Legendary Metal Singer Tells His Origin Story & An 80s Heavy Metal Classic | Professor of Rock

Rob Halford the metal God himself and front man of Judas Priest tells the story of a metal masterpiece: British Steel and the song Living After Midnight from the early 80s.
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[@ProfessorofRock]

What Metal album changed your life? Tell us about it below!

[@christophergase1468]

Master of Puppets was my present on my 16th birthday. That changed my life.

[@soonerwest]

DANZIG “Danzig” completely blown away by the raw power and sound. Twist of Cain blasting while driving an old Chevy Luv pick up. Alpine 6x9s and Kicker box behind seat. I really though I was the shit back then😁. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 Awesome times.

[@bradstone8223]

Depending on your definition of metal... "Van Halen" is untouchable. But for me, real metal isn't always as melodic so "The Number of the Beast" gets my blood pumping and brings out the 14 year old in me.

[@khristhompson5436]

@@christophergase1468 I was 5 when I first heard Master of Puppets and I was maybe 10 when I got a cassette copy of it for my birthday. Truly a timeless classic!

[@khristhompson5436]

I'd have to say the Metal album that changed my life is Metallica's ...And Justice For All. It's the first album that I found I could really relate to its lyrics.

[@jefff2223]

Priest is one of my favorite bands of all time. British Steel opened up the door to heavy metal for me and to think they’re still rocking is amazing. I was a high school kid in Las Vegas working at a big golf and tennis store that a lot of tourists visited. One day near closing my manager runs up to me and says some weirdos just walked in - keep an eye on them. Turns out it was my metal idols Rob, KK and Glenn. They were playing the next night at the Aladdin Theater. I got to spend a couple hours with them while they tried out a bunch of golf clubs and bought a ton of stuff. So cool!

[@StepOSX]

I remember seeing Judas Priest for the first time in 1982 when I was 14 at the Capital Centre in MD. I was also at the JP show on 5/31/86 that was chronicled in "Heavy Metal Parking Lot".

[@pdmullgirl]

Love Judas Priest! My good friend and I used to sing “washing the dog washing the dog” to the tune of “breaking the law, breaking the law”. And we would crack up. We loved them! Played them all the time when we were cruising around. And “living after midnight” was a great song to sing to. “Im gone, then I’m gone”. What fun those times were. And “you got another thing coming”. With that head that explodes. Awesome! Good times, good times. Enjoyed this one Professor! Rob’s the man! ❤️💜💚

[@DeadlyJudas]

Rob is one of my favorite people in this world and my favorite singer of all time. Great interview with the Metal God!

[@coug96fan]

MORE PLEASE! Rob Halford is so humble - a true metal god! Judas Priest was on heavy rotation in my high school days of the 1980s. Still love listening to them today. I think Rob brings such an insight to the heavy metal movement. Another great lesson in rock history. Long live Rock!

[@Krullmatic]

Have you ever thought about doing an episode about Ronnie James Dio and his incredible career?

[@ProfessorofRock]

I did one a few months back. If you search our channel you'll see it.

[@Krullmatic]

@@ProfessorofRock Oh, okay! I definitely will! Thanks Prof!

[@TM-tr3wb]

Agree. DIO is top 5 metal singer of all time and he had amazing musicians along the way with him.

[@jameskimble6133]

In 1968 I went to Portsmouth Junior High School 🏫 right when Dio moved to Boston from Portsmouth NH....where he was born . I was there because of Pease Air Force Base and who knew I was in Dio’s home town.

[@onionheadguy7094]

@@ProfessorofRock IM THERE!

[@TheNeverPlayedSymphonies]

I don’t always listen to Judas Priest.. But when I do , So do the neighbors 🤘🏻

[@ProfessorofRock]

Exactly!

[@darthdebaucherous954]

Hell Yesss!!🤘🏻

[@fivestring65ify]

Same here

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

I’m scaring the shit out of people in pickup trucks.

