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No Singer? No Problem! Judas Priest

Judas Priest

Old Singer: Rob Halford
New Singer: Tim "Ripper" Owens

If a band wants to transform itself into a tribute unit honoring its own work, it might as well turn to a member of an established tribute band to speed the switch along. While the Ripper did a fine job of replicating Halford's guttersnipe yowl, he couldn't quite master his idol's leather-queen stance, leaving the door wide open for a re-entry of Rob's 12 inches of British steel.

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bobbyu

Rob is still the best out their Judas Priest ROCKS

December 17 2009 at 4:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gen

Dude, OK... now I'm getting pissed. NO ONE can replace Rob in Priest. That man has arguably the BEST vocals for a heavy metal band. No one remembers they ever had another singer and that's just as well.

And besides... Rob might be a "leather-queen" but I bet you won't say that to his face.

August 13 2008 at 10:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
duckman

rob halford is still with Priest

June 23 2008 at 8:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jesse Aceved

This is all old lead singers...

April 11 2008 at 5:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply