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10 unusual facts about Judas Priest


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# "Here Comes the Tears" (Judas Priest cover) – 3:21
Therion modified (with added guitars, bass and drums) versions of soundtrack to The Golden Embrace:

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Though quite diverse, the music of the album was tightly connected to other acts' influences on Hipodil band members with Slayer and Judas Priest being the most prominent among them.

Bloodlights

The band is also influenced by harder rock acts such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC.

Eilenriedehalle

The hall has hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres, including Whitesnake, Dio, Judas Priest and Scorpions.

FMEP

"Muscle Of Love" was originally performed by Alice Cooper, "Victim Of Changes" was originally performed by Judas Priest.

Landover, Maryland

The documentary short cult classic Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) was filmed in Landover in the parking lot of the now-demolished Capital Centre prior to a Judas Priest and Dokken concert.

Let the Madness Begin

It's finished together with musical genius Chris Tsangarides, a Grammy nominated producer and mixing engineer for bands such as Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Bruce Dickinson and Yngwie Malmsteen.

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In the first track, Vhod (Entrance), there is a motif from the Judas Priest's anthem "Breaking the Law", expressively added in honour of the British band's frontman Rob Halford.

Rock N Roll Experience Magazine

Rock N Roll Experience has featured exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in music over the years including Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley from Kiss, Rob Halford from Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden, Al Jourgenson from Ministry, Chris Cornell from Soundgarden & many, many more.

Stephen Herek

Moving into the 2000s, Herek directed the 2001 movie Rock Star, a film about a rockstar wannabe and the evolution of a fictional rock group Steel Dragon mimicking that of Judas Priest, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston, as well as produced by George Clooney.


Bloodbound

Released on 16 December 2005 (in Japan; European release date 24 February 2006), Nosferatu features artwork by Mark Wilkinson (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Marillion) and received an early rave review from the Swedish rock magazine Power Play.

Bob Halligan, Jr.

As a songwriter, Halligan has contributed songs to two albums by heavy metal band Judas Priest: "(Take These) Chains" from 1982's Screaming for Vengeance and the single "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" from 1984's Defenders of the Faith.

Bobby Barth

Details are confusing, but overnight the band managed by Jim Dawson and Arnakata Management and produced by Thom Allom of Judas Priest, found itself on Atco Records instead of Atlantic, with a new manager and producer.

Casey Patrick Tebo

Tebo has directed hundreds live concerts for artists ranging from Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, Judas Priest and Velvet Revolver to Run DMC, Jennifer Hudson and Sarah McLachlan.

Dave Reffett

Some of his favorite artists include Kiss, Megadeth, Pantera, Van Halen, Motorhead, Metallica, David Allan Coe, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr, Anthrax, Ronnie James Dio, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne.

Dendura

The band caught attention from Killzone Records and Grammy Award Winning Producer Neil Kernon (Nile, Dokken, Nevermore, Queensrÿche, Judas Priest) to work on their sophomore album.

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Concerts have also been held there, which have included performances by Meat Loaf, Judas Priest, Dire Straits, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard, The Police and Whitesnake.

Freewheel Burning

"Freewheel Burning" is a song by the British heavy metal band Judas Priest, appearing on their 1984 album Defenders of the Faith, and first released as the first single off that album.

Iron Steel

The band recently added a new song titled "Saints of Sin" and a cover of the Judas Priest track Rapid Fire on their MySpace page.

Jeff Krulik

He is best known for his 1986 documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot, co-produced by John Heyn, a gently disturbing (but, for the most part, fun-loving) look into hard-rock fandom recorded at the Capital Centre parking lot in Landover, Maryland, before a Judas Priest concert.

Jim Breuer

One show, while Breuer was singing the classic Judas Priest song "Devil's Child," Rob Halford "The Metal God," singer of Judas Priest, entered the studio still with his coat on and sang with him.

Leas Cliff Hall

Over the years the hall has played host to some of the best music acts around such as The Rolling Stones, T Rex, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Paul Weller, Ozzy Osbourne, Status Quo, Motörhead, Kings of Leon, Stereophonics, Queens of the Stone Age and Kaiser Chiefs.

Let Love Rain on Me

"Let Love Rain on Me", the Judas Priest cover "Breaking the Law" and the Warlock song "I Rule the Ruins" were played acoustically with a full orchestra and are featured in the following album Classic Diamonds in slightly different versions.

Live at the US Festival

Triumph appeared on May 29, which was billed as "Heavy Metal Sunday" and included Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Mötley Crüe, Quiet Riot, and Van Halen.

Mayfair Ballroom

Artists that played the venue, early in their career, include AC/DC, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Police, The Prodigy, The Cross, Kylie Minogue, Tin Machine, U2, The Clash, Iron Maiden, Faith No More, Judas Priest and Nirvana, among others.

Rodger Bain

Rodger Bain (born c. 1945) is a British former record producer, known for producing heavy metal albums by bands such as Black Sabbath and Judas Priest in the 1970s.

Shaw Conference Centre

It has hosted a wide variety of guests and performers in its history, including Tiesto, Bobby Orr, Pearl Jam, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Metallica, Slipknot, Stone Temple Pilots, Paul Rodgers, Scorpions, Goo Goo Dolls, Dream Theater, In Flames, Deftones, Sum 41, Jean Chrétien, Desmond Tutu, Gordie Howe, Prince Charles, Diana Princess of Wales and Tina Turner.

The Beauty Shop

Their single release Monster includes a cover of the Misfits' "Hybrid Moments", Paper Hearts for Josie included The Pixies' "Gouge Away", A Desperate Cry Help contained Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law", and Death March featured a cover of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus".

The Melancholy E.P.

The re-release contains the songs from the limited edition plus two new ones: one is a Judas Priest cover of "The Ripper", which had appeared on the limited edition release of The Dark Saga as a bonus track and on the Judas Priest tribute album A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal Vol. 2, and the other is a live version of "Colors" (from Iced Earth), a song that didn't make it on to the Alive in Athens album, due to tracklisting mixups.

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Chris Tsangarides, producer for Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, was drafted in to help with the band's new album, Uno.

Tribe of Gypsies

Tribe of Gypsies is a San Fernando Valley, California-based Latin rock group, best known for band leader/guitarist Roy Z who has produced, written for, and played with such well-known artists as Judas Priest, Rob Halford, and Bruce Dickinson who has used various members of Tribe of Gypsies to record his solo albums starting with 1994's Balls to Picasso.

Whitfield Crane

Over the years, Crane has performed guest vocals on several songs, including Reaching Out by Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray (from the Lynn Strait tribute album Strait Up), Born to Raise Hell by Motörhead (also featuring rapper Ice-T) and Voodoo Brother by Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest.