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Tim 'Ripper' Owens

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Heavy Metal

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23 фев 2025 :	Watch: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Performs JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK SABBATH Classics In Sydney
15 фев 2025 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Would Like To Write Autobiography: 'But I'm Not Writing A Book That's Not Paying Me'
13 янв 2025 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Is Open To Writing Autobiography: 'I'll Probably Hurt Some Feelings Doing That Book'
6 янв 2025 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'I Never Really Planned On Being A Musician; I Just Got Lucky'
22 дек 2024 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS On The State Of The Touring Industry: 'It's Tough All Over The World'
17 дек 2024 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS On VIP Meet-And-Greets: 'If You Don't Do 'Em, You Probably Won't Be Able To Tour'
4 мар 2024 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS On His Singing: 'My High Notes Are Better Now Than, I Think, They've Ever Been'
5 фев 2024 :	Watch: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Kicks Off Texas Solo Tour In Laredo
30 янв 2024 :	Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singer TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'It's Hard To Replace Somebody Like' ROB HALFORD
3 дек 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS To Young Musicians: 'You Have One Job To Do, And That Is To Blow People Away'
20 ноя 2023 :	Watch: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Performs JUDAS PRIEST Classics In Argentina
26 окт 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Is 'Sick' Of Watching Singers Who Change Their Songs To Accommodate Their Aging Voices
26 сен 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'There Is No Doubt' That There Has Been A Resurgence Of Classic Metal Sound
9 сен 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Doesn't Warm Up Or Cool Down His Singing Voice When Performing Live
20 апр 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Feels 'Great' About His Voice Now, But Admits He 'Struggled For About Six Or Seven Years'
24 мар 2023 :	Watch: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Performs JUDAS PRIEST Classics In Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
12 мар 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Has Grown To Love GUNS N' ROSES' Music And AXL ROSE's Voice
9 фев 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'When People Say I Can't Sing, They Need To Open Their F***ing Ears'
30 янв 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Fires Back At Online Trolls: 'You Have People Who Just Tear You Down For No Reason'
20 янв 2023 :	Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singer TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Has Lost 50 Pounds Since Last Summer
6 янв 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Why Now Was Right Time To Release New Solo EP
5 янв 2023 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Talks His Vocal Performance: 'I Don't Think I Sound Like Anybody' Else
11 дек 2022 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS On Bands Using Backing Tracks During Live Shows: 'Your Main Vocal Should Never Be Lip Synced'
18 окт 2022 :	Watch: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS And SIMON WRIGHT Perform RONNIE JAMES DIO And JUDAS PRIEST Classics At METAL GODS Tour Kickoff
30 сен 2022 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Releases Lyric Video For Title Track Of 'Return To Death Row' Solo EP
14 сен 2022 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says There Will Be 'No Ballads' On His Upcoming Solo EP

13 янв 2025

TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Is Open To Writing Autobiography: 'I'll Probably Hurt Some Feelings Doing That Book'

In a new interview with Australia's "Everblack" podcast, former JUDAS PRIEST and current KK'S PRIEST vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens was asked if he has any plans to write an autobiography. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I've never been offered it. I'm not writing a book unless I get paid money, 'cause they loosely made a movie about me; I didn't get paid nothing for that. So, they would have to pay me some money. But I don't know how to do it 'cause I don't wanna… I'll probably hurt some feelings doing that book. But I won't spill all the beans. I might be in trouble if I spill all the beans."

He continued: "I would be nice about it. But it is a great story, isn't it? I mean, it's an amazing story. And it's continued to be. I love when people go, 'What have you done since JUDAS PRIEST?' More? I don't know. I've toured the world more. I've played in front of the same amount of crowds, sold more records. This is all after JUDAS PRIEST. So I think it's pretty crazy when someone says, 'What have you done?' Or they diss me by saying, 'Oh, the guy that used to be somebody.' I'm, like, 'What do you mean used…?' I'm doing more now than I ever did in my life. So it's kind of, like, 'I don't know what you're talking about.'

"I've done a lot," Owens added. "I said I've been fired from more bands than people have been in, so it's kind of funny. But, yeah, I've met so many great people. And I always say JUDAS PRIEST was my college, and they opened up the door for me to make a living out of it. And I've worked hard at trying to make sure I'm in top form and ready to go."

Asked what 2025 will look like for him after he tours Australia with his solo band, Tim said: "Well, I think I leave on February 4th to get there. I think I come back like March 11th here. And then I go to Central America. I can't remember where I'm going. Then I'm probably gonna do South America. And a little bit of everything going on. So, I may be working on some [new] KK'S PRIEST [music]. I have to work on a new solo full-length. 'Cause I did RIPPER 'Return To Death Row' [EP] — two years ago it came out, I think. And so the goal is to work on a full-length now… [HATEBREED's] Jamey Jasta is supposed to be getting me some material that he has going on, 'cause he did the first record, the first one. It's a little heavier. So I'm just waiting for him to get back to me."

