Faulkner was great. Rob was great. Overall excellent musical performance. Tons of positive crowd interaction, awesome stage show / pyro. Doesn't get much better than that. I think you under rated this one.
Richie is amazing, and he’s brought some much-needed fresh energy into the band. With Glenn suffering from Parkinson’s and Andy Sneap now taking his place at live shows, Richie has taken over much of Glenn’s lead parts. I love him.
Great performance! This is the first time I have seen a live video of this song. Richie did great, the crowd interaction was cool, thanks for the reactiom! 🤘
Great Reaction - had to laugh when you called Scott Travis "the New Guy" considering he's now been in the band around 50% longer than all the other drummers combined. Ian Hill is definitely the longest tenured member of the band, but his status of "last original" is actually somewhat complicated - it depends on whether you thing there was one band from Birmingham, England named Judas Priest or two bands... In the late 60s there was an up and coming Folk Rock band in Birmingham called "The Judas Priest" (the name actually comes form the title of a Bob Dylan song called "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and the Judas Priest"). By 1969 this Judas Priest was starting to get a lot of local attention and seemed on the cusp of breaking out big when tragedy struck in very early 1970 - their guitarist was killed in a auto accident. At first they tried to carry on and held auditions for a new guitarist, but ultimately decided they couldn't continue on and disbanded in the Spring of 1970. One of the guitarists who auditioned with the original Judas Priest was an 18 year old KK Downing. When he didn't get the Judas Priest gig, he decided to form his own band called Freight with 2 longtime childhood friends. Ian Hill and drummer John Ellis. They needed a singer though and after deciding none of the three of them were up to doing lead vocals, they put a classified ad in the local papers: "Rock Band needs Singer" - much to their surprise one of the singers who answered the ad was Al Atkins, the singer and co-founder of the now disbanded Judas Priest. Atkins won the auditions, but Downing, Hill and Ellis made clear that while they had been fans of Judas Priest, they weren't looking to form a Folk Rock band, they were more interested in the new hard and heavy sound being pioneered by Led Zeppelin and fellow Birminghammers Black Sabbath. To their surprise, Atkins was cool with the change in musical style, but apparently HATED the name Freight. Claiming he had the rights to the name "Judas Priest" he suggested they use that and the others agreed. So there is apparently some debate over whether they were two bands that just happened to have the same name and singer, in which case Ian Hill is the last original member. Or were they one band that replaced everyone other than the lead singer while simultaneously taking a radical change in musical direction, in which case, while Ian Hill is the longest tenured member there are no original members left. As for Al Atkins, he was in the Downing/Hill version of Judas Priest for a little over three years (outlasting John Ellis by a year or two). But in 1973, Atkins got his girlfriend pregnant at which point, he decided it was time to give up on the Rock and Roll dream and as the saying goes, "Get a hair cut and find a real job" - Ian Hill's own girlfriend/fiancé suggested they give an audition to her brother "Bob", who joined the band and a year later they had a record deal - provided "Bob" change his stage name to "Rob" and they bring in another musician ( the label originally suggested a horn player ala Chicago, but the band convinced them to compromise on adding a second guitarist instead and Glen Tipton was recruited to fill the roll). And the rest is history. .
For the influence i agree...On Instagram Richie mentioned his big names are: Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, David Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen, Dave Murray, Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett and Michael Schenker. Also this live is from 2012 maybe one of the first shows with Richie...
Seen that show, was my first touch with the Priest live, great show and i was pretty surprise by Rob's vocal performance. It was still there, not perfect but pretty good.
I have no idea what my first Priest song was, because my memory doesn't want to work properly! I have three distinct memories around discovering them...which contradict each other. It's very frustrating. I think it must have been summer 1979, though; and by the end of 1981 I had their entire back catalogue. Fantastic band.
