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Judas Priest
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(1967 – present)
Judas Priest are one of the pioneers of the heavy metal genre and were forerunners of the ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ movement, laying the groundwork for the speed and thrash metal of the 80s and 90s back in the late 70s.
The band was formed in 1967 by guitarist Kenneth “K. K.” Downing, bassist Ian Hill and original singer Alan Atkins. A second guitarist, Glenn Tipton, was also added to the lineup as compensation for their record company’s (Gull Records) suggestion to add a horn section to the first album.
Soon Atkins would be replaced permanently with Halford and the band would go on to record 14 albums from 1974 through 1990. Note: Sad Wings of Destiny (their second album) is considered the most influential album for Metal only next to Black Sabbath’s self-entitled debut album. A clear testament of what Judas Priest bought forward to the whole metal community.
Their “twin axe attack” was not particularly popular at the time, but worked wonders for the group later on and would inspire other bands to do the same. Rob Halford decided to leave the group in 1993, going in a new direction with his new, short-lived metal band, Fight.
With Halford gone and pursuing various solo projects (Fight, Two, Halford), the future looked bleak for the band, but after numerous searches for a suitable replacement, they found something special in tribute band front man Tim “Ripper” Owens. This story forms the basic plot of the movie “Rock Star,” which was originally to be completely about Judas Priest and the Ripper, titled “Metal God,” but the script was altered after the failure to reach an agreement with the band.
The band was formed in 1967 by guitarist Kenneth “K. K.” Downing, bassist Ian Hill and original singer Alan Atkins. A second guitarist, Glenn Tipton, was also added to the lineup as compensation for their record company’s (Gull Records) suggestion to add a horn section to the first album.
Soon Atkins would be replaced permanently with Halford and the band would go on to record 14 albums from 1974 through 1990. Note: Sad Wings of Destiny (their second album) is considered the most influential album for Metal only next to Black Sabbath’s self-entitled debut album. A clear testament of what Judas Priest bought forward to the whole metal community.
Their “twin axe attack” was not particularly popular at the time, but worked wonders for the group later on and would inspire other bands to do the same. Rob Halford decided to leave the group in 1993, going in a new direction with his new, short-lived metal band, Fight.
With Halford gone and pursuing various solo projects (Fight, Two, Halford), the future looked bleak for the band, but after numerous searches for a suitable replacement, they found something special in tribute band front man Tim “Ripper” Owens. This story forms the basic plot of the movie “Rock Star,” which was originally to be completely about Judas Priest and the Ripper, titled “Metal God,” but the script was altered after the failure to reach an agreement with the band.
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Painkiller
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Living After Midnight
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Electric Eye
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A Touch of Evil
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Night Crawler
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Turbo Lover
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Metal Gods
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Hell Bent for Leather
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You've Got Another Thing Comin'
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Metal Meltdown
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The Hellion
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All Guns Blazing
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Richardthegreat wrote:
Where's the metal gone on the new album?
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Join if you only scrobble full albums. http://www.last.fm/group/full+albums+only
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JohnnyArvik wrote:
I don't like epic albums :(
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(Usually) Prefer live over studio? Then check this group out. http://www.last.fm/group/Live+is+better+than+Studio
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rock on!!!
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EvilSpirit wrote:
Right on, brother
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joseph32 wrote:
Man i dont cared if Rob Halford likes it up the ass caused that guy is one of the best front man in metal history top 3 in my opinion Rob Halford is a metal god.
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Hail to the gay metal god!!!! rock on jews!
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creepdeath wrote:
http://www.last.fm/user/creepdeath/journal/2008/08/26/24slcn_tim_%27ripper%27_owens%3A_not_gay_enough_for_judas_priest%3F
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GravelessSouls wrote:
Fuck yeah, gunna see them on the Metal Masters tour next week.
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SadWingsThorn wrote:
SWOD, SAS, SC, SFV...
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Daytrippera wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/British+Music+Addicts/
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yoodik wrote:
It's "Point of Entry".Anyway I don't see it as top Judas Priest material.
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RockaRolla88 wrote:
happy birthday Rob Halford ! :)
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Matt714 wrote:
Point of Existence is about as bad than Turbo.
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munchies1 wrote:
painkiller rocks man, its all the 80s metal cliches put togetherr tastefully in a single album with great riffs awesome drumming ripping solos and rob halford murdering babies with his banshee screams whats there not to like ffs stop being kvlt
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EvilSpirit wrote:
It's only ur opinion. There are people who can think 10 better albums or people who think it's teh best. Personally, I think there 3 better Priest albums: Defenders, PoE and AoR
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