Ian Hill: Judas Priest must “get collectively” with Iron Maiden “earlier than a few of us die”
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill, photograph by Steven J. Messina
Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill thinks it’s about time his band and fellow British metallic legends Iron Maiden hit the street collectively after a rivalry hampered relations within the early ’80s. In a brand new interview with Audio Ink Radio, Hill mentioned his band ought to “get along with Iron Maiden” earlier than “a few of us die,” with regard to who Hill would love Judas Priest to tour or collaborate with sooner or later.
“There’s at all times the large query of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. That might be actually attention-grabbing if we might get that collectively earlier than a few of us die. It’d be nice!” Hill mentioned. “You run into these folks over time. We’ve performed with fairly a number of of them, however we’ve bought to get along with Iron Maiden.”
The stress between the 2 bands stemmed from their excursions collectively in early ’80s when Paul Di’Anno nonetheless fronted Iron Maiden. Through the British Metal period, Iron Maiden was tabbed because the supporting act for Judas Priest, which led to animosity and disses within the music press, and Di’Anno would admit to that in his autobiography (by way of Blabbermouth).
In an interview with Eddie Trunk’s Trunk Nation on SiriusXM final 12 months, former Judas Priest guitarist Okay.Okay. Downing mirrored on the competition.
“I learn in a music paper that [Iron Maiden] mentioned one thing like, ‘Yeah, we’re gonna blow the bollocks off Priest,’ or one thing like that. And I went, ‘What the hell is that this shit?’ We had been nonetheless within the recording studio, tidying up the final mixes or one thing. And I mentioned, ‘Nicely, who’re these guys?’ Why ought to we’ve got [them] on tour in the event that they’re gonna create such a vibe earlier than we’ve even met them, not to mention executed a present collectively?’ … However they got here on the tour [anyway], and so they created upsets, is what they did, for various causes and it led to a confrontation and it bought a bit ugly. I don’t know the way it all occurred, however I did meet Paul Di’Anno so a few years later, in about 1995, and he mentioned, ‘Hey, Okay.Okay., we’re sorry about that quote within the paper.’ And that’s all you want.”
Downing continued: “It’s all water underneath the bridge. These guys had been younger, arising by the ranks, a bit delinquent, however at the very least they’d balls, they bought on with it, they knew what they wished to do.”
Maybe sufficient time has handed for the bands to place apart their outdated rivalry and be part of forces for an additional tour sooner or later — a bucket-list pairing for metalheads. Per Hill’s assertion, it seems the Priest camp is prepared. The band is presently on their “Firepower Tour” and nonetheless going sturdy on stage. In the meantime, Iron Maiden embark on their “Legacy of the Beast Tour” in July.
As for different metallic acts like Slayer and Ozzy Osbourne calling it quits with farewell excursions, Hill tells Audio Ink Radio, “It can come — ultimately there’ll come a time when possibly you aren’t capable of carry out to your optimum or excessive requirements anyway, and you need to admit to your self that you just’ve bought to do different issues. There’ll come a time, however for us, it’s not but. I can see the the reason why they’re doing it, however we’re having fun with it an excessive amount of for the time being to think about quitting!”
Learn the total interview with Audio Ink Radio right here, or hear under.
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