There will probably be a lot of gay fans at the Priest concerts now.

<small> </small> I know plenty of people that liked Halford's work in and out of Priest. AFAIK it didn't matter to any of them what his orientation was.

I wonder how many Queen fans went off the band when Freddie died....

Someone being gay has absolutly nothing to do with the music they create. Rob Halford has co-written some of the greatest metal tunes of all time. Him being gay does not change that.

whatever....

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<small> </small> I know plenty of people that liked Halford's work in and out of Priest. AFAIK it didn't matter to any of them what his orientation was.

I wonder how many Queen fans went off the band when Freddie died....

That's sad if someone let's an artists sexual orientation get in the way of being a fan of some kick ass music...

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Queen is, was, & will continue to be one of the best rock bands EVER.

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And don't forget, although Rob probably isn't the only Gay rocker in Metal music, the genre is still dominated by straight males.

Chris is not touring with Queensryche as JestersTear was hopeful for.

Also not an official member of the band even though he "has credits" on the new album.

I read an interview with one of the 'Ryche guys, either Michael or Scott, and they essential said that Chris helped write and record the album and that's all. He was given a choice to continue and decided he'd rather not. So technically, he never re-joined the band, they simply "collaborated" together on an album. Go figure.

Anyway, back to Priest, many questions are still unanswered. What will happen the Halford band? What about the Halford Quorum? Is the Halford live dvd still in the works? What's this retrospective box that Priest is releasing? What are the specs of the two dvd packages set for release by Priest?

Let's see, Bruce finds metal again; Black Sabbath reunites; Bruce rejoins Maiden; Rob finds metal again; Metallica find their balls; Queensryche is a complete unit for one more album; Dio releases a live dvd; Led Zeppelin put out an awesome live dvd and album; Rob rejoins Priest; tons of dvd product due from a ton of bands...these are good times indeed, my friends, good times indeed

pi$$ on this. Ripper gave Priest something back Live that has been missing for a long time.

If anybody needs replacing, it's Glenn. His last two Priest albums have been abysmil.

Well, they better do METAL GODS and THE GREEN MANILISHI like they were meant to be done. Turbo Lover would be cool too.

I used to live next door to Rob... his friends and bandmates would congregate at his house all the time. Nice folks.

I remember he said he lived in AZ because it was away from all the craziness.

Supposedly he co-wrote 3-5 songs on Tribes, but who knows.

He used to live (actually, I don't know - he might still live there) near Lincoln and 40th Street in Paradise Valley. We were on hillside lots, so we had nice views of the city.

Unless they are deaf, blind, mad, simple, stupid, ignorant, and completely self-obsessed, they would have know probably before the band had even written one song, and certainly LONG before now. As a gay member of a rock band - the fact that I had no desire to bone a groupie, nor discuss chicks, or any of that other str8 boy stuff, was a dead giveaway. Thankfully, they didn't care as it left more chicks for them!

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A good friend of mine called me as soon as he heard the news.

This is great news!!!

I'll be there for sure in '04!

That must be the "aging metal rock star" part of the Valley -- sounds like he (and, by extension, you, though you're not old )lived (lives) a few houses down from Alice Cooper. Yeah, if he's trying to escape the craziness, that's a good place to do it.

Where does Dave Mustaine live?

I think Rikki Rocket lives in Arizona too.

Ok, I think that qualifies as a threadcrap!

Ah, but you see, I'm already out of my depth in a metal thread. I know that Mustaine is in Megadeth, and that he lives in the Valley, but that's the extent of my knowledge.

Cooper's easier, if only because he helped produce fundraising talent shows at his kids' schools. No, the shows did not involve ingestion of any live animals.

I've only met Alice Cooper in the airport. Another neighbor in that area was "Mr. Macintosh - the guy who invented stereo" as my dad would refer to him. He's dead now, but I got to go up to his house and hear his amazing stereo and we got him to sign my dad's Macintosh stereo owners manual.