Judas Priest - Rob Halford rare interview 1982

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It's been a while since I uploaded anything Priest-related, but this particular interview with Rob is a true gem for the fans and I had to share it with a wider group of people.
The interview is from 1982, possibly a couple of weeks before the release of Screaming for Vengeance (July 17) - since the interviewer says it's "coming out" and Rob says it "has a title now" and the album is "long lasted".
In the background you can hear Pain and Pleasure playing until 0225. Rob says they are in Miami.
00:00 Preparing
03:09 New album
05:01 Touring in South America
06:15 Recording locations
07:02 New audiences
08:10 Music in the radio
08:51 Motivation
10:14 Early years
10:56 New bands and growing
12:09 Appearance
13:35 Heavy metal on video
And an unfortunate ending...
Original upload from Historic Films Stock Footage Archive - Thank you!!
• INTERVIEW WITH ROB HAL...
historicfilms.com/j52v
This original upload is very(!) low on audio, so I boosted it with about 1500% (yeah, that's right). Unfortunately it's only from the right channel, and I don't know how to make it stereo, but I believe it's still enjoyable for a fan. :)
About the time indicator, check out historicfilms.com/j52v
Also take a look on this much more recent interview with Rob, absolutely worth watching: • Rob Halford Book Signi...
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Rob Halford interview 1982 Judas Priest Miami rare footage

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@StaticYonder 3 жыл бұрын

"We've still got a few years left in us" - Rob Halford, 1982 2021, Priest is still going

@AB-80X 2 жыл бұрын

Kinda. I'm a massive Priest fan and has been since my pre-teens, but honestly, I think it's about time for them to wrap it up, and go out with grace.

@richardhullah2974 Жыл бұрын

@@AB-80X Me too.... especially since KK left and Glenn battles Parkinson's. Rob cannot properly sing the lines anymore. Very inferior compared to the original Priest.

@davek8427 7 ай бұрын

2024: Invincible Shield baby!!

@StaticYonder 7 ай бұрын

@@davek8427 First single was fantastic

@Every-picture-tells-a-story 6 ай бұрын

2023 soon to be 2024 yes Judas Priest is not leaving anytime soon…

@tastethejace 2 жыл бұрын

I like this guy. I hope he makes it in the music business

@fojeda6516 3 ай бұрын

😂

@deluge71 2 жыл бұрын

Rob's flamboyance here cracks me up, and warms my heart. That being said, his answers are very genuine and concise. Passion like that is hard to come by.

@LedKashmir Жыл бұрын

I love Judas Priest and I love Rob Halford, such a sweetheart, great guy!! 😘🤘🏻❤️🔥

@sabbathtribute 3 жыл бұрын

Halford is world class

@dinorocker8647 3 жыл бұрын

Certainly beats Stained Class, which is a great album by the way.

@SalASpano 3 жыл бұрын

Cool to see his point of view right before they blew up with Screaming 4 Vengeance. And these were his drug/booze days, still so humble and articulate! Guy deserves every accolade, He's earned METAL GOD!!!

@AB-80X 2 жыл бұрын

I mean it was recorded just before a show, and he never went on stage completely pissed - only buzzed. The real drug thing only started in 1984. Here he was just smoking a bit of dope and popping the odd pill. Rob's major vice was booze.

@boke75 11 ай бұрын

Rob was always so articulate and interesting. Actually, this hidden gem really does show Rob's devious sense of humour ! Hilarious ! Big Priest fan and this really was sooooo long ago.

@stephenmiddleton2340 3 жыл бұрын

Rob speaks genuinely and with good grammar

@bharp4390 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Rob is extremely intelligent and well-mannered. It's no wonder he is such a good lyricist.

@IraSiegel 2 жыл бұрын

Metal fans and musicians are the brightest.

@jamespell1138 2 жыл бұрын

@@IraSiegel Nope

@IraSiegel 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamespell1138 Keyboard warriors are not though.

@jamespell1138 2 жыл бұрын

@@IraSiegel I'm a metal fan myself but to say we are more intelligent than others is untrue

@4thdimensiontravels855 2 жыл бұрын

I just love Rob Halford. He is a machine on stage. World class performer. I'd love to have a beer with the legend. The stories he could tell.

@lanceraustin 9 ай бұрын

You'd need a time machine

@BroDeeBee1989 7 ай бұрын

You’re nearly 38 years too late to have a beer with him but he could probably still tell good stories

@bigrigJim 4 ай бұрын

Didn't he rape that guy from Warrant ?

