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I just wanted too say I love your videos their great from how well informed U are too the little cut in's which are funny as f**k lol love your work brother and prayers to U and your country from us here in the States. And just for the record we're not war mongers like our government. I assure U. We're all just like U my brother just like U. Peace my friend
👋🏻 Hello🤘🏻🙂🤘🏻from Canada 🇨🇦. Peace ✌🏻 , Love, Strength and Victory 🏆 to All in Ukraine! 🇺🇦 🤜🏻🤛🏻 I really love the channel, your content and sense of humour as well . 👍🏻😄 I am sure many other people all over the World 🌎 do as well. Could you look at doing a video comparing Rob Halford’s Vocals to Tim ( the Ripper) Owens. ( singing the same JP songs or at least similar tracks , or even separate the vocals ) Not to demean either guy, it is not about that to me and it never was… quite the opposite actually ! as they are both amazing singers! Just purely out of curiosity in an artistic sense alone. I have kinda demoed them back to back a number years ago to check it out for myself and I have to say Tim is very close to Rob when he wants to be. We all know and love Rob Halford he is the original Judas Priest singer and nobody does it better ! no question there ( I’ve seen Judas Priest live 4x ) and even now to this day Rob is easily one of the best metal singers to ever exist live or in the studio. But at the time when Rob left Priest the band really couldn’t have picked a better guy than Tim to take on lead vocals at that time ! ( Not an easy task for any vocalist and almost nobody could even do it properly I’d have to say they just straight off don’t have Rob’s vocal range! ). I think it would be cool for other people to hear it back to back compare it and hear just how crazy good Tim Owens really is as a vocalist ! 👍🏻🤘🏻😎 Rob is a legend with a very unique singing style and nobody out there can get even remotely as close to Halford as Tim can. While I’m on the topic of guys who have a kinda similar singing style… Could you also possibly discuss some of the old King Diamond albums ( vocal wise his range from low to high and different character voicing is crazy ) and also about their killer guitarist Andy LeRoc. (Amazing player with tons of riffs but also adds lots of feel and atmosphere to the tracks. and maybe to round it out , throw in some Merciful Fate as well ( King D’s old band before going solo ) just a few thoughts on videos I’d like to see 🤔🤘🏻🍻🇨🇦🇺🇦🍻all the best brother 🤘🏻🙂🤘🏻
"Steeler" is, in my opinion, not only the best song of the album but the perfect & most pure example of what heavy metal is about......a heavy riff, a strong drum rhythm, and a extraordinaire guitar duel! 100% heavy metal at his finest!
The Rage on the British Steel is my favorite because of the energy throughout the song. The intro and after the lead guitar solo the song gets mellow then picks back up where Rob comes back in with the vocals is amazing.
Steeler is my favourite song off the album. The energy of that song is next level. And the groove at the end where the guitars trade solos, is something else.
"Metal Gods" is my personal favorite. That primary guitar riff is so huge and epic!!! It inspires me to imagine literal Giants marching into battle. Also, the lyrics are some of the best that Rob ever wrote. They were very prescient in describing the march of technology and its greater and greater impact over our lives to this very day.
When I heard this album it entirely changed my life. At that time I was listening to Pink Floyd, The Beatles and other not heavy classic rock bands, but British Steel caught my attention and brought me into metal. Then I started listening to Sabbath, Maiden, Megadeth and so on... Thanks for making such content, you're the only so special CZcamsr bringing so many information about metal on the whole CZcams
You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise is the best song on the album as it personifies what metal and rock are all about - childhood or teenage angst with a flip. Instead of 'telling me I don't know what to do', I'm telling you 'I already know'. I think The Rage is a very much underrated second - and if anything - the 'thrash metal' scene of Metallica and Megadeth are born of this song more than anything.
Breaking the Law was the first riff I learned to play and the first song learned from start to finish. Even the solo. That started my metal journey and even today I still cover them with my band.
I saw The Priest on that tour @ the Warfield in San Francisco.I bought a t-shirt with that British Steel logo,and wore it to every Priest show for years. Wish I still had it,loved that T-shirt.
My second concert was Def Leppard "On Through the Night," the Scorpions "Animal Magnetism," and Judas Priest "British Steel." When Halford came out on a Harley for the encore & sang "Hellbent for Leather" made me a lifelong metalhead. Thanks for revisiting them & adding facts I had never heard before. I am from the Pittsburgh area and can relate to the closure of the steel mills.
Such a strong album. This album really has a different feel to me than any other their album. There is some rawness to it. I particularly like Rage, and not only for that cool little Reggae part.
I love United ... I do not know why they don't play it live more often ... it's such a sing along song, that all crowd would sing it out loud, it could simply be their closing track with the crowd going nuts
Steeler rocks! This is my favourite album ever! Thanks for all the anecdots about this masterpiece that I wasn't aware of it. Please expand the "Defenders of the Faith" series! Thanks for everything!
