Yes K.K. Is important in Priest history, but 90% of the best, most iconic guitar solos are owned by Mr. Glenn Tipton. K.K. Is an awesome guitarist, but Tipton plays solos that just bleed with emotion. That’s a talent you don’t learn, you’re either born with it or not not. Glenn’s solo in “Beyond The Realms Of Death” is my favorite solo in any ballad. Tipton also has another brilliant solo in “Dreamer/Deceiver” on the “Sad Wings Of Destiny” album. I still think that SWOD is their best album, having so many masterpiece works on one record. “Victim Of Changes”, “The Ripper” and “Dreamer/Deceiver are some of my favorite Priest songs. It’s ironic because Michael Schenker’s solo in the live version of “Rock Bottom” on “ Strangers In The Night” live album is my favorite guitar solo of all time. Schenker was such a natural for the guitar, putting so much feeling and drama in his guitar work.

@@RoarOfWolverine Not only that. Glenn became even more technical and more articulated. K.K was pure raw emotion. Both were a force to be reckoned with.

@KaseNash59 yes, they have many good songs over the years, but I just think that SWOD has the best collection of songs. I also think that the music they made back then was smarter and more complex. It bordered on being progressive rock, rather than just pure metal.

@@jorgeromero8909 that’s funny because I have always thought that Tipton gets more emotion into his solos than KK. As a guitar player myself, I realize that there are some guys you only have to figure out the notes and rhythm to nail and i could always figure out all the notes to a KK solo and make it sound just like his, but when it came to a Glenn, it was another story. It’s not just playing the notes when it comes to Tipton. Even after you’ve got all the notes figured out, then it’s practicing putting the right amount of bend on a note and the complete dynamic of the life of the note. The. There is getting the staccato notes he likes to play right. With Glenn, it’s all art, like he’s painting every note on canvas. Please,know that I am not so arguing with you at all. I’m not saying you’re wrong either. I am actually pointing out how art can be so subjective that two people can see or hear something at polar opposite ends. Music is an art and art is what a masterpiece says to you? The artist is just trying to communicate a feeling to the listener, so there is no right or wrong, it’s just what that does for you as an individual.

@@RoarOfWolverine I think what made Judas Priest really stand out from other hard rock and metal bands from the time was their guitar playing being such a guitar centric group. The power behind that was how different Glenn and K.K. were as players. Glenn is arguably the more formally schooled musician out of the two and he would become the principal songwriter. That must have come from years of playing piano which his mother taught him to play so he would have known about sight reading, scales, modes etc and in doing so developed a highly articulate and complex classically influenced solo style. The fact that he in his 40's was able to become highly adept at sweep picking and use it extensively on Painkiller and subsequent works by Priest to match all the Yngwie Malmsteens, Marty Friedmans, Michael Angelo Batios, Jason Beckers and Tony MacAlpines of the shred era is beyond comprehension. Downing was always more bluesy influenced and greater at improvising. He learned to play by emulating the great works of rock and blues guitarists such as Hendrix, Rory Gallagher, B.B. King etc. You could see the stark contrast between both players and Glenn's lead work was always noticeably more fluid and articulate. K.K. even admitted in an interview that reading music was never really something he explored much. That said, there are some solos where K.K. absolutely blows Glenn out of the water such as Rapid Fire, Steeler, Jawbreaker, Blood Red Skies, Between The Hammer And The Anvil and Judas Rising. Such a dynamic of two sharply contrasting players is just mindblowing and makes the band all the more exciting, especially to metalheads who know about guitar. Something similar could be said about Iron Maiden's guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith in that Dave Murray is more diatonic in his phrasing and is a master at legato which he uses primarily to execute his soloing whilst Adrian Smith is more bluesy and favours alternate picking.

Are you referring to the movie Almost Famous where the guitarist went to a house party after a show while on tour? Sounds like it 😎

What was Glenn Tipton opinion on Michael Schenker and The Scorpions? Thank you for sharing that very cool story. Glenn is a legend!

Agree, but how can you not remember who wrote the riff to one of the most legendary songs of all Time?

@@michaelmiglino6512 What fans are impressed by and what the bands are proud of are not always the same thing. It's possible they didn't even know "Breaking the Law" would become the anthem that it did.

@@michaelmiglino6512 I am sure that he remembers. The thing is that bands often end up using song writing credits as negotiation tools because the writers earn extra money. So, for instance, they will negotiate that all songs will be credited to Tom, Dick and Harry to make sure they get equal payment, even if Tom was really the only guy to write it. He has to say 'I can't remember' because if he told the truth it would expose one of the worst kept secrets in the music business, and MAY end up opening a door for litigation, either because it would violate a NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) they've signed, or for other damages related to who is owed what.

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Definitely!!

His playing is fiery and passionate. Glenn is great, but he always the more restrained player in Priest.

Nostradamus was A-MAZING

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Yeah man, it's hard to imagine Priest without K.K....