[@dEadERest]

meme

[@aerlial360]

Professor. I love them all on British Steel, but as a 40-year fan ('81 is when I first got turned on to them. I subsequently bought the back catalog), Rapid Fire is my favorite. It's such a perfect snapshot of the metal they were playing at the time with the faster tempos and I especially love the windup at the end.

[@je-2024_1]

I love how he has a Daryl figure and then the next shelf up he has it looks like Scar from Lion King

[@dean9498]

KK Downing & Glenn Tipton are a great guitar duo!

[@mr.jamesvincent3519]

Not anymore.

[@africanfartingfrog]

*were

[@klauswigsmith]

@@mr.jamesvincent3519 Well, duh....OP is still correct. Downing/Tipton is probably the greatest guitar duo in metal history....likely always will be.

[@SSHitMan]

One thing I always liked about Priest songs is that so many have the theme of not giving up, pursuing your dreams and living life on your own terms.

[@Brooklyn_Powers]

This was a great interview: Thanks, PoR!

[@celestialscripture]

For any guitar player, there are a handful of inevitable riffs you learn early, like Smoke On The Water, Iron Man, etc., and Living After Midnight is one of those. Iconic.

[@maverickpaladin4155]

I thoroughly enjoy your work, Professor. You are an emissary of real music, a bridge to today's generation, chronicling music history as the Casey Kasem of today's digital landscape. Thank you for your fealty to the truth and your daily homage to rock and roll. We are kindred spirits, my friend.

[@ericstrauch3215]

Metal Gods is a deep cut/ concert staple.

[@musclecarmitch908]

Great episode and interview Professor! Judas Priest are awesome!

[@jonhunt1419]

British Steel is in my top 10 albums of all time - I still listen to it at least once a month.

[@danalopresto3139]

Judas Priest was such an inspiration and became part of the soundtrack of my early teens and through high school. I wore out my LP of British Steel, just an epic album. Just when you thought that Priest had peaked, the blew the roof off with Screaming For Vengeance! Heavy Metal royalty!

[@rtbrain]

I was a freshman in HS. GREAT album. It was always on in the locker room before soccer game as well as back in black, Van Halen, foreigner. So many amazing memories anchored by the music.

[@joeymorvant161]

"Living After Midnight"! Yeah! That simple drum intro is my favorite part of the whole song.

[@SharkMinnow]

Wow! Rob Halford! Dude....this is a huge interview for you! I would be shaking nervous...

[@traz982000]

one of my favorites

[@ezrashachar2949]

GREAT SONG GREAT VIDEO THANKS!

[@gneissguy4342]

I bought a pair of Zenni glasses in support of this channel. These vids are the best!!

[@curiousman1672]

Rob Halford is the GOAT of metal singers, IMHO. My favorite album is Screaming for Vengeance.

[@Governmentiscorrupt]

You are one of the only interviewers who don't incessantly interupt your guests. Thank you.

[@cliffaldrich7448]

I have seen Priest only 3 times. I saw them first at US festival 83 (the reason I went, everything else was a bonus!) then Turbo tour in Sacramento, and the 30th anniversary of British Steel in Paso Robles. All very memorable concerts. My favorite Metal band. Thanks for the interview!

[@generally_good_guy]

For me as a grade 8 kid in 79/80 it was more AC/DC that got me head banging, but British Steel and JP were a big part of my blossoming awareness to music in general. It was an amazing experience to grow up through the metal /hard rock era. 🤘

[@AncientGamer63]

I was a DJ and Singer so my friends and I lived "after midnight". After a show we'd be still amped up with adrenaline and nobody was ready to sleep. So we'd party and listen music until dawn and then go home and crash during the day and do it again the next night. Living after Midnight was the anthem of our existence and lifestyle in the early 80s. Good Times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jakebeaudrie]

Great interview! You two have a good rapport.