@artmartin9691 Ай бұрын

I saw Rob in person one day filling up at a petrol station, I was a pizza man pumping up,.I gave him the horns, he horned back…highlight of my life

@davidknichal6629 3 жыл бұрын

I am speechless. This is a very rare hidden gem

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

not realy

@sean7735 Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@eb20675 3 жыл бұрын

He looks like a character out of Mad Max movies

@surfshack2 2 жыл бұрын

That was the time.

@joeminor15 3 жыл бұрын

JP / Halford have so much been an important part of my life I’m 53 and still love them.

@stefanlicciardowilhelm2951 3 ай бұрын

Judas Priest beste Heavy Metall Band aller Zeiten.!!!

@chrisware6324 2 ай бұрын

54, same

@barmybee61 3 жыл бұрын

SFV is a masterpiece.

@NinusMaximus Жыл бұрын

Watching this after reading Confess kinda breaks my heart. love priest forever, long live rob!!

@theinstigator1931 3 жыл бұрын

Rob has always been about the music and love for his fans

@troytromwell 3 жыл бұрын

fuck that's a sweet leather vest, damn!!

@seanahmed9079 3 жыл бұрын

It's actually a sleeveless jacket, and yes, it's breathtaking!!

@AB-80X 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanahmed9079 Do what I did. Play in a Priest tribute band. Then you can dress up in full leather gear a few nights every month.

@seanahmed9079 2 жыл бұрын

@@AB-80X or you can always hang out at your local leatherbar!! Here in Chicago that would be Touche or Jackhammer

@AB-80X 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanahmed9079 Very fitting names. Here that would be either Jailhouse or Inner City Leathermen lol. I'm not gay, but they are still fun places for a good party.

@billwang5462 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely gold. Saw priest on screaming tour November 1982. San Francisco Cow Palace.

@tastethejace 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I'm envious! That must have been amazing!

@mrpositronia 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Rob and Freddie Mercury performed together. How amazing would it have been?!

@karensingh2020 Жыл бұрын

yes it would have been epic for metal.

@Kgio-2112 Жыл бұрын

Why fred?

@johnkatsoudas4767 3 жыл бұрын

Iron Maiden is my all time favorite band ever, but Rob Halford The Metal God is my all time favorite lead singer ever. I still remember the first time I ever listened to Judas Priest which was back in 1987 on MTV'S Headbanger's Ball. They played the live version of The Hellion / Electric Eye from the Legendary 1982 Memphis Tennessee show off the Screaming For Vengeance tour. I loved it big time, and ever since I have been a huge massive fan of Judas Priest. I was barely 10 years old back then, and that was when I really got into Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal music. It was a very exciting time for me and I loved the majority of all the bands I listened to for my first time, but I knew even back then that there was something very special about Judas Priest compared to most of all the other bands. Over thirty years later Judas Priest is still one of my all time favorite bands ever. Thanks for posting this interview. I really enjoyed it.

@johnb3948 3 жыл бұрын

I was 16 in 87' when I found unleashed in the east in an under $10 bin at hastings. I want to say either $4.99 or $5.99. I wore that tape out and replaced it 3x before buying the cd. My favorite album still today

@dinorocker8647 3 жыл бұрын

Brotha, Priest is a special band, there is just somthin' about them that has a real charm, beauty and danger to 'em. Definitely with the Halford era, the Ripper era, not so much.

@AB-80X 2 жыл бұрын

You should read KK's book about how shitty Maiden treated Priest.

@stefanlicciardowilhelm2951 3 ай бұрын

Judas Priest the best Heavy Metall Band forever.!!!

@Paulmatthew22 2 жыл бұрын

What's awesome is the interviewer asking about Heavy Metal waning while Rob and Priest have just recorded this game changing" juggernaut classic Metal Album and the interviewer has no idea how amazing it is

@williamboyer2983 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Pure class Robert Halford

@Watch4Me 3 жыл бұрын

No words...not exactly the raw metal head that the music conveys. I still remember when I found out he was 'sweet'. Doesn't change my love for the music. Amazing interview. #keeper