The 2001 Warner Bros. movie "Rock Star", starring Mark Wahlberg as a salesman-turned-rock star, was loosely based on Owens, who fronted a JUDAS PRIEST cover band before being tapped to become the new lead singer of the actual group.

Asked in a 2014 interview with Russia's Classic Rock magazine how much of "Rock Star" was styled after him, Tim said: "When they first [got the idea to do] the 'Rock Star' movie [under its original name 'Metal God'], it was really gonna be about me. And then JUDAS PRIEST pulled away from it, because they didn't like some things. So [the producers] really made their own movie, I think. The similarities were that I auditioned for JUDAS PRIEST and I sang one line of a song and hit a note and made the band. But then a lot of the things, they kind of went out… I mean, I wasn't that kind of fan when I made the band, because I was that kind of crazy kid in high school in the '80s. But this was 1996, so I wasn't living at my parents' with posters on the walls. I mean, it was still pretty cool. I mean, to have a movie loosely based on you is pretty cool."

Regarding whether it was ironic that the "Rock Star" movie became almost prophetic in the sense that Mark Wahlberg's character in the film ends up playing small clubs with his own material after the band's original lead singer rejoins the group, Owens said: "For me, the movie was almost [like real life]. Rob [Halford] came back [to JUDAS PRIEST], which was good for me, to be honest. My career, I went on to do a lot of stuff. It was better for the band, it was better for Rob. So it was kind of funny. I think I became a little bit bigger than the coffee shop singer that Mark Wahlberg was in the movie in the end, just playing there. I still get to play in front of thousands of people in Russia. But it is similar how he went on to do his own thing."

Owens joined PRIEST in 1996 after being discovered when PRIEST drummer Scott Travis was given a videotape of Tim performing with the PRIEST cover band BRITISH STEEL. JUDAS PRIEST at the time was seeking a replacement for Halford, who has since rejoined the band. Asked in an interview with The Vinyl Guide podcast what kind of advice or preparation he had for stepping into those shoes, Owens said: "Well, listen, I was confident. They were confident with my voice. I knew some fans wouldn't like me, but I also knew that I could sing really good, and I could sing really good live. One advantage I felt I had as a singer was I could sing what I recorded in the studio; whatever I recorded, I'm gonna be able to sing that live. And I felt when fans came to the show, they would be happy that they have someone who's coming in the JUDAS PRIEST that could still keep the voice going. So if someone didn't like me, there's nothing I could do. K.K. [Downing, then-PRIEST guitarist] used to always say, ''The proof is in the pudding. Come to the show and see.' And I think a lot of people used to come to the shows and they just couldn't wait to hate me. They hated me showing up and wanted me to fail. And so many of 'em, I'd win 'em over when I started singing, because they could tell that I loved it; I loved what I was singing, and I wanted to do the songs justice. So I always felt confident."

Addressing the fact that the two albums PRIEST recorded with Owens — 1997's "Jugulator" and 2001's "Demolition" — sold poorly, and he was ultimately pushed out to clear the way for the return of Halford, Tim said: "It was a really bad time of heavy metal. So it wasn't like I joined them in the heyday. I mean, when Rob left JUDAS PRIEST, they were playing in front of a couple thousand people on the 'Painkiller' tour, a lot of shows So, it really wasn't a great time of heavy metal. So I understood that, and I understood people would want Rob back. But all I cared about was getting on stage and sound[ing good]. I just wanted the band to be happy and me to be happy with me doing it. That's all I worried about."

He added: "I know a lot of the the musicians at the time, especially the hair metal bands, because hair metal was gone at that time, they hated me in L.A., 'cause they were, like, 'Who's this guy? He comes from Akron, Ohio. What's he done? How's he here?' And I still am the same Ohio guy, [with the] same friends. I have the same attitude. And all of us are the same. I tell musicians this all the time: we're all the same. I mean, nothing different."

Asked if he had any sort of communication or relation with Halford at that time, Owens said: "No, just in the press. They always tried to get us to say mean things and bad things. And every now and then, one of us would say something. Now, this was pre-Internet. So, I couldn't imagine doing that nowadays, how screwed up it would be. But, no, because there was a respect. I don't think Rob liked me much, probably at the time, because someone's going to his band, his songs and singing this, but we always had this respect. And when we met each other, we always had great talks. And I think it made a lot of people mad that we liked each other. I think it made a lot of people mad, and I think it still does. But whenever I've seen him, I love talking to him, and he knows what's going on with me, and he's, like, 'Oh, I see that you're playing in Russia,' whatever."

