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JUDAS PRIEST
CURRENT NAME	Judas Priest
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1971
LABEL	Sony Music
GENRE	Heavy metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2005-10-30, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2008-01-17, 05:51

Band biography

Judas Priest was one of the first heavy metal bands and is one of the most successful bands ever. The band was formed in 1971 when the schoolmates K.K. Downing and Ian Hill decided to create a group. They recruited Alan Atkins (vocals) and John Ellis (drums) and named the band Judas Priest. The first gig was on March 16, 1971, at St. John's Hall in Essington, England. Since then the band has overgone lots of line-up changes and gained a loyal fan base all over the world.

Current members Add - Fetch
Scott Travis	1989-1992, 1995-	Drums	See also Fight, Hawk, Racer X
Ian Hill	1971-	Bass
Kenneth Keith	1971-	Guitars
Glenn Tipton	1974-	Guitars	See also Flying Hat Band
Rob Halford	1973-1992, 2003-	Vocals	See also Black Sabbath, Fight, Halford, Two

Former members Add - Fetch
Tim Owens	1996-2003	Vocals	See also Iced Earth, Winters Bane
Dave Holland	1979-1989	Drums	See also Hughes, Glenn, Trapeze
Leslie "Les"	1977-1979	Drums	See also Lionheart, Tytan
John Hinch	1973-1975	Drums	See also Bakerloo
Chris "Congo"	1971-1972	Drums
Alan "Skip"	1971-1971, 1975-	Drums
John Ellis	1971-1971	Drums
John Alan Atkins	1971-1972	Vocals	See also Holy Rage

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Simon Phillips		Drums	On Sin After Sin. See also Asia, Michael Schenker Group

Buy Judas Priest albums

Official releases Add
1974	Rocka Rolla	Gull
1976	Sad Wings Of Destiny	Gull
1977	Sin After Sin	Columbia Records
1978	Stained Class 10 / 10 Read our review here	Columbia Records
1978	Hell Bent For Leather	Columbia Records
1979	Unleashed In The East	Columbia Records
1980	British Steel 8 / 10 Read our review here	Columbia Records
1981	Point Of Entry	Columbia Records
1982	Screaming For Vengeance	Columbia Records
1984	Defenders Of The Faith	Columbia Records
1986	Turbo	Columbia Records
1987	Priest...Live! (live)	Columbia Records
1988	Ram It Down	Columbia Records
1990	Painkiller 1 2 9.5 / 10 Read our review here	Columbia Records
1993	Metal Works 73-93 (comp)	Columbia Records
1997	Jugulator	Columbia Records
1998	98 Live Meltdown (live)	Columbia Records
2001	Demolition 9.5 / 10 Read our review here	No label
2005	Angel Of Retribution 7.5 / 10 Read our review here	Sony Music
2005	Worth Fighting For (CDs)	Sony Music
2005	Rising In The East (live DVD)	Rhino Records

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