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Judas Priest

Великобритания

Heavy Metal
Hard 'n' Heavy

http://www.judaspriest.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/judaspriest
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJudasPriest

10 май 2026 :	RICHIE FAULKNER Is Not Interested In Carrying On With JUDAS PRIEST If There Are No Classic-Lineup Members Left
6 май 2026 :	RICHIE FAULKNER On JUDAS PRIEST's In-Progress New Studio Album: 'It's Sounding Really Cool'
27 апр 2026 :	RICHIE FAULKNER Wants JUDAS PRIEST To Do A Tour Focusing On 'Screaming For Vengeance' And 'Defenders Of The Faith' Albums
23 апр 2026 :	JUDAS PRIEST To Release 'The Best Of Judas Priest' Career-Spanning Collection
21 апр 2026 :	JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Defends Bands Who Tour Without Their Classic Lineups: 'If People Don't Wanna Go' See Them, 'Then Don't Go'
10 апр 2026 :	JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Says Setlist For Upcoming 'Faithkeepers' Tour Won't Focus On 'Anything Specific'
6 апр 2026 :	JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER On 50th Anniversary Of 'Sad Wings Of Destiny': The Band 'Really Started To Solidify' Their 'Sound On That Record'
2 апр 2026 :	JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Opens Up About Fatherhood: 'Coming Home To' My Daughter 'After A Tour Is A Big Relief'
30 мар 2026 :	JUDAS PRIEST: 50th-Anniversary Editions Of 'Sad Wings Of Destiny' Coming Soon
27 мар 2026 :	RICHIE FAULKNER Says JUDAS PRIEST Has Started Recording Follow-Up To 'Invincible Shield' Album: 'We Were In The Studio For A Month In February'
19 мар 2026 :	RICHIE FAULKNER Doesn't See JUDAS PRIEST Retiring Anytime Soon: 'I Joined The Band On A Farewell Tour, And That Was 15 Years Ago'
17 мар 2026 :	Five Years After Health Scare, JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Still Undergoes Physical Therapy On Tour Three Times A Day
18 фев 2026 :	See First Preview Clip From Official JUDAS PRIEST Documentary 'The Ballad Of Judas Priest'
17 фев 2026 :	ROB HALFORD Talks 'The Ballad Of Judas Priest' Documentary And His Lyrical Inspiration: 'As I've Gotten Older, I've Gotten Angrier With The World'
16 янв 2026 :	Official JUDAS PRIEST Documentary 'The Ballad Of Judas Priest' To Receive World Premiere At BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
10 дек 2025 :	ROB HALFORD Says 'It Was Powerful And Moving To Be Able To' Sing Alongside OZZY OSBOURNE On JUDAS PRIEST's Version Of 'War Pigs'
10 ноя 2025 :
2 ноя 2025 :	RICHIE FAULKNER: 'I Joined JUDAS PRIEST On The Band's 'Farewell' Tour And I'm Still Here 15 Years Later'
22 окт 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST Donates $100,000 To Los Angeles Fire Department
21 окт 2025 :	See JUDAS PRIEST Perform In Chula Vista, California During Fall 2025 North American Tour
14 окт 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Is Still Dealing With 'Collateral Damage' On His Right Side After Experiencing Stroke
6 окт 2025 :	ROB HALFORD: OZZY OSBOURNE Was 'Very Happy' With JUDAS PRIEST's Cover Version Of BLACK SABBATH's 'War Pigs'
3 окт 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST To Record New Studio Album In 2026: 'We've Got A Head Start' With Songwriting, Says IAN HILL
29 сен 2025 :	RICHIE FAULKNER On JUDAS PRIEST 'Pushing Forward' Musically: 'They Were Always Pioneers'
27 сен 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER On Becoming A Successful Musician: 'If I Can Do It, Anyone Can Do It'
26 сен 2025 :	Hear JUDAS PRIEST's 'Charity Version' Of 'War Pigs' Featuring OZZY OSBOURNE

3 дек 2020

How JUDAS PRIEST Debunked Existence Of Hidden Messages In Its Songs

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford says that he still doesn't know why he and his bandmates were subjected to a subliminal-message trial in Reno, Nevada more than three decades ago.

In August 1990, a judge ruled that JUDAS PRIEST was not liable for the deaths of two young men who cited the band's music as the reason they killed themselves.

Just before Christmas, 1985, 19-year-old James Vance watched his best friend Ray Belknap shoot himself to death with a .12 gauge shotgun in a churchyard outside Reno, Nevada. Then Vance pulled the trigger on himself. He survived but was severely disfigured. Vance later claimed his actions had been influenced by the heavy metal music of JUDAS PRIEST, prompting his family to sue the band.

At the heart of the lawsuit was the claim that JUDAS PRIEST's "Stained Class" album's songs contained messages that, when played backwards, said "try suicide" and "let's be dead." Lawyers said it was the song "Better By You, Better Than Me" with its subliminal command of "do it, do it, do it" that pushed the two men over the line to end their troubled lives.

Vance told attorneys that he and Belknap were listening to JUDAS PRIEST when "all of a sudden we got a suicide message, and we got tired of life." In a letter to Belknap's mother, he later wrote, "I believe that alcohol and heavy-metal music such as JUDAS PRIEST led us to be mesmerized."

"JUDAS PRIEST and CBS pander this stuff to alienated teenagers," the Belknaps' attorney argued. "The members of the chess club, the math and science majors don't listen to this stuff. It's the dropouts, the drug and alcohol abusers. So our argument is you have a duty to be more cautious when you're dealing with a population susceptible to this stuff."

Halford looked back on the Reno trial while promoting his recently released autobiography, "Confess", in an interview with U.K.'s Metro.

Asked why JUDAS PRIEST was accused of brainwashing its fans to kill themselves, Rob replied: "I still don't know to this day. We were targeted. Two boys had committed suicide in Reno and a group of people, backed by people who were against heavy metal music, said we were writing songs that if listened to in a certain way made you kill yourself. It was insane. Ozzy Osbourne went through it with his song 'Suicide Solution' and then it was our turn. We went to court in America and dealt with it."

Asked how he and his bandmates debunked the existence of hidden messages in their songs, Rob said: "The prosecution said if you played heavy metal albums backwards you'd get devil-worshipping messages. I said to the guys, 'Let's prove them wrong.' We got some Frank Sinatra albums, played them backwards in the hotel, and these unusual messages started appearing. One was, 'I gave her a peppermint.' It was ludicrous. I played them to the judge, who was a very conservative Mormon, and when he listened, he physically moved — he was surprised. It was a remarkable episode."

Other lawsuits at that time sought damages because of violent lyrics in music, but the JUDAS PRIEST case was one of the first to claim that subliminal messages hidden behind those lyrics caused the deaths of young men.

How JUDAS PRIEST Debunked Existence Of Hidden Messages In Its Songs

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3 дек 2020

Maestro vs

Ути-пути как серьёзно, ни булок, ни членов. Это значит, про болезнь Паркинсона смищно шутить ещё можно, а про самоубийства - пока не решаемся. Ну что ж, может, не всё ещё потеряно.