Glenn Tipton - Parkinson’s

4stringer77 · March 14, 2018, 05:28:02 AM

Sure, either that or it makes Icelandic people want to euthanize them.

uwe · March 15, 2018, 08:23:33 AM

"Songs like, you've got another thing coming, breaking the law and living after midnight simply sound like they were written by someone with Down's syndrome, no offense to those with Down's syndrome of course."

Yes, Priest can be dumb, just like a Marvel Comic can be dumb, but dumb in a classy way!

slinkp · March 15, 2018, 09:24:37 AM

I don't know the deep catalogue, but I've always liked Priest's big singles. Nothing wrong with good simple rock, and they had it down. "Head Out to the Highway" is perfect.

uwe · March 15, 2018, 11:54:25 AM

Probably my favourite Priest riff - megalomaniacallygargantuan!

And the video showed the Priest bunch's profound method-acting talents ...

Plus, if anyone still had any doubts after this particular vid where Rob's extra-musical interests might abound ...

doombass · March 16, 2018, 05:42:10 AM

And I notice they were'nt sent to acting school in between albums.

uwe · March 16, 2018, 08:53:30 AM

Well, to be fair, the religion-infused performances in Breaking the Law were hard to beat. Stellar stuff throughout.

uwe · March 21, 2018, 02:51:18 PM

You know times have changed (in a good way) when Rob Halford finally starts kissing men on stage - here at 4:17:

Tipton guesting with Priest in Newark, NJ, yesterday. Touching.

And poor Andy Sneap (the touring guitarist and co-producer of Priest's latest album) caught so much flak from fans for not wearing (enough) leather at the first few Priest gigs he did that he now dutifully does - hey, give the people what they want!

Tipton has released a statement that he learned of his diagnosis only four years ago, but that his doctor told him that he has probably been afflicted with Parkinson's for as long as 10 years. He had realized his deteriorating dexterity on the guitar before, but failed to make the connection and tried to compensate with hard rehearsal work at first.

uwe · April 10, 2018, 11:11:37 AM

I didn't know until a few days ago that Dave Holland (their former drummer, not the jazz bassist) died in January due to liver cancer in a Spanish hospital. Holland had served time (full sentence of 8 years for attempted rape and sexual assault of a challenged drum pupil he had, he denied it until the very end, which probably saw him staying as long in prison as he did).

He was an untypical heavy metal drummer, very much in the "don't get in the way of the guitars"-vein. You might say that he drummed much like a simplistic drum machine. And in fact, starting around Defenders of the Faith, much of the Priest drumming on records wasn't him anymore. But it was a choice the band made in the early 80ies, when they dumped his predecessor Les Binks who was a much more complex and technical drummer. And they reverted back to that with his successor (Racer X refugee) Scott Travis.

No matter, his sparse style was part of the 80ies Priest sound. Uncluttered.

He played quite a bit differently with Trapeze - the only video material available from them is apparently from their 1994 reunion tour which saw Galley, Hughes and Holland reunite with Caig Erickson on 2nd lead guitar.

Priest (and Glenn Hughes too) at least had the decency to say a few nice words about him and not blend him out altogether. It is highly unlikely that he was a court trial victim, but whatever happened, he paid dearly for it.

uwe · November 28, 2019, 02:04:53 PM

Dave Holland (the drummer), not Glenn Tipton-related, I was unaware of this new twist:

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/was-late-judas-priest-drummer-dave-holland-victim-of-a-very-sad-injustice/

The English criminal court system by and large works, but no criminal system is foolproof. If you died before being able to prove your innocence, it's especially bitter.

westen44 · November 28, 2019, 02:56:00 PM

Quote from: uwe on November 28, 2019, 02:04:53 PM
Dave Holland (the drummer), not Glenn Tipton-related, I was unaware of this new twist:

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/was-late-judas-priest-drummer-dave-holland-victim-of-a-very-sad-injustice/

The English criminal court system by and large works, but no criminal system is foolproof. If you died before being able to prove your innocence, it's especially bitter.

Wow, it sounds like quite a lot of reasonable doubt. Of course it's true I'm a believer in Blackstone's Ratio.