Ian Hill is a human metronome - never a missed anything. FYI, Scott Travis has ben with them since Painkiller (30 years now?). Richie Faulkner has brought some zip back into the mix - some KK chaos, but with a LOT more control. Sadly, Glenn's physical condition limits him to writing and studio work, but he's still a force to be reckoned with.
Age seems to not be a huge deal here Of course you move differently at age 30 than at 70 haha I'm 52 so I'm hip deep in the decline😅 It was good to see Glenn Tipton up there rocking out and Scott the drummer thru in some cool but different fills yet still stayed true to the original and the production was what you'd expect from a legacy band Btw I also wore out 2 SFV cassettes I was just learning drums and SFV taught me about having a rock solid back beat and the concept of pocket much like Phil Rudd influenced me
No one can deny that "Turbo Lover" is a catchy song. I think that "Out in the Cold" is a genuinely good song. I *can't stand* "Parental Guidance" and "Private Property".
THANK YOU!!! I went the exact same path in my discovery of JP, only going backward from Screaming for vengeance. I consider Priest to be one of the three pillars with Sabbath and Motorhead, sort of my Holy Trinity. Defenders was an OK album but Turbo really pissed me off, music and production alike. Unfortunately I saw them for the first time on that tour*. Mostly songs from Turbo, the only reason I bought the 1987 Live album was not to break the collection. I had never heard of Ram it down until I bought it in 1992, four years after its release. Hate to say it but this is sub par...perhaps ''Bloody red skies'', perhaps. Tell me: how can you fuck-up Johnny B. Goode??? Everyone has played Johnny B. Goode! Not to lose my shit I came to the conclusion these last two albums were only made to pay for lawyer bills, which were piling-up. The two ''Owens'' albums are light-years better. Thank God for Painkiller. * I had seen JP's Memphis show on screen as an opening act at my first Motorhead concert in 83. The orange hair/tennis headband/fishnet shirt/yellow satin Adidas shorts Robertson era. Missed Fast Eddie by a year.
I also discovered Priest through SFV when, as a 14 year old in '84, I happened across it in my older brother's vinyl collection. That discovery was a *revelation* to me! I then bought a cassette of The Best of Judas Priest from Columbia House (remember that?). That album is a compilation of songs from Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny plus "Diamonds and Rust", and needless to say, those songs are *dramatically* different musically and in terms of production from SFV. At first, I was kind of shocked. But it didn't take long for my young brain to adapt. I bought up their whole catalogue to that point in time. To this day, my favourite era of Priest is '70s Priest. Every one of those albums is a huge evolution from its predecessor, and they are all top-notch metal. I agree that Priest is one of the pillars of metal. I remember being disappointed by Turbo when it came out, but I've never hated it as a whole. I think that "Parental Guidance" and "Private Property" are pandering trash, "Locked In" is kind of annoying, but the remainder of the album is OK to quite good. However, I do think that it marked the end of their golden age. I agree with you about "Johnny B. Goode". After their *brilliant* covers of "Diamonds and Rust" and "Green Manalishi", I was shocked at how atrocious their cover of "Johnny B. Goode" was. Rob is my favourite vocalist, but his rendition of that song absolutely *grates on my nerves.*
@@hemlock399 After leaving that comment I decided to give Turbo another try, after decades. And it still displeases me as much as it did then, skipping most of the songs after 20 seconds. And the reason why I dislike it so much is that it sounds like Judas Priest doing some 80's Pop-Metal - which I never cared about -, almost turning Glam. As for Johnny B. Goode, I know that it was used in the movie of the same name, a high-school comedy that came-out around that time. I would not be surprised that it was made especially for the movie.
Ian Hill's so underrated man, just been quietly doing his thing for the best part of half a century. Guy's a legend in my eyes.
Faulkner was great. Rob was great. Overall excellent musical performance. Tons of positive crowd interaction, awesome stage show / pyro. Doesn't get much better than that. I think you under rated this one.
Richie is amazing, and he’s brought some much-needed fresh energy into the band. With Glenn suffering from Parkinson’s and Andy Sneap now taking his place at live shows, Richie has taken over much of Glenn’s lead parts. I love him.
