Defenders of the Faith

You get the two Steves, which means, yes, it's all about the beast that is the priest.

And tonight, Stevo, we are covering what I would consider the pinnacle of Judas Priest catalog, because this is pretty much where I come into the picture with screaming for vengeance and defenders of the faith.

Are you excited about this one? Because I know I am.

I am.

It was very similar with me on ACDC because it was Back in Black and Highway to Hell almost at the same time because both records were out.

So it was sort of the same with Priest.

For me, that trilogy of Priest, even though they weren't in a row, was British Steel screaming for vengeance, defenders of the faith.

I didn't end up, as we've talked about in the past on this two by two series, getting point of entry because I'd heard so many bad things about it.

Yes.

Craig and I have been talking about doing a concert episode, and we saw Judas Priest on the Defenders of the Faith tour at NASA Coliseum, and we remember fireworks being thrown.

But a couple months later, they played Madison Square Garden.

I believe it was June 18th, 1984.

I

think Rusty Bones was pretty close It's not Defenders of the Faith, isn't it?

It's not Defenders of the Faith, although great record.

I could have picked Y&T Black Tiger or Earthshaker from Y&T, but I didn't go down the Y&T road.

Whitesnake?

Justin was on a couple of years ago and we deep dived into the new wave of British heavy metal.

And then Joey was on to talk about Defenders of the Faith.

And he's got another great Rush tribute band.

He's in Dreamline, which is fantastic.

Let's see what the hula gang is listening to.

From YouTube, at JoePampleMoose82322 is listening to ACDC PowerEdge and Judas Priest, Defenders of the Faith.

And according...

Joe, according to Father Rocco, if you're listening to Judas Priest, you should be listening to Iron Maiden.

I listened to it.

A couple of songs jumped out at me, but it was just not like listening to Peace of Mind or Defenders of the Faith or Bark of the Moon or whatever.

Nothing grabs

you, really.

Yes.

Uh, I, I had, uh, Van Allen Placeko on early this season talking Defenders of the Faith with-

Right

... uh, from Judas Priest.

I'm thinking same class and, um, sad wings of destiny are both just fantastic albums too.

So they're really up there in the list for me now, but screaming for vengeance defenders of the faith.

Um, I listened to turbo and I enjoyed most of it.

I'll, I'll tell you what, one thing about turbo I thought was funny is, is the song that I call the absolute worst song on the album.

bad

but yeah turbo then i ran i just went in order i was like once i got to screaming for vengeance because i skipped those three albums that they all have good songs point of entry has a couple two or three good songs and you know um british steel has quite a few good songs but there's some major major just drops in quality from one song to the other every now and then on those albums Saint Class, Sin After Sin, and Sad Wings don't really have much of that.

Screaming for Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith really don't have that at all, other than the way Defenders kind of ends on a weaker note.

Turbo obviously has a couple of weak spots, and it is a weaker album overall.