| [J.D. DIAMOND] Friday, July 15, 2011 3:28:03 AM | |
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HRMG,Spapad,Becks...thanks guys,didn't mean to be absent,I guess we should of paid our cable bill huh? lol! Victoria has internet on her phone but its a pain in the arse so I wouldn't bother lol!
Yeah,love how Ian said they will continue where they left off with Angel of Retribution,not "Painkiller"lol! 2 Axe attack with K.K. in golf hat haha!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Thursday, July 14, 2011 6:45:23 PM)| |  | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | Hey J.D., it's great to see you back!!
Thanks goes to Rockpages for posting the link to the interview - thanks again Rockpages!! I love reading interviews with Ian because he tells it like it is! That quote is my favorite J.D. and then when he is asked:
Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)! 
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Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!! 
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [hellrider 31038] Friday, July 15, 2011 12:30:19 AM | |
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I AM IMAGINING THE MIGHTY PRIEST IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON THE NEW ALBUM TOTALLY
LEEEETTTTTTTTIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT RIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCC????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
IF YOUR HOPING THEY ARE GONNA PUT SOME ABBA STYLE SONGS ON THERE AND TRY TO PASS THEM OFF AS METAL LIKE I SAID BEFORE
YOURE SHI? OUT OF LUCK
AND YOU KNOW WHY
CAUSE WE ARE DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH KEEPING THE METAL ALIVE..
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| [Becks] Friday, July 15, 2011 12:19:29 AM | |
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Awesome news indeed eh JD!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:32:35 PM)| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Rockpages wrote: |
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [electriceye69] Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:51:56 PM | |
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It would just be like getting you to move with the smell of fresh meat when your praying,so you know the feeling!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:34:39 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | It would take removing the nails from his shoes to get that one step.
(Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:18:16 PM)
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I do too. I would also take it as an inside joke that only the hardcore fans would applaud! 
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Good to see ya J.D.!
HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
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J.D. DIAMOND wrote: |
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Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Rockpages wrote: |
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [spapad] Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:46:37 PM | |
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[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:08:58 PM)| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | A baby step forward most likely, but hell, that's SOMETHING!! I adore Ian, he is so cool and just makes you feel at ease. He is one guy that I'd love to have a couple of beers with because I KNOW he has got some GREAT stories to tell!!
Come to the front of the stage and play Ian, the fans want to SEE you slam away on the bass!
| | | spapad wrote: | | Good to see ya J.D.!
HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:11:08 PM | |
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THAT would be fantastic!! Probably just once though, for the DVD! I don't think he likes all the attention..... but it's great to hear him doing more interviews.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Nupe The Ripper from Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:21:18 PM)| | | Nupe The Ripper wrote: | | Let me envision that... during the last show, the band ends the set with Metal Gods. During the slamming intro, the lights are dimmed, but they'll soon get brighter so that the crowd can see Ian taking steps in rhythm with the slams of the intro. The intro is extended long enough that Ian can make it to the front of the stage, after which the rest of the band will join up and start playing, Ian still up close to the front.
How cool would that be?
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HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
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Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:08:58 PM | |
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A baby step forward most likely, but hell, that's SOMETHING!! I adore Ian, he is so cool and just makes you feel at ease. He is one guy that I'd love to have a couple of beers with because I KNOW he has got some GREAT stories to tell!!
Come to the front of the stage and play Ian, the fans want to SEE you slam away on the bass!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:14:01 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | Good to see ya J.D.!
HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Rockpages wrote: |
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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It would take removing the nails from his shoes to get that one step.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:18:16 PM)
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I do too. I would also take it as an inside joke that only the hardcore fans would applaud!
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Good to see ya J.D.!
HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
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Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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Very cool, but the closest I've seen Ian to the front is the begining of The Rage. That was not even close to front and center just maybe a step further from his usual place. I love Ian! He's great.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Nupe The Ripper from Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:21:18 PM)| | | Nupe The Ripper wrote: | | Let me envision that... during the last show, the band ends the set with Metal Gods. During the slamming intro, the lights are dimmed, but they'll soon get brighter so that the crowd can see Ian taking steps in rhythm with the slams of the intro. The intro is extended long enough that Ian can make it to the front of the stage, after which the rest of the band will join up and start playing, Ian still up close to the front.