This was the first album I ever bought in my life when I was a kid. The sleeve alone is iconic and that's before you even get to the music. You are quite right young man about the state of the country back then. I'm from the north east of England and when Thatcher began crippling entire communities for no reason whatsoever, we as kids and particularly our parents, went through some very very hard times. There were men killing themselves when they closed Consett Steelworks and the pits. They simply could not see any future for themselves. So yes, this album for me (and many English people just like Me), is an extremely important piece of work. Even today, and ever since I was 10 years old and became a lifetime AC/DC nut, this album is still one of the best pieces of vinyl I've ever dropped a needle on. It's epic, in the true sense of the word. Overlook The Rage at you peril. Ps. Yes the videos are cringeworthy, but you got to remember, we are back in the days when the world has just gave birth to music tv channels and they had no clue how to make metal videos. (I would maintain that is still the case even today as I see some utter crap these days too) It's rock for gods sake Stop making videos and just show us the band live of stage, that's all we really want is it not? We're not pop princesses for fk sake!!!! We defend the faith.... Keep it real... always
LOL - I remember my jaw dropping in disbelief when I came across the videos from Point of Entry. I mean, sure, the "Breaking the Law" video was cheesy, but it was fun. The PoE videos were like, WTF?
I love British Steel...It was my introduction to Priest because of my age...When Sad Wings came out, I was only 11...I certainly got into Sad Wings and Stained Class once I discovered them...I don't think British Steel was a let down at all...
I bought this album when it was just released and one thing that I remember is that I thought that it sounded so much better than other hard rock albums at the time (and certainly way better recorded than their albums in the seventies). The drums and guitars were massive sounding.
we had a morning show for kids in 1980. They played one song every day. One morning they played Living after midnight. I was hooked. I bought the LP the same day.
The first album i heard was defenders of the faith. The second was Turbo Lover. Then came British steel. Followed quickly by ram it down. It took me a while to get used to the "older" priest albums.....but it stuck.... I wanted to get the entire back catalogue... and british steel was the gateway. Sigh . Awesome times.
My favorite song other than the whole album is "YOU don't have to be old to be wise" after hearing it recently from that concert Video clip you used just now for it. It has such balls, yet simple to play. Incredible 👍.
Well, the live album, Unleashed in East was the groundbreaking thing for JP., their previous albums were there, under radar of many but when Unleashed, came out, it was the topic of the day by any metal fans during that time and everyone was waiting for the next studio album to be relased. If Brittish Steel was THE album, its doors were opened by Unleashed..., at least here in Scandinavia. Before I knew about them and was impressed by the couple of songs I had heard, but before Unleased, they were very much under the radar.
I love your ideas of Judas Priest's influence on younger bands and the Reno trials, for continuing the Defenders of the faith series ! Go with them, but how about an investigation of the legends and realities of incidents and accidents our favourite band's had, like Rob's Harley accident on stage in Toronto, the Madison Square Garden damage and the alleged "waterworks" incident and getting lost beneath the stage one time and others, including expanding on the hoaxes you mentioned in this video.
I'm a little late to the party on this one, but the newspaper clipping that you show with Iron Maiden and Judas Priest is awesome. The Metro Centre is about 35 minutes from my house, and the Chic Evans Field House in DeKalb, IL is about 15 minutes from my house. Too bad I was about 9 years old then!
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Make sure you do a vid on metal fashion. I heard KK was pissed with Maiden for "copying their style", so then you can talk about the Priest-Maiden (or rather, KK-Maiden) rivalry some more
LOVE THESE....How about an entire episode about their LIVE music...Videos(VHS/DVD/LaserDisc/Blue Ray) and Audio concerts....Note esp. the MISSING Ram it Down era and Painkiller epic time frames for Rob's Voice - with no live content.
3 months later and this still only has 750 views. F-ing ridiculous! Such a good video, even though I know most of the facts. I'm not as much of a fan of this as a lot of people. Always preferred Stained Class, and still debate with myself whether this or Killing Machine are the superior hard rock album. Yes, I get the influence of this album, but that doesn't by default make it a better album. It is certainly more consistent than Killing Machine. Anyway, Breaking the Law and Living After Midnight are far from my favourite songs from JP, but I'm sure, when they were first released, people must've gone nuts over them. The issue is that this album was clearly made with the mainstream in mind. People call this the quintessential 80's metal album, but I honestly consider it more of a punk rock album. It's clearly been designed the target the British working class on every front, from the marketing, the song lyrics, album title, etc. Commercial isn't a bad thing, but it does upset me that even the band themselves, after all these years, won't come clean with how this record was made with the sole purpose of making the band more successful, getting more exposure and more money. Annoying that many fans won't admit it either.
Thank you so much for the feedback! Yeah... some channels grow overnight, some don't, I guess ours is the latter, but I do hope that with the help of the subscribers we'll be able to grow at a much quicker pace. As per the album. I totally understand how this one might not be your favourite and 100% agree on your take with the marketing. CBS know what they're doing and back then they could still dictate the band what and how to write
I do LOVE "Breaking The Law"... not only is it a killer song, but I identify with that sentiment too much as well. "So much for the golden future, I can't even start. I've had every promise broken, there's anger in my heart ! You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue. If you did you'd find yourself doin' the same thing too !" But "Metal Gods", "Grinder", "Steeler"... all awesome too... and not a bad track on the album ! ... Still comes in third behind Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders Of The Faith, but there is NO daylight between those albums !
What a perfect record! My fav track is United. Yes, I know what you'll all say, it is a commercial song and only, but let me disagree. The riff, the bass tone, the lyrics, the general vibe it creates makes it a perfect song to me. I also LOVE the middle part riff at Rapid Fire (which is my 2nd or 3rd favourite track of the album) and also Metal Gods and Grinder are legendary too.
