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Out of the Silent Planet
Some curious bits from a recent interview with KK:
About his solo band name: ''JP lawyers sent a letter to my record company making threats of legal action if I went forward with KK's Priest. But for the moment, nothing happened. I think they made the threat (but decided not to follow through with it) to try to stop me making the band.
I think a lot of fans will understand that I have been a Priest since 1968. I've wanted to be a Priest since. I've traversed the road of the evolution of music as we know it today. We went from blues, when I was young, to progressive blues to rock to hard rock to heavy rock to heavy metal. I've been on that journey. So I believe that I have a right to continue as a Priest, because some of the guys in Priest now, I haven't met them, and they're playing my songs, which is fine. But if they have a right to be a Priest, then I have a right too. And I can't start something absolutely new. I can't sound like a new guitar player. I can't write like a new guitar player. So everything I do is gonna be reminiscent of the past to the fans. So that's when I decided that I was gonna call the band KK's Priest. And I think it's gonna be absolutely fine; I really do. And the face of the band, that will evolve, and that will be on the journey with us.''
About his future plans: ''There's so much yet to come -> there's more videos, more songs coming your way. And there's more albums to come also.''
About his loyalty: ''I think I was the valid member who was very loyal and true. I didn’t record with other musicians. I didn’t have my own web shop. I never sold my own merchandise. I was the loyal Priest fan. If I had strong material, it always went to Priest.
Halford had some pretty good songs when he was working with producer and songwriter Roy Z. I think those songs should have come to Priest, really. Everything I had, if it was strong, came to Priest. I never took strong material and took it elsewhere.''
Forming a band with Halford: ''A couple of weeks after I walked out, Rob and his manager wrote me a letter. They wanted me to form a band with Rob and some other musicians. Jeff Loomis [current Arch Enemy guitarist] was one. I can't remember the names. But I've got the e-mail… I just ignored it -> You have to ask him. No one asks them questions. No journalist asks the other guys questions."
^ Interesting. Probably this was after they've announced the Farewell/Epitaph tour and before they realized that it won't be their last tour.
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About his solo band name: ''JP lawyers sent a letter to my record company making threats of legal action if I went forward with KK's Priest. But for the moment, nothing happened. I think they made the threat (but decided not to follow through with it) to try to stop me making the band.
I think a lot of fans will understand that I have been a Priest since 1968. I've wanted to be a Priest since. I've traversed the road of the evolution of music as we know it today. We went from blues, when I was young, to progressive blues to rock to hard rock to heavy rock to heavy metal. I've been on that journey. So I believe that I have a right to continue as a Priest, because some of the guys in Priest now, I haven't met them, and they're playing my songs, which is fine. But if they have a right to be a Priest, then I have a right too. And I can't start something absolutely new. I can't sound like a new guitar player. I can't write like a new guitar player. So everything I do is gonna be reminiscent of the past to the fans. So that's when I decided that I was gonna call the band KK's Priest. And I think it's gonna be absolutely fine; I really do. And the face of the band, that will evolve, and that will be on the journey with us.''
About his future plans: ''There's so much yet to come -> there's more videos, more songs coming your way. And there's more albums to come also.''
About his loyalty: ''I think I was the valid member who was very loyal and true. I didn’t record with other musicians. I didn’t have my own web shop. I never sold my own merchandise. I was the loyal Priest fan. If I had strong material, it always went to Priest.
Halford had some pretty good songs when he was working with producer and songwriter Roy Z. I think those songs should have come to Priest, really. Everything I had, if it was strong, came to Priest. I never took strong material and took it elsewhere.''
Forming a band with Halford: ''A couple of weeks after I walked out, Rob and his manager wrote me a letter. They wanted me to form a band with Rob and some other musicians. Jeff Loomis [current Arch Enemy guitarist] was one. I can't remember the names. But I've got the e-mail… I just ignored it -> You have to ask him. No one asks them questions. No journalist asks the other guys questions."
^ Interesting. Probably this was after they've announced the Farewell/Epitaph tour and before they realized that it won't be their last tour.
K.K. DOWNING Says JUDAS PRIEST Threatened Him With Legal Action Over KK'S PRIEST Name
In a brand new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece, founding JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing elaborated on his decision to call his new band KK'S PRIEST, an obvious nod to his former group. His is joined in KK'S PRIEST by former JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, guitarist...
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K.K. Downing: Rob Halford Should've Given Judas Priest Solo Songs
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