[Vaillant 3.0] Wednesday, May 16, 2018 10:13:53 PM
[Budred] Friday, May 11, 2018 1:37:05 AM
Nevermind. I just can't get the pics right anymore. Had a really cool I wanted to share. Edited at: Friday, May 11, 2018 1:39:12 AM
[Head banger] Thursday, May 10, 2018 4:07:55 PM
https://books.google.ca/books?id=qRTEsW44NDQC&pg=PT156&lpg=PT156&dq=derek+oliver+review+judas+priest&source=bl&ots=ftMN3Uy1ib&sig=Fnwk_S7chcnYvLaJB7mKt_FBjdU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiemsCqhfzaAhXJ7YMKHe3FAN8Q6AEIEDAC#v=onepage&q=derek%20oliver%20review%20judas%20priest&f=false @Vail the article is actually referenced in the Neil Daniels DOTF book, valens himself sent me the article, which is very interesting, someone please fix this and I will try and find the original review, his name is Derek Oliver and he worked(works?) for Kerrang! Cheers Acolyte
[Vaillant 3.0] Wednesday, May 09, 2018 11:39:51 PM
I think I read about that 2nd drummer before. Damn. Been a while! Too bad that image is so small. Would've been cool to read the details on it.
It is an article/review of Turbo tour with dokken, I found it interesting because it mentioned jonathan valen, the other drummer that was reportedly used by priest on the tour but denied asto how much his input was do to Hollands limitations, anyone who has seen the live DVD has watched the part when he pretty much handcuffs himself trying to play fast (IMO as acolyte)
[Head banger] Wednesday, May 09, 2018 6:49:18 PM
It is an article/review of Turbo tour with dokken, I found it interesting because it mentioned jonathan valen, the other drummer that was reportedly used by priest on the tour but denied asto how much his input was do to Hollands limitations, anyone who has seen the live DVD has watched the part when he pretty much handcuffs himself trying to play fast (IMO as acolyte)
[Vaillant 3.0] Tuesday, May 08, 2018 5:24:22 PM
Hmmm...sorry dudes, writing's too small on that image. What's it say?
If someone could fix the article below that would be awesome, it is about the drummer playing in the turbo set to help with the drumming duties -cheers Acolyte
Byford lays some serious smackdown here. Love some of the comments. Yes, Dee DID write all the songs for Twisted Sister! They had a farewell tour? Damn! I missed it! LOL!!!! Ass-clown!
Long live Priest! Long live Saxon!
[Vaillant 3.0] Wednesday, May 02, 2018 5:01:16 PM
'Sup JD!
Yeah, I read that article on Jay Jay a couple of weeks ago. I agree with you and Guido. That guy is a nobody. Pure and simple. He can only WISH that he is on the same level as JP, Saxon and the Rolling Stones. He's just a-hatin'. Fucking asshole.
I didn't see Biff's response to it, though. LOVE IT!!!
Hey guido,vail... a few weeks ago guitarist Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister was in Orlando and a guy from an organization called "Spooky Empire" interviewed him,so he sits there and bad mouths the Rolling Stones claiming thier too old to even play thier instruments etc...laughing at them AND said Saxon are like 80 years old hinting THEY are too old to play thier instruments AND called Judas Priest a "cover band" because "Glenn is not there" and says how he can always tell when an old band trys to put out new music live cause everyone goes to the bathroom during the new songs...
What a fucking Joke,not only that but when this guy who was interviewing him said "Yeah but Judas Priest has just released a great record that fans are excited about and reached 5th on the billboard 200 chart... and Saxon has released an album too and is opening for Judas Priest... then the few people in the audience gave a cheer for Judas Priest and Saxon really quick THAT'S when Jay Jay French called Saxon 80 year old men and how Priest is just a cover band...blah blah blah FUCK YOU JAY JAY!
Anyways on Blabbermouth.net Biff Byford commented on "Jay Jay" talking shit and gave an interview and this was at the end:
"If a guitarist wants to say, 'I've had enough,' then he's had enough. And he goes home and… I don't know… I don't know what the guy, Jay Jay or whatever they call him… He'll go and sit on the porch in his rocking chair with his pipe and slippers and fade away. We're fucking Vikings. We don't do that shit." ---Biff Byford.
Lofl Biff is THE MAN! You tell that jealous pile of garbage Biff!