My 3rd favorite priest album i played and air guitared this album everyday for a month when i discovered this master piece in 1983 as ive grown older my favorite song on this album currently is The Rage! Love it! \m/\m/
Holy crap this album blew me away in 1980 i was 15 and had just started playing(well i bought one anyways lol)guitar. (EL degas strat) Flawless in execution something for everyone ! (ala razorfist) from anthems to pure metal !!!!!
The Last Song Steeler I Remember The Most As A Signal To Start It Fom The Begining Again & Where I Was The Cover Was Already Considered zTo Be Cutting Off The Fingers
1. Painkiller 2. Angel of Retribution 3. Defenders of The Faith 4. Jugulator 5. Screaming For Vengeance 6. British Steel 7. Demolition 8. Stained Class 9. Point of Entry 10. Sad Wings of Destiny
Yes please about the investigation of the look ,and sorry that for five years or so I have assumed you older than I am50 & British steel is my first record bought with eared money
Still an aggressive and ripping album. So pleasing to my ears as I heard them for the first time. I then loved all their older stuff as well. Point of entry turbo were more of let downs. But still good. I appreciate them now more than I’m older than I did when they first came out.
Yeah I know! But since I couldn't upload (I mean I could, but CZcams really doesn't like that) on the same day, and there are NO album Birthdays now till May 17th, and then again for some time, I thought I'd do that some other time... and so I was thinking either to release it on a random day (like next week) or on the day of "Locked In" / "Reckless" single release - 22 May. What do you think?
I'm fairly certain that British Steel was the first heavy metal I ever heard, "consciously", anyway. I remember a junior high school classmate would be blasting it on his boombox in the locker room after gym class And, later, the Point of Entry album. This was right around the same time I was first learning to play guitar, 1980-81, when I was 14-15 years old. One thing I can say about British Steel is that it is the *easiest to play* JP album, from a guitar standpoint. I never really focused on playing lead guitar, so I'm not talking about the solos, I'm talking about the rhythm guitar parts. Just straight power chord riffage, nothing complex at all, really. My "testimony" to this fact is that, by the time I was 19 (1985), I had switched to primarily playing the bass, which turned out to be the more "natural" instrument for me, and got the bulk of my playing attention for the next 35 years. So my electric guitar skills greatly diminished over time. Then, last year, I got the itch to take up the guitar again, and when I went to relearn the stuff I used to play, I discovered that I could still remember how to play every single song from British Steel. I can't say the same about any other album that I used to know how to play as a teenager. I've managed to relearn a couple songs off Point of Entry, and three songs from Screaming for Vengeance, and a handful of isolated songs from other albums, and a few songs from other bands. But no other album "came back to me" like British Steel.
And on a final note.... growing up between Germany and the US in the 80s. I did not learn about the album "Virgin Killer" by the Scorpions untill late 89! From a friend from europe. It was just not available in the US. Basically (back then 87/88) you could get a best of Scorpions tape with 2 Songs from that album, but not the album. I payed a hugh amount to get that with the original Album Art. Then I learned that this was also true for JP LPs. Boy was I pissed. I just could not get the songs ( single B sides were a thing back then) I wanted! To all you "kids" out there.... you do not know just HOW lucky you are to have internet. Suppport your favorite bands. They NEED the money! "Free" is NOT the way of things. They produce, they make your life worth living. Give them some love, and do not just steal from them.
I saw Maiden and Priest 4 times between 81-82 but Bruce Bruce replaced Diano rather quickly. 2 nights at the Palladium, one in Asbury with Paul culminating in their double headlining tour at Madison Square Garden with Dickenson. After The Number Of The Beast Maiden owned the 1980s. Painkiller was the last great Priest album and Scott Travis added what was lacking. A great drummer. Les Binks was definitely missed.
My FAVORITE song on here has to be YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OLD TO BE WISE.... with STEELER Being in my opinion, the strongest.... The very last notes struck on that song, is the definition of heavy fuckin metal. Period. Cheers!
Man, this album was such a huge letdown for me after hearing Sad Wings, Sin and Stained Class (and Unleashed). I am happy for the band’s success, but apart from a couple of kickass tracks I find this album very safe and mediocre. The song writing is so simplistic, each song has one or two killer riffs in it, but it is all really straightforward biker rock. I much prefer the balance they got on Screaming for Vengeance or Defenders of the Faith as far as 80s are concerned. But who cares, it made Priest huge so I guess that is all that matters.
No, you definitely make a fine point. I've also said that this is not only a safe album, but they were clearly targeting a mainstream audience with this record. 'United' and 'Breaking the Law' were definitely designed for the sole reason of becoming popular with the working class Brits. I can even imagine them sitting around a table and brainstorming how to do so. I have gotten flack for it in the past, but I honestly see this as more of a punk album than heavy metal, none-the-least as punk was huge at the time of this album, and politics was the name of the game. I also agree that Stained Class, along with the other albums you mentioned, are absolute poetry. And they sacrificed that in order to appeal to the everyman. Screaming and Defenders definitely hit the fine balance of commercial with forward thinking / free expression. I love JP, and this album isn't bad by any means, but I totally feel what you're saying.
