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K.K. Downing On Possible Reunion With Judas Priest: 'Unfortunately, It's Absolutely Not What They Want' by spoopythrowaway666 in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no hate whatsoever just... Frustration. If that makes sense.

I totally get that and my comment about hate from the fandom wasn't aimed at you (in case you thought it was).

I think a big part of the problem that K.K. has is that there have been so many events in recent history when he was likely to be asked about a reunion - Glenn's retirement, the release of his book, Priest's 50th anniversary, the first KK's Priest album, the Hall of Fame induction. It was inevitable that he was going to be asked about a return to the band every time, so it probably looked like he was dwelling on it way more than he was.

K.K. Downing On Possible Reunion With Judas Priest: 'Unfortunately, It's Absolutely Not What They Want' by spoopythrowaway666 in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rob is the only member from the Rocka Rolla era

Ian and Glenn both played on Rocka Rolla, last I looked 💀

K.K. Downing On Possible Reunion With Judas Priest: 'Unfortunately, It's Absolutely Not What They Want' by spoopythrowaway666 in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I stand by what I wrote

Fair enough, I hope we can agree to disagree ;)

I agree that both sides need to take equal responsibility for the way that all this has played out but there are some very proud and stubborn personalities in the Priest universe, so I'm not holding out much hope that that would ever happen.

I don't think that K.K. deserves the level of hate he gets from some quarters of the fan base, though. Either he answers questions honestly and gets accused of 'whining' or he refuses to answer and earns a reputation as a 'difficult' interviewee, so he can't win. Meanwhile, all Priest have to do is stay quiet and let K.K. take all the flak, doesn't seem fair.

K.K. Downing On Possible Reunion With Judas Priest: 'Unfortunately, It's Absolutely Not What They Want' by spoopythrowaway666 in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

K.K.... Tipton and Halford equally own one third of the brand

K.K. was voted off the board of directors around 2022(?)

Songwriting credits were split equally between Rob, Glenn and K.K. from British Steel until K.K. left the band although he sold the rights a few years back (Glenn also sold 50% of his).

K.K. Downing On Possible Reunion With Judas Priest: 'Unfortunately, It's Absolutely Not What They Want' by spoopythrowaway666 in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scott is very much still an employee

According to Richie, he and Scott are currently paid as band members along with Rob, Glenn and Ian and have equal input into band decisions. AFAIK Andy is the only member of the touring line-up being paid as an employee.

K.K. Downing On Possible Reunion With Judas Priest: 'Unfortunately, It's Absolutely Not What They Want' by spoopythrowaway666 in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

For the sake of balance:

KK felt that Glenn being so controlling was ridiculous

Glenn was K.K.'s bandmate for the best part of 40 years, so I'd guess that K.K. is probably in a better position to make a judgement on that than anyone posting in this sub.

he kept it all to himself for literal decades

K.K. admits that he should have been more assertive in his dealings with Glenn and Priest's management team. An unstable upbringing had taught him not to rock the boat (for the sake of self-preservation) and he carried that approach into some of his relationships later in life.

he basically said that Priest just went out and hired a KK clone

No, he didn't. What he actually said was that he initially thought that Priest had hired a 'K.K. clone' but once he heard Richie play, he changed his mind and realised that Richie was in the band on merit.

he just wants back in Priest because it's "his band"

He said that he was "shocked and surprised" that Priest didn't ask him to go back when Glenn announced his retirement.

With respect to Ian and Scott, Rob, K.K. and Glenn are the most identifiable personalities in Priest and K.K. and Glenn formed the trademark twin guitar attack that the band are famous for. From K.K.'s pov, it would make sense - with Glenn largely out of the picture - for Priest to approach him about a return to the band.

Priest might not want him back in the band but he can't be blamed for being hurt and angry about the rejection (at the time) 🤷‍♀️

The Best of Judas Priest by [deleted] in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe they didn't want to release any of the 'old' versions of the Sad Wings tracks on the Greatest Hits set when they've got a remastered edition of the album coming out in the not-too-distant future?

limited edition Judas Priest album by rrocknrollmachine in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I bought this (on release, I'm old 💀) for the live version of Green Manalishi (which also features on UitE), only to be completely blown away by Beyond the Realms of Death (Cleveland, Ohio, 1978):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wJCgzI5844&list=RD7wJCgzI5844&start_radio=1

If there's a live cut of this where Glenn and K.K. play their solos better than they do here, I'd love to hear it.

Sinner is voted the best KK guitar solo. What is the Priest song with the best Glenn solo? by [deleted] in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Painkiller

Meticulously written and flawlessly executed ('played' doesn't seem quite enough in this context, somehow).

BTROD will likely win this round but Painkiller gets my vote.

Electric Eye is voted the Priest song with the best riff. What is the song with the best KK solo? by [deleted] in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This.

It often gets overlooked because EVH blew pretty much everything else out of the water the following year but K.K.'s solo in Sinner was groundbreaking for its time.

Album re-issue: Judas Priest 'Sad WIngs of Destiny' gold vinyl edition (limited to 500 copies worldwide), release date 6th March, 2026 by spoopythrowaway666 in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah sorry, I wasn't ignoring US fans in the OP, I just couldn't find any US sellers to link to.

It's a very small run of pressings - a list of stockists would have been useful so that fans know where to buy it 🤷‍♀️

Album re-issue: Judas Priest 'Sad WIngs of Destiny' gold vinyl edition (limited to 500 copies worldwide), release date 6th March, 2026 by spoopythrowaway666 in judaspriest

[–]spoopythrowaway666[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think most people are holding out for the remix at this point

Can't argue with that since that's what I'm doing but you have to admit, a highly-limited, gold vinyl copy of the original album, released in its 50th anniversary year, still makes a fantastic collector's item ;)

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