[J.D. DIAMOND] Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:46:11 PM
Guido I know right? What a joke! You can just see the envy and jealousy eating at him when Priest was mentioned.... Firepower #5 on top 200 billboard charts? Fuck...Shitallica Hard Wired crappy album reached #2 and Priest #5? Highest charting album ever even more than British Steel and Screaming for Vengeance... maybe not album sales but to reach #5 is insane for Judas Priest in 2018 when most people don't buy CDs. It just shows how GREAT Firepower actually is.
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, May 02, 2018 8:38:48 AM
Damn straight! Jay Jay? Seriously?! Who the FUCK is Jay Jay?!? Whoever the no-name is, he is asking for a beatdown.
Sorry, I am with Biff. Dude talks smack about the Rolling Stones, Saxon and Priest? HA! I actually like the company he put them in there. Twisted Sister had what, two songs in a lifetime? I hardly think that gives him any right to speak about ... ANYTHING!
Hey guido,vail... a few weeks ago guitarist Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister was in Orlando and a guy from an organization called "Spooky Empire" interviewed him,so he sits there and bad mouths the Rolling Stones claiming thier too old to even play thier instruments etc...laughing at them AND said Saxon are like 80 years old hinting THEY are too old to play thier instruments AND called Judas Priest a "cover band" because "Glenn is not there" and says how he can always tell when an old band trys to put out new music live cause everyone goes to the bathroom during the new songs...
What a fucking Joke,not only that but when this guy who was interviewing him said "Yeah but Judas Priest has just released a great record that fans are excited about and reached 5th on the billboard 200 chart... and Saxon has released an album too and is opening for Judas Priest... then the few people in the audience gave a cheer for Judas Priest and Saxon really quick THAT'S when Jay Jay French called Saxon 80 year old men and how Priest is just a cover band...blah blah blah FUCK YOU JAY JAY!
Anyways on Blabbermouth.net Biff Byford commented on "Jay Jay" talking shit and gave an interview and this was at the end:
"If a guitarist wants to say, 'I've had enough,' then he's had enough. And he goes home and… I don't know… I don't know what the guy, Jay Jay or whatever they call him… He'll go and sit on the porch in his rocking chair with his pipe and slippers and fade away. We're fucking Vikings. We don't do that shit." ---Biff Byford.
Lofl Biff is THE MAN! You tell that jealous pile of garbage Biff!
[J.D. DIAMOND] Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:30:13 AM
Hey guido,vail... a few weeks ago guitarist Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister was in Orlando and a guy from an organization called "Spooky Empire" interviewed him,so he sits there and bad mouths the Rolling Stones claiming thier too old to even play thier instruments etc...laughing at them AND said Saxon are like 80 years old hinting THEY are too old to play thier instruments AND called Judas Priest a "cover band" because "Glenn is not there" and says how he can always tell when an old band trys to put out new music live cause everyone goes to the bathroom during the new songs...
What a fucking Joke,not only that but when this guy who was interviewing him said "Yeah but Judas Priest has just released a great record that fans are excited about and reached 5th on the billboard 200 chart... and Saxon has released an album too and is opening for Judas Priest... then the few people in the audience gave a cheer for Judas Priest and Saxon really quick THAT'S when Jay Jay French called Saxon 80 year old men and how Priest is just a cover band...blah blah blah FUCK YOU JAY JAY!
Anyways on Blabbermouth.net Biff Byford commented on "Jay Jay" talking shit and gave an interview and this was at the end:
"If a guitarist wants to say, 'I've had enough,' then he's had enough. And he goes home and… I don't know… I don't know what the guy, Jay Jay or whatever they call him… He'll go and sit on the porch in his rocking chair with his pipe and slippers and fade away. We're fucking Vikings. We don't do that shit." ---Biff Byford.
Lofl Biff is THE MAN! You tell that jealous pile of garbage Biff!
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, May 01, 2018 11:14:44 PM
Little skinny Ian. Is he rollin' a dube there?
Those HAVE to be KK's boots underneath him.
Guido excellent photos from Kent,Wa bro man!! Thanks again to Budred for trying to post them,I know there is a pic of just Glenn too... look at Rob just give Glenn a hug and a kiss... these guys ARE brothers from the soul. Rob said during the recording sessions of Redeemer Of Souls Glenn made him do many extra takes ... Rob said laughing "Glenn can get away with that cause he's family".
Yeah I'd bet my LIFE that any show Glenn does not attend he is feeling too shitty to even stand for a half hour...AINT NO WAY he misses 1 show just to get extra sleep etc... this guy IS a non stop fighter!
Guardians & Rising From Ruins can mean one thing,but when I listen to it automatically what I think of is how Rob,Glenn,Ian & Scott had to Rise From Ruins from the situation when K.K. retired: We're standing as one... we're carrying on....."Rising From Ruins"....
