I'm on a Priest binge so this is a great time to give my Top Ten Priest songs: 1. Saints in Hell 2. Victim of Changes 3. Beyond the Realms of Desth 4. Traitor's Gate 5. Sinner 6. Hell Bent for Leather 7. Riding on the Wind 8. Running Wild 9. Desert Plains 10. Eat Me Alive
My most favorite Priest album of all time is and will forever be Defenders of The Faith. I was at the concert at MSG that June night back in 1984. The entire evening was surreal. Everything after Great White opening and leaving the stage was a totally unbelievable experience. The band was banned for life that night and even to this very day they can't play the Garden. People were punching holes in the walls and ripping cushions out of the seats and also breaking the seats. Tossing M-80's everywhere and throwing bottles. It was a bad scene as a mob of thousands spilled into Penn Station and basically chanting Priest and terrorizing everyone that was in the station at that time. I remember the manager and a few employees protecting the doors of Beefsteak Charlies not allowing anyone inside. Other shop owners closing down their gates in fear. The train platform on both sides loaded with hundreds of metal heads screaming and smashing signs. It happened 35 years ago and I'll remember it for the rest of my life....the best yet craziest concert I was ever at....the next day Billy Joel was playing MSG and they had to add couple thousand folding chairs as many ticket holders had no place to sit. The Defenders album and tour to me was Priest at their height....even better album than Painkiller! I like Painkiller a lot but Defenders is part of my DNA.....that album defined who I was and it was a flawless album for the first 7 tracks When the night goes down and heavy duty/Defenders of the Faith were also good....honestly after 7 perfect songs of headbanging the last two you could catch your breath before starting it all over again.
Love to hear Pete and Chris impart their knowledge and zeal for Judas Priest and hard rock and heavy metal in general. Really enjoyed the history of Black Sabbath you did. Keep'em coming and good job.
Saw Judas Priest in 1982 with Uriah Heep opening at the Sunrise Musical Theater...i was 11 and it was my second concert ...completely blew my mind and set me on a course of listening to heavy metal for the rest of my like....and now I am going to a concert this Friday night....guess who:?...Judas Priest and Uriah Heep....37 years later!!! Still rockin
Sin after Sin and Stained Class were such big lp's for me and my headbanging buddies in high school. When British Steel came out it was like an era was over. Our "secret" was out. In hindsight i was almost resentful. LOL. Another awesome video guys. Thanks.
The Definitive Version for sure. My college buddies and I had so many furious air-guitar sessions back in the day for this one that I could not possibly count them. Great times!!!
Stained Class was my favorite Judas Priest album for many years back in the 90's, but in the past 20 years it has been Sad Wings Of Destiny. It is a MASTERPIECE!!!! Judas Priest in my opinion has many great albums like Sin After Sin, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Stained Class, Hell Bent For Leather/Killing Machine, British Steel, Point Of Entry, Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders Of The Faith, Painkiller, Angel Of Retribution, Redeemer Of Souls, and Firepower. These albums to me are PHENOMENAL!! Great series!!! Looking forward to the Iron Maiden one. Hopefully sometime soon.
My very first Priest concert was on their Defenders of the Faith tour. I’ll never forget it, what an amazing powerful and very loud show that was. My ears rang for three days after that show. I also got the chance to see Rob Halford do a show in a very small bar in Phoenix called the Mason Jar right around the Painkiller timeframe. He was there with a few musicians and did a dozen or so Priest songs, epic! He opened that show with Solar Angels. I was a mere few feet away from the Metal God himself.🤘🏻
Hey guys, i am from Brazil, I love hard rock and older heavy metal tunes, and i am glad to have found your channel. Today. Very good stuff, great videos with sabbath and Deep purple and this one here is awsome too. Looking forward to watch the Iron Maiden one.
I saw the Maiden /Priest in 82/83 in Philly at the Spectrum. It is STILL the best double bill I have ever seen. Both bands were firing on all cylinders .
Priest fans need to get the heavy metal parking lot DVD. The movie is good, but the extras are unreal. 6 hours of extra stuff. A priest vinyl collector shows off all his collectables, they show the history of the cap center and the implosion. It has other parking lot series too
I bought Sad Wings in October of 1976 in St. Petersburg Florida.. I bought it only because I loved the cover never hearing of Judas Priest. Needless to say I was blown away the first time I played the album. Love it!
Please get Chris on more often, I really enjoy his contributions. Very knowledgeable and interesting to boot. I like Judas Priest, always found Iron Maiden a bit cheesy really. Love the 70's records, 80's for me Screaming for Vengeance and Point of Entry are amazing. Could do without Turbo and Ram it Down but for the most part I dig em.
Great show Fellaz...I'm a year late but better late than never! So many memories, I have a few years on ya Pete and caught some of these earlier JP shows as well...From the Detroit area...I did catch that Def Leppard, Scorpions and Judas Priest 1980 down in Toledo Ohio for $6.00...My ticket stub says Heavy Metal Tuesday...What a great show! Amazing when bands used to pop into small town with a few days notice to sell shirts and make gas money...LOL...I was one of 2K in an 8K arena at that show...Diggin through your archives...Rock On!
Hey guys great show first of all ...first time I seen the BEAST from the EAST was the unleashed in the east tour and the warm up band we're touring behind their Killers album.. little band called Iron Maiden...
The triumvirate of Sin After Sin, Stained Class & Hell Bent for Leather are the Priest albums that got me hooked. And they did start headlining during the HBFL Tour. Saw them do a headline show in Vancouver at the PNE Gardens (3000 seater). Almost 40 years later, it's still in my top 5 concerts I've seen.
Great video again Pete JP my fav band the band that got me into METAL only seen them 2times in Australia its a long way to come once with Ripper and once with Rob enjoyed both shows keep rockin Pete and making those videos I will keep watching
I saw the show they were talking about. It was called Heavy metal wednesday here in Cleveland . It was def leppard, scorpions and Judas priest. At the music hall. 30july 1980. To this day, my favorite concert of all time. Started my love for heavy metal. But, they thought it was the Lovedrive tour for scorpions. That's incorrect. It was Animal Magnatism tour. No Michael schenker. A year earlier I saw the Lovedrive tour in 79
The first time I ever listened to Judas Priest was back in 1987 at barely 9 years old when MTV'S Headbanger's Ball played the live version of The Hellion/Electric Eye from the Memphis 82 show. I have been a huge massive fan ever since. Iron Maiden is my all time favorite band, but Rob Halford is my all time favorite lead singer, and KK Downing and Glenn Tipton is my favorite guitar duo ever. Black Sabbath might be the Godfathers of Heavy Metal, but in my opinion Judas Priest perfected it.
First show for me was the Capital Theater in Passaic New Jersey with Crystal Ship a Doors tribute band opening. It was me as a young teenager with a couple thousand bikers and for some unknown reason, Crystal Ship fans.
Sorry, I have to be that guy. According to Wikipedia, Judas Priest had a stretch of 5 out of 6 albums that went platinum, Unleashed in the East through Turbo, Point of Entry being the only one within the 6 that did not. Iron Maiden, on the other hand, had 5 consecutive platinum albums from The Number of the Beast through Somewhere in Time. Incredible accomplishments by both bands though. I love them both. Their rivalry will live on forever.
Iron Maiden has five platinum albums in the US: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, Live after Death. Priest has five platinum albums in the US: British Steel, Screaming, Defenders, Turbo, Unleashed in the East.
@@Carlos-xz3vi I don't think he was saying there was, merely confirming the number of platinum albums Maiden had in the US as the guys were discussing that and weren't sure.
i come from the black country were priest sabbath diamond head ect started i saw priest many times the strangest at a youth club supporting a band called sweaty betty and i was unsure then sad wings came out the first real heavy metal album and now like you guys a lifelong fan
I saw them twice on the Defenders Of the Faith Tour: Once at Nassau Colosseum in April 1984, and the second time was at that infamous show at Madison Square Garden on June 18th, 1984. It was both amazing and surreal, and no, neither I nor my friend did any of the vandalism. On the one hand, it was kinda cool, but it of course was very wrong to do. I did keep a piece of seat cushion though for many years afterwards. 😊
I was lucky enough to live within walking distance to the capital theater in Passaic New Jersey, and saw Judas priest, the sad wings of destiny tour, Rush, 2112 , and Kansas in one night. I’m a true priest fan
The first time I recall ever hearing Priest I didn’t know it was Priest till several years later but was Take on all the world. The first time knowingly listened to Priest was over at my buddies house, smoking a lot of weed and listening to Screaming for Vengeance. My life changed forever that very moment. 🤘🏻
There's live audio of Priest and Budgie performing together in February 11, 1974 (actually doing a duet together on a song called Running From My Soul). Rob had JUST joined the band the previous year and you can hear him SCREAMING on the song (not high pitched, but growls).
Judas Priest is such a good band! They deserve way more recognition than they get. They should be being invited to meet world leaders and shit. They have so many goddamn great songs! At least 15 to 20 AMAZING songs. That is not easy to do. There should really be a Judas Priest day. Or better yet just take the religious stuff out of christmas and just give that day to the Priest.
I think Dave Holland was a great drummer for the sound Priest wanted during their 80’s era. That being said, if I wanted to hear some really great drumming from him, I’d probably listen to Trapeze. Great video as always guys!!!