@@stefanssmellsvictory105 I always rate this album at the bottom. Rapid Fire and Metal Gods are keepers, but there are so many other, better albums. Screaming for Vengeance even sold more copies than BS.
Steeler, Grinder, The Rage (that mid section when Rob unleashes is just majestic) and Rapid Fire are the stand out tracks for me, but I completely agree with you. Pretty safe, stripped down album
I saw Priest and Maiden share the following tour, Killers/ Point of Entry. And Maiden did in fact blow Priest off the stage, though admittedly the tech glitch Priest suffered a few songs into their set helped Maiden out in that regard. This said, both bands were in top form at that period, and - tech glitch notwithstanding - that show remains a highlight of my concert-going career. (Priest's management did the band no favors with the shitty T-shirt design they chose for the Point of Entry tour. I wound up buying the Killers shirt instead, partly because I was that impressed with Iron Maiden but mostly because the Priest shirts looked bloody awful. Maiden had the better shirt, and so that's the shirt that got my money.)
It's funny that he said K.K. Took it as a challenge that Paul Di'anno said they would blow Priest off stage yet he tried too get them removed for the tour??? That's not excepting a challenge, that hiding from and avoiding a challenge lol and that's before they had Bruce Dickerson lol
As much of a fan of Priest as I am, I've never understood the love and acclaim for this album. I almost never listen to it. All subjective I guess, Luckily they have 17 other albums to enjoy
I never seem to understand what gold record they were stealing, because british steel went gold in the USA in 82, were the criteria different before that??
By the way since I didn’t know you weren’t there back then the pre rely promotion of British steel slbum in rock magazines was Rob Halford in a motorcycle with a very jugular blonde girl 🍉🍉if. You catch my drift🙄😃
Like Rex Thrasher, I was also disappointed with this album when it came out, being much more mainstream than previous offerings (although there were signs of this on Killing Machine?). This wasn't helped by the fact that Judas Priest were late to get to the stage at the Birmingham Odeon because they had been playing the godawful United on Top Of The Pops, a mainstream pop show in the UK at the time?! Having said that Iron Maiden were magnificent as support and Priest were on top form when they did eventually get to the stage.
Good album, but songs like Breaking The Law, Living After Midnight and United are not my Idea of classic Priest. That leaves only 5 songs I consider great.
I find the story of KK getting butthurt over Paul Di'Anno's comment rather telling of an oversensitive KK unable to let things go, that led to his eventual bitter departure from Judas Priest. I love KK and respect his contributions to Judas Priest, but he needs to get over himself. He is not bigger than Judas Priest.
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I just wanted too say I love your videos their great from how well informed U are too the little cut in's which are funny as f**k lol love your work brother and prayers to U and your country from us here in the States. And just for the record we're not war mongers like our government. I assure U. We're all just like U my brother just like U. Peace my friend
👋🏻 Hello🤘🏻🙂🤘🏻from Canada 🇨🇦. Peace ✌🏻 , Love, Strength and Victory 🏆 to All in Ukraine! 🇺🇦 🤜🏻🤛🏻 I really love the channel, your content and sense of humour as well . 👍🏻😄 I am sure many other people all over the World 🌎 do as well. Could you look at doing a video comparing Rob Halford’s Vocals to Tim ( the Ripper) Owens. ( singing the same JP songs or at least similar tracks , or even separate the vocals ) Not to demean either guy, it is not about that to me and it never was… quite the opposite actually ! as they are both amazing singers! Just purely out of curiosity in an artistic sense alone. I have kinda demoed them back to back a number years ago to check it out for myself and I have to say Tim is very close to Rob when he wants to be. We all know and love Rob Halford he is the original Judas Priest singer and nobody does it better ! no question there ( I’ve seen Judas Priest live 4x ) and even now to this day Rob is easily one of the best metal singers to ever exist live or in the studio. But at the time when Rob left Priest the band really couldn’t have picked a better guy than Tim to take on lead vocals at that time ! ( Not an easy task for any vocalist and almost nobody could even do it properly I’d have to say they just straight off don’t have Rob’s vocal range! ). I think it would be cool for other people to hear it back to back compare it and hear just how crazy good Tim Owens really is as a vocalist ! 👍🏻🤘🏻😎 Rob is a legend with a very unique singing style and nobody out there can get even remotely as close to Halford as Tim can. While I’m on the topic of guys who have a kinda similar singing style… Could you also possibly discuss some of the old King Diamond albums ( vocal wise his range from low to high and different character voicing is crazy ) and also about their killer guitarist Andy LeRoc. (Amazing player with tons of riffs but also adds lots of feel and atmosphere to the tracks. and maybe to round it out , throw in some Merciful Fate as well ( King D’s old band before going solo ) just a few thoughts on videos I’d like to see 🤔🤘🏻🍻🇨🇦🇺🇦🍻all the best brother 🤘🏻🙂🤘🏻
"Steeler" is, in my opinion, not only the best song of the album but the perfect & most pure example of what heavy metal is about......a heavy riff, a strong drum rhythm, and a extraordinaire guitar duel! 100% heavy metal at his finest!
The Rage on the British Steel is my favorite because of the energy throughout the song. The intro and after the lead guitar solo the song gets mellow then picks back up where Rob comes back in with the vocals is amazing.
