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	Rob Halford - Biography - AOL Music
		In 1973, Halford's sister was dating Priest bassist Ian Hill, and one day a few members were over at the Halford's house, when they overheard Halford singing along to the radio.
		With Halford on board, Priest's sound shifted to a more metallic sound, and by 1974, their first album was issued on the small Gull label, Rocka Rolla.
		Halford's first post-Priest live set followed a year later with the double disc Live Insurrection, while rumors continued to persist concerning a Halford/Priest reunion (both camps have supposedly patched up their differences).
	music.aol.com /artist/rob-halford/83446/biography (560 words)

	Rob Halford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Halford is known for his multi-octave operatic range, high-pitched screams, leather-clad image and showing up on stage on a motorcycle (usually a Harley-Davidson).
		Halford was born in Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, England.
		In the band's Behind the Music edition, Rob named the accident as one of the events that caused the rift between him and the rest of the band that would eventually force them apart.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rob_Halford (665 words)

	Rob Halford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Rob Halford, the former singer of Judas Priest, is a Metal God.
		Even if he hadn't trademarked the term, Halford's patented castrato screech and leather-boy motorcycle duds might still be the most easily identifiable hallmark of heavy metal.
		The soft-spoken Halford is a practical believer in heavy metal's utility, an appreciator of both form and formula.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/00/08/03/STATE_OF_THE_ART.html (648 words)

	Rob Halford, a 'metal god,' reunites with Judas Priest \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Halford, the band's lead singer, is indeed something of a deity, and he's nothing if not self-assured.
		Songwriting sessions followed, and then it was time for Halford to dust off his studded codpiece and gas up the Harley (needed for dramatic stage entrances, of course) for the world tour.
		The band spent a scant 12 hours rehearsing before the first gig in Hanover, Germany, but Halford says that was enough: "I think that shows you something special and magical about this band.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/30271 (518 words)

	Rob Halford
		Halford and the new album Resurrection (Metal-Is) mark the singer’s return to metal and the band has just wrapped a tour with Iron Maiden and Queensryche.
		Halford is currently doing a ten date club jaunt that brings him to the Trocadero on Tuesday before departing on a headlining tour of Europe.
		Halford will perform on Tue., Oct. 24, 7 p.m., at The Trocadero, 10th and Arch Sts., 215-922-LIVE, www.trocaderotheatre.com, $17.50.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/101900/mus.20q.shtml (743 words)

	CNN.com - Halford reunites with Judas Priest - Jul. 13, 2003
		The band, one of heavy metal's most popular groups and a leader in the late-'70s wave of British metal bands, plans to release a full-length studio album in the spring of 2004.
		The original band members have been re-establishing their personal and professional relationships since 1999, along the way sparking reunion rumors.
		Halford left the band in the early '90s in a bitter split.
	www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/11/judas.priest.reunite/index.html (658 words)

	Halford (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Halford was formed in 2000 by then ex-lead Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford and is an attempt to return back to his old heavy metal roots after ending two previous projects: the street metal experience known as Fight, and the Industrial Metal experiment known as 2wo.
		Halford came back screaming with a vengeance, his first album Resurrection managed to make the cut into Martin Popoff's The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time as well as the songs "Silent Screams" and the title-track itself "Resurrection" ranking in the book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time.
		On November 20th, 2006, Halford celebrated with the debut of the single set to be on the upcoming Halford IV album, titled "Forgotten Generation." This was well received by fans, and is the first Halford track to be released in four years since the reunion of Judas Priest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Halford_(band) (591 words)

	Blistering.com :: Music :: Reviews :: Halford - "Live Insurrection"
		Halford's band excel with the old songs, updating venerable neck-benders like "Stained Class" and "The Hellion" to compete with the modern day power of Nevermore and Iron Maiden.
		Halford's band; Guitarists Mike Chlasciak and Patrick Lachman, along with drummer Bobby Jarzombek and bassist Ray Riendeau, seem to hit their stride on the road.
		Halford's voice too, comes into it's own after being worked out on the tour, and seems to get better and better as the CDs go on.
	www.blistering.com /reviews/album.php3?ID=1030 (367 words)