And No Surrender I think automatically of Glenn's situation with Parkinson's.... all the lyrics just SCREAM Glenn is a non stop fighter!!! And it helps me when I complain about something stupid,I listen to this song and think of Glenn and how he's fighting this... such an inspirational song to me personally as No Surrender is my FAVORITE track on the album.
I don't think I've ever been more excited for Judas Priest than so am right now. Fuck those who say Ritchie doesn't belong in Judas Priest. Fuck those ignorant individuals. Its ok for Dio to replace Ozzy.... it's ok for Brian Johnson to replace Bon Scott...yet Ritchie is invalid cause he replaced K.K.?
Bullshit. That's like saying pretty much like The Rolling Stonesare NOT valid and is a COVER BAND because Ron Wood replaced Mick Taylor who replaced Brian Jones on guitar.
Rob Wood has been the Stones guitarist since 1976. So because he's not the original guitarist it's NOT The Rolling Stones? It's all HORSE SHIT. Ritchie Faulkner IS an important elite guitarist as much as KK. Edited at: Friday, April 20, 2018 8:40:35 PM
[guidogodoy] Friday, April 20, 2018 7:53:58 PM
[J.D. DIAMOND] Friday, April 20, 2018 3:57:18 PM
Fuckin A man I'm STILL STOKED from last Sunday night man 5 days later and I'm mind blown at how kick ass it was!!!! And that Painkiller clip guido posted was SPOT ON at how good Rob was ... the whole night he was ON! I'M sure it's very hard to perfect every show at his age but whole shit he sounded EXCELLENT!!
And Ritchie was on fire as usual.... this guy IS an elite member of this band!!
[J.D. DIAMOND] Friday, April 20, 2018 3:48:52 PM
Holy page stretch!
[Vaillant 3.0] Thursday, April 19, 2018 11:34:58 PM
As Acolyte- anyone hearing any scuttlebutt about the second leg of the tour? I have heard the band they are going out with could be a headliner themselves, band names that have cropped up are UFO and Deep Purple, let me know, Cheers Acolyte
[Head banger] Thursday, April 19, 2018 8:06:24 PM
As Acolyte- anyone hearing any scuttlebutt about the second leg of the tour? I have heard the band they are going out with could be a headliner themselves, band names that have cropped up are UFO and Deep Purple, let me know, Cheers Acolyte
[J.D. DIAMOND] Wednesday, April 18, 2018 6:12:12 PM
Budred THANKS for the thought just the same! Man I STILL HAVE GOOSEBUMPS from seeing Glenn walk out from behind that curtain !! But always KNOW it's "Killing him inside missing any show". His heart and soul goes out to all that didn't get to see him...and KNOW he was not feeling well enough to play that night at your shows.
Man Firepower out did British Steel what a record breaking year!! Lightning Strike is a modern day "You've Got Another Thing Coming".
[Budred] Wednesday, April 18, 2018 11:17:40 AM
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Tried 3x. I give up. Supposed to be a pic for JD.
It's one Rob put on Facebook with Glenn from Washington. Edited at: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 11:19:10 AM
[Budred] Wednesday, April 18, 2018 11:10:29 AM
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[Budred] Wednesday, April 18, 2018 11:08:54 AM
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[J.D. DIAMOND] Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:18:05 AM
My god man I can't imagine "The Metal God" walking off the bus and taking a picture...your right,what a gentleman totally!! That would be so awesome and so glad to hear that man. Yeah I know you've met him a few times but I'm sure it don't get boring!! Lol.
It's insane how good Rob sounds and sure without Glenn on Studio it wouldn't really be authentic Classic Priest, but since he IS still on the albums makes Ritchie an elite Judas Priest member,especially after 2 studio albums written along with Rob and Glenn...and 3 years left to go,he'll be a member of Judas Priest for "10" years a freakin decade!
Just love Ritchie man,sure Ken is OUR fav Always will be but it doesn't take away the fact of how important Ritchie is to Judas Priest. Anybody who says He's not is delusional. Totally different style than K.K.'s solos and riffs yet so right for this band. I couldn't imagine Priest ever getting rid of him FOR K.K. back.
When K.K. said he was shocked and stunned HE wasn't asked back to "HIS ORIGINAL ROLE" in the band... that really means booting out Ritchie and putting K.K. in.
Would be nice though to have K.K.,Ritchie and GLENN on an album and see K.K. And Ritchie play live with Glenn on the encores when possible. But for now this band is firing on all cylinders!
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, April 17, 2018 1:41:39 AM
Damn straight, buddy.