[@Hadite84]

As a recently minted 14 yr old at the beginning of 1980 and having moved from USA to UK I got thrown in at the beginning of the NWOBHM (yes I know it started in 79) but 1980 was the most bad ass year for Metal/Heavy Rock Albums - I think the Prof needs to do a retrospective of 1980, I know he loves 84, but 80 kicks butt all over 84.....British Steel was my introduction to Priest, I then got introduced to their back catalogue and couldn't believe that whilst living in USA I'd missed out on such albums as Stained Class and Killing Machine and as for Unleashed in the East...OMFG....Bow to Your Knees and Repent if You Please. Rob (Mr Halford) thank you so much for contributing so much to the tapestry of my youth!!!

[@bpalm74]

Now that was perfect product placement. Thanks for another great episode Professor.

[@autoproblematic5800]

Judas Priest blazed a trail that others would follow. They were true pioneers in this genre known as heavy metal. Such an iconic and important band. And the fact they’re not in the rock and roll HOF is a travesty. 🤟🤟🤟

[@HoosierDaddy_]

I got hooked on priest after seeing the cover of a defenders of the faith at my buddy's house. It was his sister's and it just looked so cool in 1983. Went out, bought it, and was hooked instantly. Then bought al the other albums. Song for song priest is my favorite metal band by far and Rob is the coolest guy in rock!

[@poolwaiter]

Grew up with Priest in the 80s and didn't care much for them. Then, many years later, flipping through the channels one night, and the Rising in the East concert is on some HD channel. I watched the entire thing, bought the DVD, and then proceeded to watch that about 150 times. I love Rob's attitude about metal. Just enjoy it. KK and Glenn are what really got me though. Glenn is stupid good.

[@nickoppedisano7225]

Can't wait to see Judas Priest here in Halifax Canada Nov 2nd! My favorite band of all time.

[@freddyt55555]

My favorite Priest song!

[@carlhearn108]

Dude, I just automatically hit like on your videos before it even starts. I am always fully confident I was going to be right. And Ive never been wrong.

[@Ubermentsh]

I saw a priest in the '80s and then again in the 2000s. F****** awesome.

[@georgiarn3915]

I've never been a huge Judas Priest fan, but I have mad respect for them. When I was in high school, I actually did a research project on censorship in music. It was the height of the Satanic Panic in the 90's, here I was living in a rural Georgia town. I wore a leather biker jacket and ripped jeans, people asked me if I rode a Harley to school and thought they were so damn clever. In any case, I played a video from the PBS series called POV which covered the Vance versus Judas Priest case where they were sued for backwards masking and accused of inciting a teenager to commit suicide. Rob Halford destroyed them on the witness stand. It was glorious. Then I gave my oral report on the long history of music censorship and the Satanic Panic surrounding Heavy Metal and Glam Rock music specifically. I think it only cemented the perception that I was a Godless Heathen to be feared and avoided!

[@johnkchristensen]

I love the stuffed Scar toy on the shelf! Great interview!

[@elainehill6504]

My Judas Priest memory...I was in 8th grade, on the bus for a class field trip. One of my classmates was listening to his walkman, and someone hollered at him "What are you listening to?" and he hollered back "Judas Priest". (the bus was pretty loud) Well, my teacher immediately turned around and yelled at him to watch his mouth or he would get written up. We were all very confused, didn't know that Judas Priest was an old swear euphemism, we only knew it as the name of the band haha. Every once in a while you might hear someone in an older movie saying "Oh Judas Priest!" and it makes me think of that day on the bus and the poor kid who didn't know he was swearing.

[@petebrown3715]

Favorite track from British Steel is still Grinder. Judas Priest changed my life on my 12th birthday in 1979. The opened for KISS on the Dynasty tour and blew them off the stage. The volume, the leather, the whip, the Harley. Was awesome. KISS with original 4 was okay but Priest floored me. Went metal and never went back!

[@Jadd612]

Disney Radio Stations drill you with the same music, repeating Metallica and Ozzy songs, So now when I hear Judas Priest, Rob Halford is like a visit from an old friend.

[@garrettlowell7637]

I grew up in the rural region of the people’s republic of Ohio. British Steel was my escape, and Livin After Midnight was my anthem. Cruising on the farm roads late at night in a beater ‘67 Impala (rusted!!) with my friends, blasting JP and the other bands of the day-pivotal. Whenever JP was in concert, I went, and I still go to this day. To Rob and his mates: Thanks man🙏 . And to the Prof-greatly appreciate your content, prolly more than you even realize. When me any my buds break out the drums and axes, with what song do you think we lead off and end?