Steeler is my favourite song off the album. The energy of that song is next level. And the groove at the end where the guitars trade solos, is something else.
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Such a good song ! But sooo many on that album... Mine'll aways be "Breaking The Law" still. It is personally significant for me.
I remember hearing British Steel and it solidified me being a Metalhead in 1980 and at 59 years old, it is still my way of thinking about music.
"Metal Gods" is my personal favorite. That primary guitar riff is so huge and epic!!! It inspires me to imagine literal Giants marching into battle. Also, the lyrics are some of the best that Rob ever wrote. They were very prescient in describing the march of technology and its greater and greater impact over our lives to this very day.
I've always wondered if this song inspired "The Terminator"! :D
Such a good song ! But sooo many on that album... Mine'll aways be "Breaking The Law" still. It is personally significant for me.
@@rikosborne1212 if not, then "Blood Red Skies" was DEFINITELY inspired by that series !
My favorite Priest tune, also.
When I heard this album it entirely changed my life. At that time I was listening to Pink Floyd, The Beatles and other not heavy classic rock bands, but British Steel caught my attention and brought me into metal. Then I started listening to Sabbath, Maiden, Megadeth and so on...
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You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise is the best song on the album as it personifies what metal and rock are all about - childhood or teenage angst with a flip. Instead of 'telling me I don't know what to do', I'm telling you 'I already know'. I think The Rage is a very much underrated second - and if anything - the 'thrash metal' scene of Metallica and Megadeth are born of this song more than anything.
Breaking the Law was the first riff I learned to play and the first song learned from start to finish. Even the solo. That started my metal journey and even today I still cover them with my band.
I saw The Priest on that tour @ the Warfield in San Francisco.I bought a t-shirt with that British Steel logo,and wore it to every Priest show for years. Wish I still had it,loved that T-shirt.
My second concert was Def Leppard "On Through the Night," the Scorpions "Animal Magnetism," and Judas Priest "British Steel." When Halford came out on a Harley for the encore & sang "Hellbent for Leather" made me a lifelong metalhead. Thanks for revisiting them & adding facts I had never heard before. I am from the Pittsburgh area and can relate to the closure of the steel mills.
Such a strong album. This album really has a different feel to me than any other their album. There is some rawness to it. I particularly like Rage, and not only for that cool little Reggae part.
I love United ... I do not know why they don't play it live more often ... it's such a sing along song, that all crowd would sing it out loud, it could simply be their closing track with the crowd going nuts
Steeler rocks! This is my favourite album ever! Thanks for all the anecdots about this masterpiece that I wasn't aware of it. Please expand the "Defenders of the Faith" series! Thanks for everything!
This was the first album I ever bought in my life when I was a kid.
The sleeve alone is iconic and that's before you even get to the music.
You are quite right young man about the state of the country back then.
I'm from the north east of England and when Thatcher began crippling entire communities for no reason whatsoever, we as kids and particularly our parents, went through some very very hard times.
There were men killing themselves when they closed Consett Steelworks and the pits. They simply could not see any future for themselves.
So yes, this album for me (and many English people just like Me), is an extremely important piece of work.
Even today, and ever since I was 10 years old and became a lifetime AC/DC nut, this album is still one of the best pieces of vinyl I've ever dropped a needle on.
It's epic, in the true sense of the word.
Overlook The Rage at you peril.
Ps. Yes the videos are cringeworthy, but you got to remember, we are back in the days when the world has just gave birth to music tv channels and they had no clue how to make metal videos.
(I would maintain that is still the case even today as I see some utter crap these days too)
It's rock for gods sake
Stop making videos and just show us the band live of stage, that's all we really want is it not?
We're not pop princesses for fk sake!!!! We defend the faith....
Keep it real... always
LOL - I remember my jaw dropping in disbelief when I came across the videos from Point of Entry. I mean, sure, the "Breaking the Law" video was cheesy, but it was fun. The PoE videos were like, WTF?
Waiting for the Unleashed In The East video bro! These are great! Loved the Up The Irons series too!
Thanks!
Picking my favorite song on this album is like picking my favorite child. I love them all. One of my favorite albums of all time.
I love British Steel...It was my introduction to Priest because of my age...When Sad Wings came out, I was only 11...I certainly got into Sad Wings and Stained Class once I discovered them...I don't think British Steel was a let down at all...
I bought this album when it was just released and one thing that I remember is that I thought that it sounded so much better than other hard rock albums at the time (and certainly way better recorded than their albums in the seventies). The drums and guitars were massive sounding.
we had a morning show for kids in 1980. They played one song every day. One morning they played Living after midnight. I was hooked. I bought the LP the same day.
The first album i heard was defenders of the faith. The second was Turbo Lover. Then came British steel. Followed quickly by ram it down. It took me a while to get used to the "older" priest albums.....but it stuck.... I wanted to get the entire back catalogue... and british steel was the gateway. Sigh . Awesome times.
Hail to the Metal Gods. Priest forever! \m/
I did see them on stage the same night. Number of the Beast/Screaming For Vengeance US tour. And it was as cool as you'd imagine
Steeler and rapid fire were bombasts of timing and execution !!!!!
Steeler the guitar attack is mind melting
Oh, and subbed. Great documentaries. I will now have a bit of catching up to do. Thanks.
