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 Born on August 25, 1951, in Birmingham, ENGLAND, Rob John Halford began
singing as a teenager, fronting a local Hard-Rock band, Hiroshima and
working as a theatrical lighting engineer.
In 1973, Halford's sister was dating Judas
Priest bassist Ian Hill and one day a few members were over at the
Halfords' house when they overheard Halford singing along to the radio;
the legendary Heavy-Metal band, which included Hill and guitarist Kenneth
Downing, asked Halford to join. Judas
Priest, now with Halford, guitarist Glenn Tipton and drummer John
Hinch, recorded the band's first album, "Rocka Rolla", which
was issued on the small Gull label in 1974.
In the '70s and the '80s as well, Judas
Priest were a huge cult band, but constant touring and superb songs
brought them mainstream success with no less than ten gold and platinum
albums.
In 1991 Rob Halford announced he was leaving the group after nearly 20
years of service. He formed Fight which recorded two albums, "War
Of Words" in 1994 and "A Small Deadly Space" a year later.
The legendary singer then moved on to a more Industrial unit called Two
recording one album, 1997's "Voyeurs", with Nine
Inch Nails' mastermind Trent Reznor.
In 2000 Rob Halford returned to his Metal roots and formed a band simply
called Halford; he recruited guitarists Patrick Lachman and Mike Chlasciak,
bassist Ray Riendeau and drummer Bobby Jarzombek releasing in August "Resurrection";
the record peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers and reached #140
on The Billboard 200 charts.
"Crucible" followed in June 2002, reaching only #144 in the
U.S. and not charting in Great Britain.
Halford then re-joined Judas Priest
in 2003, the re-energized band released the career-spanning box set "Metalogy"
in 2004 and followed with European and U.S. tours. The new studio album,
"Angel Of Retribution", was released in early 2005 to critical
acclaim.
November 2006 saw the release of "Halford: Metal God Essentials
Vol. 1"; the 15-track set features Halford's material, rare demo
recordings of Rob Halford's first solo band and two new Halford tracks:
the single "Forgotten Generation" and "Drop Out".
Just in time for the 2009 holiday season comes a release that is sure
to grab the attention of Heavy-Metal fans worldwide, as Halford debuts
his first holiday CD, "Halford 3 Winter Songs", on his new label
Metal God Records, it is a collection of new Halford-penned tracks plus
traditional holiday favorites presented with original arrangements by
the band: Rob Halford, Chlasciak, Jarzombek, guitarist + producer Roy
Z. and new bass player Mike Davis. The 10-song set includes the single
"Get Into The Spirit".
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