[@markbirchette8740]

My first Judas Priest concert was 78 and I have been going since up to Firepower. Going to see them Sep. 30th.

[@mhochoa]

When British Steel came out in 1980 I was blown away Grinder is my favorite song of this album by the way, but when Screaming for Vengeance came out in 82 I was floored. That was a whole different album compared to Sad Wings of Destiny and British Steel and I was hooked. I've seen them well over 10 times and they were just amazing. Hopefully when all this craziness subsides they will hit the road again, but they aren't the same without K.K. Downing.

[@aerlial360]

North America tour just announced on Blabbermouth.

[@ManekiNeko1972]

Metal Works talked about Glenn practicing riffs all night and Halford couldn't get sleep. He came down the next morning bleary eyed from a lack of sleep, stared down Glenn and said "I've got just the title for that riff, 'Living After Midnight'.". I hadn't read it in a while but distinctly remembered that and thought it was funny if a bit messed up.

[@markchip1]

For all the leather and metal studs Rob is normally associated with, I just loved the "Scar", soft toy (from The Lion King) on the shelf behind!

[@eddiecarter9831]

I discovered Judas Priest later in the 80s as a teen. The first Priest song I remember hearing was "You Got Another Thing Comin'" on a metal compilation cassette that my cousin had. I bought a copy of Unleashed in the East when I was about 15 or 16 in a used record store. The band I was back then played the aforementioned song and "Living After Midnight." Both were among my favorites to play! Judas Priest is still one of my favorite metal bands, along with Iron Maiden, Sabbath, DIO, and King's X. Those guys are still, like Maiden, putting out great metal!

[@howkel]

Stained Class was my first Priest record!

[@jen_alanfromchicago53]

"Doesn't matter how many lights or costumes etc. the music matters most." R.H. Must not be listing to too much of today's music.

[@garrettlowell7637]

Said every older generation, always. 😅. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!

[@davidbakerscuba]

@@garrettlowell7637 not entirely. Early country and rock ‘n’ roll were very simple in writing and structure. As music and rock ‘n’ roll went through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, Music became much more sophisticated and talent driven in both writing and performing. In the last 15 years all of that has regressed significantly. Today’s music is much less complicated and requires far less musical skill and talent than music of the 40 years prior. Those are just facts.

[@dont_follow5777]

@@davidbakerscuba that's why we're lucky to have the recordings and to have lived through that era.

[@Fiona2254]

@@garrettlowell7637 at least the old boss can sing and don't need to be autotune modulated except for some special effect. Trash make believe singers that can't sing a note without autotune, that's whats new. You can keep it. I'll keep my vinyl thank you very much.

[@patronus1776]

Favorite song on British Steel, Adam? *UNITED* I'm in a neighborhood garage band, and we play some Priest. One night the band were talking about great Priest songs, and everyone knew UNITED except for me. We played the original song from someone's phone, and I was hooked. It's long since been in our regular rotation of songs we play. What an excellent anthem! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

[@echo1174]

Fi-Ya Pow-AAH! Blinkin' Wild Mun!!

[@ldotters]

“Metal Gods” was the first song that I ever heard off that album. It was actually my older brother’s album, and I heard it in passing. I’d loved metal and hard rock since I was about 8 years old, and an older cousin had given me a scratchy copy of Black Sabbath’s “Master of Reality”. After that, I was a KISS fan, from “Rock and Roll Over” through “Dynasty”. But, “British Steel” turned me into a bonanza fide Metalhead. That led me to Iron Maiden, Ozzy’s solo work, Saxon, Queensryche, and on and on and on. Judas Priest was the catalyst (cataclysm) for it all.

[@IAMHOPFROG]

I originally discovered Judas Priest through a friend who had Screaming For Vengence. What a great album. Then I discovered British Steel. Wow. Amazing songs.