I have seen Priest seven times. My first time Iron Maiden and Girl School opened up for Priest. Queensrÿche was the opening band for Priest on a few tours and seen those two bands together three times.
sad wings of Destiny has a very special place in my heart, it is my first Judas Priest Album, my second one was Stained Class which when I first heard it I didn't know that I was listening too, but i loved it regardless
How lucky you were and after Stained Class things went in a more modern direction that was more popular but not unique like yours. And don't forget Sin after Sin. And from Rocka Rolla, "She was a Cheeeee...tah!" Gotta crank that
You can't forget Rush's All The World's a Stage from 1976, Rainbow's Live On Stage album released in 1977 and ACDC's If You Want Blood You've Got It from 1978! All amazing live albums.
Hi Pete, really enjoying your work. Great Priest video. Appreciating learning about the history behind the music. Priest is one of my favorites when I discovered metal in 1981. Killing Machine was my first Priest album which did not include Green Manalishi. First heard Green Manalishi on Unleased in the East and was blown away, one of my all time favorites. Didn’t realize it was a cover, as it sounds like it could have been a Priest original. Appreciate the call out for “Starbreaker.” One of my JP favorites which always seemed to be over looked.
Yes they played Eat me alive in 2008-2009. I was at the concert they played in Bergen on that tour. The song was great live. Other highlights were Dissident aggressor, Rock hard ride free, The green Manalishi and Between the hammer and the anvil. Strangely enough they did not play Living after midnight. They were playing in a surprisingly small venue with room for only 3000 people. It was one of the best concerts I have been to.There was no opening act, just an amazing show with the best version of Judas Priest.
Great stuff. I enjoyed the Sabbath history and lately I’ve been getting into Judas, and this did not dissapoint. My favorite Judas album? Point of entry. Followed by Turbo. I might be on the minority, but Judas truly knew how to do pop metal.
Thanks for this Priest history. Very Interesting. @Pete Pardo : Killing Machines is one my Priest favorite too. It's definitely a turning point for Heavy Metal I think (production and songwise).
I enjoyed this video.I got into Priest relatively early.Bought Sad Wings in 77 and followed buying each album in succesion.They did headline some shows in 78.Saw them open for and blow away UFO (with Chapman,not Schenker)in 79.Saw them headline on tour supporting Unleashed in the East and didn't know Les Binks was gone.Was expecting them to open with Exciter and obviously Dave Holland couldn't play that.Saw them 3 more times in the 80's.It's ridiculous that they were passed over for R'N'Roll Hall of Fame.Like you guys said,probably biggest selling metal band outside of Metallica and maybe Sabbath, that also influenced so many bands with their sound and look.
Been a Judas Priest fan since 1981 they've been my favorite band since I was 11 ...guys great information .... Firepower ranks #4 in thier discography imo. 1.Screaming For Vengeance 2.British Steel 3.Sad Wings Of Destiny 4.Firepower 5.Redeemer Of Souls 6.Defenders Of The Faith 7.Painkiller 8.Sin After Sin 9.Angel Of Retribution Is the best half of thier 18 studio album discography. 10.Hell Bent For Leather 11.Stained Class 12.Point Of Entry 13.Rocka Rolla 14.Nostradamous 15.Ram It Down 16.Turbo 17.Jugulator 18.Demolition
@@metalgamerk9549 Rocka Rolla is far better imo all of it I like. Ram It Down has Love Zone,I'm A Rocker,Johnny B.Goode,Love you to Death and Monsters Of Rock. 5 terrible tracks just god awful.
@@dauntingtask8399 Soo Blood Red Skies is awful? Whoa, do we have a different taste. Rocka Rolla has a few good songs on it, but not ONE is even close to metal or hard rock. It's a record to listen to if you want to fall a sleep. I mean compare it to what Black Sabbath was doing at the time..
@@metalgamerk9549 Every track on Rocka Rolla is excellent electric heavy blues,every track. Ram It Down has 5 "Ok tracks" and 5 god awful tracks...the 5 god awful tracks are Love Zone,I'm A Rocker,Johnny B.Goode,Love you to Death and Monsters Of Rock. Rocka Rolla in its entirety is far superior than the 5 ok tracks on Ram It Down.
Hey guys thanks for doing this !!!!!! I’m a priest die hard fan Let’s all start a dialogue on why there’s no live video footage available from the 79-80 time frame !!!!!!!
Just thinking the other day how much "Some Heads Are Gonna' Roll" sounds like "Beat 'em Up" from BOC, and it turns out they were written by the same guy.
How is that disco????? How in the hell????? There is nothing, absolutely nothing disco about that record. “Turning circles”, “Desert plains”, “Heading out to the hoghway”, “Solar Angels”, etc....how the hell are those songs disco???? Shut up.
