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Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English heavy metal singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which was formed in 1969 [1] and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. He has been noted for his powerful and wide ranging operatic vocal style and trademark leather ...
On the 19 August 1991 show in Toronto, the last date of the tour, an incident occurred when Rob Halford collided with the drum riser as he was making his entrance onstage on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as Judas Priest was set to perform, breaking his nose in the process. He was left unconscious as "Hell Bent for Leather" was being performed.
Lyrics. The song's lyrics have been described as being about "auto"- eroticism. [5] Singer Rob Halford said, "I just liked the analogy of the motorcycle as a euphemism for love. And 'I'm your turbo lover, Tell me there's no other.'. It's got kind of a sexual undertone to it – which is fine. It's been done many times in rock n' roll: to use a ...
Epitaph World Tour. (2011–2012) Redeemer of Souls Tour. (2014–2015) The Epitaph World Tour was a concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, at the time intended to be the band's farewell tour. [ 1] The tour commenced in June 2011 and concluded in May 2012. The tour was named after the 6th track from their Sad Wings of Destiny album.
"Hell Bent for Leather" reflected their newly adopted leather costumes as well as Rob Halford's soon-to-be-trademark entrances on stage riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The single " Take On the World " was an attempt at producing a stadium shoutalong tune in the mould of Queen's " We Will Rock You ", and was also covered by new wave band ...
The drama-comedy film Rock Star (2001), starring Mark Wahlberg, is loosely based on the story of how Tim "Ripper" Owens replaced Rob Halford as the vocalist in Judas Priest. On 5 January 2014, the band appeared in the episode " Steal This Episode " of comedy cartoon show The Simpsons playing a parody of their song " Breaking the Law ".
Painkiller. (Judas Priest album) Painkiller is the twelfth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 14 September 1990. It was the last Judas Priest album to feature long-time lead singer Rob Halford until his return for the 2005 album Angel of Retribution and the first to feature drummer Scott Travis.
Patrick Lachman. Halford is an American heavy metal band formed in 1999 by British singer Rob Halford, who is best known as the lead vocalist for heavy metal band Judas Priest. Halford formed the band to return to his heavy metal roots. His two previous projects were a "street metal"-style band called Fight and the industrial metal band 2wo.