How Judas Priest invented heavy metal

Thirty years ago Rob Halford led Judas Priest, and heavy metal itself, out of the Midlands and into the bigtime. He tells us where the sound – and the look – came fromPeering from the window at his management company's offices in north London, Rob Halford assesses the sunny spring day outside. "Hmm, very nice," he says in his West Midlands tones, at once dolorous, friendly and a little puzzled – the wonderful Zen-bemusement of the Brummie accent. "Very nice, but I'm not sure if spring is...

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