Judas Priest to tour in 2009...the good and the bad of it.
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Paganforum_veteranOPThe good?
"To celebrate the 30th anniversary of our album 'British Steel', we are very pleased to announced we will be performing the whole album in its entirety during our U.S. 2009 summer tour, plus some other PRIEST classics!!!"
Awesome! One of my favorite Priest albums in it's entirety!
Now the bad...
British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have issued the following update:
"We are proud to announce that we will be touring in the U.S. with WHITESNAKE for most of the dates. A few of the shows won't be with them. Details to be announced!"
Um...who thought this mess up? While I like Whitesnake, these two bands do not belong on the same bill. Priest will eat them up and spit them out each night.
This is the equivalent of casting an "buddy" action movie with The Rock and Nathan Lane.
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opfinisticNew Member"Pagan wrote:
The good?
Awesome! One of my favorite Priest albums in it's entirety!
Now the bad...
Um...who thought this mess up? While I like Whitesnake, these two bands do not belong on the same bill. Priest will eat them up and spit them out each night.
This is the equivalent of casting an "buddy" action movie with The Rock and Nathan Lane.
One of their best efforts IMO. I grew up as a JP fan, owned everything from Rocka Rolla on. Whitesnake was meh, more of a radio ready hair band act that, like you said, will be overshadowed by Priest. Great to see the old boys rocking out. I haven't kept up in recent years, are Tipton and Downing still on guitar?
Paganforum_veteran"opfinistic wrote:
One of their best efforts IMO. I grew up as a JP fan, owned everything from Rocka Rolla on. Whitesnake was meh, more of a radio ready hair band act that, like you said, will be overshadowed by Priest. Great to see the old boys rocking out. I haven't kept up in recent years, are Tipton and Downing still on guitar?
It's the same lineup from "Painkiller" bro.
As for Whitesnake, they only became that way after the 1984 album. You need to check out "Slide It In". Naaaasty blues rock back then. :wink2:
".. hell you even have a fireman who rubs his balls on another mans head for three hours a week.. show some class, don't make fun of us poor Dolphins fans. :shifty:" ~ cnc66
"There is no sweeter nectar, than the misery riddled tears of Jets fans." ~ Finascious D
Big ENew Memberhere I go agaiiin on my own....goin down the only road I've ever known.....like a (forgot word,rambler?) I was born to walk alone! But I made up my mind, I aint wastin no more tiyime, HERE I GO AGAIN!!
opfinisticNew Member"Pagan wrote:
It's the same lineup from "Painkiller" bro.
As for Whitesnake, they only became that way after the 1984 album. You need to check out "Slide It In". Naaaasty blues rock back then. :wink2:
Oh yeah, I remember them back then, the radio frenzy that played 'Here I go Again" 80 million times kind of overshadowed everything they did before however. IMO of course, Master of Metal.
Edit :lol: See? Even Eric is traumatized!
ILPhinFan88luxury_boxAwesome, Priest is my 2nd fav band, looking forward to this. :up:
opfinisticNew Member"ILPhinFan88 wrote:
Awesome, Priest is my 2nd fav band, looking forward to this. :up:
Who is your first? I got into them around the the time the Screaming for Vengeance Album was released. I was in Jr High (I think) and trying to establish my own identity as a teenager. No more listening to the crap Mom and Dad liked. I wanted to rock out with my **** out, so I became a Metal Fan. I would say Priest and Maiden were my original two bands that drew me in, then AC/DC helped solidify my stance. Then all the hair bands and Death Metal bands came out, and I tried them all.
CosmicNew MemberI'm so there! And I totally agree about Whitesnake-seems an odd combo. But, I'll be there for the Priest, so who cares about the warm-up act? Who is in Whitesnake these days, anyway? Aside from Coverdale, of course.
opfinisticNew Member"Cosmic wrote:
I'm so there! And I totally agree about Whitesnake-seems an odd combo. But, I'll be there for the Priest, so who cares about the warm-up act? Who is in Whitesnake these days, anyway? Aside from Coverdale, of course.
The guitarist "Skeeter Joe" is on the left, and the drummer "Frodo" on the right. I don't know about the rest of the band.
unifiedtheoryluxury_boxWhitesnake?
Really?
This is a reason to stay home an extra 45 minutes and pre-drink...LOL!
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ILPhinFan88luxury_box"opfinistic wrote:
who is your first? i got into them around the the time the screaming for vengeance album was released. I was in jr high (i think) and trying to establish my own identity as a teenager. No more listening to the crap mom and dad liked. I wanted to rock out with my **** out, so i became a metal fan. I would say priest and maiden were my original two bands that drew me in, then ac/dc helped solidify my stance. Then all the hair bands and death metal bands came out, and i tried them all.
ac/dc
opfinisticNew Member"ILPhinFan88 wrote:
ac/dc
Weird, did you remove all the capital letters when you quoted me for some malign purpose? :shifty:
muscle979forum_veteran"ILPhinFan88 wrote:
ac/dc
I agree, unfortunately when they came to Atlanta a few months ago it sold out before I even found out the thing was happening. :tantrum:
muscle979forum_veteran"enforcerfin33 wrote:
here I go agaiiin on my own....goin down the only road I've ever known.....like a (forgot word,rambler?) I was born to walk alone! But I made up my mind, I aint wastin no more tiyime, HERE I GO AGAIN!!
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adamprez2003forum_veteranrumor is Anvil may be added to the tour as the opening band
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Paganforum_veteran"adamprez2003 wrote:
rumor is Anvil may be added to the tour as the opening band
I heard that too.
METAL ON METAL! :up:
".. hell you even have a fireman who rubs his balls on another mans head for three hours a week.. show some class, don't make fun of us poor Dolphins fans. :shifty:" ~ cnc66
"There is no sweeter nectar, than the misery riddled tears of Jets fans." ~ Finascious D
adamprez2003forum_veteran"Pagan wrote:
I heard that too.
METAL ON METAL! :up:
I can hear the MARCH OF THE CRABS right now:hi5:
2019 DRAFT WISH LIST
1) DT Dexter Lawrence - Clemson
2) DE Jaylon Ferguson - Lousiana Tech
3) OG Chris Lindstrom - Boston College
4) CB Amani Oruwariye - Penn State
5) DE Shareef Miller - Penn State
7) C Sean Krepcz - Nevada
7) RB Wes Hills - Slippery Rock
Reporter: "Why did you fire Coach Gase?"
Ross: "Because he wants to win now"
Jaydog57forum_veteranIsn't Whitesnake pretty much 'The David Coverdale Band' at this point?
Forget the opening band and just play another hour.:up:
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