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@@stardust_memories2260 Amen to that.

Yep, on the record it conjured up images of some forge in Hades ... But its kind of cool, that Ringo n Lennons soup spoons n butter knives were the reality...

He's absolutely larger than life though even for a physically diminutive guy and I love him.

Malcolm and Bon were also short, so that's why he almost looks normal-sized standing between them.

What. The little end solo. I guess that’s what you’re talking about. This long one in the middle is Tipton. And to me he had a style pretty much his own. I wish he was well. God bless all who spread joy in music.

You mean the HALL OF SHAME!

I disagree. When Dianno was in the band he was mouthing off a lot,and had an ego,but the rest of the band were always down to earth and very professional.

@@jongolsteyn7031 this big time. The beef with Sharon Osborne was very specifically that rightly Bruce had been making remarks about Ozzy having to use an auto cue to remember his lyrics. It had nothing to do with the whole band pulling some ego trip. The egg throwing was unprofessional and pathetic and had Maiden walked off the stage it would have backfired on Sharon as crowd could have rioted. Bottom line is that Bruce has more talent in his toe nail that Ozzy has in his whole body. He's just been lucky to play with other great musicians.

@@michaeldean7220 Bullshit. Bruce is a great singer, but so was Ozzy in his 70's and 80's prime. He was pretty damn good during the 90's too, and even in the 2000's. The last ten years age and his decades of heavy drug and alcohol use have caught up to him, but he still can pull it off.

Not true - on their 70's/early 80's material, the leads were split pretty much equally.

Where is Barbara chipping in? Has she also given an interview or something?

KK was a more bluesy pentatonic-based player during the 70's, whereas Uli played more atypical (for the time) stuff, like harmonic minor and diminished scale licks.

Lol! Roth is the one they all aspire to Top!😎

Yeah that made me go what? I've been playing guitar for almost 40 years. Ken Downing in 1979 did not have the chops to play Ulrich Roth's parts. Not even close. Michael Schenker was obviously drunk and spouting off his stupid mouth, that is if this conversation ever actually happened. Uli used the whammy bar as a tool to colour and add expression. KK used it as a crutch when he ran out of pentatonic gas. Therein lies the primary difference between the two.

@@ronschock6545 KK can shred too.

@@hinjurock70 not like Roth was shredding. Cleanly picked scalar runs based on classical arpeggios. KK was mining the Blues boxes at that point in time. Bear in mind we are talking about 1979, not 10 years down the road when Ken became a much better technical player.

@@ronschock6545 Yes, Uli was like Yngwie before Yngwie. KK didn't really start shredding fast scalar runs until Screaming For Vengeance. His lead on Riding On The Wind totally rips.

I agree

Most fools don't have a clue. So many greats. Chicago ain't no fool

Ya, it's not even close. JJ thinking he and Uli's playing are similar, is laughable.

Listen to Defenders of the Faith again

@@dvdrtrgn kk and you are the same is laughable

@@sabbster1157 🙄?

Schenker and Uli are in the top of my list, but i agree with David here, Defenders has some sick ass solos on it. I would say i'm much more a fan of Tiptons lead playing, he was more inventive. Always kind of surprised me that they kept up with all the younger shredders coming up in their skill, they never rested on their laurels. In that Glen Tipton surpasses Michael Schenker in playing as Michael plays like he did 30 years ago and never really changed. Still, that sound that vibrato is pretty elite.

Robin Taylor... Uli Roth a noodler. Seriously? Have you heard all of the albums and songs he did with the Scorpions? Probably not. Just listen to songs like The Sails Of Charon, or Night Light the instrumental track off In Trance or Polar Nights off Tokyo Tapes. That is NOT noodling but the work of a highly talented guitarist. I love Matthias as well but Uli Roth is no noodler

@@jonathanhudak2059 he’s a noodler

R.T. you obviously don't know what you're talking about...😑 sigh...

This comment is like school playground level of discussion 😂 Calling Uli a noodler? Might as well throw some sand while you're at it

Matthias rocks the guitar like a hurricane. Uli noodles the guitar like Cheap Styrofoam container of Ramen noodle. Uli Is a super amazing guitarist one of the best ever don’t get me wrong but he was not the right fit for scorpions in the 80s that’s for damn sure. That’s what I’m saying the scorpions could’ve never done what they did in the 80s with Uli it would have been impossible. They had to call In the big gun they had to get the man with the plan the rocker guitarist extraordinaire #MatthiasJabs

Is KK gay?

@@keithfreeland7638 They all are

You're a moron.

@@daveshort6568 why would you say such a thing? The gays are ok,I have no problem with you guys!!!

@@midnightmover2329 Aw. Shucks. You do know that Rob is the only gay guy in Priest, right?

KK?

Because there from the same area.

Birmingham accent

@ give us a kiss 😘🤣

Quit the grinin and drop the linen