Funny how Tipton is always cool calm and in control and then you got Downing, he comes out like a caged wild animal and just f'n rocks it.

Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing in my opinion, are the best guitar tandem ever.

The man plays from pure FEELING.

the tipton downing duo will go down in history as the best. they are both heavy metal legends

KK rips. His tone, his pick-attack, ...everything. His solos definitely set Priest apart from Maiden.

KK Downing is one underrated guitarist, but the fact of the matter is... KK is one of the best there is! He has such energy, style, and presence. KK and Glenn together is huge. Love this guy!

What a lead! KxK guitar (?) with double bullet strings, vanity headstock, 24 frets and a scalloped board. KK's wild style.

Remember all you saying... oh that's simple anyone can do it. He came up with that in 1974 when not many bands solo like that. Now today everyone does it even country bands break out some crazy solos. K.K. may not be the best guitarists ever but he helped shape the way it's done in metal.... and spot on to what you hear on the album.

Holy Fucking Shit

I was in Rock in Rio 2 back in 1991 where guitarists like Santana, Slash and Dave Mustain played. When Judas Priest came on he blew ALL of them away. I've seen many many shows in my life, but I yet have to see someone play like Downing live.

Fuck!! KK can play!! He's shredding here!!

Who says oldies can't rock? These guys are the masters of heavy metal, going just as hard now as they were in the 80's. Good stuff.

Thank you K.K. for years and years of incredible music. You're the best!

BADASS !!! K.K. has always been the best Priest guitarist !

KK is the ultimate guitarist this improvised solo is something special for sure , I never heard Glenn improvise ever , you have to really know music theory to do this as well as KK is doing here!

Priest!! I was an 80's metal head! One Of the Worlds Best!!

This solo just makes me want to smash down everything it's so fecking good !!!!!!

and here I sit, practicing scales lol

Damn! That solo peeled the skin off my face.

That's the best thing I ever saw on KZfaq.

And this is why theyre are called the Metal Gods...\m/

soo much power! kk knows how to share energy! ty for the vid you charge me up !

I love KK

Jesus!! Ive watched a lot of live Priest vids, this song in particular cos it's perfect, but ive never seen KK play like this before!! He absolutely crushes it here!! Good man KK!!

One of the best metal guitar solo, that I have heard, and I have heard maaaany metal guitar solos.

Is not a solo -.- IS THE SOLO!!!!!!!!! K.K Is the BEST!!!

I saw KK Downing in Rio de Janeiro in 1991. I am 45 years old and seen many of the guitar player greats including names like Kirk Hammett, Slash, Santana, Ritchie Blackmoore, Tony Iomni, John Frusciantti and others live (sorry if I mispelled any names). I yet have to a guitarist play with the intensity, precision, power and expertise KK played with that night.

THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC GUITARIST OF ALL TIME!!

Richie is awesome but nobody can replace K.K

As a forever Judas Priest fan I pay both Glenn and K.K. attention. Both are beyond excellent lead guitarists. Both made every Priest album awesome. As far as Richie goes ... Hats off to him as well for stepping up in K.K's place. Priest Rules!!

KK solo is fire. This live version is one of the most stunning live performances I've ever seen. Halford is incredible on it. His ascending scream at the end of it is godly.

that is KK Downing at the peak of his powers....aging, but even better...like a Jedi master....unlike others who slow down, he increased and sped up...go back and watch the same song from US festival 1982, or previous live versions on KZfaq, you can see how much better he got with age, he elaborated and expanded the solo far beyond what he could do in his younger years, instead of dumbing it down, he just kept getting better with time. that solo is hitting Jimmy Page level c. 1973, and breaking into Hendrix virtuosity...very few guitarists retain their powers like that with age, Ritchie Blackmore is another one that got better with age. BTW, KK has cited he was a bigger fan of Hendrix, than Zeppelin or Black Sabbath, and it shows in that solo.

Glenn and KK both make the guitar Cry!! To have 2 guys that talented in 1 band has been amazing over the years!

I've seen these two play live and always was so impressed on how quick these two can switch from rythem to lead and not miss , you can do that when recording, but live they do it flawless.🤘🤘

What's wrong with you people constantly bitching about picking techniques and stuff you clearly don't know shit about? The thing that is spectacular about this solo is the unconventional phrasing, which - yeah - makes it sound kinda messed up, though only because it doesn't follow mainstream ideas. Musical dilettantes can't percieve that on a broader scale to experience the emotion put in this amazing and ingenious performance. Poor them...

I got chills watching him solo.

Judas Priest, in my view the best Heavy Metal band ever. I make a distinction between heavy metal and hard/heavy rock.

I love this solo Is amazing...Badass

Unbelievable ! Mind-Blowing !! Insane !!!

what a legend.....one of a kind.....irriplaceable....

I am still waiting to see smoke to come off the pickups

Now that was killer! So was K.K's solo in Sinner!

Smokin. I have always loved his crazy, spacey style the best of the two. Glen is technically great, but KK has the trippy, mind-melting flavor that takes me all the way there. Pure Metal.

I think what some people are saying is if they played that solo, no one would care, but when this guy does it, its regarded multiple times in the comments as kk's undesputed masterpiece of soloing

As much as I like Glen Tipton, KK's solo in Victim of Changes has always been my favourite Judas Priest lead solo. It still gives me shivers, especially the last solo.

