I was 13, lived in a grey communist Czechoslovakia, when I heard Judas Priest first time. Many thanks for these amazing decades of metal. It is worth to live in the world where you can hear the Priest.
I couldn't possibly care any less about the rock and roll Hall of Fame. I don't need some building or whatever group of people to tell me something I already know: Judas Priest is the greatest band of all time!
THIS was LONG overdue!!! I can't lie... I shed a tear watching this! The Mighty Priest... have been a part of my life since I was a nipper... Downing and Tipton are guitar gods! They have and always will be one of THE BEST Heavy Metal Bands in the world! Rob is a LEGEND and a genuine human being... as are they ALL!! God bless em! LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY PRIEST! 🤘🤘
Saw priest live on painkiller tour in Sheffield 91 and been a fan since 1982 , love priest , they definitely deserve the recognition and respect they deserve from the many fans who have loved them and their music for many years and generations, long live Judas priest 😊
“All inclusive”. ❤ And it shows. I took one look/listen at this band and just felt right at home. Not a single red flag in neither lyrics nor album art-and that is one giant breath of fresh air. They are a safe space for me personally. I’m so grateful for them and so happy that they’re still going strong. 🙏 🥹 Long live and God bless!
I had no idea that was Glen. Parkinson’s has done a lot of damage, but I’m so glad he was able to make it on stage and play with them for this event. He is an amazing guitarist. The only guy missing is of course Dave Holland. Love these guys. Thank you so very much for what you have given the heavy metal world. Rob, thanks for not hiding in the shadows. The music speaks for itself, regardless of anything else. First saw them on the Defenders tour in St Paul, Minnesota in 1984. Main floor, row 9. Amazing experience for a high school kid! Couldn’t hear for 3 days!
Ken, the band was never the same without you, and I've been going to Priest concerts since Hell Bent for Leather/Killing Machine tour here in the States...Cheers
El mejor grupo de Heavy Metal de la historia, grandes leyendas Judas Priest......y después de más de 50 años aun siguen pateando culos. Enhorabuena por el reconocimiento.....aunque no lo necesitaban ya sabemos que son los mejores 💪 🎸
What an emotional moment. A grand recognition of this legendary band. I love especially Rob coming out brave and presenting as what he is: a brilliant gifted human being.
One of my favorite bands for many many year, saw them live a few times...they are on my top 3, aligned with Maiden and Dream Theater!!! What i still cannot understand, is why they seem to deny the 'Ripper' albuns and basically his image from the band!!! Priest is Priest no matter what, but i cannot understand why they do it..: Hope the future brings bigger recognition!!! All hail!!! Cheers from Portugal!!!
Add Freddie Mercury to the list. Also Atheists are now accepted as well with people like Roger Waters, Eddie Vedder, Geddy Lee, Roger Taylor of Queen, Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and many others who don’t believe in God or Satan and came out as Atheist and didn’t hurt their fanbase. It opened up the door for Britney Spears to come out as an Atheist.
Whenever I hear Rob speak, I can’t help but wonder if he actually LIKES metal. It’s so hard to tell with him. He’s always so ambiguous and cryptic when it comes to metal. He has such a “take it or leave it” attitude about it.
I've wondered the same thing. Soft spoken, sensitive, intelligent, humble. But in his younger years, say from '77 to '82 he became a metal savage on stage. No way to fake that. His blood runs hard metal. By comparison ours runs aluminum.
I can't understand why K.K. left Judas Priest at first place and why there isn't a reunion now. Anyway I am glad to see the classic line up together including Les Binks of course!
they are the REAL article....and before 'Priest' NO ONE knew what a metal-god was. Now, we throw around that tag like its been around for a million yrs. Well, if there was a Mt Rushmore of Metal Gods, you would see carved into the rock, the faces of Lemmy Kilmister, Ozzie Osbourne & Tommy Iommi, Ronnie Dio and Rob Halford. To say that Halford's voice is freakish and otherwordly, might just be the understatement of understatements. The best way to describe him and his guys, is to call them game-changers. They took metal and just ramped everything up, production-wise, commercially, traditionally. Lemmy and his guys remained traditional to the end. Rob and his boys, thumbed their nose at tradition and reveled in the cheesiness of a leather look and selling out football stadiums. They deserve respect.
I remember when my friend told me Rob Halford was gay. My immediate reaction was: "No way!" Now im a better man for excepting everyone. We ain't gonna kick him out of the band!
Judas Priest has been around for over 50 years,this should have happened at least 20 years ago.The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has become a joke these days because they'll induct anybody,they should just change the name to ANY AND ALL KIND OF MUSIC HALL OF FAME.
Now that the R&R Hall finally got it right w Priest, let’s move toward inducting Maiden. It took them decades to induct Deep Purple, Kiss and Rush. They are a stubborn bunch. I hope they realize that they need to avoid the inevitable and induct Maiden before they are ridiculed (as they have been in the past for taking so long to induct some of the most influential artists in music history).
Why was Richie left out? He was off to the side as the other guys accepted their awards. I mean yeah he's much younger and was in the band for eleven years at that point but come on at least give him some type of attention.
Yes. The “Rock and Roll “ hall of fames a joke. The bands I love such as. Thin Lizzy,Mahogany Rush,Tommy Bolin,Humble Pie will never be in this lame excuse for a hall of fame! Listen to Neil Merryweather Space Rangers album Kryptonite. It’s crusher songs and playing. Thin Lizzys Black Rose album. And all the others. These people don’t need some lame hall to be appreciated as some of the best musicians ever. Just keep em alive. Listen and post!
It was a great Halfords mistake to represent himself as the gay guy and additionally to promote the atheism and pansexuality. We don't need this kind of statements but only music ones. I'm a porn guy, do i have the right to say it bublic ? I still wonder...
British steel, Screaming for vengeance, Defenders of the faith .. I've been listening to Judas Priest since I was kid and I still do ! After so many years they still rock and keep our music alive 🤘
You cut out the part when the Great KK gave a shout out to the Late Great proven innocent Dave Holland. KK is a msn of true Class who does not forget his real Friends. All Hail KK.🫡🫡😎😎😎
The RRHOF picks line-ups, this is the most well known line-ups, the Rob Halford years. They could induct the Tim Owens line-up, but doubtful. But they do not tend to induct multiple front men line-ups, just one at a time.
I see you in Italy in the 1988 at Florence, Ram It Down Tour. A group of fans, we left Bologna by car with the tour poster stuck on the back window. Great! The best metal band in the world!