[@nicolassayada9982]

Wow I love this interview so much with a true statesman of metal music. My favorite track off this great album is grinder. I just love the rhythm of that intro guitar part and how the rhythm section kicks in with it and the darkness and heaviness of when it hits the chorus.

[@hughmoore3251]

6:05 - Amen to that. 👍

[@mikemcgown6362]

Oh the memories of our "band with no name" was based on Judas Priest, for sure! Our group of mis-fit outcast teenage boys was so influenced by this whole genre of rock and roll. We did our best to imitate that style. Sam had lead vocal, Shawn "Sticks" drums Ev and Ace would tear up the guitar parts. Problem was we didn't have a bass player. I was the only one with a hot-rod car that we would cruise around town in. It had a big trunk where we hauled the guitars and amps in, so they figured I should get a bass and be part of the band! Why not? Besides the fact I didn't know how to read sheet music or play any instruments, why not? So I went down to the Star Pawn Shop and found a nameless bass and matching amp for $100. Came with extra strings and all! We had the image, the attitude, and the groupie girls following us around! All based on the Judas Priest inspiration! Never went anywhere, but man we had fun with it! Thanks for the video! It's 3 chords and the truth from the Professor of Rock!

[@lisamorrison2149]

Enjoyed the interview. Thankyou for sharing. 🤘

[@ProfessorofRock]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jordandelgado7571]

Punk was very popular in my hometown of Santa Cruz Ca. In the late 70's, when the Priest played the SCCivic Auditorium in 1979 on the Killing Machine Tour we turned into instant metalheads.I've been a Priest fan eversince.We saw them on the British Steel Tour @ the Warfield Theater in 1980,what a f#€king show!

[@soonerwest]

Rob Halford, always impressed with his voice. Man this guy is so laid back and then takes the stage with absolute authority.

[@Chrisstaleyexpress]

Truth

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very true. He's commands respect.

[@johnathandavis3693]

I've heard he's a great guy....

[@craigcrawford6595]

And Halford does the best Black Sabbath renditions too boot!

[@tannerbuckley8126]

I met him after a show in KC in 2014 I believe. Super good guy.

[@michaelgay-crosier7500]

Judas Priest’s Screaming for Vengeance was my introduction to heavy metal and later that year I heard Accept’s Restless and Wild. Both were game changers for me. Venom, Tank, Raven, Exciter and later Metallica.

[@mv-wb9qm]

My love for metal was 1st sparked in Shiner, Texas at Sulphur Park. There was a juke box that had Nazareth’s Hair of the Dog and Miss Misery, then my girlfriend bought me an AC/DC album for Christmas it was Highway to Hell, from there Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Iron Maiden. One leads to another and another and another.

[@davereed4664]

I've seen the Priest 5 times starting in 1982 with Iron Maiden as the opening band. Every concert rocked from beginning to end. And the stage show for the Turbo tour?!!? A robot coming up through the stage floor to pick up KK and Glen while they're playing!!?? Wow!! The Priest had me banging my head then and I still rock out to them. Long live The Priest and heavy metal rock and roll!!!!!! 🤘✌ Hell Bent For Leather and Halford riding a bike onstage anyone??? That's heavy metal rock and roll for ya!!!!!

[@OG_Wakanobi]

Dude, you've had some GREAT interviews before, but ROB freaking HALFORD!? You've made it to the A Team, buddy. Congrats.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha. Thank you!

[@himay333]

My first introduction to heavy metal and JP in particular was Screaming for Vengeance. That album is still one of the best ever and still my favorite Priest album.

[@ComicPower]

Sabbath showed the world what Metal should sound like but its Priest that showed the world what it should look like.

[@kylelewis4685]

Every time I hear the chorus from Breaking the Law, all I can hear in my mind is Beavis yelling "washing the dog, washing the dog" hehehe hum he... lol

[@georgiarn3915]

Same!

[@DanielGonzalez-cs8pr]

Great interview Adam, this took me back in time to high school! Halford is indeed the spokesman for an entire generation.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Indeed! Thank you for watching

[@rockenrollbass]

Appreciate how down to earth he is, and love living after midnight!

