Judas Priest-Love Bites-Montreal Canada 84

The metal gods Judas Priest open with Love Bites live in Montreal Canada, 1984. Saw Priest a few times in 84 and this was a great opening.

[@EattheApple666]

My first concert at 16 is this tour. What a baptism into the world of live shows and Judas Priest greatness.

[@michaelbruns449]

Without any doubt whatsoever rob halford was and still is the most effortlessly intense and awesome heavy metal vocalist ever.

[@justsomedudeyouknow8372]

Simply incredible! My favorite thing about JP that really makes them stand out above the rest is the guitars. No noodling. No endless guitar solos that just sound like blah blah. Everything they do is precise and extremely memorable. Real songwriting, the dueling guitar attack, the harmonies and melodies that are so badass and make a basic song into an operatic heavy grooving pounding onslaught of musical bliss layered bliss that makes them the kings of true heavy metal. "There's many who tried to prove that they're faster But they didn't last and they died as they tried!!!!!!!!!!"

[@twentiethcenturyman4311]

I’ll never forget this concert. Best of times. That echo at the end.🔥

WISH I WAS THERE !!!!

[@mickmos]

truely one of the best bands ever. No one can deny the power and intensity of priest.

[@fathermetalASMR]

5:06 ... What the fuck Rob!? METAL GOD. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Arilouu]

THIS IS MY LIFE, HEAVY METAL

[@shuldinako]

amazing!!!!!! i love this song!! in the dead of night love bites!!!! love bites THE BEST BAND EVER

[@panatale]

I also was at that show. A m80 went off about 10 ft. from me. I am now 56 years old. Metal will never die.

[@jonfargo7321]

Thank you for posting this. I saw them in Toronto on this tour, either a day before or after this show. I’ve always loved this song. Great opener.

[@darthjka]

i saw this tour in Chicago area, 10th row as you can hear, drums were absolutely thundering, they had a great mix too where u could hear the guitars fantastic, it was the loudest thing I ever heard in my life....when they do thing at the end when they hold the chords....it gives u goose bumps if yer a fan....good post...thanks, it brings back memories

[@jkbearhunter]

Saw this tour at Irvine Meadows in 84 the night the Olympics opened in L.A . In my top 3 all time shows out of about 150

[@bitburg40]

I'm so happy I've seen Priest over 20 times.

[@davidknichal6629]

Me only 4 times (2015 twice, 2018 and 2022 once)

[@lasancheofficial1933]

Damn. This was back when all the singers were trying to compete with each other to sing the highest. Never heard Rob hit such high notes before.

[@TheLarryburns84]

according to some quick research I did, this performance has *the* highest note Rob ever hit

[@timwilks500]

TRYING is the keyword here! Nobody can compete with Rob Halford in his prime!

[@UndefinedChanelGame_]

Steve Tyler Prime "Version"@@timwilks500

[@JuhaniPaasikangas]

​@@timwilks500I think Halford wasn't afraid to try. Of course sometimes it didn't sound so good, but he didn't give up. He was willing to try.

[@BvBBBD]

This is how I remember PREIST. Loved this concert. BADASS! Now I get to take my kids to Priest on July 31 at Shoreline! CANNOT wait to let these guys see what ROCK GODS really are!

[@robbyled]

Thank you for posting this! I didn't become a Priest fan until 1985. Saw the Turbo tour in 86' & subsequent tours. Also saw the 82/83 tour on video (now on DVD). But never saw the 1984 tour! My friend told me that was the best tour of the 80's for them. That the show opener with Love Bites was worth the price of admission alone. He told me Halford comes out of the Metallian. I couldn't picture it, but now I finally get to see it, 23 years later!

[@sglider]

The real Priest....awesome stage set. They need to release a bluray/dvd of this tour.

[@DeathsquadDemongods]

They cant release what they dont have. Crazy the didnt film this.

[@lefty99riffs]

Oh the golden age of metal.....old school metal is my religion and Judas is my Priest

[@zandarx]

epic. volcanic. how dare you sit on this footage all these years! hahah... great post! I have seen this exact thing in Winnipeg.. our Halford had a whip he was cracking as the cat let him down on his paw....