I saw Priest for the 1st time this week. It was awesome. They did at least one song from all their catalog up to Painkiller and one track from the last album, but they did NOTHING from Stained Class, which is my personal favorite album. But they were still great.
me and my mate saw the 'flying hat band' supporting 'Budgie' in the UK..they had twin gutiarists one wore dark suit and light coloured hat and the other a dark suit and a dark coloured hat..well early on..then saw priest again in nottm uk..1975 in small hall..we'd been to see led zep at the famous Earls court gig..and we had loads of photos off page etc we were 4 rows from front..but we never finished entire roll..when we got back we went see priest and the door man took our camera off us..when we came out he'd opened the camera and ruined all the led zep exposures..
i was at a Metallica show in 2000 at the old Cowboys Stadium where people tore off a bunch of seats & threw them around before Metallica came on...it was after Korn. Jason Newsted came out on a mic telling everyone to cut it out.
29:00 - Unleashed in the East was originally released in Japan as Priest in the East with Obi, printed inner sleeve and a bonus 4-track 7" and IIRC there was also a version with 12"
I'm on a Priest binge so this is a great time to give my Top Ten Priest songs:
1. Saints in Hell
2. Victim of Changes
3. Beyond the Realms of Desth
4. Traitor's Gate
5. Sinner
6. Hell Bent for Leather
7. Riding on the Wind
8. Running Wild
9. Desert Plains
10. Eat Me Alive
My most favorite Priest album of all time is and will forever be Defenders of The Faith. I was at the concert at MSG that June night back in 1984. The entire evening was surreal. Everything after Great White opening and leaving the stage was a totally unbelievable experience. The band was banned for life that night and even to this very day they can't play the Garden. People were punching holes in the walls and ripping cushions out of the seats and also breaking the seats. Tossing M-80's everywhere and throwing bottles. It was a bad scene as a mob of thousands spilled into Penn Station and basically chanting Priest and terrorizing everyone that was in the station at that time. I remember the manager and a few employees protecting the doors of Beefsteak Charlies not allowing anyone inside. Other shop owners closing down their gates in fear. The train platform on both sides loaded with hundreds of metal heads screaming and smashing signs. It happened 35 years ago and I'll remember it for the rest of my life....the best yet craziest concert I was ever at....the next day Billy Joel was playing MSG and they had to add couple thousand folding chairs as many ticket holders had no place to sit. The Defenders album and tour to me was Priest at their height....even better album than Painkiller! I like Painkiller a lot but Defenders is part of my DNA.....that album defined who I was and it was a flawless album for the first 7 tracks When the night goes down and heavy duty/Defenders of the Faith were also good....honestly after 7 perfect songs of headbanging the last two you could catch your breath before starting it all over again.
Ken Hoey
So glad I grew up in Texas.
Fuck an A man!! Painkiller was their best album, but I agree that Defenders was their peak! They were on fire in 1984!
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Stained Class is their BEST
@@adamfox9245 Can't argue with you on that. I'd say tied for best with Painkiller, but def best of the 70's.
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Jared you are a wise man..
Except for Turbo and Ram It Down they were all great..
I was at that Day on the Green concert in 1977 at age 14 (Oakland Colisieum)!
I watch this at least once every 2 weeks. What can I say, I love Priest. I love the episode. Chris and Pete do this so damn good.
Painkiller for me. Masterpiece top to bottom.
Love to hear Pete and Chris impart their knowledge and zeal for Judas Priest and hard rock and heavy metal in general. Really enjoyed the history of Black Sabbath you did. Keep'em coming and good job.
Thanks Thomas!
One could easily argue that Victim of Changes is the best heavy metal song ever written.
How epic was victims....c'mon I blew up so many cheap speakers
The brilliance of the twin lead guitar line up on display with victims of changes
Probably 2nd to Stargazer for me.
It is definitely in my top five best Heavy Metal songs ever list.
Kk downing best solo I’ve ever heard in this song us festival 83
Unleashed in the East 🔥
Saw Judas Priest in 1982 with Uriah Heep opening at the Sunrise Musical Theater...i was 11 and it was my second concert ...completely blew my mind and set me on a course of listening to heavy metal for the rest of my like....and now I am going to a concert this Friday night....guess who:?...Judas Priest and Uriah Heep....37 years later!!! Still rockin
What was your first concert?
Sin after Sin and Stained Class were such big lp's for me and my headbanging buddies in high school. When British Steel came out it was like an era was over. Our "secret" was out. In hindsight i was almost resentful. LOL. Another awesome video guys. Thanks.
Best victims of changes version is unleashed in the east easily
The Definitive Version for sure. My college buddies and I had so many furious air-guitar sessions back in the day for this one that I could not possibly count them. Great times!!!
Nope beg to differ...US Festival 1983. More Immersive and hypnotically mesmerizing here on You Tube. Watch it! You will love it.