How cool would that be?
| | | spapad wrote: | | Good to see ya J.D.!
HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Rockpages wrote: |
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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Let me envision that... during the last show, the band ends the set with Metal Gods. During the slamming intro, the lights are dimmed, but they'll soon get brighter so that the crowd can see Ian taking steps in rhythm with the slams of the intro. The intro is extended long enough that Ian can make it to the front of the stage, after which the rest of the band will join up and start playing, Ian still up close to the front.
How cool would that be?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:14:01 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | Good to see ya J.D.!
HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Rockpages wrote: |
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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I do too. I would also take it as an inside joke that only the hardcore fans would applaud!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:14:01 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | Good to see ya J.D.!
HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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hellrider 31038 wrote: |
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Rockpages wrote: |
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [spapad] Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:14:01 PM | |
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Good to see ya J.D.!
HRMG, do you think that surprise step forward will truely be just ONE step? I do. LOL
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:32:35 PM)| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Thursday, July 14, 2011 6:45:23 PM | |
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Hey J.D., it's great to see you back!!
Thanks goes to Rockpages for posting the link to the interview - thanks again Rockpages!! I love reading interviews with Ian because he tells it like it is! That quote is my favorite J.D. and then when he is asked:
Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:32:35 PM)| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
(Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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hellrider 31038 wrote: |
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Rockpages wrote: |
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [J.D. DIAMOND] Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:32:35 PM | |
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Thanks for finding the interview HRMG!
Ian Hill on the upcomming new studio album - "Its gonna be a great album and its gonna carry on from where Angel Of Retribution left off. We got Nostradamus out of our systems and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal."
This is freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!! 2 AXE ATTACK WITH K.K. IN GOLF HAT! LOFL!!!
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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hellrider 31038 wrote: |
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I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
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HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: |
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It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
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Rockpages wrote: |
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Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [hellrider 31038] Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:21:27 PM | |
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AND BEFORE THE NEW MIGHTY PRIEST BEAST METAL MONSTER ALBUM IS RECORDED WITHOUT HIM FOREVER
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | Here you go:
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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| | | hellrider 31038 wrote: | | I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
| | | Rockpages wrote: | | Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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Thanks for that HRMG, great article! I love the fact that Ian seems to be giving more interviews, he always has something good to say.
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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| | | hellrider 31038 wrote: | | I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
| | | Rockpages wrote: | | Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [guidogodoy] Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:18:15 AM | |
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Nice read, thanks!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM)| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | Here you go:
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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| | | hellrider 31038 wrote: | | I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
| | | Rockpages wrote: | | Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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| [HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:04 AM | |
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Ian Hill is waiting patiently at the backstage area, just a couple of hours before Judas Priest unleash an unbelievable show to the Greek fans that have gathered that night to witness the legendary band on their so called “Epitaph World Tour”. Hill is a genuinely kind man that has absolutely no problem in answering in an immediate manner to all our questions (including the topic of K.K. Downing’s recent departure). “Is there anything left for you to achieve with the band”, we ask him. The answer comes straight and without any hesitation: “I don’t really think so...we are Priest”!
Interview: Sakis Nikas
Rockpages.gr: Well, Ian, here you are for the “Epitaph World Tour” but this is not the end for Judas Priest as you have stated...
Ian Hill: No, it’s not the end of Judas Priest…we’ve never intended to “kill” the band. We just need to slow down a little bit as we’ve touring and doing albums almost constantly for 40 years now. It really takes a large chunk of your life; so, we have to be…well…not choosey of where we will play in the future but how many shows we can do in a specific time. The European Festivals will always be a good option but we can’t do anymore the big touring thing…leave here, go to South America, then straight to USA, Japan, Australia…you know. Not that we don’t enjoy it; we love it! We love to travel, we love to visit places and do a little bit of sightseeing, especially when we have a day off. Bear in mind that we’ve been doing this for 40 years. After 6 months not being on the road, you get a little bit itchy because you need to be on stage again (laughs)! But, unfortunately, you don’t get any younger. Of course, we will continue to record as well…we have already written an album’s worth of material. Three songs are properly recorded and roughly mixed. I think that the record company might put out something, just a bit of something so as to let the fans know of what’s coming along. It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be reaching the end of your career? I mean, not only as a musician but as a person...
