In a recent conversation with Rock Pages, guitarist K.K. Downing talked about his time with Judas Priest, expressing what’s his regret.
Asked the following: “What is Judas Priest missing without having original members on board?”, Downing replied:
“Judas Priest is different to me because I’m not in it. To me, it’s finished when I wasn’t there. The band is a different band now.
“It’s successful and that’s great, but I’m sure people will remember the band with traditional members, as it was when we were really on fire, storming across the world.
“I’ve seen Richie [Faulkner, guitar] playing Glenn [Tipton, guitar] solos, the ‘Firepower’ album, that was hard. I just miss the two-guitar trade-off, and I miss the solos.
“Obviously, on this album [KK Priest’s ‘Sermons of the Sinner’], there is an abundance of guitar playing, solos, and stuff. And of course, I get to play more on this album.
“I should have played more solos in Priest, or I should have put my foot down and said, ‘Glenn, I need to play more solos because I can.’ Now, I can, which is great.
“I’ve seen Richie playing both my and Glenn’s solos, I know that Andy [Sneap] was a rhythm player in his own band before, I love them.
“I know Kevin [Bower] was the lead player in the band [Hell] but he sustained an injury, unfortunately. But I liked that band. I thought they were really cool.”
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Hello I luv your older music.. the newer stuff is a little much for me.. You talked about the Scorpions and Sabbath and others wanting a younger band of them.. NE TOO…