing has spread, prominent members of the hard rock and metal community have begun to post tributes to the guitarist online.

You can read a sampling of those tributes below. We’ll continue to update this post as more come in.

Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)

Slash (Guns N’ Roses)

Rex Brown (Pantera)

Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)

Alex Skolnick (Testament)

Michael Amott (Arch Enemy)

Vernon Reid (Living Colour)

Joe Satriani

Joey DeMaio (Manowar)

David Coverdale (Whitesnake)

Lita Ford

Glenn Hughes

Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)

Warrant

Bruce Kulick (ex-Kiss)

Jeff Scott Soto

BPMD (Overkill, ex-Machine Head, ex-Dream Theater, etc.)

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