Best fucking heavy metak band for me...and maiden after :)

Whoa! Just great! K.K is the man

KK tore that solo up!!!! What a pair they made in JP. KK is still very solid with the Steel Mill. Love It, best solo I have seen him do, wonderful to go all out!!! Good stuff.

I love how the fretboards have K written instead of dots.

Honestly he uses the wah pedal wayyy better than kirk hammet

True. I'm always blown away from the drum parts in "Hard as Iron" I actually had to double check that it was Dave Holland behind the kit!

KK's Smokin'!!!

K.K. HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST AXEMAN OUT THERE!....P-E-R-I-O-D! \m/

K.K. tearing it up! Love it! Wild when you think of how long ago he recorded that solo and it still holds up! Very cool guitar and dig the scalloped neck. He's always had some of the coolest V's.

Yea ... Like a couple guys have commented, K.K. Is not as technically proficient, as Glenn, but I prefer K.K.''s solos... The guy just shreds some wild, mind blowing sh^*. I love it.

This guy is the person who most influenced me to start playing guitar.

WOW! I know he has said he admires hendrix ALOT. and that really plays out here. LOVE it!

Love this band and an awesome solo from KK, overlooked at times but amazing guitarist.

This is SO GOOD! K.K. is the best!!

Best metal band that has ever been. Nothing will ever come remotely close.

Coolest guitarist in the world! Along with Dave Murray and Adrian Smith :)

Priest has two metal gods in the band!

HOW COULD YOU LEAVE THE BAND! WE NEED YOU K.K.

K.K. rocking the scalloped neck. Love it..

Victim of Change is no doubt the best Priest tune and most bad assed solo content in the Judas Priest catalog.

THIS solo defines what I love MOST about the electric guitar and about music. It's one of the top yard sticks by which all other guitar pieces (and musical compositions for that matter) are judged by me. (1 man's opinion)

After listing to countless Doom, death, thrash metals I came back to my roots....to Judas Priest and Iron Maiden ! Nothing can replace those two great bands.

I would give anything to have Glen and KK back together for for one last concert! To hear them play victim of changes one last time.

downing and tipton rule they always will. thank god for the metal godz.

Now that is KK. THAT is a guitar solo from The bone marrow. And Priest can never be Priest without Ken slinging soul out front. If you grew up listening to the band from the get go, you'll no doubt agree.

Kenneth: symbol of absolute purity.

KK Downing is one of my all time favorite players, He is in my top 3 players of all time and the reason why I play a Flying V Just like him.

omfg that is absolutely unreal!.......

he fucking felt the solo inside of his solo. legend

The incredible about Priest is that they 're in the metal scene for 40+ years and keep inspiring.One of the reasons that i love metal is judas priest \m/

Did you hear a fan’s piano arrangement of Hellfire Thunderbolt that Ripper Owens recently shared? Gives me chills 🤘🏻

Brilliant. Just how different Glenn and KK are. If anyone ever asks "Why two lead guitars" Then the two solos in Victim are your go-to answer. Glenn's blues and KK's whammy bar orgasm. So different but complement each other perfectly.

Wow, I think that KK's flying V has even deeper scalloped frets than Yngwie's Strat does. I grew up on Priest, love them to this day, and boy do I miss KK's not being there.

Doesn't miss a fucking note. What an amazing guitarist. SO underrated.

Uh...wow! Thanks for giving us a lifetime of metal.

Still ROCKIN' hard, 40 years on

I love the way he uses the whammy bar,u can really hear where K.King took it from

Even after listening to this song well over 1,000 times over the last 30 years, I still get chills listening to this AMAZINGLY proficient yet moving solo! (and, indeed, the whole song)

KK and Glen are underatted guitarists. They can both play lead and both play rhythm.

I just don´t get it.. Why didn´t KK get his "share" o fame? Why only Tipton? KK has allways done his "fair share" of excellent work....

HAPPY BIRTHRDAY KK! ALWAYS A PRIEST TO ME! \m/

KK will always be my guitar hero

honestly one of the best things of being a fellow guitarist, i can totally relate/feel what he is playing\m/..Really tho uugh the other best part is being able to respect every other aspect of music no matter how it sounds.. I just have the utmost respect because of how much dedication it takes... Music is the most spiritual, inspirational, and moving force there is that everyone can somehow relate to..

classic

Y asi chicos es como se hace el HEAVY METAL! GRANDE K.K. Downing

Always loved these two, and it ain't Priest without them.

I saw JP live in 1991 and live they are all that!!!!

Heavy Metal's original blond guitarist. Michael Schenker and Jeff Hanneman are KK's greatest disciples imo

i wouldnt call that an INCREDIBLE solo, but KKis an awesome guitarist after all he is one of the METAL GODS .

best solo by downing..

just wtf. that was the most insane playing i have ever seen. bad ass.

The greatest

badass

Glen and K.K. are the best duo in Metal!

Both Glenn and KK are great guitarists and metal legends and even though Glenn played the majority of Priest's more melodic and memorable solos, I prefer KK's wild chaotic unrestrained style and I love the Hendrix influence.