	Ink 19 :: Halford
		On their second studio album, Halford keeps the same foundation, but builds in new directions to avoid covering the same ground again and again.
		While Rob's vocals may be what will attract people to a Halford album, the rest of the band keeps people coming back for more.
		Halford avoided recording the same album again, and they also avoided selling out to the new-style fusion metal that is getting airplay these days.
	www.ink19.com /issues/august2002/musicReviews/musicH/halford.html (493 words)

	MSJ-Halford Live In Chicago, 2003
		Now I knew every band would be under the gun with an eye on the clock.
		His band was great behind him, with Metal Mike showing himself more and more to be one of the top axeman in metal today.
		The band's new bassist Mike Davis was a big improvement over the rather faceless Ray Riendau, jumping all over the stage.
	www.musicstreetjournal.com /halfordconcert03.htm (780 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Judas Priest to reform
		Halford left the metal band in the early 90s in a bitter split but will rejoin the group for a new album and world tour in 2004.
		Owens departure from the band is an amicable one, said Tipton.
		Halford's last album made with the band was Painkiller in 1990.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3064075.stm (407 words)

	The Daily Vault Album Reviews : Live Insurrection
		No matter how many bands he puts together or how many years it's been since he left the post he became famous for, Rob Halord will always be tied to his days with Judas Priest.
		It's inescapable, something that Halford learned a few years ago when he tried to distance himself from the metal scene - and was met with the commercial equivalent of a rotten vegetable barrage.
		But often, it feels like the rest of the band is forced out of the spotlight, and Halford alone is left to bask in its sweaty glory.
	www.dailyvault.com /toc.php5?review=4057 (642 words)

	Review \| Resurrection by Halford
		After flirting with modern metal in his previous band Fight and industrial-techno grooves in the band Two, Halford has reclaimed his roots on his new album.
		Halford's proclamation, "Here I am now, I'm your Saviour/There can be only one," can be interpreted as a direct challenge to Tim "Ripper" Owens, the tribute band singer who took over vocal duties in Judas Priest in 1996.
		Much as many fans saw David Lee Roth's hard-rocking 1998 release DLR Band as a bid to get back into Van Halen, Resurrection may be Halford's ticket back into the leather-clad arms of his old bandmates.
	www.bluecoupe.com /rock/halford.html (315 words)

	ROCKZONE.COM: Live: Iron Maiden/Queensryche/Halford - September 2, 2000
		This is a band that puts on a show that is just as strong as their music.
		When I saw Rob Halford when he was with Fight he made it clear he wasn't interested in reliving the past.
		The amazing thing about this band is the average age of the band members is in the upper-40's and they are more energetic than any band of 20-something kids.
	www.rockzone.com /concertreviews/ironmaiden-090200.shtml (1239 words)

	www.myspace.com/robhalford
		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.
		Halford's image as a motorcyclist - dressed head to toe in leather and studs - was secured when he started driving a Harley-Davidson out on stage at each show.
		Halford formed Fight which recorded two albums (1994's 'War of Words' and 1995's 'A Small Deadly Space') and an EP (1994's 'Mutations').
	www.myspace.com /robhalford (1028 words)

	ROB HALFORD OCTOBER 26, 2006 PRESS RELEASE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Night-after-night the Halford band brought blistering performances from their new release: Resurrection, Locked and Loaded, Made In Hell, Silent Screams; as well as the higher reserve: Fight's Into The Pit, Nailed To The Gun and Judas Priest's Stained Class, Jaw Breaker, Beyond The Realms Of Death, Metal Gods, Breaking The Law, Genocide and Tyrant.
		With the release of Crucible the Halford band surprised their global audience by introducing an unparalleled-level of arrangement, execution and sound, and Rob Halford's choice of material was the broadest of his career.
		This exposition became Silent Screams, and ignited Rob Halford and manager John Baxter on a hunt for a new musical producer: Roy Z. and a new studio and touring band: Halford.
	robhalford.com /pressrelease/index.html (2201 words)