Someone not knowing GLENN, though? Damn!!! They were not worthy of being at that show! lol It shoulda been ME!!!
Still, lucky indeed. Glad to read all of your stories. People meeting band members and such. Funny with Rob as I had brought a copy of Firepower with me and carried the damn thing in a bag with all my tech through the entire show. When he just popped out of the darkness in hat and glasses dressed in black in the dark by the busses, though? I didn't even think to bother the man for more than a picture. As you said, I had met him once before with Guitardude at the Meet and Greet in Texas and again in Detroit. I have his autograph a bunch of times. That pic is priceless!
guido... hell yeah man...I read your post too about you getting your pics with Rob off the tour bus...totally awsome!! What a RUSH even though you've met him before and all... still it's THE METAL GOD! When Glenn walked out the place ERUPTED man...I too started celebrating high fivin some fans around me and I looked behind me was a 21 yr old kid that looked puzzled like "what's the big deal and who is the old guy with the guitar"?? Lofl. 99% of the place went nuts though...
Saxon was awesome too man,Biff and Co. Kick ass don't they? Thunderbolt is a very kick butt album,the nod to Lemmy and Motorhead "They Played Rock and Roll" off the new album is an instant Saxon Classic.... such an underrated heavy metal band.
We are very lucky to have Glenn on the Firepower album man that is HUGE and really how good Firepower really is... I have said Redeemer is the 4th best Priest favorite and Firepower top It.
Sad Wings of Destiny, British Steel,Screaming for Vengeance,Defenders of the Faith,Painkiller.... If Firepower isn't equal to these records it's so DAMN CLOSE it's uncanny,so close.... so good of classic Judas Priest GEMS all 14 tracks that it' seriously doesn't get any better especially how each album is different... dude we are lucky to have THIS quality this late in the game. Pretty impressive more than ANY BAND EVER.
[J.D. DIAMOND] Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:50:33 AM
guido... hell yeah man...I read your post too about you getting your pics with Rob off the tour bus...totally awsome!! What a RUSH even though you've met him before and all... still it's THE METAL GOD! When Glenn walked out the place ERUPTED man...I too started celebrating high fivin some fans around me and I looked behind me was a 21 yr old kid that looked puzzled like "what's the big deal and who is the old guy with the guitar"?? Lofl. 99% of the place went nuts though...
Saxon was awesome too man,Biff and Co. Kick ass don't they? Thunderbolt is a very kick butt album,the nod to Lemmy and Motorhead "They Played Rock and Roll" off the new album is an instant Saxon Classic.... such an underrated heavy metal band.
We are very lucky to have Glenn on the Firepower album man that is HUGE and really how good Firepower really is... I have said Redeemer is the 4th best Priest favorite and Firepower top It.
Sad Wings of Destiny, British Steel,Screaming for Vengeance,Defenders of the Faith,Painkiller.... If Firepower isn't equal to these records it's so DAMN CLOSE it's uncanny,so close.... so good of classic Judas Priest GEMS all 14 tracks that it' seriously doesn't get any better especially how each album is different... dude we are lucky to have THIS quality this late in the game. Pretty impressive more than ANY BAND EVER.
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:26:16 AM
Absolutely insane! Your concert sounded great too, man. Very happy for you! A Glenn concert to boot? NICE! I would have written a response when I read your posts the first time but I didn't want to stomp all over the vid but you KNOW I read every word!
My show? Great but the best was that me and my buddy step out back to the tour busses...only to find Rob! Took a quick picture with each of us and off he went. Was snowing and all. What a gentleman! SOOO glad the picture turned out as well. Would likely have whipped my phone into a wall if it didn't capture it!! Once in a lifetime, buddy! \m/
Guido! Thanks man... YES! This is the octave screams at the end he hits and man in that video isn' that insane or what?
Not sure why he can' reach the very FIRST scream in the song,I mean it' still killer and all man but it must be pretty difficult and usually at the end he almost reaches this octave but very rarely...
And yes this video is how the END of Painkiller sounded...almost album perfect! Just great!!
[J.D. DIAMOND] Monday, April 16, 2018 11:23:57 PM
Guido! Thanks man... YES! This is the octave screams at the end he hits and man in that video isn' that insane or what?
Not sure why he can' reach the very FIRST scream in the song,I mean it' still killer and all man but it must be pretty difficult and usually at the end he almost reaches this octave but very rarely...
And yes this video is how the END of Painkiller sounded...almost album perfect! Just great!!
Whoever the no-name is, he is asking for a beatdown. 
LOL as Acolyte 
