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Fun Fun Fun is Judas Priest roaring back to Austin

"...those Bigfoot photos or the ingredients of hot dogs. Rob Halford can use the phrase because his 45-year-old band..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Adam Ganderson

The AggreGAYtor: August 10

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...The Olympics get steamy, Rob Halford champs at the bit, and the Big Wheel..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Judas Priest Slam Dunks First Night at ACL Live

British steelers ram it down in one fell swoop. Tonight follows!

"...Then there’s deal closer Rob Halford, 67, who legitimizes every last note of Judas..."

May 29, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Judas Priest

"...Holland came out screaming with Vengeance opener "Electric Eye." Rob Halford, who quit the group after 1990's evolutionary Painkiller,..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Judas Priest

"...Where Sabbath belched the black doom of acid rock, Rob Halford and his leather-clad crew sped up the stark,..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Judas Priest

"...Priest is back. After years of denying reunion rumors, Rob Halford has finally reascended the metal altar and reassembled..."

May 7, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

The Guru

"...as a green maharishi and a prolonged clown? Only Rob Halford knows for sure, but suffice to say that..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Judas Priest

Aging defenders of the metal faithful still deliver

"...that at least in the live arena, Priest frontman Rob Halford hasn’t maintained the range he once screamed. Nevertheless,..."

Nov. 8, 2014 Music Post by Adam Ganderson

The Hierarchy of Hell

"...Testament got 30 minutes at 5:30pm, Motörhead 45 at..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Friday Free Week Stoner Jam: Duel

“Free Week is a magic window of time”

"...It ends up coming out more Bo Diddley or Rob Tyner (MC5), which is cool. I’m really influenced by..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest: Hell Bent for Leather

Some heads are gonna roll at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

"...heavy metal pioneers Judas Priest, whose leather-daddy lead singer, Rob Halford, hasn't ridden his Harley onto an Austin stage..."

May 23, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...front office book cubby next to recent tomes from Rob Halford and Dave Mustaine. Equally prominent are autobiographies from..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Judas Priest Co-Founder Ian Hill Wields Firepower

UK metal gods near the half-century mark

"...really, only when people mention it [laughs]. I mean Rob [Halford], obviously, and Glenn still counts as well, although..."

May 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Judas Priest Axe Grinder Glenn Tipton

Q&A with metal mainstay to preview Cedar Park Center siege

"...always the case in some bands. Some bands would probably dispute that, but as a composer and person’s who’s..."

May 14, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Experiencing a Broadened Euphoria

EDM breaks out, Agony Column returns

"...metal with gun-rack-glorifying redneck declarations shrieked like a hillbilly Rob Halford by vocalist Richie Turner. Their bizarre Southern satire,..."

April 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Judas Priest Pounds Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

Some heads are gonna roll

"...The Birmingham quintet’s down to three original members (singer Rob Halford, guitarist Glenn Tipton, and bassist Ian Hill), not..."

May 19, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Immortal Guardian Prepares for Revolution

Mobile prog/extreme metal quintet takes to the streets

"...with Roy Z, who produced Judas Priest, Sebastian Bach, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickenson, and Helloween. We finished it in..."

March 24, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Interview: Jim Breuer

The 'SNL' alum bleats about the show, stand-up, and Metallica

"...you don’t realize how powerful his low statements are. Robert De Niro’s never done television his whole life, live..."

March 14, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Playback: Austin Psych Fest Peaks

The sixth annual Austin Psych Fest preps for a peak head trip

"...the eve of their national tour with Sweden's masked Afrobeat freakout Goat, which has generated a media buzz and..."

April 26, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Spotlight: Royal Thunder

Heavy metal thunder? Pretty much.

"...CVI, heaped appreciation for the operatic Valkyries' ride of Robert Plant in Led Zeppelin, Rob Halford screaming for vengeance..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Queen of Noise: Royal Thunder's Mlny Parsonz

‘Post-apocalyptic blues’ from third-time SXSW showcasers

"...me realize how effectively singers with high screeches – Robert Plant, Rob Halford, King Diamond – cut through the..."

March 12, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Dec. 8

In-stores and icons. XBRMNT's Top 10.

"...2. "I've Got No Use for the Women" Marty Robbins An old cowboy tune that's quite the serious song...."

Dec. 8, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Queens of the Stone Age

Metallurgy

"...the eternal "Feel Good Hit of the Summer," a Rob Halford-backed seven-step program of rock & roll debauchery. Josh..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Judas Priest

"...in Florida, 2009. Still bent in leather, front behemoth Rob Halford and henchmen Downing, Tipton, and Hill – flogged..."

June 18, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

What's So Funny 'Bout Punk, Love, and Understanding?

'Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band'

"...Kirk Hammett, a round of "Breaking the Law" with Rob Halford at San Diego Pride, and an MTV News..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Heavy Melody

Judas Priest's K.K. Downing Q&A

"...Great metal gristle when Phil Lynott fisted a page..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Pantera

DVDnds

"...performances and/or partying with Alice in Chains, Suicidal Tendencies, Rob Halford, Slayer, Trent Reznor, Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, and..."

May 5, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

Ignitor

Bonus Tracks

"...Hell yeah! Erika Swinnich out hellions Rob Halford any day of the week. This is D&D..."

April 29, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...like Poison and Warrant and former Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford's unambiguously queer onstage leatherman persona in such a..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Judas Priest

"...pat, K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton's grinding riffs and Rob Halford's banshee wails producing what stands as one of..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

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