Bill H I just gave that version another listen and it’s definitely kick ass. It’s right there with the Unleashed version, maybe better.
No. The original studio cut, from Sad Wings of Destiny (I believe....).
Strike that, apparently it was Rock n Rolla.
The US Festival concert was amazing. This filmed set was my introduction to live Priest. Epic, epic show.
Great job on the history of Judas Priest. I saw them in April of 1979, opening for UFO. One of my favorite concerts of all time!
April 13, Seattle, Paramount Theatre?
Ufo,oh god,that's epic!RP
Stained Class was my favorite Judas Priest album for many years back in the 90's, but in the past 20 years it has been Sad Wings Of Destiny. It is a MASTERPIECE!!!! Judas Priest in my opinion has many great albums like Sin After Sin, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Stained Class, Hell Bent For Leather/Killing Machine, British Steel, Point Of Entry, Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders Of The Faith, Painkiller, Angel Of Retribution, Redeemer Of Souls, and Firepower. These albums to me are PHENOMENAL!! Great series!!! Looking forward to the Iron Maiden one. Hopefully sometime soon.
I seen Priest and Maiden in 81 at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia. Killer show.
Saw it in Boston .agreed epic show.Saw Def Leppard,Scorpions and priest.At the Orphium in Boston I think 79 or 80. One of the best shows ever.
That would have been amazing my 2 favorite bands of all time that would have been incredible
My very first Priest concert was on their Defenders of the Faith tour. I’ll never forget it, what an amazing powerful and very loud show that was. My ears rang for three days after that show. I also got the chance to see Rob Halford do a show in a very small bar in Phoenix called the Mason Jar right around the Painkiller timeframe. He was there with a few musicians and did a dozen or so Priest songs, epic! He opened that show with Solar Angels. I was a mere few feet away from the Metal God himself.🤘🏻
i just ordered a copy of Stained Class on cd
Hey guys, i am from Brazil,
I love hard rock and older heavy metal tunes, and i am glad to have found your channel. Today.
Very good stuff, great videos with sabbath and Deep purple and this one here is awsome too. Looking forward to watch the Iron Maiden one.
Welcome!
I saw the Maiden /Priest in 82/83 in Philly at the Spectrum. It is STILL the best double bill I have ever seen. Both bands were firing on all cylinders .
Priest fans need to get the heavy metal parking lot DVD. The movie is good, but the extras are unreal. 6 hours of extra stuff. A priest vinyl collector shows off all his collectables, they show the history of the cap center and the implosion. It has other parking lot series too
judas priest is such a great name aswell
I bought Sad Wings in October of 1976 in St. Petersburg Florida.. I bought it only because I loved the cover never hearing of Judas Priest. Needless to say I was blown away the first time I played the album. Love it!
"Rocka Rolla" is more than a decent solid album. It is one of the best debut albums of all time if you ask me. It is awesome.
Agreed.
Ehh nahh. Run of the Mill is fantastic but even that has a dead couple minutes in the middle. Very flawed album although a pleasant listen.
I love Priest but hell nah
@@VarsityAthlete04 One of the best debut albums of all time is a stretch.
Favourite band! I've been meaning to watch this for weeks!
Agreed to an extent on Stained Class starting modern metal, Sin After Sin deserves a little credit for that too I would argue.
My favorite HM band. Legendary!
I like every Priest album a lot.But I agree Sad Wings always had a special place in my soul. I wore it out in the 70's
For me, Sad Wings Of Destiny is probably the greatest METAL album of all time!!!
Yes i agree with you.it's classic metal.it's my memory
Album
I'll never understand why they did Epitaph but other than those few minutes of nonsense, Sad Wings is perfect top to bottom.
Whatever guys United is a great song!
It’s a football (“soccer”) anthem.
Great Insights and info about a great band! Was looking forward to this video! Thanks to both of you!
Please get Chris on more often, I really enjoy his contributions. Very knowledgeable and interesting to boot.
I like Judas Priest, always found Iron Maiden a bit cheesy really. Love the 70's records, 80's for me Screaming for Vengeance and Point of Entry are amazing. Could do without Turbo and Ram it Down but for the most part I dig em.
Can you believe these guys played all my local pubs in Bloxwich Pelsall and Walsall , clawing a way up in the 70s. Scruffy bastards were ace.
Sad Wings of Destiny might have the greatest album cover of all time, certainly the best of Priest's career.
Thank you for these videos 🤘
Great show Fellaz...I'm a year late but better late than never! So many memories, I have a few years on ya Pete and caught some of these earlier JP shows as well...From the Detroit area...I did catch that Def Leppard, Scorpions and Judas Priest 1980 down in Toledo Ohio for $6.00...My ticket stub says Heavy Metal Tuesday...What a great show! Amazing when bands used to pop into small town with a few days notice to sell shirts and make gas money...LOL...I was one of 2K in an 8K arena at that show...Diggin through your archives...Rock On!
