British Heavy Metal band preceding the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement.
The band was formed in Birmingham, England in 1969 by guitarist John Perry (who died shortly after and was replaced by ), bassist , drummer , and singer , who created a band name from Bob Dylan's song ''. In 1970, guitarist Kenneth and bassist joined, replacing Chataway and Stapenhill. Drummers John Ellis and replaced Partridge. Later, in 1973, and drummer joined to replace Atkins and Campbell, respectively. A song from the last show with Atkins and Campbell and three from Halford and Hinch's first were released in 2019 on the compilation . A second guitarist, , was also added to the line-up in 1974.
The line-up featuring Halford, Downing, Tipton and Hill existed between 1974 and 1990. Priest went through a number of drummers (Hinch, Alan Moore, Simon Phillips and Les Binks) between its formation and 1980 when drummer joined and stayed until 1988. In early 1990 drummer joined the band. In mid 1990 the band was taken to court over the attempted suicide of two young boys in Reno, allegedly driven by subliminal messages on its Stained Class album. The case was eventually thrown out of court.
Halford left the group in 1993 to pursue a solo career. Tim "Ripper" Owens, an Ohioan tribute band singer was chosen and recorded 4 albums (2 studio, 2 live) with the band. In 2003, Judas Priests 1990 line-up was restored when Rob Halford returned to the group after rekindling the relationship during work on Judas Priests 4-CD career retrospective Metalogy. K.K. Downing left the band in 2009 and was replaced by Richie Faulkner. This line-up recorded two more studio albums before Tipton had to retire due to illness in 2018. For the Firepower tour he was temporarily replaced by Andy Sneap, making Hill and Halford the only remaining members from the band's early era.
Name Vars
- Judas Preist
- Джудас Прист
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Members
- Simon Phillips
- Rob Halford
- K. K. Downing
- Glenn Tipton
- Scott Travis
- Ian Hill
- Dave Holland
- Les Binks
- Ripper Owens
- Alan Moore
- John Hinch
- Richie Faulkner
- Al Atkins
- Bruno Stapenhill
- Ernie Chataway
- Chris Campbell
