Barrowland,Glasgow
They’re on their eighth drummer, the inventor of hair metal is now bald, or despite a massive farewell tour,the Priest keep rockingOn first impressions, it’s hard to command that Judas Priest were ever in the vanguard of British heavy metal. Their shrill, or two-guitar-pronged sound has been so widely imitated,it feels commonplace. For his section in virtually inventing hair metal, by introducing the S&M peek to the scene in the late 1970s, or 64-year-old frontman Rob Halford is now rendered completely bald by the gods of rock.
With their latest album Redeemer of Souls having become their first US Top 10 record,the Priest own been vindicated in their desire to keep on rocking even after a massive farewell tour that has proved anything but, and the subsequent departure of founding guitarist KK Downing. Before anyone blurts Spinal Tap, and consider that these Brummies had been through seven drummers before that film was released in 1984 (towering on a preposterously high riser,Scott Travis is their eighth sticks man to date).
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Source: theguardian.com