Great show guys.
Hey guys great show first of all ...first time I seen the BEAST from the EAST was the unleashed in the east tour and the warm up band we're touring behind their Killers album.. little band called Iron Maiden...
Chris is great! He needs his own show! And this is a great episode. Thanks, Pete! Defenders and Painkiller are probably my favorite Priest albums.
The triumvirate of Sin After Sin, Stained Class & Hell Bent for Leather are the Priest albums that got me hooked. And they did start headlining during the HBFL Tour. Saw them do a headline show in Vancouver at the PNE Gardens (3000 seater). Almost 40 years later, it's still in my top 5 concerts I've seen.
No Sad Wings? 😕
Great video again Pete JP my fav band the band that got me into METAL only seen them 2times in Australia its a long way to come once with Ripper and once with Rob enjoyed both shows keep rockin Pete and making those videos I will keep watching
I saw the show they were talking about. It was called Heavy metal wednesday here in Cleveland . It was def leppard, scorpions and Judas priest. At the music hall. 30july 1980. To this day, my favorite concert of all time. Started my love for heavy metal. But, they thought it was the Lovedrive tour for scorpions. That's incorrect. It was Animal Magnatism tour. No Michael schenker. A year earlier I saw the Lovedrive tour in 79
I have Rocka Rolla With the bottle cap on vinyl from back in the day.
Me too! Love that ❤️ cover even if some did not.
The first time I ever listened to Judas Priest was back in 1987 at barely 9 years old when MTV'S Headbanger's Ball played the live version of The Hellion/Electric Eye from the Memphis 82 show. I have been a huge massive fan ever since. Iron Maiden is my all time favorite band, but Rob Halford is my all time favorite lead singer, and KK Downing and Glenn Tipton is my favorite guitar duo ever. Black Sabbath might be the Godfathers of Heavy Metal, but in my opinion Judas Priest perfected it.
First show for me was the Capital Theater in Passaic New Jersey with Crystal Ship a Doors tribute band opening. It was me as a young teenager with a couple thousand bikers and for some unknown reason, Crystal Ship fans.
Amazing great review of a huge band, stands there as equal as deep purple, led zeppelin, pink Floyd and queen!
There's a clear Suite Madame Blue influence on Beyond the Realms of Death.
I was there From Brazil Festival Solid Rock...Day 10/11/2018🎸😎👊
Sorry, I have to be that guy. According to Wikipedia, Judas Priest had a stretch of 5 out of 6 albums that went platinum, Unleashed in the East through Turbo, Point of Entry being the only one within the 6 that did not. Iron Maiden, on the other hand, had 5 consecutive platinum albums from The Number of the Beast through Somewhere in Time. Incredible accomplishments by both bands though. I love them both. Their rivalry will live on forever.
Iron Maiden has five platinum albums in the US: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, Live after Death. Priest has five platinum albums in the US: British Steel, Screaming, Defenders, Turbo, Unleashed in the East.
There’s no rivalry. Without Judas there’s no Maiden. Is like saying there is a rivalry between Sabbath and Metallica. Nonsense.
@@Carlos-xz3vi I don't think he was saying there was, merely confirming the number of platinum albums Maiden had in the US as the guys were discussing that and weren't sure.
i come from the black country were priest sabbath diamond head ect started i saw priest many times the strangest at a youth club supporting a band called sweaty betty and i was unsure then sad wings came out the first real heavy metal album and now like you guys a lifelong fan
I saw them twice on the Defenders Of the Faith Tour: Once at Nassau Colosseum in April 1984, and the second time was at that infamous show at Madison Square Garden on June 18th, 1984. It was both amazing and surreal, and no, neither I nor my friend did any of the vandalism. On the one hand, it was kinda cool, but it of course was very wrong to do. I did keep a piece of seat cushion though for many years afterwards. 😊
I dunno how i missed this before(or if I'm just braindead and forgot), but this is so good.
I was lucky enough to live within walking distance to the capital theater in Passaic New Jersey, and saw Judas priest, the sad wings of destiny tour, Rush, 2112 , and Kansas in one night. I’m a true priest fan
Learned a lot here and interesting to listen to you guys!
That wall of CD's behind you guys...Damn! Very impressive! I wonder if you need a system to find what you want to listen to. Must be thousands of cds.
I want that retro Priest shirt!
@Flat Earth Florida Aren't you adorable!
Painkiller was awesome Love that Album.
