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Judas Priest

Великобритания

Heavy Metal
Hard 'n' Heavy

http://www.judaspriest.com
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26 апр 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST's SCOTT TRAVIS Says 'It's A Great Honor' To Be Considered One Of Best Heavy Metal Drummers Of All Time
24 апр 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST’s Entire Latin American Tour 2025 São Paulo Show; Fan-Filmed Video
21 апр 2025 :	ROB HALFORD Says K.K. DOWNING's 'Place In JUDAS PRIEST Is Permanent': 'I Wish Him All The Best'
20 апр 2025 :	SCOTT TRAVIS: JUDAS PRIEST Hopes To Work On Next Album In 2026
18 апр 2025 :	SCOTT TRAVIS: Why JUDAS PRIEST Doesn't Perform Any TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS-Era Songs
16 апр 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER On GLENN TIPTON: 'He's Doing What He Can To Keep Going'
15 апр 2025 :	Former JUDAS PRIEST Drummer LES BINKS Dies; Band Issues Statement
13 апр 2025 :	IAN HILL Says Most Of JUDAS PRIEST's Concerts Are Professionally Recorded: 'We'll See Where It Leads'
3 апр 2025 :	RICHIE FAULKNER Says JUDAS PRIEST Has Already Talked About Follow-Up To 'Invincible Shield': 'We'll Have To Wait And See'
22 мар 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER: 'You Can Never Replace Someone Like K.K. DOWNING'
4 фев 2025 :	ROB HALFORD On JUDAS PRIEST's Musical Evolution: 'We Have Always Had An Eye On What's Happening Around Us'
19 янв 2025 :	JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL On His Longtime Bandmates: 'We're Still Tremendous Friends And We Always Will Be'
8 янв 2025 :	IAN HILL Says RICHIE FAULKNER Is Reason JUDAS PRIEST Is Still Active 13 Years After Completion Of 'Farewell' Tour
4 янв 2025 :	IAN HILL Says JUDAS PRIEST Stays Relevant By Taking 'A Step Forward With Each Album'
24 дек 2024 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says He Was 'Confident' When He Joined JUDAS PRIEST: 'I Knew That I Could Sing Really Good'
17 дек 2024 :	Watch: JUDAS PRIEST Plays Final Concert Of 2024 In Tokyo, Japan
10 дек 2024 :	ROB HALFORD Says JUDAS PRIEST Won't Perform Entire 'Painkiller' Album On 'Shield Of Pain' Tour
9 дек 2024 :	Watch JUDAS PRIEST's Entire Invincible Shield Tour Amagasaki Show; Fan-Filmed Video
5 дек 2024 :	ROB HALFORD Says JUDAS PRIEST Wanted To Be A Heavy Metal Band 'From Day One'
24 ноя 2024 :	SCOTT TRAVIS Says JUDAS PRIEST 'Needed A Definite Extra Kick In The A**' Before His Addition To The Band
21 ноя 2024 :	JUDAS PRIEST Classic "Turbo Lover" Performed By Two Minutes To Late Night Crew; Video
9 ноя 2024 :	JUDAS PRIEST - Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Shares HD Video Of Band's 2022 Induction Ceremony Performance
6 ноя 2024 :
5 ноя 2024 :	RICHIE FAULKNER: 'We've Got Ideas Coming Up All The Time' For New JUDAS PRIEST Music
31 окт 2024 :	RICHIE FAULKNER Says STEVE HARRIS Was One Of The First People He Told When He Got JUDAS PRIEST Gig
27 окт 2024 :	IAN HILL On Key To JUDAS PRIEST's Longevity: 'It's Love For One Another'

9 янв 2023

DEVIN TOWNSEND Explains Why He Turned Down Chance To Audition For JUDAS PRIEST

Devin Townsend has confirmed that he was on the list of candidates when JUDAS PRIEST was looking for a new vocalist to fill the massive shoes of Rob Halford in the early 1990s.

The 50-year-old Canadian musician/producer discussed the hypothetical pairing during an appearance on the latest episode of "The SDR Show".

Asked if it it's true that he was approached to audition for PRIEST nearly 30 years ago, Devin said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Technically, yes, that happened, but it wasn't like they were knocking down my door. Basically, they threw out a blanket thing to a bunch of singers — Warrel [Dane] from NEVERMORE, myself, a couple of other people. It [came in the form of] a letter with the [JUDAS PRIEST logo].

"'Unleashed In The East' was the shit for me, and so to have that was… But I also remember thinking that singing was this thing that happened to me because of my involvement with Steve [Vai], because I never really set out to be a singer. I learned to sing because I was a guitar player and most of the singers I auditioned, I didn't relate to. So I thought, 'Okay, I'm gonna learn to sing until I don't have to fucking sing anymore. And then, here we are, so many years later, where it's kind of my deal. But, as a result of that, the technique that I had was so shoddy that had I gotten to a situation with that level of expectation, to sing like Rob Halford — dude, I'd be crucified."

Townsend previously spoke about his love for PRIEST in a 2012 interview with The Quietus where he was asked to pick some of his favorite albums. At the time, he said: "I guess if I was to choose a studio record [from PRIEST], I'd choose 'Defenders Of The Faith', just because that was the one I first heard when I was a kid, but I chose 'Unleashed In The East' because it was the first real heavy metal record that really caught my ear, it was that and the song 'Motörhead' by MOTÖRHEAD, it was sort of a one-two punch."

He continued: "'Unleashed' just had a vibe to it, you know, I think the thing that current metal sort of lacks for me — and I'm not saying it totally lacks it, just for me — is the blues element of it. I mean, I love the blues element of metal; that's what made [BLACK] SABBATH and [LED] ZEPPELIN and all of those guys so significant to me, that connection to those sort of microtones. And 'Unleashed' in general is cool — well, fucking 'Diamonds & Rust' or 'Green Manalishi', I always hated those fucking songs — but the thing is that there are two songs on 'Unleashed' that, again, I can decide in my mind that a record is one of the greatest records ever based on one or two songs, and the versions of 'Victim Of Changes' and 'Sinner', those two songs are huge to me, and I think a lot of it had to do with K.K. Downing. He was pretty much my first guitar hero, because he was microtonal as well — like, out of tune with tons of echo on it. I loved that; I loved the idea that someone plays a wrong note and then puts 20 seconds of echo on it, so not only is it a wrong note but it's a wrong note that's, like, 'Yeah, I meant to play it that way.' And, like, Glenn Tipton would always be playing these noodley little notey things. And, you know, technically I think Glenn Tipton was probably a better guitar player, but I love the fact that K.K. Downing was, like, 'I'm just gonna do this and it's gonna beef out over everything else and it's going to sound really, really evil or eerie,' but it was conscious. Even Rob Halford had tons of echo on his voice at the time too, and — I don't know — it just had a very quiet, bluesy yet dark sort of vibe to it. That record really drew me into heavy metal."

Townsend covered PRIEST's "Sinner" for "A Tribute To Judas Priest Legends Of Metal", which was released in 1996 via Century Media. You can listen to his version below.

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