BRITISH STEEL was one of the sound tracks to my childhood !!!!!! This was a new fresh punisher of an album for the time !!!!!!!!
DEFENDERS FOREVER! 1984 masterpiece!!
My favorite song other than the whole album is "YOU don't have to be old to be wise" after hearing it recently from that concert Video clip you used just now for it. It has such balls, yet simple to play. Incredible 👍.
Thank you so much for doing this your my number one source for Judas Priest - without no doubt the best metal band of all time 🤘🏼💥
Well, the live album, Unleashed in East was the groundbreaking thing for JP., their previous albums were there, under radar of many but when Unleashed, came out, it was the topic of the day by any metal fans during that time and everyone was waiting for the next studio album to be relased. If Brittish Steel was THE album, its doors were opened by Unleashed..., at least here in Scandinavia. Before I knew about them and was impressed by the couple of songs I had heard, but before Unleased, they were very much under the radar.
I love your ideas of Judas Priest's influence on younger bands and the Reno trials, for continuing the Defenders of the faith series ! Go with them, but how about an investigation of the legends and realities of incidents and accidents our favourite band's had, like Rob's Harley accident on stage in Toronto, the Madison Square Garden damage and the alleged "waterworks" incident and getting lost beneath the stage one time and others, including expanding on the hoaxes you mentioned in this video.
Great album and great video🔥
Thank you so much for your feedback!🤘
I'm a little late to the party on this one, but the newspaper clipping that you show with Iron Maiden and Judas Priest is awesome. The Metro Centre is about 35 minutes from my house, and the Chic Evans Field House in DeKalb, IL is about 15 minutes from my house. Too bad I was about 9 years old then!
❗❗❗I was honoured to welcome *ROB HALFORD* on the *Defenders of the Faith Series* for an exclusive interview and speak about the *NEW album* and more! Here is the first bit from this episode which will be out on June 28th - czcams.com/video/VWdibE1hyM4/video.html
Make sure you do a vid on metal fashion. I heard KK was pissed with Maiden for "copying their style", so then you can talk about the Priest-Maiden (or rather, KK-Maiden) rivalry some more
Thanks! I hope I’ll have KK on the show soon and will also ask him about that
I also just found your channel and you rock! I do already know some stuff you go over, but I must say I have learned a thing or two
@@coolguyfunguy2307 Thank you very much! This means a lot to me! Hope the next videos will be at least as engaging as the ones which are already up!
LOVE THESE....How about an entire episode about their LIVE music...Videos(VHS/DVD/LaserDisc/Blue Ray) and Audio concerts....Note esp. the MISSING Ram it Down era and Painkiller epic time frames for Rob's Voice - with no live content.
Thank you so much for the feedback! This is a great suggestion, would love to work on those, especially on more rare ones!
@@MetalPilgrim - let me know if I can help. I can privately get you my email.
@@tasnam That would be awesome. Just drop me an email when you have (mine is at the channel info page 😉)
3 months later and this still only has 750 views. F-ing ridiculous! Such a good video, even though I know most of the facts.
I'm not as much of a fan of this as a lot of people. Always preferred Stained Class, and still debate with myself whether this or Killing Machine are the superior hard rock album. Yes, I get the influence of this album, but that doesn't by default make it a better album.
It is certainly more consistent than Killing Machine. Anyway, Breaking the Law and Living After Midnight are far from my favourite songs from JP, but I'm sure, when they were first released, people must've gone nuts over them.
The issue is that this album was clearly made with the mainstream in mind. People call this the quintessential 80's metal album, but I honestly consider it more of a punk rock album. It's clearly been designed the target the British working class on every front, from the marketing, the song lyrics, album title, etc. Commercial isn't a bad thing, but it does upset me that even the band themselves, after all these years, won't come clean with how this record was made with the sole purpose of making the band more successful, getting more exposure and more money. Annoying that many fans won't admit it either.
Thank you so much for the feedback! Yeah... some channels grow overnight, some don't, I guess ours is the latter, but I do hope that with the help of the subscribers we'll be able to grow at a much quicker pace.
As per the album. I totally understand how this one might not be your favourite and 100% agree on your take with the marketing. CBS know what they're doing and back then they could still dictate the band what and how to write
I do LOVE "Breaking The Law"... not only is it a killer song, but I identify with that sentiment too much as well. "So much for the golden future, I can't even start. I've had every promise broken, there's anger in my heart ! You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue. If you did you'd find yourself doin' the same thing too !" But "Metal Gods", "Grinder", "Steeler"... all awesome too... and not a bad track on the album !
... Still comes in third behind Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders Of The Faith, but there is NO daylight between those albums !
What a perfect record! My fav track is United. Yes, I know what you'll all say, it is a commercial song and only, but let me disagree. The riff, the bass tone, the lyrics, the general vibe it creates makes it a perfect song to me. I also LOVE the middle part riff at Rapid Fire (which is my 2nd or 3rd favourite track of the album) and also Metal Gods and Grinder are legendary too.
My 3rd favorite priest album i played and air guitared this album everyday for a month when i discovered this master piece in 1983 as ive grown older my favorite song on this album currently is The Rage! Love it! \m/\m/
*What is your favourite song from British Steel?*
The epicness of Metal Gods has always made me headbang to it!
The Rage and after that Rapid Fire,Metal Gods, Grinder, Steeler, Breaking The Law
The Rage is a rather rare choice! I think it’s an extremely underrated song!