Painkiller is thrash. JP was NEVER and is NOT a thrash band. Sorry! Hated Painkiller
@@rangerrick222 Meh. It was better than And Justice for All
The first time I recall ever hearing Priest I didn’t know it was Priest till several years later but was Take on all the world. The first time knowingly listened to Priest was over at my buddies house, smoking a lot of weed and listening to Screaming for Vengeance. My life changed forever that very moment. 🤘🏻
There's live audio of Priest and Budgie performing together in February 11, 1974 (actually doing a duet together on a song called Running From My Soul). Rob had JUST joined the band the previous year and you can hear him SCREAMING on the song (not high pitched, but growls).
My favorite band ever love judas priest
Judas Priest is such a good band! They deserve way more recognition than they get. They should be being invited to meet world leaders and shit. They have so many goddamn great songs! At least 15 to 20 AMAZING songs. That is not easy to do. There should really be a Judas Priest day. Or better yet just take the religious stuff out of christmas and just give that day to the Priest.
history of Alice Cooper would be kind of interesting as well. Great job guys.
I think Dave Holland was a great drummer for the sound Priest wanted during their 80’s era. That being said, if I wanted to hear some really great drumming from him, I’d probably listen to Trapeze. Great video as always guys!!!
if Dave played like trapeze on Priest the stuff could be way better
saw priest headline at Cleveland public hall in 1980. scorpions and def leppard opened
I was there,I believe the zoo by scorps was encore.rp
I have seen Priest seven times. My first time Iron Maiden and Girl School opened up for Priest. Queensrÿche was the opening band for Priest on a few tours and seen those two bands together three times.
sad wings of Destiny has a very special place in my heart, it is my first Judas Priest Album, my second one was Stained Class which when I first heard it I didn't know that I was listening too, but i loved it regardless
How lucky you were and after Stained Class things went in a more modern direction that was more popular but not unique like yours. And don't forget Sin after Sin. And from Rocka Rolla, "She was a Cheeeee...tah!" Gotta crank that
@@rangerrick222 I listen to all Judas Priest up until Defenders Of The Faith, it is all VERY good.
The mash up song is a combo of whiskey woman and red light lady
Sin After Sin is my favorite Priest album. I love the cover art.
Was at first Castle Donnington Monsters of Rock UK 1980. Rainbow,Priest,Scorpions,Saxon,April Wine,Touch,Riot.
You can't forget Rush's All The World's a Stage from 1976, Rainbow's Live On Stage album released in 1977 and ACDC's If You Want Blood You've Got It from 1978! All amazing live albums.
Nothing touches Strangers in the Night. Nothing.
Hi Pete, really enjoying your work. Great Priest video. Appreciating learning about the history behind the music. Priest is one of my favorites when I discovered metal in 1981. Killing Machine was my first Priest album which did not include Green Manalishi. First heard Green Manalishi on Unleased in the East and was blown away, one of my all time favorites. Didn’t realize it was a cover, as it sounds like it could have been a Priest original. Appreciate the call out for “Starbreaker.” One of my JP favorites which always seemed to be over looked.
Yes they played Eat me alive in 2008-2009. I was at the concert they played in Bergen on that tour. The song was great live. Other highlights were Dissident aggressor, Rock hard ride free, The green Manalishi and Between the hammer and the anvil. Strangely enough they did not play Living after midnight. They were playing in a surprisingly small venue with room for only 3000 people. It was one of the best concerts I have been to.There was no opening act, just an amazing show with the best version of Judas Priest.
Saw them on the Defenders tour in Lakeland, FL. Will never forget Halford coming out on stage...awesome show!
Coming out in what way? Sorry. Too easy.
I love the first album .
79 they only did 1 canadian show at the almocombo guys !! a buddy of mine shared a QUART with the boys !!!!
I saw the British Steel tour in Rockford Illinois. Lineup was Joe Perry Project, Scorpions, Judas Priest and last was Heart. Great show.
Beyond the Realms of Death is my favorite Priest song. Great when done live.
Great stuff. I enjoyed the Sabbath history and lately I’ve been getting into Judas, and this did not dissapoint. My favorite Judas album? Point of entry. Followed by Turbo. I might be on the minority, but Judas truly knew how to do pop metal.
date of first concert of the "new" Judas Priest with Downing and Atkins was March 16 1970
Thanks for this Priest history. Very Interesting. @Pete Pardo : Killing Machines is one my Priest favorite too. It's definitely a turning point for Heavy Metal I think (production and songwise).
I enjoyed this video.I got into Priest relatively early.Bought Sad Wings in 77 and followed buying each album in succesion.They did headline some shows in 78.Saw them open for and blow away UFO (with Chapman,not Schenker)in 79.Saw them headline on tour supporting Unleashed in the East and didn't know Les Binks was gone.Was expecting them to open with Exciter and obviously Dave Holland couldn't play that.Saw them 3 more times in the 80's.It's ridiculous that they were passed over for R'N'Roll Hall of Fame.Like you guys said,probably biggest selling metal band outside of Metallica and maybe Sabbath, that also influenced so many bands with their sound and look.
Been a Judas Priest fan since 1981 they've been my favorite band since I was 11 ...guys great information .... Firepower ranks #4 in thier discography imo.
1.Screaming For Vengeance
2.British Steel
3.Sad Wings Of Destiny
4.Firepower
5.Redeemer Of Souls
6.Defenders Of The Faith
7.Painkiller
8.Sin After Sin
9.Angel Of Retribution
Is the best half of thier 18 studio album discography.
10.Hell Bent For Leather
11.Stained Class
12.Point Of Entry
13.Rocka Rolla
14.Nostradamous
15.Ram It Down
16.Turbo
17.Jugulator
18.Demolition
Ram It Down worse than Rocka Rolla!?? No fucking way dude!!
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Rocka Rolla is far better imo all of it I like. Ram It Down has Love Zone,I'm A Rocker,Johnny B.Goode,Love you to Death and Monsters Of Rock. 5 terrible tracks just god awful.
@@dauntingtask8399 Soo Blood Red Skies is awful? Whoa, do we have a different taste. Rocka Rolla has a few good songs on it, but not ONE is even close to metal or hard rock. It's a record to listen to if you want to fall a sleep. I mean compare it to what Black Sabbath was doing at the time..
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Where did I say Blood Red Skies is god aful dude? Show me.
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Every track on Rocka Rolla is excellent electric heavy blues,every track. Ram It Down has 5 "Ok tracks" and 5 god awful tracks...the 5 god awful tracks are Love Zone,I'm A Rocker,Johnny B.Goode,Love you to Death and Monsters Of Rock. Rocka Rolla in its entirety is far superior than the 5 ok tracks on Ram It Down.
i had to pause & check out “Desert Plains”...nice
Hey guys thanks for doing this !!!!!!
I’m a priest die hard fan
Let’s all start a dialogue on why there’s no live video footage available from
the 79-80 time frame !!!!!!!
Used to listen to sad wings and sin after sin in high school
Great times great influential metal
Great show. Razorfist does a video review of the mighty JP also. All good, more rock.
Oh yeah, Stained Class. Almost perfect, except for the cover. Everything else, amazing.
I hope you guys eventually will do the Iron Maiden history.
Just thinking the other day how much "Some Heads Are Gonna' Roll" sounds like "Beat 'em Up" from BOC, and it turns out they were written by the same guy.
Beat em up is CORNY and i'm a HUGE BOC fan..
Listen to BOC Cleveland 91
Regarding the “clean and shiny” Point of Entry Album, I recall Halford saying that Point of Entry was Priest’s attempt at disco.
How is that disco????? How in the hell????? There is nothing, absolutely nothing disco about that record. “Turning circles”, “Desert plains”, “Heading out to the hoghway”, “Solar Angels”, etc....how the hell are those songs disco???? Shut up.
Everything comes back to "Stained Class and Hell Bent For Leather" for me. That is the birth of Judas Priest and by far my favorite albums from them.
Birth was RockaRolla with Cheater and Sad Wings but I love your choices!
I saw Priest for the 1st time this week. It was awesome. They did at least one song from all their catalog up to Painkiller and one track from the last album, but they did NOTHING from Stained Class, which is my personal favorite album. But they were still great.
me and my mate saw the 'flying hat band' supporting 'Budgie' in the UK..they had twin gutiarists one wore dark suit and light coloured hat and the other a dark suit and a dark coloured hat..well early on..then saw priest again in nottm uk..1975 in small hall..we'd been to see led zep at the famous Earls court gig..and we had loads of photos off page etc we were 4 rows from front..but we never finished entire roll..when we got back we went see priest and the door man took our camera off us..when we came out he'd opened the camera and ruined all the led zep exposures..
i was at a Metallica show in 2000 at the old Cowboys Stadium where people tore off a bunch of seats & threw them around before Metallica came on...it was after Korn. Jason Newsted came out on a mic telling everyone to cut it out.
Awesome video guys
First saw Priest in 1980, with Maiden supporting. Memorable night ..
29:00 - Unleashed in the East was originally released in Japan as Priest in the East with Obi, printed inner sleeve and a bonus 4-track 7" and IIRC there was also a version with 12"
Painkiller is my favorite, however sad wings of destiny and defenders of the faith are right up there.
Yeah you better mention run of the mill which is the best song on the album its epic !!!
My first concert was KISS dynasty tour December 3rd, 1979. Opening act was the Rockets. I would have loved to catch Priest as the opener.
Animal Magnetism was released in March of 1980...so that would be the tour you are referring to.