	Jeffrey Halford and the Healers
		Halford's compelling stories and descriptive narrative is literate and strong and recalls Chuck Prophet, who, by the way, happens to guest on the record with some guitar and vocals.
		Halford has matured as a songwriter, and his band is up to the task of interpreting his talented musings.
		Halford clearly is not afraid to be on the move these days either, as his tour of 15 western cities in 18 days attests.
	www.jeffreyhalford.com /reviews.html (6613 words)

	Masters Of Metal-Halford
		Doesn't the recollection and recognition of Halford's pre-eminent place in the history of the music we all love with a passion, and send you racing for that tennis racket, as you take aim for the goldfish bowl and let out one of those trademark screams.
		His new band is called Halford (well, that does say it all, OK), and Rob has recruited a premier crew, namely guitarists Mike Chlasciak and Patrick Lachman, bassist Ray Riendeau and drummer Bobby Jarzombeck for the project that will catapult him back into the vanguard of the metal hierarchy.
		For Halford, both man and band, 'Resurrection' is a firm statement of intent.
	www.truemetal.org /mastersofmetal/halford.htm (805 words)

	Sleaze Roxx: News Segment
		The film's audio-only soundtrack release: Halford - Live at Rock In Rio III - has been Produced by Roy Z. The anticipated Halford studio album 'Halford IV' is being rescheduled as Rob is in studio with Judas Priest collaborating on their 2007 release and subsequent tour.
		Halford is universally recognized as the greatest singer in the history of Heavy Metal.
		Halford departed Judas Priest in 1992 to pursue a solo career during which he has released seven albums thus far.
	www.sleazeroxx.com /news06/0603hal.shtml (464 words)

	Judas Priest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Halford (who previously worked as a stage manager at a local cinema) was admitted to the band, and brought with him drummer John Hinch from his previous band, Hiroshima.
		In 1990, the band was involved in a civil action that alleged they were responsible for the suicide attempts in 1985 of two Reno, Nevada, USA boys, James Vance and Ray Belknap.
		Their presentation was preceded by the band Godsmack performing a medley of "Electric Eye"/"Victim Of Changes"/"Hell Bent For Leather", and Priest themselves played "Breaking The Law," "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)" and "You've Got Another Thing Comin'," before which Halford rode a Harley onstage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judas_Priest (2805 words)

	Interview with Rob Halford of Two (NY Rock)
		After over twenty years, and two distinct bands on his résumé (Judas Priest and Fight), Halford’s intention of breaking away from the restraints of the Heavy Metal genre has lead the outspoken Englishman to his latest project, the band Two, and its debut album Voyeurs (under the creative collaboration of producer Trent Reznor).
		Ratt [mid-'80s glam metal band] and Twisted Sister are touring again, the Kiss reunion, the Van Halen debacle; Judas Priest has a new disc out...
		Those of us who worked hard, that have a talent, that have a gift, that were supported, and nurtured – and "nurtured" is the very important word – will have more than one record, will have more than one video, and will go on to do different things.
	www.nyrock.com /interviews/halford_int.htm (1380 words)

	Halford Guitar Tabs and Chords
		Halford is the solo band formed by Rob Halford of Judas Priest in 2000.
		The band is a more traditional heavy metal band after Halford's two other post-Judas Priest bands, Fight and Two.
		The Halford band has been on hold since 2004 when Rob Halford rejoined Judas Priest and consequently toured with them and released Angel of Retribution.
	www.guitarmasta.net /h/halford (230 words)

	The Judas Priest Shrine - 2006 - Judas Priest, Halford and heavy metal news, MP3s and auctions
		The anticipated Halford studio album 'Halford IV' is being rescheduled as Rob is in studio with Judas Priest collaborating on their 2007 release and subsequent tour.
		Halford said, "We had a wonderful moment recently where we played our hometown in Birmingham, in the Midlands, and we played at the NEC, which is like a big top-notch rock venue, and there were 10,000 metal maniacs there, and we actually filmed that show.
		The band is very grateful for Ripper's work in helping them to continue to bring Judas Priest's music to their millions of fans and they expect big things for him in the future.
	www.judas-priest.com /news.html (7937 words)

