# Awesome Dude! I am going to see Judas Priest tonight dude! \\m/ \\m/ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2005, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969 "2005-03-17T11:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/1 "2005-03-17T11:15:42Z")
Yup. I’m going to haul my ancient and balding self down to the Hammersmith Odeon tonight to see the classic line up of Judas Priest who I last saw in about 1982. Dude (I think you have to say this word a lot to be down with the kids). They’re supported by the Scorpions dude (meh). I am rather looking forward to it. _Rocks out_ \m/ \m/ ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/2 "2005-03-17T11:37:55Z")
How much are they paying you? Dude. Old - dude. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/3 "2005-03-17T11:55:42Z")
_Bow to your knees and repent if you please!_ Love 'em or hate 'em, Judas Priest is very good at what they do. Definitely one of the best guitar tandems in rock, ever. I do prefer their early stuff, though, before they became a parody of themselves… I got their new album, _Angel Of Retribution_. It’s O.K., but it doesn’t have any real fast stuff on it. Kiddies, if you want to hear a badass live album, go get _Unleashed in the East_. [Wayne] Sign of the devil! [/Wayne] ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/4 "2005-03-17T12:17:21Z")
Sweet, let us know how the show goes. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/5 "2005-03-17T12:28:43Z")
I saw them a few years ago with Ripper and they were pretty good. I like the new album, except there’s not a whole lot of the tandem guitars going on. I can’t wait to see them, I’m hoping they make the states this year. I was close to being able to see them in Hungry last year when my motorcycle broke down there, but I got picked up that day. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/6 "2005-03-17T12:36:51Z")
I didn’t realise they were still going. How many of the original band members are left? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/7 "2005-03-17T13:24:00Z")
All original band members except for the drummer (Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing, Ian Hill), but they went through several drummers throughout their career, anyway: Alan Moore, Simon Phillips, Les Binks, Dave Holland (the convicted pervert), and now Scott Travis, who’s been with them for a few years, are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/8 "2005-03-17T13:25:21Z")
…oh, and none of them have died from bizarre gardening accidents, choking on someone else’s vomit, or Spontaneous Human Combustion…(knock on wood). ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/9 "2005-03-17T15:37:46Z")
Long time Judas Priest fan here. Seen them a couple of times, back in the good old days. “British Steel” and “Hell Bent for Leather” being my favorite JP albums… ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/10 "2005-03-17T16:31:51Z")
Dudes; I’ll let you know how it went. Dudes. \m/ ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-dude-i-am-going-to-see-judas-priest-tonight-dude-m-m/294969/11 "2005-03-18T11:41:19Z")
In short - they rocked. It was great fun. They only have one song - they just play it a different speeds but the set was Tap-tastic and it was very very loud - much louder than anything I’ve heard recently - as loud as Lizzy or Zep. I didn’t think you could play that loud anymore.