JUDAS PRIEST's K.K. DOWNING Talks 30th Anniversary Of 'British Steel'

June 9, 2010

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with guitarist K.K. Downing of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST about the 30th anniversary of the band's "British Steel" album. You can now listen to the chat in here parts below.

In a recent interview with the QMI Agency, Downing stated about "British Steel", "It was the album that really launched PRIEST universally. It was also the album that consolidated PRIEST as a band, both in the songwriting department and the performing. Looking back now, it was a bit of rebel almanac, if you know what I'm saying. It was something the world of rock and metal were looking for at the time."

Regarding the "British Steel 30th Anniversary Edition", which includes a remastered version of the original nine-track disc, along with two bonus cuts and a DVD of the band performing the album in its entirety last year, K.K. said, "We really had to regress and go back in time to do that. There were some songs on 'British Steel' that we never played live. So we were a bit apprehensive to start with. We were wondering how it was going to go. But obviously, it was a neat thing to do. And as I think you'll see on the DVD, it came out pretty damn good. The reception we got was amazing. To think that we would still be here 30 years on, and that there would be the demand for us to play this record in its entirety, that's immensely rewarding."

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