	Heavy Metal and Hard Rock News 2002
		At the video shoot the mood was very tense due to extreme disagreements within the band about the Actual Size record itself, management, the bands direction and sound, touring plans, the video shoot itself, and many, many, many, other things.
		The next day the band decided the solution was to fire Billy Sheehan and continue the band without him.
		The last show in Tokyo was recorded for a CD & DVD release as a final moment together commemorating 12 great years, millions of records, millions of fans, and some of the best years of their lives.
	www.hardradio.com /2002news/news05200202.html (541 words)

	Bands
		Drown - A somewhat unknown industrial heavy metal band from LA. However, I became enamoured with this band after I listened to the "Hold on to the Hollow" album.
		Rob Halford left the band in 1992 and was replaced in 1997 by Ripper Owens, who basically trained his voice to sound like Halford.
		This band has really done what it takes to hit it big time in the 90's by softening up, and it worked.
	my.execpc.com /~redskies/Jim/Bands/bands.html (1637 words)

	Bravewords.com > News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Resurrection signaled Halford's glorious metallic return, and featured a duet with IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON, 'The One You Love To Hate.' The ensuing tour was faithfully documented on Live Insurrection, which combined new Halford and FIGHT tracks with such Priest classics as 'Stained Class', 'Genocide', and 'Breaking The Law'.
		Halford's sophomore studio set, Crucible, showed the group continuing to gel as one of metal's fiercest outfits, before the singer returned to front the classic Judas Priest line-up once more.
		Each Halford and Fight K5 iTunes full album and EP digital pack features: mastered audio, new and enhanced art, expanded liner notes and exclusive media at RobHalford.com with your iTunes order number, PLUS exclusive, bonus film footage of The Metal God and band is packaged with your full-album and EP iTunes digital download purchase.
	www.bravewords.com /news/53774 (2368 words)

	Metal Asylum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Halford band line up is: Rob, Myself, Bobby Jarzombek, Roy Z and Mike Davis.
		For me it was not a choice whether I put together this band or what band soundling like this or that....
		There is too many bands doing an album a year, playing the same festivals and then its doing another same album, like an assembly line.
	www.metalasylum.net /interviews/int0615.html (1566 words)

	Classic Rock Revisited
		In addition to helping the band research and write the album, he has been busy creating a new business plan for his life outside of the band.
		When Halford's record label, Sanctuary, fell on hard times Halford was able to secure all the rights to the solo albums he released with the label.
		We also discuss the future of Halford, the new Judas Priest concept album and Rob's reply to Tommy Lee's criticism of Halford riding a V Rod at the VH1 Rock Honors.
	www.classicrockrevisited.com /Interviews06/halford06.htm (3077 words)

	Halford: Resurrection/Live Insurrection/Crucible
		If you are familiar with either band you could probably have put the majority of the set list together but there are a few surprises and rarities here that you are not likely to hear anywhere else.
		Halford and his band of current and future stars.
		Rob Halford's new album 'Crucible' is set to prove itself as one of the strongest he has released since his departure from Judas Priest.
	www.stormbringerwebzine.co.uk /Reviews/H/Halford.htm (1657 words)

	Amazon.com: Live Insurrection: Music: Halford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		While it's obvious Rob is trying to bury the recent past (no tracks by his last band, Two, appear, and he's returned to a "leather and studs" image), it's a welcome return to true metal, contrived as it may be.
		His new band are rather faceless, devoid of personality, albeit excellent on their instruments.
		The songs are culled from the Halford album, the Judas Priest back catologue, and the first Fight album (note: no tracks from the second dissapointing one), with a lot of added surprises.
	www.amazon.com /Live-Insurrection-Halford/dp/B00005CC9O (962 words)

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