@michaeltoland1118 3 жыл бұрын

Got his book on audio. Had it pre-ordered. Listens to it while driving otr in a semi in a day & half. All 12 plus hours. Rob narrates his book too, like Bruce of Maiden done his. He was respectful to K. k. As was KK in his book of Rob. Glenn of Priest does not get the respect he deserves as a guitarist. 2 handed finger tapping is what Eddie Van halen is known for & credited for. But, the same year Vanhalens first album came out. So did Hell Bent for Leather. & The intro to Glenn's solo was "Finger Tapping". Credit where it is do for Priest & Glenn. (Les Paul did it in exercises back in his day but that's history)

@boke75 11 ай бұрын

Oh man, this is gold ! This ended too soon. 👍

@surfshack2 2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days! ✨The good old days! ⚡️

@andrewgrant6612 3 жыл бұрын

Always well spoken. Screaming for Vengeance tour was my first Priest show . Killer. I always laugh when i think back to those days and realize how naive I was about gay culture. He drops so many hints in this interview. lol. What an excellent frontman he still is. Thanks for uploading ! cool that you get your hands on the master tape.

@HELL77 2 жыл бұрын

There were not to many interviews with Halford seen in the US back then. The band always tried to sort of hide the fact that Halford was gay and had gay mannerisms in his speech and way of moving. Back then it was a big "NO-NO" and the band couldn't be seen being fronted by a gay man. Nowadays very few people would care, but back then people did care. Halford was gay and he showed it. Good to know now that he is comfortable with who he is and that he always was.

@michaelmckenna9460 2 жыл бұрын

queen wasnr metal but they thrived

@rushshukla4636 2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference if he had come out. Probably would have helped them even more. Metal is not about being gay or straight, black or white, male or female, long or short hair, or tattoos and leathers. . It's a primeval force that flows through all. That's why it's a worldwide phenomenon. There was a lot of racism and sexism prevalent in the NWOBHM which was predominantly an all white boy show. I remember seeing Priest and Ozzy at the dawn of the 80s and being subject to racial abuse. Something that would never happen today. Thankfully that all changed when thrash and glam metal took over and brought a more balanced multicultural representation that appealed to everyone. I noticed more women at shows too which was a sign things were changing for the better.

@HELL77 2 жыл бұрын

@@rushshukla4636 Don't know about that. I actually think it would have been very damaging to their careers. It is easy to say things now with todays points of view or mentality, but back then things were different. I don't think Metal ever had a problem with races back then, after all many Metal artists were of different backgrounds and ethnicities from the beginning , but homosexuality was the big NO,NO! Things have changed now of course.

@jonfklein 10 ай бұрын

@@HELL77 I agree. Judas Priest would have been on every metal fan's blacklist if he had come out in the early '80s. Even after he came out, in the '90s I recall, his popularity took a hit.

@fojeda6516 3 ай бұрын

How do you know that is the reason though?

@adamturner1563 3 жыл бұрын

The metal god.

@antonellaarcadolan6004 Жыл бұрын

Rob, you are a great guy❤

@offxbyxone 3 жыл бұрын

9:10 “heavy metal geriatrics”. ....in 1982 folks. I bet even Mr. Halford himself is dying laughing at that one now!

@isabella.millerr 6 ай бұрын

Right?! It is interesting that for them, their 8th album, albeit not all with Halford, it could seem like they'd done it all. My first album was Defenders. I loved it! Vengeance was their peak I think. Still killing it love for so many years. Saw them in Orlando a couple years ago!

@MetalMattCovers 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see a side to Rob we don't often see

@MidnightIsolde 3 жыл бұрын

Wow never seen this before. Thanks for posting x Also Rob has such a nice speaking voice too.

@IASP17 3 жыл бұрын

his book is out today

@VTX666 3 жыл бұрын

Check out the linked video at the end of the description ;)

@IASP17 3 жыл бұрын

@@VTX666 oh cool. I missed it.

@dirtydave2691 3 жыл бұрын

I am about half way through it. It is pretty good. He does not hold anything back. I highly recommend it some of it is pretty funny too.

@valeriotorchio 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I would have loved a videoclip for 'Pain and Pleasure', as Rob says. Just think about what could've been like. Whips, chains & leather everywhere.