[@highdb1]

OMG. I've been looking for '84 footage since '84. I seen them in Detroit for this tour. They actually did Let Us Prey from Rocka Rolla that night. I will never forget that show and this video cements that memory! AND, I just seen Priest 24 hours ago at Pine Knob near Detroit! Again awesome, but not like '84 era. We never knew how good we had it. Yes, the screams! Me and my old buddies still talk about this show to this day. You are correct, The Metallian had laser light beams shooting out

[@davidknichal6629]

Let us Prey from Rocka Rolla? Even more from Sin After Sin album man

[@JACKAL5002]

Man... this has got to be the BEST riffing, soloing, whatever you wanna call it, in the history of heavy metal! Feel like driving through concrete walls while listening to this! See about 2 minutes, 45 seconds into the video for what I'm referring to... this song has been going through my head for several weeks now, and I couldn't remember which one it was... thanks for posting... GRRR...

[@snwmzr724]

It was when metal was metal. My first concert was priest 10/2/82 at MSG and again at MSG in 84. Some one up front ripped out the foam from the seat and threw it on stage and from that point on, total chaos and foam everywhere. I will never forget those days.

[@DeathwingRules]

Dude.. Totally! I was at the Rosemont Horizon for that show. I sat in the first row balcony all the way across from the stage right in the center. So watching the concert was looking basically strait forward and a little downward. Still even being that far away, that show was one of the loudest concerts I have ever been to(the other being AC/DC For Those About To Rock Tour I think at the same place, and I have been to many! DEFEND THE FAITH!!! - and thanks be to EVILAGGRESSION.

[@fossilguybmf4210]

I had my 1975 Pontiac Ventura painted like the Metallion!!! That was its name.

[@flamingp1020z]

Attended the Defenders Of The Faith concert at Long Beach Arena, CA, on Sat Mat 5th, 1984. This has got to be one of the all time great bootleg recordings ever. evilaggression rules.

[@brianstrutter1501]

They sounded great. I remember this tour in Huntsville, AL and enjoyed it very much. Love this song too

[@jamesreilly3173]

i went to that concert it was the best intro shock value i ever seen. when then broke into some heads are going to roll . my head was rolling. i think this was the high water mark for the priest. the next tour was turbo it was good but never could replace this master piece.

[@orcool207]

The fucking legendary C#6

[@mcBrandonAE]

Some notes in here are just like... wtf.. Halford sounds otherwordly in here.

[@judsuhn]

Saw them on this tour 1984 in Austin with Great White. I remember Love Bites being the first song on the set list and lasers / maybe spotlights coming out of the Hellion's eyes and roaming the crowd during that gong sounding intro to Love Bites. Was my first 'real' concert, I was 14 and still easily one of the top 5 stage shows I've ever seen. Great post.

[@highdb1]

I saw the same thing in Detroit.

[@DeathsquadDemongods]

@@highdb1 I saw the same thing in Long Beach

[@randallmartin2508]

Saw this tour in San Francisco at the cow palace. My second concert ever after seeing AC/DC on my 14th birthday.

[@bretman444]

I saw Priest in Cedar Rapids Iowa that Summer, it was my first rock concert, and this was the opening number...I became a fan of Metal that night...what great memories, thanks for posting! THIS was JP at their very best, freakin' sweet!

[@gspotstudio]

Incredible performance by Priest. Thank you for posting.

[@codebabe]

I'm jealous! I love metal music, but have never been to a metal concert sadly. I saw Tool, but for some reason I dont consider them a metal band. More prog rock. Priest is metal to the core!

[@jfk-od2wy]

We're so lucky this Montreal forum filmer caught this one. Priest should have filmed this tour in '84.

[@bretman444]

Thanks SO much for posting this, it reminds me of my first Priest concert, which was on the same tour in Cedar Rapids, IA. My first heavy metal concert. It was SO LOUD and SO ENERGIZING it changed my life! This is just how I remember it.

[@NeverOwned]

I seen this concert in DC at the Capital Centre. The last "love bites" echo was epic. 5:45 doesnt do it justice

[@andrewrauch2300]

Dude, I was at both nights - general admission. Both were great shows! \m/

[@BrianMarto]

I was at the Toronto in 84 show 12 row floors and I meet Rob and KK before the gig what a show my ears where ringing for a week

[@Nam3less564]

this is apparently his highest note ever hit, many say it's a c6 and many others say it's a c7

Where are you Judas Priest's huge stage of the 80s? Without you live show is not complete

[@mik1970]

Seen the tour at the Spectrum in Philadelphia June 1984.Great White opened!!