Great performance! This is the first time I have seen a live video of this song. Richie did great, the crowd interaction was cool, thanks for the reactiom! 🤘
Great Reaction - had to laugh when you called Scott Travis "the New Guy" considering he's now been in the band around 50% longer than all the other drummers combined.
Ian Hill is definitely the longest tenured member of the band, but his status of "last original" is actually somewhat complicated - it depends on whether you thing there was one band from Birmingham, England named Judas Priest or two bands...
In the late 60s there was an up and coming Folk Rock band in Birmingham called "The Judas Priest" (the name actually comes form the title of a Bob Dylan song called "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and the Judas Priest"). By 1969 this Judas Priest was starting to get a lot of local attention and seemed on the cusp of breaking out big when tragedy struck in very early 1970 - their guitarist was killed in a auto accident. At first they tried to carry on and held auditions for a new guitarist, but ultimately decided they couldn't continue on and disbanded in the Spring of 1970.
One of the guitarists who auditioned with the original Judas Priest was an 18 year old KK Downing. When he didn't get the Judas Priest gig, he decided to form his own band called Freight with 2 longtime childhood friends. Ian Hill and drummer John Ellis. They needed a singer though and after deciding none of the three of them were up to doing lead vocals, they put a classified ad in the local papers: "Rock Band needs Singer" - much to their surprise one of the singers who answered the ad was Al Atkins, the singer and co-founder of the now disbanded Judas Priest. Atkins won the auditions, but Downing, Hill and Ellis made clear that while they had been fans of Judas Priest, they weren't looking to form a Folk Rock band, they were more interested in the new hard and heavy sound being pioneered by Led Zeppelin and fellow Birminghammers Black Sabbath. To their surprise, Atkins was cool with the change in musical style, but apparently HATED the name Freight. Claiming he had the rights to the name "Judas Priest" he suggested they use that and the others agreed.
So there is apparently some debate over whether they were two bands that just happened to have the same name and singer, in which case Ian Hill is the last original member. Or were they one band that replaced everyone other than the lead singer while simultaneously taking a radical change in musical direction, in which case, while Ian Hill is the longest tenured member there are no original members left.
As for Al Atkins, he was in the Downing/Hill version of Judas Priest for a little over three years (outlasting John Ellis by a year or two). But in 1973, Atkins got his girlfriend pregnant at which point, he decided it was time to give up on the Rock and Roll dream and as the saying goes, "Get a hair cut and find a real job" - Ian Hill's own girlfriend/fiancé suggested they give an audition to her brother "Bob", who joined the band and a year later they had a record deal - provided "Bob" change his stage name to "Rob" and they bring in another musician ( the label originally suggested a horn player ala Chicago, but the band convinced them to compromise on adding a second guitarist instead and Glen Tipton was recruited to fill the roll). And the rest is history. .
For the influence i agree...On Instagram Richie mentioned his big names are: Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, David Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen, Dave Murray, Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett and Michael Schenker. Also this live is from 2012 maybe one of the first shows with Richie...
This was great
Would like to see a concert review of the Priest and Sabaton show you were at.
@@Metalhead_Coaster_Fan We're working on it, Mrs. Heretic is super busy traveling all over the US for her work.
Richie Faulkner ! 🎸🔥🤘
Scott Travis is the drummer.
Seen that show, was my first touch with the Priest live, great show and i was pretty surprise by Rob's vocal performance. It was still there, not perfect but pretty good.
I always heard Judas or saxon back in The day
Al Atkins was the original vocalist. Pretty sure he was with the band for a few years before Rob joined and they released Rocka Rolla.
I have no idea what my first Priest song was, because my memory doesn't want to work properly! I have three distinct memories around discovering them...which contradict each other. It's very frustrating. I think it must have been summer 1979, though; and by the end of 1981 I had their entire back catalogue. Fantastic band.
