POX: JUDAS PRIEST!

Shit,....my little graphics vanished. "United" goes on ploddingly for too long.

hmmm...that's all the jp songs i remember.

1. Sinner 2. Tyrant 3. Hell Bent for Leather 4. Breaking the Law 5. Some Heads are Gonna Roll 6. Better by Me Better than You 7. Victim of Changes 8. Diamonds and Rust 9. Ripper 10. Painkiller Bonus Track: Nailed to the Gun (FIGHT)

True that statement. Certainly a great album played very loud through headphones. Surprisingly, Scorpions (a band I am not that fond of) have an exceptional live album also, that being Tokyo Tapes. It, too, is a metal treat played loud through headphones. Any other way may not be that greatl

Awesome typo.

Dave Q, I love you.

Haha I read that book too, like seventeen times...

Listening to Metalogy / watching DVD from same now - ROCKIN' - had to read through the mindboggling Iron Maiden vs JP thread one more time - don't make me pick! Instead - how 'bout 10 killer Priest cuts 'eh? Can't believe old drummer is doing time for being bad - influence from Halford? Who cares, Scott was a better drummer anyways and they kicked ass on the reunion shows coupla summers ago:

1 - Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)
2 - Victim of Changes
3 - Painkiller
4 - The Hellion/Electric Eye
5 - Screaming for Vengeance
6 - Exciter
7 - Breaking the Law
8 - Beyond The Realms of Evil
9 - You've Got Another Thing Coming
10 - Dissident Aggressor

In no particular order:

Turbo Lover
Blood Red Skies
Devil's Child
Desert Plains
Battle Hymn/One Shot at Glory
Screaming for Vengeance
The Ripper
Beyond the Realms of Death
The Hellion/Electric Eye
Nightcrawler

"Epitaph" off Sad Wings of Destiny is such an odd one for them! It's like Colin Blunstone from the Zombies joined Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1amc2JVWos

White Heat, Red Hot
Jawbreaker
Victim of Changes
Blood Red Skies
Delivering the Goods
Dreamer Deceiver
Sinner
Riding on the Wind
Hell Patrol
Lightning Strike

Better by You, Better Than Me

Underrated song.

Ian Hill has called it a day:

It is with heavy hearts that we are sending out this personal message from our Ian....he has been the backbone of Judas Priest for so long and will be greatly missed by us all....we wish him well in his retirement and welcome Davey into the Priest Family....

Hello everyone, for a long time now, when asked "how long can you continue" - I've always answered "until my performances suffer".... I hate to say it, but that time has come.

For some years now, I've been struggling with the onset of the evil arthritis, which is now in an advanced state in my left shoulder and right hand, established in my right shoulder, and present in both knees. I've been fighting this with painkilling pills, gels, and recently with cortisone injections in my shoulder and hand.

Although, I was able to put bass lines to the songs for the new album, there were questions whether I'd be able to complete the recent European tour without incident, so we asked our good friend Davey Rimmer from Uriah Heep, and of course Elegant Weapons, to learn the set list to stand in for me if I had to pull out, which I did for the London show. This was due to me snapping a tendon in my left shoulder (as if I didn't have enough problems with it!) just before the encores during the Brussels show two days before. This led to me not being able to lift my arm enough to reach the neck of my bass. So we had to call Davey to stand in for me, who put in an incredible performance at such short notice!

I've seen specialists, who suggest I might get away without surgery, but even if I don't there's no guarantee either way that I'll have enough strength in my shoulder/arm to complete a whole stage show.

In view of all this, and the fact that I've neglected my family life for fifty seven years, I've decided to retire and spend the remaining years making up for it, and doing things with them before it involves one of ‘em pushing me around in a wheelchair.

The obvious choice for my replacement is Davey. He's a great bassist, and a genuinely nice bloke who'll fit the job perfectly, and I wish him the very best of luck!

There's not a day goes by where I don't give thanks for the incredible journey I've lived through, and it just remains for me to say that I love you all, and thank you for the life you've let me live X

IAN HILL