Posted on 12/22/2021 6:11:23 PM PST by DoodleBob
In a recent interview with Spain's Mariskal Rock, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked which fellow British band was more important to him personally while he was coming up in the music scene in Birmingham, England in the late 1960s and early 1970s, DEEP PURPLE or BLACK SABBATH. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "They're all important to me for all of the styles and variety of music that they presented. I was naturally drawn to SABBATH because of the heaviness. If you put PURPLE on and then you put SABBATH on, or SABBATH on then PURPLE, they're both really strong, powerful bands, depending on which album you're listening to.
"PURPLE are hard rock; to me, they're not metal," he continued. "I'll probably be killed for saying that, but that's just the way I feel. SABBATH are exclusively metal, although Tony [Iommi, SABBATH guitarist] has always said SABBATH isn't metal. I don't know what's going on, but that's the world we live in, when musicians talk about each other.
"There's a certain speed, there's a certain intensity in PURPLE that is also in SABBATH, but it's in a different texture. When you listen to what [DEEP PURPLE drummer] Ian Paice was doing, for example, pushing those songs, I was as excited by that as I was by 'Fairies Wear Boots' or 'Iron Man' or any of these super-heavy tracks from SABBATH.
"So they were all important to me, as bands are to all musicians," Rob added. "All musicians are inspired and influenced by other musicians, so they all are very valuable to me. I wouldn't put one above the rest in terms of a list. The whole representation of the work that they make is important."
JUDAS PRIEST recently announced the rescheduled "50 Heavy Metal Years" North American tour dates for March-April 2022. Support on the trek will come from QUEENSRŸCHE.
JUDAS PRIEST was forced to postpone around two dozen North American shows on its rescheduled 50th-anniversary tour in late September after the band's guitarist Richie Faulkner suffered an acute cardiac aortic dissection during a performance at the Louder Than Life festival. He ended up undergoing a 10-hour life-saving surgery a short distance away at Rudd Heart and Lung Center at UofL Health - Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
Bassist Ian Hill is the sole remaining original member of PRIEST, which formed in 1969. Halford joined the group in 1973 and guitarist Glenn Tipton signed on in 1974. Rob left PRIEST in the early 1990s to form his own band, then came back to PRIEST in 2003. Founding guitarist K.K. Downing parted ways with the band in 2011, and was replaced by Faulkner.
Blackmore is and was one of my all time favorites and inspirations… the boy can play…
He combined the classical with modern rock and made it his own; his rendition of chillers of the joy from Beethoven’s ninth Symphony is freaking amazing.
Tony Iommi is no slouch on the guitar either; Just a different style of play.
Highway Star live is the tune most likely to yield 2pts on my license.
That’s not an argument, it’s merely contradiction.
No it’s not.
apples to oranges?
Oh, I hear you… Not taking anything away from uncle Teddy. What are the first album I ever bought was Nugent’s first solo album with stranglehold, snakeskin Cowboys, just what the doctor ordered… One of the bands I was in, we used to play all three of those songs, back to back. Always brought the house down
Purple
I told my wife to play Pictures of Home during my funeral visitation
A question like “Which band is most important?” is something thing like the question, “What is your favorite color?” It’s good for conversation, but any answer is completely subjective, and so carries little weight.
By the way, huckfillary is correct. The Beatles are the most important band ever. No doubt about that. 😄
In the late ‘70s Richie Blackmore lived near us. Next to our friends. He was a congenial neighbor, not a stranger. Beautiful house near the water. One summer afternoon at said friends’ house, the boys were blasting some contemporary rock out the third floor windows. After this 15 minute Grateful Dead anthem all was quiet for a second then Mr. Blackmore countered with a classic symphonic piece at high volume from his studio after which everyone outside, gardening Long Island Housewives, kids on bikes, we out on the porch all stood and loudly applauded, whistling, cheering
Oh. Deep Purple. We have been known to ‘cover’ “Smoke on the Water” at family events weddings etc where there’s a bands instruments we can ‘borrow’
hot Hot HOT
This is getting hit in the head lessons. Waaaaa
Here’s a bit for DP fans. DP bassist Roger Glover had a popular solo song that was a staple on ABC’s “Friday Night Videos.” From 1984;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbW0WWQDPUk
Holy hell...I thought I was the only one who bought this album.
...perhaps I will ask my wife to play ‘When a Blind Man Cries’ when she puts me in the ground...
But I think War Pigs may be the best song by either band. Probably have DP in the next 4-5 places at least, but the instrumental section after Ozzy's opening vocal War Pigs is just perfect heavy metal.
Deep purple!
Ozzy's rhyming needed some work too: (the very first two lines in "War Pigs")
Generals gathered in their masses
just like witches at black masses
Deep Purple had difficulties with the roster changes in the various lineups but had some great tunes, especially later with 'Perfect Strangers'.
In no particular order:
-Highway Star
-Space Truckin'
-My Woman from Tokyo
-Smoke on the Water
-Mary Long
-Speed King
-Black Night
The 'Perfect Strangers' Album had some very good tunes
-Perfect Strangers
-Knockin' at Your Back Door
-Nobody's Home
-Gypsy's Kiss
-Not Responsible
"Mitzi Dupree" and "Hard Lovin' Woman" off of their 'House of Blue Light' album are good ones and fans might like "Somebody Stole My Guitar" and "The Aviator" off of 'Purpendicular'.
Yeah, and the solo/rap in Stormtroopin’ from that album is one of the most pure rock moments ever recorded.
Steppenwolf opened the door, Black Sabbath capitalized on the genre, Deep Purple smoothed out the rough edges and brought class to the movement. None are “Heavy Metal”, they are “Hard Rock” IMHO. I can’t pick a favorite.
Lost interest in pap rock about this time.
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