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Seeing Judas Priest, needed a new back patch. Two birds, one stone, and way too much time cutting paper.

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Judas Priest (1978)

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Friday, February 2: Judas Priest, "Stained Class"

Like most Judas Priest albums, Stained Class didn’t receive much acclaim when it was first released, but over 45 years later there remain very few records that can truly stand next to it in terms of the studiousness in which it balanced heaviness, precision, intensity and darkness.  It was a truly perfect album, and its title track showcased all of the facets that made it a singular entry in not only Priest’s discography, but across all of heavy metal as a genre: the Tipton/Halford composition seemingly started as a late ‘70s hard rock boogie before putting its head down with crunching power chords and Rob Halford’s dynamic and dramatic vocalizing.  The lyrics were esoteric and ominous, and unfortunately one of the last times the Metal God really tried to say something within the confines of Priest.  “Stained Class” wasn’t very long, but contained multitudes in its arrangement, and the breakdown after the solos were just lethal.  Even Dennis Mackay’s production was timeless, emphasizing the strength of the playing and giving Les Binks’ drumming ample space even while Tipton and K.K. Downing roared frantically.  Again, just perfect.

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"...PRIEST SIMPLY TOOK THE AGGRESSION OF PUNK AND INJECTED IT INTO THEIR OWN MUSIC."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on two record adverts for JUDAS PRIEST's "Stained Class" (1978) LP, otherwise known as Priest's response to the UK's then burgeoning punk movement.

OVERVIEW: "In October 1977, when the sessions for "Stained Class" began, the British music papers were devoting a sizable portion of their coverage to U.K. punk bands like the SEX PISTOLS, THE CLASH, THE DAMNED, and THE STRANGLERS; heavy metal was considered unfashionable at best, and worthy of extinction at worst. "Punk caught the ears of the record labels and the music press," Halford recalled to TeamRock in 2011. "There was a very immediate alienation of things from the past: "Forget about metal, forget about prog, that's all gone now.""

But rather than take umbrage at that such a dismissive attitude, Priest simply took the aggression of punk and injected it into their own music. "We've always placed a lot of importance on what's going on, because it's what the kids want," Tipton explained in the same interview. "It's no use saying the next big thing's shit, because a big element of the public likes it. So we've always kept our ear to the ground. Tracks like "Exciter" are indicative of us changing gear and going thrashy in a Priest way. It was indicative of what's going on.""

-- REVOLVER MAGAZINE, "8 Things You Didn't Know About Judas Priest's "Stained Class": From Satanic messaging to riffs played upside down," by Dan Epstein, c. February 2018

Sources: www.heritage-posters.co.uk/product/the-sex-pistols-anarchy-in-the-uk-poster-liverpool, Reddit, www.revolvermag.com/music/8-things-you-didnt-know-about-judas-priests-stained-class, various, etc..

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