[@jamaalmoses8821]

Yes,there is a group named Outkast.

[@gokhanersan8561]

Professor, you knocked it out of the ballpark again ! You made the legend speak. If you were the editor of Rolling Stone, I would subscribe. If you were head of MTV, I would buy cable TV. Love the “back cover” of the 5150 LP on the background.

[@fivestring65ify]

I call Priest the Godfathers of metal. They brought this music to the masses. They weren't the first, but they are one of the best.

[@paulk8716]

Victim of Changes, US Festival 1983, you’re welcome!!!😂😂

[@TM-tr3wb]

Priest introduced me to hard rock/metal 35 years ago. Since then I’ve listened to thousands of metal songs and singers and have been to many metal concerts. Rob still holds up as the best I’ve seen and heard live and my fav of all time!

[@venomdust1]

Motörhead’s Overkill . That double base ...when I heard it I knew I was home .

[@jayluck8047]

I love trying to guess the artist by the thumbnail, and the song by the header. Great marketing tool. Halford; Most likely, Priest; No guess at the song.

[@neurocell159]

Great job. I remember walking to work while in high school, and most tapes I'd want to fast forward to a specific song. Not so with 'British Steel'. I can still recall walking next to that ditch, and stepping into it when a delivery truck would pass because the shoulder just wasn't that wide. One of the most memorable concerts I've been to was Priest's Fuel for Life tour in support of Turbo at the Tacoma Dome. There was an old couple, as in late 60's, dressed in leather and studs, banging their heads. One of the funniest moments at a concert was for Priest's Painkiller tour. I saw them at the Anchorage Convention Center, and just wallowed in its intimacy. The ceiling wasn't even 40 feet high, and the fence was less than four feet from the front of the stage. The guy next to me kept calling for KK's attention. The only problem was that it was Glenn Tipton. Glenn looked at him confused. I said something about him being so happy that he was confused, "Glenn". He appreciated that I knew who he was, and played several solos to my friends and I. The look on Glenn Tipton's face still makes me laugh.

[@Nephilim-81]

Sepultura’s Chaos A.D (1993) really changed my scope of heavy Metal. Inspired by the rock gods Judas Priest. :)

[@robinstevens9189]

I think that Turbo was a total game changer for this band. Totally ramped up their popularity with that modern sound. The entire album is AWESOME!

[@ProfessorofRock]

I would agree to that. Love Turbo!

[@geno9112]

Love Turbo! One of my favorite Priest songs is the cover of Johnny B. Goode! His vocals give me chills every time!

[@cs292]

Turbo sucked

[@philgrimsey3637]

Rob always comes across as such a humble, intelligent and articulate guy. Legend.

[@dEadERest]

as he is a studied, practiced musician

[@beardlesshungrydaddo3960]

Well said.

[@crazytrain7114]

Halford will always be my favorite singer. Saw JP 11 times, including 5 Turbo shows across the US on a motorcycle journey! Each playlist was different, pissed they never did Dreamer/Deciever live for me, lol

[@crazytrain7114]

They also had the greatest cheezy videos!

[@jamesn5595]

Your black on red thumbnails catch my eye because they remind me of the album cover for 'Dave Dudley Sings' . Great album. I like your interviews, you often ask very insightful questions.

[@timhawthorne62]

Steeler is one hell of a rocker

[@johnshaner747]

If you think any other band could make Diamonds and Rust into a legitimate metal song you got another thing coming.

[@craigcrawford6595]

Haha, nice pun! One of the best cover songs ever!

[@johnshaner747]

@@craigcrawford6595 yes it is and strangely enough i also like Joan Baez's original.

[@GRAHFMETAL]

Favorite British Steel track is definitely The Rage

[@ganstadt1]

Blue Cheer -summertime blues

[@craigcrawford6595]

Priest's cover of Diamonds and Rust is one of the best cover songs ever. .