@@MetalPilgrim Totally!
I love all the album but The Rage makes my mind travels.
Their best album hands down.
Holy crap this album blew me away in 1980 i was 15 and had just started playing(well i bought one anyways lol)guitar. (EL degas strat) Flawless in execution something for everyone ! (ala razorfist) from anthems to pure metal !!!!!
The Last Song Steeler I Remember The Most As A Signal To Start It Fom The Begining Again & Where I Was The Cover Was Already Considered zTo Be Cutting Off The Fingers
The Steeler and rapid Fire are my favourite songs on this album. Breaking the Law has the best lyrics, of course.
I remember reading an interview with Dimebag Darrell, who said those leads in Rapid Fire were "the epitome of Heavy Metal"!
Oh and thank you for these videos of priest and maiden , they are my two favorite bands
ts because dave holland joined that made it soo heavy
The best heavy metal album in the history of the world. No doubt.
Spinal Tap is better🤣🤣
more defenders of the faith would be badass its my favorite jp album
Defenders of the Faith is my favourite Judas Priest album as well! Can't wait to work on an episode about it!
11:27 WOOOOO🤟🏽🤟🏽
I've never heard breaking the law. Sounds cool!
Favourite song on BS Metal God's, then Rapid Fire 🔥
1. Painkiller
2. Angel of Retribution
3. Defenders of The Faith
4. Jugulator
5. Screaming For Vengeance
6. British Steel
7. Demolition
8. Stained Class
9. Point of Entry
10. Sad Wings of Destiny
Besides Kiss, i only listened to pop music back then. Judas Priest, Ozzy and later Slayer, made me a metal fan for life.
Yes please about the investigation of the look ,and sorry that for five years or so I have assumed you older than I am50 & British steel is my first record bought with eared money
will you cover also tim owens' era albums?
Yes do it! expand it!
Still an aggressive and ripping album. So pleasing to my ears as I heard them for the first time. I then loved all their older stuff as well. Point of entry turbo were more of let downs. But still good. I appreciate them now more than I’m older than I did when they first came out.
Nice pun, bro. Keep safe there.
DO IT DUDE!!
where's video for turbo? they had birthday on the same day as british steel
Yeah I know! But since I couldn't upload (I mean I could, but CZcams really doesn't like that) on the same day, and there are NO album Birthdays now till May 17th, and then again for some time, I thought I'd do that some other time... and so I was thinking either to release it on a random day (like next week) or on the day of "Locked In" / "Reckless" single release - 22 May. What do you think?
Started laughing out loud on the street when I heard “respecting the law respecting the law”:))=))
Living after Midnight and Breaking The Law were the first Priest song to break Detroit radio but I think Metal Gods was the best song on British Steel
Metal Gods is probably one the best metal songs of all time.
Still have the silk banner of the British Steel album!
Please. Do unleashed in the east!!!!!!
You didn't do one for Hell Bent for Leather?
Not yet! I'll do it on its Birthday, on October 8th!🤘
I'm fairly certain that British Steel was the first heavy metal I ever heard, "consciously", anyway. I remember a junior high school classmate would be blasting it on his boombox in the locker room after gym class And, later, the Point of Entry album. This was right around the same time I was first learning to play guitar, 1980-81, when I was 14-15 years old.
One thing I can say about British Steel is that it is the *easiest to play* JP album, from a guitar standpoint. I never really focused on playing lead guitar, so I'm not talking about the solos, I'm talking about the rhythm guitar parts. Just straight power chord riffage, nothing complex at all, really. My "testimony" to this fact is that, by the time I was 19 (1985), I had switched to primarily playing the bass, which turned out to be the more "natural" instrument for me, and got the bulk of my playing attention for the next 35 years. So my electric guitar skills greatly diminished over time. Then, last year, I got the itch to take up the guitar again, and when I went to relearn the stuff I used to play, I discovered that I could still remember how to play every single song from British Steel. I can't say the same about any other album that I used to know how to play as a teenager. I've managed to relearn a couple songs off Point of Entry, and three songs from Screaming for Vengeance, and a handful of isolated songs from other albums, and a few songs from other bands. But no other album "came back to me" like British Steel.
my favourite song is Steeler
Literally a PERFECT album....
And on a final note.... growing up between Germany and the US in the 80s. I did not learn about the album "Virgin Killer" by the Scorpions untill late 89! From a friend from europe. It was just not available in the US. Basically (back then 87/88) you could get a best of Scorpions tape with 2 Songs from that album, but not the album. I payed a hugh amount to get that with the original Album Art. Then I learned that this was also true for JP LPs. Boy was I pissed. I just could not get the songs ( single B sides were a thing back then) I wanted! To all you "kids" out there.... you do not know just HOW lucky you are to have internet. Suppport your favorite bands. They NEED the money! "Free" is NOT the way of things. They produce, they make your life worth living. Give them some love, and do not just steal from them.
Please give us more metal gods
Unleashed in the East made me a Priest fan. British Steel made me a devotee... at least until Turbo came out, anyway.
