History Music / JudasPriest

* FiveManBand:

* SpecialEffectFailure: When the guy in the "Another Thing Coming" video's head explodes, he's been very obviously replaced with a dummy.

Halford left in 1992, and JP brought on Tim "Ripper" Owens in 1996 for ''Jugulator'' and ''Demolition''. Halford returned in 2003; in the interim, he had publicly come out in 1998 after five years of rumours. The rest of the band had known the whole time.

-->''[[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} Wavin' your hands, crushed out on the floor! Beggin'! For mercy! Be careful or we'll do it some more!]]''

--> ''Off the straight and narrow''
--> ''I won't keep in time''
--> ''Tend to bend the arrow out of line''

--> ''Grinder''
--> ''Looking for meat''
--> ''Grinder''
--> ''Wants you to eat!''

* 1982 - ''Screaming for Vengeance''

* AmbitionIsEvil: Inverted with "You've Got Another Thing Comin'".

* BigBrotherIsWatching: "Electric Eye."

* SpySatellite: "Electric Eye."

* NothingIsScarier: The giant carnivorous worm in "Night Crawler" is never seen by its victims, only heard.

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "Hell Patrol" coins the terms "vaporapize" and "paratamize".

* 1990 - ''Painkiller''

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* CarefulWithThatAxe: Rob Halford does this ''a lot'', to the point of divisive territory.
** Case in point: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_mpt8xyZVI Dissident Aggressor]].
** ''Painkiller'' is pretty much ''nothing but this trope''.

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In the 1980s, America's MoralGuardians accused JP of SubliminalSeduction in the 1985 suicide and suicide attempt (latter eventually died of his attempt in 1988, three years later) of one teenager and one then newly ex-teenager. Rob Halford responded by stating that the alleged message to "do it" didn't say what to do, and that subliminally provoking his audience to commit suicide would be counter-productive; the ideal subliminal message would have been "Buy more of our records." (And it's not as if it was even possible for it to be their fault anyway, since Spooky Tooth had written the song nearly ''10 years earlier''.) The case was predictably laughed out of court.

** In the 80's both Downing and (ironically) Halford were considered sex symbols by many female metal fans.

*** Similarly, their music video for "Headin' Out to the Highway" is obviously a tribute to the "drag race" scenes in classic '50s "hot rod" flicks. (Rob, of course, plays the role of the girl who starts the race.)

** The version of "Tyrant" the band performs live is much faster, heavier and more aggressive than on the album, updating the 1976 song to sound more like something from their heavier 90s era.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "Heavy Duty" starts out like this, then segues into HeavyMeta. Living After Midnight as well. To quote Rob "'My body's coming', what could possibly that be meaning? [sic]"

** Their first album ''Rocka Rolla'' was standard 70's blues rock with only faint nods to heavy metal, not to mention the band itself, wearing floral pattern shirts and ''bell-bottoms'' instead of the metal fashion they became famous for. ''Sad Wings of Destiny'' and ''Sin After Sin'', while sporting a heavier sound than their debut, are still not quite as hard as the sound they would become known for.
** Not weird enough? Try listening to demos with original singer Al Atkins. A good singer, but far more of a gravelly blues rock singer than a screamer like Rob Halford. By Atkins' own admission the band would have probably gone in a more Music/{{ACDC}}-type direction had he stuck around.

In 1990, America's MoralGuardians accused JP of SubliminalSeduction in the suicides of two teenage boys. Rob Halford responded by stating that the alleged message to "do it" didn't say what to do, and that subliminally provoking his audience to commit suicide would be counter-productive; the ideal subliminal message would have been "Buy more of our records." (And it's not as if it was even possible for it to be their fault anyway, since Spooky Tooth had written the song nearly ''10 years earlier''.) The case was predictably laughed out of court.

** Their first album "Rocka Rolla" was standard 70's blues rock with only faint nods to heavy metal, not to mention the band itself, wearing floral pattern shirts and ''bell-bottoms'' instead of the metal fashion they became famous for.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Turbo'' was far closer to GlamRock or HairMetal than the several albums preceding it, with a lot of synthesizers and commercially friendly hooks. ''Ram It Down,'' the following album, was a return to straightforward metal and actually introduced a number of elements to the band's sound which would crystallize in ''Painkiller,'' which borders on being a [[ThrashMetal Thrash]] album. Interestingly, ''Turbo'' and ''Ram It Down'' were supposedly written, if not recorded, simultaneously to be released as a double album.
** They were, but the band consciously didn't use many keyboards on Ram It Down, partly because of the bad reception Turbo got, and partly to make the songs distinctive.

Priest released their 17th studio album, ''Redeemer Of Souls'' on July 8, 2014 to positive reception. On March 9, 2018, Priest released the album's followup, ''Firepower'' which also received positive reception.

* BadassGay: Rob Halford.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Rocka Rolla'' is a fairly ordinary and unambitious rock n roll record, without any of the soaring vocals or sinister aesthetics or blistering speed of their later work.

!!Breaking the tropes:

!!This band provides examples of:

* NobodyLovesTheBassist: Despite the trope listed above, Ian Hill isn't very well known, inside or outside Metal circles, mostly stemming from the fact that he appears content to stay in the background, and that he hasn't had any stand-out moments in their catalogue.

** Yet another classic example can be found in "Eat Me Alive".

** "Lone Wolf" from ''Firepower'' is basically a music/BlackSabbath song.

* {{Guyliner}}: Rob wears it in the "Painkiller" video.

* MadeOfIron / TheShowMustGoOn: During a 1991 Judas Priest concert, Rob Halford collided with a drum riser while riding his motorcycle onstage, falling off the bike and breaking his nose. After regaining consciousness he performed the remainder of the concert despite the fact that he would have been in excruciating pain at the time. He did not go to the hospital until after the band had completed its setlist.

* MetalScream: Rob Halford is a master of it.

* LeadBassist: Ian, since he is the most senior member.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: A 6 or 7, usually, with some of ''Jugulator'' and ''Painkiller'' crossing into 8 territory. ''Point of Entry'' and ''Turbo'' would both be 4 or 5. That said, it should be noted that albums like "Sin After Sin" and "British Steel" might seem fairly average today, but were ''a very hard 11'' when released.

* ApprovalOfGod: The Swedish heavy metal band Portrait released a cover of "Mother Sun", a ''very'' obscure ''Sad Wings of Destiny''-era song that was never released and only exists through live bootlegs. The band themselves were reportedly impressed by the cover.