TiltedSammy

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Musi...ite/index.html

Oh man... I just shit myself!

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Donkeypuncher

I'm sure Rob would approve.

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absorbentishe

Wow! That is awesome! Can't wait to see them again..

JohnnyRock

AWESOME!!!!! In a manly, non-leather kind of way

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90degree

money talks.

LittleOralAnnie

Someone spank me please, so I know this is for real

fearofmear

Not to criticize but even with Judas Priest reunited, they still will be 15 years past their expiration date.

Dustallica

No Way is Judas Priest past thier expiration date. Just about every hard rock band out there right now has at least a little JP influence. Maybe they can make a record thats at least decent this year...modern metal is seriously lacking.

Sorry for ranting...but JP rules and this news made my day.

90degree

well.. priest I dont know about.. HALFORD.. is easily at least a DemiGod. Dont get me wrong.. I grew up with JP being one of my favorite bands... but Halford is the one that I have stuck with over the years.. through FIGHT.. and TWO.. allthough two didnt really do it for me to much .. and then his solo stuff is note worthy .. sooooooo.. I am excited to see what they come up with.

perripken

I can't wait until they come to town. I don't think Halfords other projects were that good. He definately needs Tipton and Downing. I have the Fight CD and think it sucks.

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90degree

lol.. yeah.. FIGHT sux.. .. and what other bands do you listen to? I could guess.. but I would rather ask.

perripken

Is that directed to me 90 degree? I would like to hear your guesses if it is.

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perripken

I'm responding to this again so that 90 degree will see it at the beginning of the posts. I want to know your guesses, what I listen to. How can you guess that when you don't even know a person? Give it a try.

perripken

Hey 90 degree did you give up?

90degree

oohhh.. lol.. i just noticed this again.. sorry for the delay.. .. well.. being that FIGHT was a total switch from the formula rock.. such as what Judas Priest was doing ... and more out on a limb.. mixing many different elements of metal... my guesses would be that you listen to bands that the radio sells ya.

perripken

Sorry dude.... I have to disagree. If you look at Priest's music, the only tune's that really made it to mainstream radio were maybe, "you've got another thing comin' " and "Livin' after Midnight"'. Actually, Priest was alot less mainstream than Metallica. Nice try anyways. Most of the music I listen to, never made it to the radio. Keep guessin' though!

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perripken

Sorry, I forgot about "Breakin' the Law". It did have a short stint on mainstream FM radio. Name me some other songs that were played on mainstream.

90degree

screaming for vengence.. turbo lover.. love bites.. .. we are not talking about just judas priest here though... all i am saying is.. that FIGHT went left of what you were expecting... and u did not like it... ... . no harm no foul man.. lol.. I only got the first FIGHT disc.. maybe u got the second and that was not as good... anyhow... WHATEVER... lol.

r2geek

Prepare for my thesis on Rob, Priest, and reunions

The first Fight disc was energetic, albeit a bit repetative. Into The Pit and Nailed To The Gun are good tracks though. The second Fight disc was kinda.. lackluster.. Seemed almost uninspired.

Which leads me to Two... Halford experimenting with the NIN influence. Interesting experiment. Not one that I'll listen to very often, but i'm glad I got it.

Solo stuff.. man, I about freaked when I heard Ressurrection.. it was *everything* that I wanted to hear in a return to form. Rob and co. killed with that disc. It blew away the Priest with Ripper stuff, and even some Priest stuff.

The second solo disc... umm.. I forget the title.. it was decent. Some different influences. Not as classic sounding as Ressurrection. I give it an occassional listen, but honestly I think the last time was well over 6 months ago.

But will the reunited Priest bash our collective heads in? I remain hesitant to get my hopes up. I mean, Painkiller was their coup de grace. It was such a great disc. IMO their finest. Unfortunately, once Rob left, Priest continued and put out two lousy, flaccid discs. Childish lyrics (I realize that at their best they're not deep and meaningful, but they were on par with a 9th grade battle of the bands set.), some kind of nu influence, it just didn't work. I can't blame Ripper - he only sung what he was told to sing.

So will the chemistry take over and they'll deliver a new and inspired piece of work? You can bet your ass that it will sure sound like it. Ressurrection was a dedicated attempt to recapture the classic metal sound, and for the most part it succeeded. Comments by the Priest camp since the reunion have alluded to another classic Priest album. Which means no more nu-influence, no more Pantera-esque grunts (not that I mind Pantera), and more of the sprawling epics, and fast tracks. Give the people what they want. They don't want new territory for a reunion. They want classic.

Which leads me to reunion acts in general.. I would sure as shit like to see a reunion produce a really ass kicking album. Maiden sure hasn't yet. Again, Bruce leaves, they put out 2 crap albums, he comes back and their much anticipated reunion disc is mediocre at best. More repetition, and Harris forgets how to write a decent chorus. Imagine if the chorus to 2 Minutes To Midnight was the words "2 Minutes to Midnight" repeated 8 times. How fucking sorry would that be? It's exactly what happened on Brave New World. Will the new one be any better? Let's hope so.

Another reunion - Metal Church. What a boring and uninspired piece of crap Masterpeace was. They sound like an opener at a local bar. Ho-fucking-hum.

Now the new Exodus... I heard a clip and it sounds really good. I was never a big Exodus fan in the past, but based on the clip, I just may be one in the future.

And S.O.D. - Bigger than the Devil - what the fuick was that? It didn't even sound like the same band. Totally different style, Billy's voice is gone. Whatever.

Slightly off the metal track, the new Jane's Addiction is a decent reunion disc. At least it sounds like the same band. It sounds like they took about 3 years off after Ritual (Instead of 12 or 3). It's not as dark and drug induced as Ritual, but it's a good album nonetheless.

Whew! I'm about out of breath after that rant. Well, obviously I love metal, and I'm a pretty critical bastard so feel free to yap about all things metal related, and tell me I'm out of my head.

perripken

I'll agree on Turbo being mainstream, but Screaming and Love Bites never made it to the radio.

Fagabeefe

FUCKING A BUBBA!!!

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Well at least there's always the French!

Those chese-eating surrender monkeys!

perripken

Really? I'm a little worried about your name. Maybe you fit right in with Rob!

laxative

reunites anally?

fosho

That's some pretty good news. I didn't really like the new guy too much (he sure is no Halford)

Eternal Death

I have to disagree there. BNW was a kick ass album. maybe not there best but far from there worse. But I really like the long epic song style they used on that album. Catchy rockish style maiden songs are good and all but iv always liked there longer more epic style tunes.

as for JP getting back with Halford. thats good news. Just hope they dont fuck it up.

Now Ripper is in Iced Earth. that should be interesting. I heard the clips off there site and 2 out of 3 sounded pretty good. I cant wait to hear the full album.

eris

This is all good. I saw Robn with his solo band a few times and they delivered. Haven't seen him with Priest since Turbo...

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lalalapi

When exactly did the Ripper-era JP disband? The article didn't mention.

QuasiMojo

MOST Reunions are not for gathering up new fans. I think they are for all the oldheads to go back and lose themselves in a fuzzy Quasi-Nostalgia Dream for a while.

I saw Priest in 198? at City Island in Harrisburg, PA and they Rocked.

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