@ar9rnr 2 жыл бұрын

Rob was waiting for some pain and pleasure in the first minutes 🖖

@LoganFK 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you can hear it playing in the background. This is gold

@richardhullah2974 Жыл бұрын

You can also hear the squeeze of the leather 😅

@713Ace529 3 жыл бұрын

JP live was epic. Great to see them still rockin 🎸

@dvdrtrgn 3 жыл бұрын

Halford is metal and Defenders changed everything for me. btw: is no one gonna mention the camera-work on this?? wtf

@andrewgrant6612 3 жыл бұрын

This is a master tape so it would have been edited later. They do different framing shots for interest knowing that small soundbites will be used. Makes it handy for doing cut-away shots. They would have edited in someone asking him those questions as well. They may have had another locked off camera set up as well.

@stephantom8237 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgrant6612 The camera zoom-in around 13:00 is very wtf though lol

@igolfjtweetler4097 3 жыл бұрын

Screaming remains a genius work.

@sattva982 3 жыл бұрын

I love him!!

@TheoIam 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. Never seen this.

@MarcoPolo-je5ej 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview. Thanks for posting this. I can still remember seeing Priest on this tour.

@henrikkryger2456 2 ай бұрын

yep me too,,,,

@TheAxeGrinder 3 жыл бұрын

I want that jacket!

@beatrixczihak1986 Жыл бұрын

Very charismatic young guy he was - still is full of charisma, lovely ! 😍

@andrewdriscoll6934 3 жыл бұрын

Metal Is for life.

@jonathanalcover1539 14 күн бұрын

Only Halford can make the brummie somewhat glamourous. what a fucking legend

@redrush40 3 жыл бұрын

This is ridiculous! Thank you for uploading! What clarity. Where on earth did you find this?!?

@jugaloo5873 Жыл бұрын

Superb!!! Many thanks uploader dude!

@reneeconlan 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed it very much. Cheers !

@dennisfox8673 3 жыл бұрын

I’m stunned-this is awesome. Does anyone know who the interviewer was?

@josephgonzales9169 2 жыл бұрын

The "BEAST" Halford 🤘

@sharonellis8776 Ай бұрын

Rob is so down to earth and honest. Wicked sense of humour xx

@sean7735 Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!!!!

@conspiracionesy 3 ай бұрын

I am thankfull KZfaq suggested this video for me, what a gem indeed!

@michaljaklik4657 3 жыл бұрын

What a find!👏😲

@JCT1926 Жыл бұрын

Man, this was the straightest interview I've ever seen

@piafounetMarcoPesenti 6 ай бұрын

I always love how British rockers sound the way they sound and still pound everything on stage. JOhn Bonham in 1970 and this, you know: I've got my nice car, my cottage, and tea. Just lovely people who play lovely music.

@40mosher 2 жыл бұрын

Ya watch this and it makes me laugh that he thought folks would be surprised when he came out in the 90s.

@taomahNEGEV 2 жыл бұрын

Body talks.

@grimmseti 2 жыл бұрын

*mid 2000's

@CodenameDad 6 ай бұрын

I haven’t watched yet but pretty sure it’s the “let’s have a party” one lol.

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

AMMENDMEENT

@fojeda6516 3 ай бұрын

The fact that Rob Halford is a mortal human, is a goddam sin.

@SpaceCattttt 2 ай бұрын

This is like that old Benny Hill sketch where he's wearing super tight leather trousers while sitting on a leather couch! 😂

@kimlarsson7259 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing interview. Some people say you can't spot gay guys if you are guided only by their behaviour. Halford: "Hold my beer"

@AB-80X 2 жыл бұрын

It's no coincidence that everyone who knew him back then knew he was gay. The only one who did not know that everyone knew, was Rob.

@jannenordin564 9 күн бұрын

🤘🤘

@user-zz9rw5lq9g 5 ай бұрын

❤

@boooootch 3 ай бұрын

First Priest concert... August 29, 1982, Springfield IL. Third date on the SFV tour! I think he's got a few Budweisers in him here. Letting his freak flag fly... it's obvious!!

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

dope

@pointless_walks-te4zm 7 ай бұрын

10:30 i thought Rob was being a little catty about the new wave but no, he was talking about venues and difficulty getting gigs. Pleased the interviewer got that clarified. And then later on we discover Priest have been working with Julien Temple, a la The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Interesting stuff. Rob Halford: rock icon, gay icon, all round great guy.

@inlakesh555 9 ай бұрын

"Good clean healthy fun"😁

@jaus500 2 жыл бұрын

Tickets will really sell ..$1.75 a piece 😆

@Music-qt3ok 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard Rob say these things in other interviews about his sexuality.

