He didnt know it, but I went to see him play at the NEC in Birmingham. Iron Maiden with Paul DiAnno were opening up for them. "@type": "WebPage", Do you want to meet him? Im like: [enthusiastically] Yeah, who doesnt want to meet Dylan? So this guy takes me round to this room. I saw enough of it to think: This is I where Id end up until I retire and they give me a gold watch. Thats a motivation for a lot of musicians you dont want to end up where your dads working. Well, Rob Halford's age is 71 years old as of today's date 1st February 2023 having been born on 25 August 1951. Dude, I dont know. Inevitably there are shots of cats too. Especially in the Transit van. But once youre in it, you cant let go of it. Halford finally met the gay man of his dreams, an ex-Marine named Thomas, through a personal pen-pals ad, and the two have been happily partnered for 25 years. ], 68,082, This story has been shared 47,021 times. Ive f***ed up! pubID: '434bb5e4-3704-4b75-b36c-785a444462bd', I never drew a parallel. It was a six- or seven-page letter, and I know that all the lads saw it, and that was enough. So warm and emotional. But thats when bands become dysfunctional. Thomas has got to have some work done on his nose [laughs], from picking it. Thomas Pence and Rob Halford had a relationship from 1991 to 1991. Does it bother you that Priest arent in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? complete: 1, Harold said that Marines were allowed family visits so he would go along at the same time as she was there. No. Theres a cactus in the yard of Rob Halfords home in Phoenix, Arizona that looks like its throwing the horns. 'You idiot!' Speaking of your house in Walsall, theres a photo on Instagram of you standing outside it, next to a greenhouse. ", Last month, Halford's bandmate Richie Faulkner suffered an onstage aortic aneurysm while performing at Louder Than Life Festival in Louisville. apstag.fetchBids({ There was practically nothing on stage, but youre instinctively drawn towards something that has great potential. Your introduction to Priest fans was the drumming that opens 1990s Painkiller album, on the title track. U2 Hiring 90s Rock Legend As New Drummer? Halford married the love of his life Thomas Pence, an Ex-Marine officer. We got in touch with Harley-Davidson and asked if theyd be interested in providing a motorcycle for us. A post shared by Metal God (@robhalfordlegacy) (opens in new tab). Ian says it was Ella Fitzgerald, Ken [KK] said it was Doris Day, says Halford. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) I do recall a particular tour, and suddenly with my Bob Damron [gay travel] guide, Id figured out all these little codes you know, red means this and blue means that and black means that. That was a no-go area for me. Halford and his bandmates have been turning everything they touch to metal for 50 years now. Halford who lives in Phoenix with his partner Thomas said he learned of his diagnosis after getting tested after feeling symptoms since 2017. [Laughs] Hand on heart, I dont think weve ever been able to say weve had fuck-you money. Well carry on as long as we can give quality performances. Does it feel to you that Priest have had the recognition and respect they deserve? They said theyd been trying to get hold of me for a while via email. Whats your secret? They were good, too. .defineSizeMapping(mapping1) Then, like most fans, I went backwards and started. Halford has also been sober for 34 years. So thatll be a sweet and sour moment when it does come. It looks like youre growing pot in there. When Rob Halford was just a teenager, he wandered down Lichfield Street in Wolverhampton, a working-class coal and steel town just outside of Birmingham, England. The accident marked the end of a chapter of Priests career. I think youre focusing a little bit too much on a few of the hundreds of songs weve written, but I do take your point. For me it was a massive combination of booze and drugs and toxic relationships and having to hide my sexual identity. We did great things for British heavy metal in America. We flew in by helicopter over 320,000 people there was a sea of people. I'll just take one prime example: the horrible AIDS epidemic that was hitting so many of our beautiful friends, Halford says somberly. Where are things at with the new Priest album? These things come along and theyre great, it means youre being recognised by your peers. The band are currently marking their Golden Jubilee with a series of US dates, and last month saw a headlining appearance at the UKs Bloodstock Festival. After a series of unfulfilling relationships, Robert considered Thomas his best gift. Ali. His powerful, wide-ranging voice and trademark leather-and-studs image had made Robert noted as the iconic in heavy metal. ] I guess thats the effect I have I turn everything into metal.. Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true "Metal God." The Sentinel, Freewheel Burning Theres something about that album that hits me in a different way. We were just relieved. They put me in a cell by myself. Robert Halford is married to Thomas Pence. What was that like? Research Focus: Mechanical behavior and mathematical modeling of materials under large deformation. But a few years later the band were hit with a lawsuit from the families of two boys who had allegedly killed themselves after listening to Stained Class. Its going to be in the papers! Our singer, Jeff Martin, had been in a band called Surgical Steel, in Phoenix, and hed known Rob from just hanging out on the local rock scene. On 25-8-1951 Rob Halford (nickname: Metal God) was born in The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom. Rob asked me if I wanted to be part of Fight. "But you never really grow up in a band, you're just having a laugh. If the quality starts to fall off, theres not much point going on. He entered St. Peter's. I had been to see them on a couple of occasions at small clubs around the Midlands. Were you a big Judas Priest fan growing up? But it was such a mixed-up time for me as a musician, internally still dealing with my identity. Rob Halford has written some fairly near-the-knuckle songs about sex. You can check out the picture below: A post shared by Metal God (@robhalfordlegacy). When did Priest start earning fuck-you money? The nuns were in shock they thought Judas Priest was some kind of religious sect. I believe you can only cure addiction by beating it yourself. var googletag = googletag || {}; The bassist has been with Priest from the beginning, through thick and thin. Judas Priest's 'Metal God' Rob Halford discusses the joys of leather, coming out as a gay metalhead, and how he keeps 'Breaking the Law' fresh. You were out of the band for eleven years. Its just a wonderful feeling. Is that true? He states, full of tears: ''It's a wonderful moment when you walk out of the closet. I still am. I think there was a very good chance. And this record guy goes: Bob, heres somebody Id like to introduce you to, its Rob Halford, hes from the British heavy metal band Judas Priest. And Bob goes: [spot-on Dylan impression] Heeeeey, whats goin on? He was invited to visit the California Marine base in 1991. But it's something I have to talk about, simply because, as I said before, it's poignant. Well Glenns always been the one, musically speaking. } That was a mate of mine, Nick, who I lived with before I bought that house. "It was very difficult for me in front of thousands of people in the work that I do. But it was only when Hill began dating Halfords sister and heard him singing that the pieces fell into place. Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath laid the foundations for the genre, but it was Priest who reshaped it in their own image everyone from Metallica to Motley Crue bears their musical DNA, while anyone who has stood in front of a camera or walked on stage encased in leather, studs or a combination of both has got it straight from the Judas Priest playbook. Even then, I was stone-cold sober when I went on stage. I remember talking to the guys around the time of the Turbo album, saying: Ive got this idea of doing some stuff on the side. They were like: Yeah, we might do that ourselves. Rob: "I still love being in a band even when PRIEST was at the height of its success in the '70s and on 'Top of the Pops', we always kept our noses to the grindstone and never put our feet up . He is married to his husband Thomas, who he began dating in 1991. Founding guitarist KK Downing departed in 2011 and was replaced by Richie Faulkner (the relationship between Priest and Downing seems to be cool at best). That was the big ice-melter. Bill [Curbishley, manager] was like: Why are you wearing a suit? I just went: I have no idea.". "It showed kids with cancer. We thought the London scene didnt understand the band or the music. These days you have to take things one step at a time. But when we left them they were quite sad. 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There were just so many amazing male specimens there: young, buff guys at the the height of their physical powers! It was very informal, but for some reason I put a suit on. Hes the one going: Heres the ideas, heres what we want to do. But you cant do anything in rocknroll without a singer, and Robs a great songwriter and a great lyricist. Even Ripper knew it was a good idea. Judas Priest singer Rob Halford has revealed that he survived a fight with prostate cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. I think I was trying to protect myself, he muses. To be honest, no. But yes, some of those songs have sexual innuendo. I was living in Marina Del Rey at the time, and for my daily exercise, Id get on my bicycle and go all the way up to Malibu and back with a stop! They asked if wed play at their summer fte. "Thank God the brakes were put on at the right time. "name": "Uncategorized" Judas Priests Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music is out on October 15 via Sony. Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has always lived a loud and proud heavy metal life, but only in 1998 during an MTV interview did he become the first metal icon to announce he is gay. Rob Halford, British singer-songwriter and lead singer with heavy metal band Judas Priest, poses wearing a leather cap and studded leather cuffs and. We only want a fiver a week. I looked in my deleted folder there were a load of emails from them that Id deleted. Was there a point where you thought: Bloody hell, Im famous!? Priest played the US Festival in California in 1983. During that time, he has been Deputy Editor on Kerrang! Which bands were you hanging out with back then? Priest were playing pretty big gigs of their own within a few years. They tried to push the blame for that on us, and that is a terrible thing to do. So I borrowed it and I loved it. "@type": "ListItem", Ive enjoyed the last year, being with my family, pottering in the garage, mowing the lawns. I dont think we realised how influential Priest was going to become. } It was one of the hardest things Ive had to do in my career and my life. Thats as probably as close as I got to fuck-you money. That was the green light we gave each other back then. It only reinforces you even more to continue flying that flag of British heavy metal. [Points at himself] Look at this naive little Walsall-lad face. Did you think: This is it, were heading for the big time?. Judas Priest lead singer Rob Halford, who is set for a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, is openly gay and is in a relationship with an ex-Marine named Thomas Pence. In a new chapter for the paperback edition of his 2020 autobiography Confess, the 70-year-old rocker revealed he had prostatectomy surgery in July 2020 and underwent radiation treatments this past April and May after more cancer was discovered. Right from the start it was very apparent that they wanted a member of the band, they didnt want a hired gun. ver: '1.0', It was so hot that the guitars kept going out of tune during the show, and our guitar techs had to keep retuning them. Contribute Rob Halford and Thomas Pence - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. Ive seen differences of opinion, but it was all constructive. With my thing for men in uniform, my eyes were on stalks.. Did that mess with your head? I grew up in a household where the telly or the radio was always on, there was always something going on in the background, whether it was films or music. We had to keep coming back here to keep the momentum going. He said, ''he will never gain that amass of fanbase after people get to know what he is in reality; also, he could not return to certain places of the world in fear of lapidation.''. This guy pulls my baseball cap off and he goes, Rob? 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According to Loud Wire, on October 28, 2020, the couple's snap was spotted on Robert's Instagram with their fantastic masks. "The fact that I was laying on my bed, taking a pill and a slug of Jack Daniels and mumbling, 'Nobody loves me, nobody loves me' and then suddenly, clarity. JUDAS PRIEST s' Rob Halford is celebrating the 36th anniversary of his getting sober. And so where everybody else was sowing their oats, if that's the right correct expression to use, I was back in the hotel room with a hot cup of cocoa, watching David Letterman or whoever., Despite the stern warning from Judas Priests handlers to be discreet, Halford did try to drop hints about his sexuality in his some of his lyrics although he says there wasn't even a flinch and he wasnt even questioned when his bandmates heard Raw Deal (with its mentions of Fire Island and love with no laws), or Jawbreaker, which he only later realized could be interpreted as an ode to oral sex. Ha! The most hotly anticipated hard-rock autobiography of the year, Rob Halford's Confess is gossipy, good natured and hilarious, often unintentionally. .addService(googletag.pubads()); He knew some of the crew, and they asked him, but he politely declined and put my name forward. Pleasuring yourself only goes so far, doesn't it? Halford, now age 69, quips, recalling countless lonely nights on tour while his straight metal peers were openly enjoying the spoils of fame and the affections of female admirers. And thats no disrespect to Ripper, cos hes a friend of mine. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. Never surrender! It hasnt all been a joyride, but the guitarist wouldnt want to have done anything other than travelling the world, doing what I love most playing guitar. Contribute Who is Thomas Pence dating? linktr.ee/robhalfordlegacy. No, one thing Ill never get is when I flew to Spain to audition. Who is Robert Halford's Partner? "@type": "ListItem", Maybe that was because I was so off my tits that I cant remember having any conversations. "The cock has no conscience," the Judas Priest singer quips. googletag.enableServices(); Through an advertisement, Halford connected with Pence. What was it like being in the middle of it? It was unusual territory, these so-called subliminal messages. Because we knew about the American court system, we knew how things could go sideways. They got back at nine or ten in the morning, and were covered in frost. That was about Brad [Halfords former boyfriend, who committed suicide in 1986]. Id leave there more exhausted than if Id been for a gym workout.. He made his 30 million dollar fortune with Judas Priest. I never once had that Ill show you mentality. The Youve Got Another Thing Coming singer writes that he had an affair with Hank, who then introduced him to another married Marine at Pendleton named Steve. Wasnt that awkward? But when you dont get them you move on, it doesnt make any difference. It was KK Downing who hit on the idea of dressing up in leather. Photo Source: Instagram Thats why its important to be so honest and open and forthright with each other, no matter how difficult it is. He's across from me and he's washing his hands in a mirror, like a steel mirror, and he's looking at me and kind of nodding and winking. "But you never really grow up in a band, you're just having a laugh. June 7, 2021 In honor of Pride month, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford spoke with Hattie Collins of Apple Music 1's PROUD RADIO about his coming out story, his brief stint on Grindr, meeting Freddie Mercury at a club in Athens and many other topics related to his identity as a gay man. "I feel like I've had the most thorough MOT that a Metal God can have.". Did you ever bring your problems into the office? That Priest were kicking around Birmingham in the late 60s, an entirely different entity to the one that followed. Its been in Halfords yard since he moved to Phoenix from the West Midlands in 1986. Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has revealed that he privately battled cancer during the pandemic. We were literally making it up as we went along. You cant escape those three letters. [Laughs] We were clueless. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/judas-priest-singer-husband-photo-revealed/", Terms of Use How did you end up becoming Priests drummer nearly ten years later? People say: Is he a father figure? Hes more like an older brother. "We were just so full of adventure," says Halford, speaking over Zoom from the house he shares with his partner of 30 years, Thomas Pence. sid: '1366', Raw Deal, from Sin After Sin, was the first in a long line of songs you wrote about sex: Evil Fantasies, Eat Me Alive, Jawbreaker, Pain And Pleasure People always overlook what a randy band Priest could be. "item": { It did to start with. Whats happenin? And I go: Hey Bob, its really nice to meet you. And he goes: Where ya from? I say: Im from Birmingham. And he goes: Birmingham? [pause]. In Confess, he says if Judas Priest were just starting out now and he was 21 years old, he would be out of the closet from day one. The guys had gone off to get help, except they hadnt, cos they were at some local club getting pissed and having a knees up while me and Ian nearly died of hypothermia. nodes: [ Somebody called me up and said: The judge has exonerated you, its the end of the case, its done and dusted. But no, we didnt celebrate. One of the label people said: Bob Dylans in the next room. I mean, we're humans, and human beings are designed to love each other in a physical, intimate way which means physically being with each other. Thats not true. When bassist Ian Hill and guitarist KK Downing brought in singer Al Atkins from the original Judas Priest to join their new band, uninspiringly christened Freight, he brought the name with him. Some only babies. They thought it was good to keep at least two members of Priest in the same solo project. Its not all on your own back, you can share the load of what youre going through. And what got lost in all of it was the loss of these two beautiful, tragic lads. What are you doing here? I'm like, I did something dumb. He says, Come with me. So internally I'm thinking, Oh great, I'm free! No. The first thing I heard was his voice. 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