what bullsh1t is this? :-O

[HTH AMPS]

surely KK could've stuck it out for the last tour FFS.

[Sailor Charon]

Yeah. It's a swine. But I'd booked my ticket. So I'm going and (shrug) trying not to worry too much...

[gwEm]

he looks the part.

Do people actually stand like that while they're playing? If so, why?

absolutely my friend. its metal and it has to be that way.

[gwEm]

surely KK could've stuck it out for the last tour FFS.

yeah, i agree.

Tipton's clearly got the edge lick wise, but for me KKs the coolest guy in that band.

I may not see them on this last tour, but if I do, I hope the new guy plays a V.

[HTH AMPS]

surely KK could've stuck it out for the last tour FFS.

yeah, i agree.

Tipton's clearly got the edge lick wise, but for me KKs the coolest guy in that band.

I may not see them on this last tour, but if I do, I hope the new guy plays a V.

At least I got to see them on the Painkiller tour (with Annihilator in support) at Newcastle City Hall (circa '91/92 ???).  'Awesome' doesn't begin to explain how good they were.

[Philly Q]

surely KK could've stuck it out for the last tour FFS.

yeah, i agree.

Tipton's clearly got the edge lick wise, but for me KKs the coolest guy in that band.

I may not see them on this last tour, but if I do, I hope the new guy plays a V.

At least I got to see them on the Painkiller tour (with Annihilator in support) at Newcastle City Hall (circa '91/92 ???).  'Awesome' doesn't begin to explain how good they were.

I saw them a few years back (Angel of Retribution tour, I think).  "Loud" doesn't begin to explain how, er.... loud they were.  Since then I've worn earplugs at gigs.


Oh, and I saw them at the first Monsters of Rock in 1980.  The ol' memory's going!  :lol:

[HairyChris]

surely KK could've stuck it out for the last tour FFS.

Pretty much, yeah.

I saw them when they toured around '05 (with The Scorpions, I think it was) and they were fantastic. I've never been a massive Priest fan and was talked into buying tickets by my then girlfriend - great call by her!  :)

[shobet]

surely KK could've stuck it out for the last tour FFS.

yeah, i agree.

Tipton's clearly got the edge lick wise, but for me KKs the coolest guy in that band.

I may not see them on this last tour, but if I do, I hope the new guy plays a V.

At least I got to see them on the Painkiller tour (with Annihilator in support) at Newcastle City Hall (circa '91/92 ???).  'Awesome' doesn't begin to explain how good they were.

I saw them last year or whenever it was on the Nostradamus tour at the Apollo in Manchester and before that all the way back in 1988 on the Ram it down tour at Hammersmith Odeon. The PA was 3/4 of the way up the $%&#ing wall each side of the stage. Loud doesn't come close...

[James C]

Saw them in cardiff on the Priest Feast Tour (with Megadeth and Testament) me and my brother were right at the front for the first two but made a very well timed retreat to the bar for Priest, i thought that i was going to go deaf after 1 chord (not to mention blind from Mr Halfords incredibly shiny wizards garb!  :lol:)

[gwEm]

I saw them at on the 'Angel on Retribution' tour with The Scorps, and again at the Royal Albert Hall (also with The Scorps).

The Angel of Retribution show was simply mind blowing, a great show, great sound (albeit LOUD) and great music. It was probably the best show I've ever seen. Musical, yet so heavy.

[AndyR]

Am I the only person on here that saw them on the British Steel tour then? :lol:

(Philly comes close with Donnington... didn't Rainbow blow up their backline or something while testing the pyro? Seem to remember reading something like that...)

I was at Glenn Tipton's feet - I went straight out and bought Unleashed in the East, played it to death. They must have played some British Steel stuff, but apart from Exciter, Unleashed in the East is the soundtrack to what I saw. Fabulous night, and I still love that album to bits. Funnily enough, when British Steel came out a few weeks later I didn't think much of it at all!!

I was at the same Ram it Down gig, Shobet. I went both nights with my bassist. He was into the "LA-look" Priest so was really disappointed they didn't bring the stage show. But I was well impressed with them dragging out the oldies instead, brought a tear to the eye. My drummer was there first night (they'd both heard me going on about Judas Priest for years), he thought they were ok but was disappointed by the guitar-playing... "I was expecting to be stunned... but it was all just widdly-widdly-widdly" :lol:

I bought Painkiller the day it came out, hated it - pretty much ignored them until the reunion. Still don't think much of it actually - there are some good tracks on it, and it's better than Ram it Down, but I just can't get past the opening track, not my sort of thing at all. I tried to listen to it the other day to see if it was worth getting it on CD... nope! I think that and Ram it Down are the only two that I don't have on CD.

Last saw them first night of the Angel of Retribution at Hammy Odeon. Scorpions were fabulous, Priest were a (very loud) pale shadow of what I'd liked about them, I was very sad afterwards :(. I understand from others that the second night was 200% better, but I've felt no desire to see them again since, I'd rather remember March 9th at the Colston Hall in 1980. I did like Nostradamus when it came out though.

I kind of said "goodbye" to them with the Angel of Retribution gig, so this doesn't upset me like it does others.

But I do find it very hard to understand KK not sticking it out for the last tour though. And sending out a press release like that as well...

Very strange.

[Philly Q]

(Philly comes close with Donnington... didn't Rainbow blow up their backline or something while testing the pyro? Seem to remember reading something like that...)

I was at Glenn Tipton's feet - I went straight out and bought Unleashed in the East, played it to death. They must have played some British Steel stuff, but apart from Exciter, Unleashed in the East is the soundtrack to what I saw. Fabulous night, and I still love that album to bits. Funnily enough, when British Steel came out a few weeks later I didn't think much of it at all!!

I don't remember the backline blowing up, but it was 31 years ago!  :lol:   I do remember the atmosphere being a bit weird because (I think) we already knew it was Graham Bonnet's last gig.  I was a big Rainbow fan at the time, they were very much my favourite band, so the other acts were just "support" for me really.  That day was the first time I saw Scorpions too.  :)

Unleashed in the East was my first Judas Priest album, I had an early copy with a free live EP including "Beyond the Realms of Death".  I've never been a huge Priest fan to be honest, I like them but I only have 6 or 7 of the albums.

As for the Angel of Retribution tour, I don't know whether it was the first or second night I saw, so I don't know if it was the "good" or "bad" night.  But it was very loud.

[FELINEGUITARS]

I saw Priest and Scorps both nights at Hammy O and the first night The Scorpions were so awesome that Priest had a hard act to follow and indeed they seemed a bit lacklustre

The second night the Scorps weren't quite so killer (they swapped Still Loving You for Wind of Change which slowed things down too much) , but Priest were really good - almost like they'd had a kick up the arse the night before and found their groove again.

I remember an interview with someone from Priest about playing at Donnington and they said they borrowed some of the fireworks and let them off at home - forgetting that they were much bigger than normal , and the next day the back garden looked like a war-zone

[Philly Q]

The second night the Scorps weren't quite so killer (they swapped Still Loving You for Wind of Change which slowed things down too much)

I think that means I was at the first night, thanks!  :)

[Philly Q]

So did anyone see Judas Priest on American Idol?

They did "Living After Midnight" and "Breaking The Law" with James Durbin, one of the contestants who sang  "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" earlier in the series. 

(Richie was playing the white SG Custom, by the way)