I belive this is the first priest song i even heard .
Drummer is Scott Travis.
The Epitaph Tour was supposed to be the last Judas Priest tour. It wasn't.
Ian Hill is a human metronome - never a missed anything. FYI, Scott Travis has ben with them since Painkiller (30 years now?). Richie Faulkner has brought some zip back into the mix - some KK chaos, but with a LOT more control. Sadly, Glenn's physical condition limits him to writing and studio work, but he's still a force to be reckoned with.
Age seems to not be a huge deal here Of course you move differently at age 30 than at 70 haha I'm 52 so I'm hip deep in the decline😅 It was good to see Glenn Tipton up there rocking out and Scott the drummer thru in some cool but different fills yet still stayed true to the original and the production was what you'd expect from a legacy band Btw I also wore out 2 SFV cassettes I was just learning drums and SFV taught me about having a rock solid back beat and the concept of pocket much like Phil Rudd influenced me
Yeah, Turbo Lover I did not like at all younger, but much older I have found the songs and liked them..
No one can deny that "Turbo Lover" is a catchy song. I think that "Out in the Cold" is a genuinely good song. I *can't stand* "Parental Guidance" and "Private Property".
THANK YOU!!! I went the exact same path in my discovery of JP, only going backward from Screaming for vengeance. I consider Priest to be one of the three pillars with Sabbath and Motorhead, sort of my Holy Trinity. Defenders was an OK album but Turbo really pissed me off, music and production alike. Unfortunately I saw them for the first time on that tour*. Mostly songs from Turbo, the only reason I bought the 1987 Live album was not to break the collection. I had never heard of Ram it down until I bought it in 1992, four years after its release. Hate to say it but this is sub par...perhaps ''Bloody red skies'', perhaps. Tell me: how can you fuck-up Johnny B. Goode??? Everyone has played Johnny B. Goode! Not to lose my shit I came to the conclusion these last two albums were only made to pay for lawyer bills, which were piling-up. The two ''Owens'' albums are light-years better. Thank God for Painkiller.
* I had seen JP's Memphis show on screen as an opening act at my first Motorhead concert in 83. The orange hair/tennis headband/fishnet shirt/yellow satin Adidas shorts Robertson era. Missed Fast Eddie by a year.
I also discovered Priest through SFV when, as a 14 year old in '84, I happened across it in my older brother's vinyl collection. That discovery was a *revelation* to me! I then bought a cassette of The Best of Judas Priest from Columbia House (remember that?). That album is a compilation of songs from Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny plus "Diamonds and Rust", and needless to say, those songs are *dramatically* different musically and in terms of production from SFV. At first, I was kind of shocked. But it didn't take long for my young brain to adapt. I bought up their whole catalogue to that point in time. To this day, my favourite era of Priest is '70s Priest. Every one of those albums is a huge evolution from its predecessor, and they are all top-notch metal. I agree that Priest is one of the pillars of metal.
I remember being disappointed by Turbo when it came out, but I've never hated it as a whole. I think that "Parental Guidance" and "Private Property" are pandering trash, "Locked In" is kind of annoying, but the remainder of the album is OK to quite good. However, I do think that it marked the end of their golden age.
I agree with you about "Johnny B. Goode". After their *brilliant* covers of "Diamonds and Rust" and "Green Manalishi", I was shocked at how atrocious their cover of "Johnny B. Goode" was. Rob is my favourite vocalist, but his rendition of that song absolutely *grates on my nerves.*
@@hemlock399 After leaving that comment I decided to give Turbo another try, after decades. And it still displeases me as much as it did then, skipping most of the songs after 20 seconds. And the reason why I dislike it so much is that it sounds like Judas Priest doing some 80's Pop-Metal - which I never cared about -, almost turning Glam. As for Johnny B. Goode, I know that it was used in the movie of the same name, a high-school comedy that came-out around that time. I would not be surprised that it was made especially for the movie.