Ian Hill: It’s gonna be very sad, I suppose…luckily we are in the middle of a long tour and we are taking it from gig to gigreally. We will worry about it when the last show comes.
Rockpages.gr: I suppose you will get emotional on your last show?
Ian Hill: Quite possibly…well, the thing is that it won’t be the last show…I am talking about this tour.
Rockpages.gr: You have also a new member in the band...Richie Faulkner.
Ian Hill: Yes, we do.
Rockpages.gr: How important is his contribution to Judas Priest in regards with the live show?
Ian Hill: Richie is great, as you will see tonight. He is a great talent, a great guitarist, a great bloke and a great performer on stage. If we wouldn’t have found him, it would have been a struggle for us really. He came along and we couldn’t be luckier.
Rockpages.gr: Was it awkward for the band and you personally to be performing without K.K.?
Ian Hill: Not really! I mean…Ken decided to retire; he’s having trouble with his wrist; I think that was probably the main reason. We gave him a lot of time to change his mind…I tried to persuade him to change his mind but he seemed adamant…he wanted to retire. We had to move on as a band. Richie was a gift to us and being a Priest fan himself, he knew almost all the songs that we were planning for this tour. The important thing is that Richie has kept the essence of what Ken was doing…with his lead breaks, his solos…although, he still leaves his own stamp in the music.
Rockpages.gr: How does it feel to be the only original member?
Ian Hill: (laughs) Oh yeah…(laughs)
Rockpages.gr: Is it 1970…? Early 1970?
Ian Hill: 1969 really…that was when we started.
Rockpages.gr: That makes you now something like a father figure to the other guys…
Ian Hill: (laughs) No! Well, maybe for Scott (Travis) and Richie. They are the young ones. But, the rest of us have been together for so many years…Glenn, Rob and myself…we are grateful to have had the luck to enjoy a good life together and continue in one way or another.
Rockpages.gr: Why don’t you get to compose more songs for Judas Priest?
Ian Hill: Well, Ken, Glenn and Rob had formed a great writing team. I am perfectly happy to get along with it. And how can you argue with all those great songs that Priest had delivered through the years (laughs)?
Rockpages.gr: Ian, when will we see playing in the very front of the stage? I mean all these years you are standing by the drum kit.
Ian Hill: Maybe in the last show I will make a surprise step forward (laughs)!
Rockpages.gr: Ian, after all these years is there anything left that you haven’t achieved?
Ian Hill: I think that we have achieved everything that we’d set out to achieve…I don’t really think so…we are Priest, you know! I am sure that none of the other guys would have thought back in the day that we will still be doing that after 40 years. We even got a Grammy award which was nice.
Rockpages.gr: Flash forward 20 years from now…you are sitting on the porch and a kid with a metal t-shirt stops by and asks: “Mr. Hill, which is the quintessential Judas Priest record that I should listen to? Which is the cornerstone record of your career”?
Ian Hill: Oh, the cornerstone record…it’s probably the first one.
Rockpages.gr: Really?
Ian Hill: Yeah, I mean…it wasn’t well recorded; actually it sounded fucking awful (laughs)! But, after all these years of working hard and trying to make it…one day you go into a record store and you see your record on the shelves…it was the time when “Rocka Rolla” was among all my favorite records…Cream, The Stones, Animals, The Beatles…all those great bands. When I saw our album in the record store, I instantly knew that we have arrived! But, I guess that every band considers their debut as a really important first step on the ladder. Then, it’s up to you to improve or blow it! Fortunately, we were able to improve and we kept building our sound from album to album.
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[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by hellrider 31038 from Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:53:15 AM)| | | hellrider 31038 wrote: | | I COULD NOT FIND THE INTERVIEW.
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | It’s gonna be a great album and it’s gonna carry on from where “Angel of Retribution” left off. We got “Nostradamus” out of our system and now we are heading towards classic Priest metal….the screams, the fast, the slow and the heavy! A little bit of everything. A big “thank you” for all that we are doing goes out to the fans.
HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks for the link Rockpages - that was a great interview!!
| | | Rockpages wrote: | | Hey guys,
Ian Hill talked a week ago to Greece's Rockpages Web Magazine about the band's new written material and K.K. Downing's recent departure...here's the link of that very interesting interview: http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=5854&type=1&lang=EN
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