@koitorob 3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, i think if more people had seen this video at the time we wouldn't have been so shocked when he came out! lol

@michaeltoland1118 3 жыл бұрын

@@koitorob not too many of us were shocked at all. We all wondered but back then, we mostly just saw pics of bands & read interviews. If we would has social media like today. He would had been all over it. & that's how Rob truly was back then like this interview. Unable to contain himself due to always keeping his true nature (as best he could that is) secret.

@jerrygibble8034 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltoland1118I couldn't agree more with you. I'm 55 years young and I think most people knew Rob was gay. He even dressed like one of the Village People band members. Didn't really matter to us back then and still doesn't. It's all about the great music and always should.

@CoolMikey81 3 жыл бұрын

ive just watched it and he didn’t say anything about he’s own sexuality did he really

@MarkLipka 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoolMikey81 --- I sure didn't hear him say anything about it. Figuring that, once people know, they retroactively add it in subconsciously.

@kristyndodge9238 11 ай бұрын

🙋

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

my friend from marin general hospital greenbrae psychiatric unit was smashing bottles in downtown sf it was fun and we had a real doctor sabbatini like on bob the builder

@martinlb4541 3 жыл бұрын

The master of heavy metal 🤘 i am waiting for a copy of robs book signed . i will be showing it off on my Instagram soon gods_of_heavy_metal 🙌🏻 its gonna be an awesome read 😱👮🏻‍♂️

@bigbeech 3 жыл бұрын

Rutger Hauer vibes)

@Dany-nx7th 3 жыл бұрын

yes, very strong Rutger Hauer vibes :)

@harriethare4019 Жыл бұрын

Great times of youth! Thanks Judas Priest😍💥💫😍Sin After Sin, Point Of Entry💥💥

@steliosemmanouilidis5050 3 жыл бұрын

We've been doing this for so long?How wrong is he.Yeah i mean it had been a decade since they had started but i bet even he wouldn't believe that they would still be going after 50 years.I guess he thinks its a long time since other bands stayed together for less than 10 years

@Nissardpertugiu 2 жыл бұрын

Things went faster then , each 5 years you had a New refining of genre by one or few bands . 10 years , 14 in that case , you were an old band .

@curtisboisjolie2535 3 ай бұрын

Right around 14 minutes I gave up on thinking I could actually listen to him speak. So I decided to just listen to the band and never listen to another interview! Call me close-minded I don't care... I like to keep my spokes tight. Who wants to ride around on a bicycle with loose spokes 😂!

@robertghanem107 3 жыл бұрын

Painkiller era..

@davidknichal6629 3 жыл бұрын

? Not at all...Rob with hair here....it is like early 1982

@FatiFleur-jn7ky 2 жыл бұрын

No this was early 80's, screaming for vengeance era.

@metalhead7319 2 жыл бұрын

It was couple of weeks before Screaming for Vengeance

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

so many cops have no idea who the person is

@uncannyvalley444 11 ай бұрын

13:03 Rob's making it pretty clear that he's gay here.

@mark_beastpriest5539 9 ай бұрын

Rob's sexuality is irrelevant to me. What is relevant is that Judas Priest is one of the very best metal around. I own the entire catalogue, and even some of the weaker ones are better than some of the sh*t some bands are releasing out there today.

@tommypipitone6084 2 жыл бұрын

First time I showed you the creeps I was 10 years old New York City I went through my brother my mother always memorize another free spend my whole life by 10:15 you something obviously Judas Priest about 10 years I'm a family man priest videos on KZfaq little kid go back to videos

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

when did they start calling this person the metal god

@AB-80X 2 жыл бұрын

1980.

@ether9533 Жыл бұрын

I know he's gay, and I'm gay too. But damm, I would turn straight for him

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

whats the next album

@TheSmashingDoc1 Жыл бұрын

always the boring questions about recording, of course they were always recording...duh....ask something interesting

@jonfklein 10 ай бұрын

People behind the scenes like these reporters must have known he was gay long before he came out about a decade later. His mannerisms and use of sexual innuendo in conversation are a dead give away. Not to mention he practically "outed" himself talking about shopping for sex toys.

@lanceraustin 9 ай бұрын

Don't think so- dildos are used on women, sometimes by men.

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

APARTMENTS

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

sing it off to the judge

@antbee520 2 жыл бұрын

Tenets

@barmybee61 3 жыл бұрын

'Where's the cabin boy?' Or should that be 'Wears the cabin boy?' He must be a giver.