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Thread ID: 6676 | Posts: 20 | Started: 2003-05-15
2003-05-15 10:24 | User Profile
Former drummer with rock group Judas Priest, David Holland, has been charged with a string of sex assaults against a wheelchair-bound 17-year-old boy.
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2003-05-15 15:00 | User Profile
Absolutely bizarre, NBF. Wheelchair bound male victim? Dang, that's low!
I guess Rob Halford Disease rubbed off on Holland. The rumor used to be that Holland married Halford's sister and that's how Holland got the gig with J Priest. Maybe he was actually married to gay Rob :shock:
I wouldn't call him a great drummer but a simple, hard driving and steady rock basher.
One of my favorite bands, JP. In concert they were The Gods of Metal. Sad to see how far they've sunk into the abyss. :rock:
2003-05-15 15:25 | User Profile
Well, to be fair Holland was out of the band while Halford was still there, having been sacked for Scott Travis. And he really has been around forever: I have Trapeze albums from 70/71 with Holland on them.
But - now that they've found a drummer - all Jacko & Townsend need is a bassplayer and they can schedule a benefit tour as The Chickenhawks.
2003-05-15 16:12 | User Profile
Originally posted by il ragno@May 15 2003, 10:25 ** But - now that they've found a drummer - all Jacko & Townsend need is a bassplayer and they can schedule a benefit tour as The Chickenhawks. **
LOL! Il Ragno. Darn bassplayers are always hard to find! But, in the meantime, I'd nominate Elton John to The Chickenhawks for piano and keyboards. He might even be able to get 'em a bassplayer. I think that bass dude from the 70's Rod Stewart Band might a been a 'lil light-in-the-loafers and prolly looking for a job :naughty:
2003-05-16 05:52 | User Profile
One of my favorite bands, JP. In concert they were The Gods of Metal. Sad to see how far they've sunk into the abyss.
Yes, disgusting. If I hear that Glenn & K.K. plan to "exchange vows" and open a boutique in South Beach, so help me, I'll.......
Priest was a truly great band: a fine guitar tandem and the best metal screamer in the bidness. They played both fast & very heavy, but with a finesse totally lacking in the later thud rock of wildly over-hyped bands like Metallica.
Wish I'd seen them live.
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2003-05-16 06:10 | User Profile
I saw JP live about 1980. British Steel tour. Halford fired a machine-gun w/blanks. Awesome. Too bad Halford is a pillow-biter...
2003-05-16 06:22 | User Profile
I still crank SAD WINGS OF DESTINY regularly. Gotta love "Tyrant", and "Victim of Changes". And HELL BENT FOR LEATHER might be the showroom-model for a metal album made up of three-minute songs.
2003-05-17 10:02 | User Profile
Hell Bent for Leather is a great album. Delivering the Goods has a scorching solo, and Halford really soars.
Unleashed in the East is one of my top 3 live albums, along with Scorpions' Tokyo Tapes and Cheap Trick's Live at Budokan.
I wonder what the hell it is about the Japs that brings this out.......
2003-05-17 12:28 | User Profile
I saw JP live about 1980.
Franco, who opened that show? I saw Judas Priest, Oct.2, 1982, Madison Square Garden with Iron Maiden opening the show. "Screaming For Vengeance" was the latest from Priest at that time and Maiden's "The Number Of The Beast" was their new platter at that time, and the first tour with new singer Bruce Dickinson. I remember alot of pot smoke, and walls of Marshall amps, metalheads, and I lost all my friends that night and I ended up on the floor just as Judas Priest came on the stage. Halford rode the Harley out and the band kicked into "Hellion/Electric Eye". Un-believable! I ended up finding my friends after the show, and that concert I'll never forget.
**Hell Bent for Leather is a great album. Delivering the Goods has a scorching solo, and Halford really soars. **
**I still crank SAD WINGS OF DESTINY regularly. Gotta love "Tyrant", and "Victim of Changes". And HELL BENT FOR LEATHER might be the showroom-model for a metal album made up of three-minute songs. **
NBF, IR, yes gentlemen, I still crank "Point Of Entry", "British Steel" and "Screaming For Vengeance" on a regular basis......this is because I just hooked up my turntable recently.......VINYL RULES!!
2003-05-17 22:06 | User Profile
xmetalhead --
Gee, I do not remember who opened that show. But it was great. Halford road a Harley onto the stage and whipped it with a whip.
I saw all the big acts that came thru Tucson: Rush, ZZTop, JP, you name it.
Best 2 shows I ever saw were JP and ZZTop. Wanted to see AD/DC with Bon Scott, but I never was able to. Wanted to see Ted Nugent but was gone when he hit Tucson. Too bad.
2003-05-18 07:30 | User Profile
I love Judas Priest but I feel sorry for anyone that stopped listening to new music circa 1982. You missed a lot of good stuff.
2003-05-18 08:51 | User Profile
**I love Judas Priest but I feel sorry for anyone that stopped listening to new music circa 1982. **
Who said anything like that?
2003-05-18 13:42 | User Profile
Originally posted by W.R.I.T.O.S@May 18 2003, 02:30 ** I love Judas Priest but I feel sorry for anyone that stopped listening to new music circa 1982. You missed a lot of good stuff. **
As for me, I didn't miss anything. From the 70's to now, I've indulged in every type of music out there, even earlier rap artists like Run-Dmc, Beastie Boys and Erik B. Thing is, Hard Rock/Metal/Punk brought together masses of White youth as a strong vanguard against the negro. Those days are gone, but I still like to wax nostalgic :punk:
2003-05-18 17:34 | User Profile
Originally posted by xmetalhead@May 18 2003, 08:42 ** but I still like to wax nostalgic :punk: **
Gimme an R...O....C....K !
What'cha got? (Rock!)
And what'cha gonna do? (Rock you)
Helix anyone?
2003-05-18 17:52 | User Profile
Helix? Helix??
Get outa here with those warmed-over, half-strength, generic Loverboy/April Wine wannabes!
2003-05-19 06:43 | User Profile
Originally posted by il ragno@May 18 2003, 12:52 ** Helix? Helix??
Get outa here with those warmed-over, half-strength, generic Loverboy/April Wine wannabes! **
C'mon, IR. 'Fess up. You know you used to rock "If You See Kay" by April Wine back in the day. No need to be ashamed, man.
:th: :naughty:
2003-05-19 06:46 | User Profile
Well, I did have LIVE AT THE EL MOCAMBO once upon a time....... but no Loverboy! Ever!
2003-05-19 06:52 | User Profile
Originally posted by il ragno@May 19 2003, 01:46 ** Well, I did have LIVE AT THE EL MOCAMBO once upon a time....... **
See! I told you so. April Wine had some jams.
but no Loverboy! Ever!****
Put it down on paper! We are now in complete agreement.
Funny stuff, really. Helix only came to mind because a couple of nights ago I caught that video on VH1 Classic's Metal Mania show. A great source for old eighties pop-rock, from White Lion to Winger to WASP.
2003-05-19 20:28 | User Profile
What ever happened to VH-1's Rock Show? I really used to enjoy seeing the old concert clips of Priest, Van Halen, the Nuge, etc. Maybe they moved it to this VH-1 Classic, but I don't get that with my basic cable.....
Another show I'd love to see again is the episode of Where Are They Now? featuring Yngwie Malmsteen. Shows him at his Florida home, sweep-picking at lightning speed through an arpeggio. Now, that's cool.
:punk:
Ah well. Maybe they'll repeat the Niggie Smalls bio for the 10,000th time instead.
2003-05-21 17:31 | User Profile
I have just become NiggieSmalls in the electronic comunity. Hillarious.