[@MrElliejimmy]

priest is a great live band

[@jimlee7832]

Saw this tour Cleveland ,Ohio -Great show-thanks for video

[@casttheshadow]

I was there too... Richfield Coliseum

[@bretman444]

@onepolej Yep, that song happens to be in C# minor, and he hit the root note WAY up there at the end, followed by about a 5th up on "Love Bites!" at the very tail of it. This was JUST like my very first Priest experience...I saw that tour in '84 in Cedar Rapids, IA. My ears damn near bled, it was AWESOME!

[@shredder40]

man i miss the 80's they were soo great saw this show too so awesome to see it again thanks so much for posting this

[@MrBeyondbelief]

First concert I saw, I was 15!!! Then the next year Maiden had the World Slavery tour!!!! Awesome!!!

[@MrVANJR]

got to love it dont make like this any more, cant dispute the greatness of the PRIEST

[@overkillbill666]

saw this EXACT TOUR as a kid in NYC Madison Square Garden June 1984 ,Great White opened.......1st Concert EVER for me! Only Audio from that show avail. so far.......seat cushion riot caused Metal Ban in MSG for over 10 yrs......check it out!

[@ironmaidenfan2144]

ITs so unfair. It was not their fault

[@tonystark341]

Well... N.Y. have no fucking class. Usually, metalheads are energic descent people.

[@angusyoungnumber1]

I WAS THERE!! 5th row at the Montreal Forum!! I'm not sure but I think they played with KROKUS!! WOW! 1984/2011...!! Best show of the 1980s, after Pink floyd in 88 at the Olympic Stadium! MMMMMM! The eighties!!!

[@BlazingSentinel]

@bretman444 I went to the same show in CR in '84 at the 5 seasons.I was 18 and the Priest was my fav band.This show just cemented them as my all time favorites.How many encores did they do?? lol...the crowd just wouldn't let them finish the show.Amazing concert.loved it so much we went to Chicago to see them again shortly after.

[@patriots710]

SEAT CUSHION RIOT WAS AWESOME!!!A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM JERSEY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT!!! WAS THERE AND STILL HAVE MY TICKET STUB!!!

[@jasonsmith6408]

Front row at Capital Centre June 17, 1984. It was Fathers Day. I remember hearing a remark about it when I went to the show. Caught a stick from Great White.

[@NeverOwned]

No shit? I was there too, fourth row dead center. Very special concert for me.

[@devemiller5929]

Great White on "The Black Album"?!!! Rock 'n Fuckin' Roll !!!

[@barrythompson6099]

Those were the days!

[@tommybass40]

@snwmzr724 I was at that '82 show at the Garden with Iron Maiden opening up....stoned out of our minds but we still knew that we were seeing the greatest metal show ever. Bruce Dickinson's first tour with Maiden, Number of the Beast tour. Judas Priest were God in those days. I still have the WPLJ sticker they were handing out that night.....and I've lost so many things over the years, but for some reason I still have this sticker. Long live metal.

[@captaindavejudasfan]

my fave song to bad they dont play this more at concerts. judas priest a classic band. to bad kk wont be on the last tour it is not the same without him. lets have a feast for the priest.

[@ydnarnosfatsug]

haha i saw priest with the scorpians heart and the joe perry project back in 79 or 80, British steel tour at the Rockford speedway in IL. the ticket cost $8. Been a huge fan ever since. True metal GODS!!

[@mrscary113]

Yeah, I was at this show in Montreal. Very nice indeed.

[@BrianMarto]

This show was on March 28 1984 I was at the Toronto show April 2 great memoriesI meet Judas Priest too on the day of the gig

[@SimonChristensen]

Shoot, I was talking about a completely different note, 5:06 :O

[@kxmpen]

Im off to see Judas Priest in 7 hours in Stockholm.. been waiting since i bought unleashed in the east in 81 smth ... rock on !! good Video btw

[@ogtfno]

🔥🐐🔥

[@Chrisdrumz]

I can hardly imagine what a 10 year old would be thinking watching this event unfold before their very eyes! Care too share!