Grinder is about riding a motorcycle, when you're in a curve you can day it down to where it hits the
I saw Maiden and Priest 4 times between 81-82 but Bruce Bruce replaced Diano rather quickly. 2 nights at the Palladium, one in Asbury with Paul culminating in their double headlining tour at Madison Square Garden with Dickenson. After The Number Of The Beast Maiden owned the 1980s. Painkiller was the last great Priest album and Scott Travis added what was lacking. A great drummer. Les Binks was definitely missed.
Gotta be Metal God's. Followed by Grinder
My FAVORITE song on here has to be YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OLD TO BE WISE.... with STEELER Being in my opinion, the strongest.... The very last notes struck on that song, is the definition of heavy fuckin metal. Period. Cheers!
As far as I'm concerned, this is where Judas Priest began.
This album is fucking ridiculous, "Grinder" still kicks major fuckin ass even today
Man, this album was such a huge letdown for me after hearing Sad Wings, Sin and Stained Class (and Unleashed). I am happy for the band’s success, but apart from a couple of kickass tracks I find this album very safe and mediocre. The song writing is so simplistic, each song has one or two killer riffs in it, but it is all really straightforward biker rock. I much prefer the balance they got on Screaming for Vengeance or Defenders of the Faith as far as 80s are concerned. But who cares, it made Priest huge so I guess that is all that matters.
No, you definitely make a fine point. I've also said that this is not only a safe album, but they were clearly targeting a mainstream audience with this record. 'United' and 'Breaking the Law' were definitely designed for the sole reason of becoming popular with the working class Brits. I can even imagine them sitting around a table and brainstorming how to do so. I have gotten flack for it in the past, but I honestly see this as more of a punk album than heavy metal, none-the-least as punk was huge at the time of this album, and politics was the name of the game.
I also agree that Stained Class, along with the other albums you mentioned, are absolute poetry. And they sacrificed that in order to appeal to the everyman. Screaming and Defenders definitely hit the fine balance of commercial with forward thinking / free expression.
I love JP, and this album isn't bad by any means, but I totally feel what you're saying.
@@stefanssmellsvictory105 I always rate this album at the bottom. Rapid Fire and Metal Gods are keepers, but there are so many other, better albums. Screaming for Vengeance even sold more copies than BS.
£3.99 was about $8 then surely?
Steeler, Grinder, The Rage (that mid section when Rob unleashes is just majestic) and Rapid Fire are the stand out tracks for me, but I completely agree with you. Pretty safe, stripped down album
@@jimdavis8391 - The British Pound wasn't worth what it is today. Far lower. Thank George Soros and his penny stock scheme.
The Rage
Living After Midnight is probably one of the best rock anthems ever.
I saw Priest and Maiden share the following tour, Killers/ Point of Entry. And Maiden did in fact blow Priest off the stage, though admittedly the tech glitch Priest suffered a few songs into their set helped Maiden out in that regard. This said, both bands were in top form at that period, and - tech glitch notwithstanding - that show remains a highlight of my concert-going career.
(Priest's management did the band no favors with the shitty T-shirt design they chose for the Point of Entry tour. I wound up buying the Killers shirt instead, partly because I was that impressed with Iron Maiden but mostly because the Priest shirts looked bloody awful. Maiden had the better shirt, and so that's the shirt that got my money.)
This one and all those albums in the 80's could have been so much better had they not let Les Binks walk!
It's funny that he said K.K. Took it as a challenge that Paul Di'anno said they would blow Priest off stage yet he tried too get them removed for the tour??? That's not excepting a challenge, that hiding from and avoiding a challenge lol and that's before they had Bruce Dickerson lol
As much of a fan of Priest as I am, I've never understood the love and acclaim for this album. I almost never listen to it. All subjective I guess, Luckily they have 17 other albums to enjoy
Steeler
I never seem to understand what gold record they were stealing, because british steel went gold in the USA in 82, were the criteria different before that??
I think it’s just a metaphor… but Unleashed in the East has gone gold by then already ;)
@@MetalPilgrim Yeah, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter because the video is very cool! Thanks for replying and slava Ukraini!
rapid fire pounding the the world like a battering ram goes without saying thrasheverything punk rock
Steeler is the most Judas Priest song ever.
STEELER!!
By the way since I didn’t know you weren’t there back then the pre rely promotion of British steel slbum in rock magazines was Rob Halford in a motorcycle with a very jugular blonde girl 🍉🍉if. You catch my drift🙄😃
Like Rex Thrasher, I was also disappointed with this album when it came out, being much more mainstream than previous offerings (although there were signs of this on Killing Machine?). This wasn't helped by the fact that Judas Priest were late to get to the stage at the Birmingham Odeon because they had been playing the godawful United on Top Of The Pops, a mainstream pop show in the UK at the time?! Having said that Iron Maiden were magnificent as support and Priest were on top form when they did eventually get to the stage.
Good album, but songs like Breaking The Law, Living After Midnight and United are not my Idea of classic Priest. That leaves only 5 songs I consider great.
Strongest song? STEELER, the National Anthem of Toronto!
💢💥🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘👹🤘🤘🏽🤘🏽💥💢
I find the story of KK getting butthurt over Paul Di'Anno's comment rather telling of an oversensitive KK unable to let things go, that led to his eventual bitter departure from Judas Priest. I love KK and respect his contributions to Judas Priest, but he needs to get over himself. He is not bigger than Judas Priest.
3 pound ninety-nine back in 1980 was actually worth $8