Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Judas Priest have also been referred to as one of the pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) movement, and are cited as a formative influence on various metal subgenres, including speed metal, thrash metal, and power metal, as well as the hard rock/glam metal scene of the 1980s. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band had struggled with poor record production and a lack of major commercial success until 1980, when their sixth studio album British Steel brought them notable mainstream attention.
| Origin | Birmingham, England, UK_|_West Bromwich, England_|_West Bromwich, West Midlands, England_|_Birmingham, England
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| Genre | Heavy metal · Speed metal
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| Label | Sony · Epic · Columbia/CBS · SPV · CMC · Atlantic · Gull
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| Members |
members
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past members
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touring members
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FEATURED DISCOGRAPHY
| Studio albums |
studio albums
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| Live albums |
live albums
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| Compilation albums |
compilation albums
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video albums
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| Singles |
singles
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Mood |
mood
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| Style |
style
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- The band took their name from the song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" performed by Bob Dylan on his 1967 album 'John Wesley Harding'.
- Found on the 'Sad Wings of Destiny' album, the song "Victim of Changes" came from a merging of two older songs. The songs were "Red Light Lady", brought by Halford from his previous band Hiroshima, and "Whiskey Woman", a stage classic since the time of the first Judas Priest led by Al Atkins.
- In 1980, musicians were physically unable to put samples in songs, so the band created their own recordings of billiards, smashing milk bottles, and shaken trays of metal cutlery, to be used in their album 'British Steel'.
- The classic track "Savage" from the Stained Class album refers to the Savages in Aldous Huxley's book, "Brave New World".
- 'Rocka Rolla' was recorded entirely "live" (i.e. all musicians playing simultaneously as in a concert, rather than the more popular method of each musician's parts being recorded separately and then mixing them).
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