Yeah, I agree Spa. I don't know why Ripper did that..... probably trying to appeal to the younger crowd maybe? All the newer bands were doing it and a lot of them still do. Rob will always be the man as far as I'm concerned, you know that  Impossible shoes for Ripper to fill. I remember seeing them on the Jugulator tour at the State Theater in Kalamazoo, MI. We stood in line waiting to get in and the line was wrapped around the building. I looked up at the sign and saw SOLD OUT. I'm almost positive that the photo of the sold out sign in the CD insert of '98 meltdown was from that show!! Ripper did a great job, but he wasn't Rob. I don't remember him swearing that much then. Also at that show, there were only 2 sets of bathrooms. They CLOSED the womens while I was in it to turn it into a guys bathroom! I've NEVER seen that happen before, they were threatening to pee in the sinks if we didn't get out of there and there were still chicks trying to put on their makeup!! 
When I put Turbo on, I remember having this let down feeling. The only song that sounded like Priest to me was "Out In The Cold". The rest is just .....eh.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:13:30 PM)| |  | spapad wrote: | | I agree Turbo was the worst. Whenever you have to "get used to a new sound" from your favorite band, it does not boad well for the album.
In fairness to Demolition and Juggulator, as a Halford purist, I could not bring myself to buy them, and still don't own them. I thank Ripper for keeping up the flag but, I just was not interested. I do own one video of Priest with Ripper and it's not bad, but it's not true Priest. I hate that Ripper kept cussing because that never used to happen before and did not increase the experience at all. I'm no prude, but it was just not needed, and never had been, so what made him think throwing the f word around would make him seem more cool? Didn't work.
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | I think we all know what Jugulator was about, trying to prove to Rob that Priest could be as heavy as anyone. They accomplished that for sure, but the only song I really like on it is Cathedral Spires. I thought with Demolition, they came back to being Priest once again. Unfortunately, Ripper just doesn't have the ability to come up with a great melody to sing the song. He can sing for sure and he kept Priest alive. I will forever be grateful to him for that. The songs were really pretty good on Demolition, they had all the structure, they just needed help with the way they were sung. "Close To You" is an incredible song, written from the heart. Rob could have really done that song justice, but Ripper fell short in my opinion.
The only Priest album that I have ever put on and was disappointed in was Turbo. The only song on that album that I like is "Out In The Cold" - which is a GREAT opening number. So for me, it's a tie between Jugulator and Turbo. (Quoting Message by soccer star from Sunday, January 30, 2011 11:11:21 AM)
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I have to agree with L.Saletta..
Jugulator and Demolition are bottom of my list.There were Afew good track's but even Glen said Jugulator was Priest trying to be something they were not.
Demolition was a bit better but suffered cus Halford wasn't there to give his songwriting input. |
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