[@prettyboyfloydms]

My favorite track is Metal Godz!!! Reason being is, although it was never a single, it became Priest's title....not to mention you think of Rob Halford "as" the Metal God!!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@bethshadid2087]

You got another thing coming 😁🇺🇸💗. Loved JP and breaking the law is such a good jam 💜

[@sergioperrout675]

YEAH!!!!!!!!! Rob Halford Babe.

[@ChueyOrtiz]

Best Metal band 🤘

[@jasondienethal8581]

My introduction to Judas priest was my dad finding a satan jacket if the screaming for vengeance album cover. I just had to find out about this band.

[@tedlong2010]

Favorite song on British Steel is The Rage. Heavy song with classic Rob vocals.

[@mikecarbone828]

Early Judas Priest albums were, in my opinion, some of their best work, “Rocka Rola”, for instance, had some particularly great material that the formula of which would carry over into following albums, these songs are essentially the seeds of the heavy metal that would follow; One for the Road, Never Satisfied, Run of the Mill, Dying to Meet You. They would follow this album with “Sad Wings of Destiny”, which was an explosive album when we first heard it, and it had so much great material on it, and it opened with; Victom of Changes, The Ripper, and Dreamer Deceiver, Deceiver, which really sets the listener up for the B side, they then open with Prelude which gradually builds from an almost regal promenade and then goes into an almost octave burial and straight into Tyrant, Genocide, and then into an almost lounge act and milder number with Epitaph, which then leads into the finale, Island of Domination, a very powerful album, and a great set up for the next album “Sin After Sin”, followed by the epic “Stained Class”, which was followed by “Killing Machine” but was released in the United States as “Hell Bent for Leather”, then the live album “Unleashed in the East”, and then “British Steel”. And although the “Green Manalishi” had already gotten some airtime before the release of “British Steel”, they did not really get much airplay until it’s debut, however, because of the Green Manalishi being played on the radio, we were then introduced to Judas Priest, and many of my friends and I began to gather up all of their earliest albums, and we would gather around and listen to those albums in their entirety. By that time in our lives, many of us held the opinion that the music played on the radio was often not the best work that was on an album, which was really true for many of the best bands, and Judas Priest was no exception, however, commercial radio was very reluctant to play songs that were longer than 3 minutes for a very long time, until the Beatles came along, and then they were more willing to, depending upon the popularity of the band and the requests from listeners, otherwise, we likely would have been listening to Judas Priest much earlier, and their careers would have taken off much sooner. I like all of their earliest albums the best, when they seem to have more creative freedom, in my opinion, I think record companies tend to ruin many bands once they have gotten a hit single, but allow them to freely express themselves prior to the single hits, then, the band is pressured to create more songs like the hit, like using a cookie cutter, it just doesn’t work well with music, because often what makes a song a hit, is that it is unique and different from other songs, because “variety is the spice of life”. Although they were able to produce more great albums to follow, none of them are of the same caliber as the earlier albums that I have listed above. And although they are able to conceive of other concept albums, they are all much more formulaic than the earlier ones, and have much less impact on the listener, because they lack the dynamics that the earlier albums use to great success. Thank you for posting these videos! Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️✨🙏🏻

[@michaelfried3123]

Grade 6 for me, British Steel was released and really turned me onto metal. I asked for, and got my first leather jacket for Christmas and haven't looked back since...

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool! Love it.

[@lhead7226]

I met Rob Halford when he came to Chicago years ago. He was standing in a restricted area by a fence, no one noticed him ( he was wearing tube socks up to his knees, Adidas sneakers, short shorts that were straight out of the 70's and a pair of sunglasses), so we walked over and said hi, he was just a really nice person. As we stood there, others had him sign stuff and take pictures, I didn't get anything, but an honor of meeting a performer who loved his fans, that was enough for me, he is one person I would love to meet again.

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

Breakin The Law was so iconic. It was, if I can draw the comparison, JP’s MAD MAX. It always reminds me of Toe Cutter and his Bikie gang causing mayhem for mayhems sake. In some ways I draw a direct line to The Sentinel which is the song that brought me into the fold. Sentinel is the ROAD WARRIOR. It is so dystopian in its imagery that there is no distance between the two.