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ROB HALFORD: Rare 1987 Video Interview Posted Online

February 16, 2007

A 10-minute video interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and former SURGICAL STEEL guitarist Jim Keeler, which originally aired in 1987 on the local Arizona TV program "Backstage Pass", has been posted online at YouTube.com. Topics include SURGICAL STEEL and Keeler and Halford's decision to join forces in launching a local Arizona music magazine called Where It's Hot.

According to Tartarean Desire, SURGICAL STEEL was a JUDAS PRIEST-sounding metal band which was one of the very first real metal bands in Phoenix, Arizona, having been formed in 1980. When Rob Halford settled in the Phoenix area, he helped the group record a demo and also lent his vocals to the SURGICAL STEEL track "Smooth and Fast". The band was originally fronted by vocalist Harley Van Kirk, but drummer Jeff Martin later took over the vocalist spot around the time Rob discovered the act. Their song "Rivit Head" was part of Metal Blade's 1982 compilation "Metal Massacre II" and the band also played a pivotal role in the 1985 movie "Thunder Alley".

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