Wow! This is interesting.
The Metal God aka Rob Halford hasn’t ruled out the return of K.K. Downing to JUDAS PRIEST.
As part of a Q&A session during his appearance at Alice Cooper‘s Solid Rock Teen Center in Phoenix, Arizona on August 23, Halford was asked if there is a chance that Downing will rejoin PRIEST at some point.
He replied (via Sleaze Roxx):
“It is such an emotionally charged question.”
“It’s like, ‘Why isn’t Ace [Frehley] back in KISS?’ I think what will happen will happen. I know that’s kind of a nebulous response. I like to be as honest as I possibly can. I think being honest is a pretty good way to live your life, and I don’t want to send mixed messages.”
Bassist Ian Hill also talked about whether KK will be invited to play with the band. He said:
said that there were no plans for PRIEST to invite Downing to return to the band.
“Richie took over from Ken.”
“He’s done an absolutely tremendous job, he really has. And he’s made Ken‘s parts his own now. He’s got his own angle on the lead breaks. Ken‘s part’s been taken, and there’s no plans to have Ken back, really.
Hey, listen, never say never. But at the moment, we’re going along quite well without Ken, so it could stay like that, I think, at least for the foreseeable future.”