Tim continued: "Back in those days, [journalists] would have the old tape recorder hidden. Now they could just turn their phone on, and no one would know it. But you would do an interview, and then they go, 'All right, the interview's over.' And then they'd turn the tape recorder off, but they'd have another one going in their pocket trying to get you to say stuff. And you know this, doing interviews, you get people to feel comfortable so you talk like you're friends. And then you just start saying stuff. And I put my foot in my mouth a few times. Oh, now I do all the time, because now — I always do."

In 2019, Owens told Ultimate Guitar that he believes his era of JUDAS PRIEST is largely overlooked. "Yeah, I think it definitely deserves more [attention]," he said. "I mean, they don't do anything. [Laughs] It's kind of amazing that they just totally erased it that they won't play... I mean, 'Burn In Hell' [off 'Jugulator'], the crowd would like to hear 'Burn In Hell'.

"They don't have to give me a tribute or anything, but it would be nice to play a song from... You know, that was a pretty big thing, I did two studio records, two live records, and a DVD, starting from '96 to 2004. So it's kind of crazy that it's just been erased and they won't even play a song from it live, because it is JUDAS PRIEST."

"Demolition" and "Jugulator" are included on "50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music", JUDAS PRIEST's limited-edition box set which contains every official live and studio album to date plus 13 unreleased discs. Released in October 2021, it is the most extensive release of previously unreleased music the band has made from its vast archives.

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13 янв 2025

Starbreaker

Вопрос задел за живое, однако.
Тим, конечно, знатно карьеру угробил.
Только сейчас нашёл себе, наконец, приличное место, да и то - только потому, что Даунингу нужен бывший для веса.

13 янв 2025

Dem0niac

Starbreaker, "Тим, конечно, знатно карьеру угробил."
А он по какой причине из джудасов ушёл? Накосячил в чём-то? Этот факт, признаться, мимо меня прошёл.

13 янв 2025

IJzerklompje

Dem0niac, Так просто Хэлфорд, наигравшийся в сольные проекты, подал первые признаки готовности к реюниону с JP, и Оуэнсу быстро дали понять, что если Хэлфорд вернëтся, то оставлять его будут как полноценного вокалиста и надолго.

13 янв 2025

Dem0niac

IJzerklompje, Я примерно так и слышал. Просто понял фразу про ‘угробил карьеру’, как намек на какие-то собственные действия, приведшие к увольнению. Ну как у ДиАнно, например.

13 янв 2025

Starbreaker

Dem0niac, Не, я имел в виду не это)

Риппера действительно, как верно написал Айзер, просто выкинули на мороз. Присты насмотрелись на заразительный пример Мейдын, второй подряд альбом не оправдал ожиданий, а блудный Хелфорд вернулся в мяутал и вдруг стал собирать те же залы, что и материнская группа.
Вообще, паралеллей с Харрисом и компанией здесь реально очень много. Разве что у Мейден был хотя бы формальный повод - проблемы с голосом и многочисленные отмены. А у Пристов-то и такого не было, Риппер даже сейчас и то вокально уделает еше тогдашнего Робертино в любой песне. Но не помогло, не фартануло, пацан к успеху не пришёл...

А что касается "просрал" - это я про то, что имея такой трамплин и глотку, Риппер после Пристов себя безобразно разбазарил сначала по чужим группам, а потом и вовсе опустился до трибьютов, барных вечеринок и пения гостем буквально у любой группы на свете, и, судя по количеству таких записей, за осень невысокий прайс.
А весьма неплохой и главное свой собственный Beyond Fear похоронил.
А теперь удивляется, что его никто не помнит.

А, да, еще он в рамках рекламного контракта набил себе тату Monster Drink - вон, даже на фото видно. Видимо, совсем туго было дело.

13 янв 2025

Dem0niac

Starbreaker, Всё, теперь понял, спасибо)

13 янв 2025

Inhuman

Starbreaker, Да что там такого то в Beyond Fear? Очень средненький материал, как по мне.
По моему после Пристов с его участием из более менее приличного был только один единственный альбом у проекта A New Revenge.

14 янв 2025

ElectricRetard

Inhuman, Айседы, как минимум, один из лучших своих альбомов с ним записали.

14 янв 2025

Starbreaker

ElectricRetard, нет, прости, я The Glorious Burden не поставлю даже в топ-5 среди пластинок Шаффера.
Он не плохой, конечно, особенно в сравнении с тем, что последовало после, но уж не топ никакой.

14 янв 2025

Starbreaker

Inhuman, да я и не утверждаю, что в Beyond Fear есть что-то прямо уж "такое")
Хороший, качественный Painkiller для бедных.
Суть в том, что во-первых, он мне в те времена понравился сильно больше, чем невнятная солянка на Angel of Retribution, а во-вторых, это был свой проект Риппера, который он мог дальше развивать, найти хороших авторов, выпускать собственный материал.

14 янв 2025

SnakeZ

Статистом был, статистом и остался...В отличие от Блейза в IM который привнес СВОЙ голос в звучание группы, Тим как и сейчас в КК просто копировал Хэлфорда...