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Congratulations to Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Lionel Richie, Eurythmics, Carly Simon, Eminem, Dolly Parton, Judas Priest, and all of the other winners on their induction into the 2022 Rock & Roll of Fame.   The winners are determined by a mix of votes from 1,000 musical artists, historians and other music industry folks along with a website hosted fan vote.  Duran Duran easily reigned supreme among the fan votes with over 900,000 received.  Eminem, in his first ye …

    I still find it hard to believe that Judas Priest is celebrating their 50th anniversary.  Growing up in the 1980s and getting introduced to Judas Priest - to think 50 years before then - that would have been the 1930s.  Time does fly. Well, like it or not - the hard rocking band from West Bromvich are celebrating their 50th anniversary and have confirmed a tour of the US to celebrate it.  Lead singer Rob Halford has even hinted that there's a possibili …

Congratulations to: DEPECHE MODE NINE INCH NAILS DOOBIE BROTHERS T-REX WHITNEY HOUSTON (RIP) NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (RIP) This is the list of nominees who are officially being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for 2020.  Other nominees that didn't make the cut (much to my surprise, to be honest) are Pat Benatar, Judas Priest, Motorhead and Soundgarden.  There are other nominees that also didn't get inducted, but t …

Judas Priest just released the title track, “Firepower” for their upcoming 18th studio album. The album is coming out March 9th, and is the second album since Richie Faulkner replaced guitarist K. K. Downing.Firepower is co-produced by Tom Allom, who worked on Judas Priest’s 80’s hits in the past, and Andy Sneap. "Tom Allom has got this classic metal thing," lead singer Rob Halford said. "And Andy is a bit more of a 'modern metal producer' but his thinking is a little bit different to Tom's. An …

This week, we uploaded a couple of new  Judas Priest t-shirts, both of them featuring artwork from 2 of the British heavy metal band’s most successful releases: SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE &  PAINKILLER. SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE Although, these 2 albums were released 8 years apart, each of them is individually important and stands out in the Judas Priest catalog. I'll start with Screaming for Vengeance, as that was released 8 years prior to Painkiller. Screaming for …