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There are 13 discs of full concerts from such cities as New York, London and Denver between 19 (along with individually curated live tracks from over the years), plus a demo of “Epitaph” from 1976’s Sad Wings of Destiny and the unreleased epic “Mother Sun,” which was performed at England’s Slough College in 1975. Along with new artwork, memorabilia, collectible items and a photo book, the massive, 40-plus CD package also contains remastered versions of every official live and studio album the group has released - including from when singer Tim “Ripper” Owens replaced Halford from 1996 to 2003, and the recent studio works with guitarist Richie Faulkner, who replaced K.K. Miley Cyrus Teases Cover of Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters' With Elton John | Billboard Newsįor fans who want to explore the band’s entire catalog, Sony Legacy is releasing the Judas Priest 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music limited-edition box set on Oct. Along came these Roland guitar synthesizers, and we thought, ‘Well, maybe this is it.’ We probably overdid it, but it’s the direction we took.” If it’s great, if it sounds good at the end of the day, we’ll keep it … With Defenders of the Faith, we almost reached the end of the road with that sort of direction, and we were looking for the next step. “We’ll embrace anything that’s new,” declares Hill. Unlike many of its metal peers, Priest has not been afraid to try new things, even if it means temporarily irritating some fans - as with 1981’s bluesy Point of Entry and 2008’s double-disc metal opera Nostradamus. “We’ve always tried to take a step forward, as most people do.” “It was one of those experimental things where we needed the next step forward,” recalls Hill of that song and album. In its heavier, guitar-driven live rendition it has become a singalong song. I try and do my best, at the same time keeping the song’s original feel and paying tribute to those other drummers who played before me.”Īmong the tunes in the Bloodstock set was “Turbo Lover,” from 1986’s much-maligned, synth-heavy Turbo. “Obviously, as any artist - a drummer, bass player, saxophonist, whatever - when you try and learn someone else’s style, it helps you become a more diverse player. “It’s fun to learn other people’s styles,” he says. Travis also acknowledges that “Dissident Aggressor” (originally played by drummer Simon Phillips) and “Exciter” (played by Les Binks) were enjoyable to revisit. So it’s a ‘hurry up and wake up’ moment for me - you don’t have time to ease into the set you’ve got to start this thing running at 90 miles an hour. I should be able to nail it again’ … It’s a pretty fast song that’s got some double bass in there. “So when you try and learn something, you’re like, ‘Wait a minute. With all of the revisited music to rehearse, Travis admits that set opener “One Shot at Glory,” from the first Priest album that he played on, was the most challenging to relearn. Judas Priest's Rob Halford: What It's Like to Be Out In Metal (According to Hill, the majestic ’80s anthem “Reckless,” once considered for the theme song to the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, was rehearsed, a hint that other lesser-heard tunes could also emerge on the tour.) Judging from the Bloodstock setlist, fans can expect to hear some vintage songs resurrected for this trek (1974’s “Rocka Rolla,” 1978’s “Exciter” and 1988’s “Blood Red Skies” among them), plus tunes that have never been played live, specifically “Invader” from 1978’s Stained Class, and “One Shot at Glory” from 1990’s Grammy-nominated Painkiller. Dubbed 50 Heavy Metal Years, the trek starts tonight at Reading, Pa.’s Theater at Santander Arena, and the North American leg runs through Nov. It’s just a really great atmosphere.”īloodstock was a lead-in to Judas Priest’s belated 50th-anniversary tour, which was delayed a year because of the pandemic. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to any European festivals, but they’re general admission, so you’ve got everyone packed up to the front of the stage. “Once we got onstage,, ‘We’re back and this feels good.’ And it was great for the first gig back to be a festival. “I guess it was a little bit of therapy in a good way,” muses drummer Scott Travis. Then a full week of production rehearsals with the staging and the effects.” We had two full weeks of music rehearsals, which is just basically the five of us in the library making a racket and trying to get a setlist together.
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“Once we got to Bloodstock, we were all shattered. “We’ve been out of it for two years, so we overdid it, I think,” he says, laughing. Hill remarks that the quintet was “as well rehearsed as we’ve ever been” when it headed into Bloodstock.