Rocker Richie Faulkner has been drafted in to replace guitarist K.K. Downing in heavy metal supergroup Judas Priest.The 31 year old will officially be introduced to fans at a press conference in Hollywood on Tuesday (24May11). Faulkner... share: digg facebook twitter Full of menace and malice, it's prime in your face heavy rock and a great return to form for the big man. The next track continues that tradition with its ever so subtle call to arms "Rock & Roll Soldier". Granted this breaks no new ground for either Udo or the genre, but who really gives a damn, really. The opening track lets you know this is going to be a good one. Carmine Appice is back behind the drum kit making sure his baby has the proper tub-thumping to back it all up. Deep, meaningful lyrics are not to be found here. What happens when a bunch of Scandinavian metal musos from various genres get to let their hair down? While other members of the heavy rock elite slum it in various party and stoner rock bands, this one is pure heavy metal (circa the mid-'80s, to be exact). A couple of tracks along is the ever so subtle "Together We Fight", which is a gloriously fun version of every one of those native language tunes we love from bands like Tyr. All of it has a very ... From the founding members (like At Atkins) to the new ones (like Richie Faulkner), who are the best Priest members? This list as well as thousands of other top ten lists like the best songs of all time, top credit repair companies, best tax software companies, and top ten best Playstation 3 games. The stars of heavy metal band Anthrax have dedicated a new song to rock rivals Judas Priest to mark the group's imminent retirement from live music. Judas Priest will bow out of touring after the completion of their 2011 dates, which are due to kick... NME: > Anthrax have written a new song dedicated to Judas Priest for their forthcoming new album 'Worship Music'. > > Drummer Charlie Benante explained that the thrash veterans want to show their respect for Rob Halford's group, who are due to kick off their final world tour in June… Read and comment. From nme.com. This week's roundup of iPhone 4 cases has a very Judas Priest flavor--we're breakin' the law, breakin' the law, breakin' the law. Well, not exactly, but you do... **Judas Priest** guitarist K.K. Downing has stunned fans by quitting the band after 42 years - just weeks before they head out on a farewell tour. A new short story by the author, "Herman Wouk Is Still Alive," is featured in the May 2011 issue of The Atlantic ## Map Of Metal Visitors here arrive at a world map fashioned from leather, denim and chains, where countries are replaced by heavy metal sub-genres and accompanied by a streaming playlist. The headbanger's voyage of discovery begins with a soundtrack of Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and other icons of standard heavy metal. Click around and you'll journey to other kingdoms – from the southern continents of gothic rock to the northern territories of garage rock, where the metal began with bands such as MC5 and the Sonics. Discover great music and a few new genres too ("funeral doom" anyone?). ## Split Sider If you're of the opinion that the best sitcoms on TV (Modern Family, 30 Rock) come from across the Atlantic and that Zach Galifianakis is the world's greatest bearded being, then you'll feel at home on this American comedy site. Not that it's totally insular – they also celebrate the very British Look Around You and hail a clip of Ronnie Corbett from his The One Ronnie Christmas show as pun-filled genius. Regular nuggets include comedians' tweets, viral videos (look for Footprints: The Movie) and nostalgic articles such as "How Roseanne helped make it OK ... MSNBC: > Judas Priest fans have another thing comin' all right--a new axe man. > > K.K. Downing, a founding member and principal guitarist of the legendary British headbangers, has confirmed he's quitting after 42 years of metal mayhem… And Judas Priest's statement: > Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com. Justin Timberlake Hosting 'SNL' Finale, Judas Priest Guitarist Leaves Band, and more. Filed under: News, Exclusive, New Releases Vice Records | Christie Goodwin, Getty Images Leave it to Black Lips to take a shining to records with subliminal messages and decide to whip up their very own exercise in mind control. Don't believe us? Wait until you hear the song 'Mad Dog' featured on their upcoming album, 'Arabia Mountain.' "'Mad Dog' is about playing records backwards, like in the '80s, bands like Judas Priest used subliminal messages to tell people to kill their parents and stuff like that," Black Lips singer-guitarist Cole Alexander tells Spinner sarcastically. "So it's a song that pays tribute to that era." (Spinner thought the messages urged the band's fans to kill themselves, but maybe Black Lips' tape player had evil urges of its own.) Strangely, though, Black Lips chose brash, bling-loving pop star Ke$ha for their little physiological experiment with wax. "It's not a sample; we just sang one of her songs backwards just to be funny," says Alexander. "Well, actually, we sang it forward but it was played backwards -- that's technology." "What's 'Mad Dog' backwards?" asks lead guitarist Ian St. Pe, flashing a wide grin. "God Dam." They say nothing divides opinion quite like Marmite, but tribute bands certainly give our yeast-based paste a run for its money. For years, mimics with a mic have had crowds going crazy by merely belting out household names and wearing similar attire to their heroes of yesteryear. From The Clone Roses to Peat Loaf (pictured [...] Guitarist K. K. Downing quit Judas Priest after 42 years because of "an ongoing breakdown" in his working relationship with the band's management. Downing stunned fans earlier this week (begs18Apr11) by announcing his decision to leave the line-up... Judas Priest guitarist K. K. Downing has stunned fans by quitting the band after 42 years - just weeks before they head out on a farewell tour. The British rockers, who formed in 1969 and have sold 40 million records worldwide, announced in December... Filed under: News, New Music, Exclusive, All About Jazz Tom Couture People have their own path to becoming a jazz musician. Sometimes a parent or other family member who plays. Sometimes a musician starts off in one direction and then goes in another. Alex Skolnick has to be one of the most unique examples of the latter. The guitarist joined the thrash-metal band Testament when his was 16, immediately putting him on tours with arena acts like Judas Priest, Megadeath, White Zombie and Slayer. Within a few years he began to wonder if there was more out there for him as a musician. "When we recorded the third Testament album, we did it at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley," Skolnick tells Spinner. "I remember being on break and hearing the most amazing saxophone playing I've ever heard in my life. It was scary it was going so many places. I hadn't been that blown away since I heard Eddie Van Halen do 'Eruption.' I had my ear to the door of this studio and I didn't know who was inside, or whether it was even a live band." Filed under: Picture Book _Each week, in Picture Book, we present an iconic photo from rock 'n' roll's past or present, accompanied with insightful commentary. Whether it's a famous picture or an unearthed rarity, these striking images will serve to illustrate the visual side of music._ ** Judas Priest, 1979 ** Members of Judas Priest show off their leather during a photo session for their 'Unleashed in the East' album. Songs from the live LP were recorded in Japan during the band's 1979 'Hell Bent for Leather Tour,' which featured the band playing more commercial heavy metal while suddenly embracing studs and leather. While the band's leather attire would be associated with testosterone-fueled metal and biker subculture, years later lead singer Rob Halford -- who publicly pronounced his homosexuality in 1998 -- said the fashion was more influenced by gay S&M clubs. **Next** Filed under: News, Coming Out Stories Heavy metal titans Judas Priest announced earlier this month that their forthcoming world tour will be their final go-round. But it was another statement made by their frontman, Rob Halford -- years ago -- that had a much more profound effect on their audience and, indeed, their genre altogether. In 1998, Halford outed himself on MTV News, publicly declaring his homosexuality. While coming out is an act of bravery regardless of profession, Halford was plunging himself into unchartered waters as far as heavy metal was concerned. Nicknamed the "Metal God," his audience appeared to be largely populated by rowdy, young heterosexual men. Furthermore, heavy metal in the previous decade was often criticized for its misogynistic portrayal of women, sometimes depicting them as subservient sexual objects.
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