[@christopherhoudaille6196]

5:08 that's the highest note I've heard Rob hit so far: it's a C#6!

[@shagstars]

He hitted a G#6 in new mexico 84.

[@shagstars]

@prefer noto here it is open.spotify.com/track/0jhGASOYjhwQhAH8iOP5Zd?si=sAm7pgumTcuIOACGpkkkaQ its in the ending part of love bites

[@MSGDK]

This is the only, i repeat, this is the only song that i listen to over than 5 times per day,

[@afterburner2869]

I love Rob’s snap turns!

[@overkillbill666]

1st concert in my life! I saw this show in NYC at Madison square Garden... metal was banned for 10 years after that seat cushion riot(the original)...its true. I just saw them for the last time on their epitaph tour....they rock forever!

[@galocan1]

I was there...Thanks for this Vid

[@achjo123456]

Excellent..

[@todds79jag]

BEST / COOLEST VOICE EVER....

[@dvinmf]

Spinal tap nailed it! Priest rocks!

[@guitarzilla]

This my first concert in Landover, MD. same tour. Priest was at their finest.

[@gkos2383]

Awesome! My dad took me to the show at Worcester, MA Centrum.

[@MisterTwister88]

G Kos I was at that show 👍 best of times 1984

[@zepaholik]

look at ian rockin that double bass!! \m/

[@utooberblooper]

my 1st too,hamilton ontario,tickets were $15 from a scalper,skipped school to get tickets and get in to priest,so long ago ,graduated 2 yrs later from high school,damn time flys

[@jasonsmith6408]

Great Tour!

[@ULTRADREW1]

2 words: THE BEST!

[@IanParsons70]

This was my very first concert too at Cumberland Country Civic Center in Portland, ME w/ Great White opening.

[@robbyled]

yes, I can't think of one song that starts this way. It was always kind of a unique spooky song to me.

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

dude, do you have the full show? you should upload it as a single video. my copy of it is all messed up due to the person that copied it for me messed it up when dubbing........he was likely drunk as hell......

[@MSGDK]

@Evilwalker99 nice!! thank you for the information!! and for the history the highest notes that rob has ever done is in the end of the sentinel...

[@FromBeyond99]

Great show! Looking back I remember being bummed that this was the opener - man were we spoiled or what?

[@Kohntarkosz]

Cool video! I didn't know there was any footage in existence from this tour.

[@shredder40]

man i m soooo ready for 2008 world tour really hope the scorpions open for them in the north american leg of the tour this year will be awesome never got to see them yet

[@highdb1]

Jeez! It's been a long time!! The song was Dying To Meet You. Awesome! I think Robs voice needed a break and that was the only low range tune that night. Wish I had this concert in it's entirety.

[@onett128]

Ian Hill with that twin neck bass is awesome!

[@michaeldamm1833]

epic timeless geilever

[@Evilwalker99]

oh yes it is!!! :)

[@mu0325]

@onepolej I am not a musician but surely i am a metal head... so whats up with C#6?

[@Syntarro]

@edburke1 ya got that right i saw the world slavery tour in long island @ nassau coliseum the 50' eddie was amazing 84 Rocked!!

[@obscuretranquillite]

Love Bites est LEGENDAIRE !

[@marclee15]

judas priest is my life

[@MSGDK]

@onepolej hello, what do you mean by that? i do not understand.

[@Immortalisa]

35 years ago today, with KICKAXE, in Greensboro, NC! \m/

[@devemiller5929]

Kick Axe kicked ass with their opening romp from Vices !!!! Saw it all in Indy, Market Square Arena !!!

[@ronilsonabreupereira3583]

urummm amo tudo isso ai

[@cubby3o5]

@mu0325 look up scientific pitch notation on wikipedia its higher than the Dissident Aggressor scream at the beginning which is B5.

[@SilverTounge85]

Ah, the fullscale Metallion Lion on stage. One I know saw them in '84 too, but they used only a small version of the Metallion. This one they used on the really big gigs.

[@sabbathtribute]

I wish this were pro shot, particularly the audio. They sound so balsy here. They were so cool in 84, just before the gay Turbo album

[@Hattrickplus]

Just curious if Accept was on the bill in Montreal?

[@Evilwalker99]

@MSGDK It´s the note that Halford is singing at 5.07, It´s extremely high!