Wednesday, March 29, 2023 9pm ET: Feature LP: Judas Priest – Point of Entry (1981)

Point of Entry is the seventh studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on February 27, 1981 by Columbia Records. Following the commercial success of their previous album British Steel (1980), Priest pursued a more radio-friendly direction on Point of Entry. Following the conclusion of the British Steel Tour, the band began work on their next project. By this time, the band possessed sufficient funds to fly all their equipment to the state-of-the-art Ibiza Studios in Spain. This gave Point of Entry a louder, stronger, more “live” sound than previous Judas Priest albums.

1. “Heading Out to the Highway” 3:47
2. “Don’t Go” 3:18
3. “Hot Rockin'” 3:17
4. “Turning Circles” 3:42
5. “Desert Plains” 4:36
6. “Solar Angels” 4:04
7. “You Say Yes” 3:29
8. “All the Way” 3:42
9. “Troubleshooter” 3:59
10. “On the Run” 3:47
11. “Thunder Road” 5:12

Rob Halford – vocals
K. K. Downing – guitars
Glenn Tipton – guitars
Ian Hill – bass
Dave Holland – drums

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/judas-priest/point-of-entry/
RYM Rating 3.07 / 5.0 from 3,770 ratings
Ranked #630 for 1981

Saturday 1/22/22 12pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: A2Z of the Hit of 1990 – Part 2

We interrupt our regular Saturday schedule with an installment of Part 2 of our library of 1990. In this segment we’ll feature music from: Vixen, Madonna, Danger Danger, Rush, Lenny Kravitz, Warrant, Fleetwood Mac, Nelson, Soul Asylum, Jon Bon Jovi, Judas Priest, Larry Gatlin and many more.

12pm to 4pm ET

Monday 7/5/21 1am ET: Feature LP: Judas Priest – British Steel (1980)

British Steel is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on April 14, 1980 by Columbia Records. It was the band’s first album to feature Dave Holland on drums.

1. “Breaking the Law” 2:33
2. “Rapid Fire” 4:00
3. “Metal Gods” 4:04
4. “Grinder” 3:57
5. “United” 3:31
6. “Living After Midnight” 3:30
7. “You Don’t Have to Be Old to Be Wise” 5:03
8. “The Rage” 4:44
9. “Steeler” 4:30
10. “Red, White & Blue” (Recorded during the 1985 Turbo sessions) 3:49
11. “Grinder” (Live at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California; May 5, 1984) 4:49

Rob Halford – vocals
K. K. Downing – guitars
Glenn Tipton – guitars
Ian Hill – bass
Dave Holland – drums

Wednesday 5pm ET: Feature Artist – Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969. They have sold over 50 million copies of their albums, and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band had struggled with indifferent record production and a lack of major commercial success or attention until 1980, when they adopted a more simplified sound on the album British Steel.

The band’s membership has seen much turnover, including a revolving cast of drummers in the 1970s and the departure of singer Rob Halford in 1992. The American singer Tim “Ripper” Owens replaced Halford in 1996 and recorded two albums with Judas Priest, before Halford returned to the band in 2003. The current line-up consists of Halford, bassist Ian Hill, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, and drummer Scott Travis. The band’s best-selling album is 1982’s Screaming for Vengeance, with their most commercially successful line-up featuring Hill, Halford, Tipton, guitarist K. K. Downing, and drummer Dave Holland. Tipton and Hill are the only two members of the band to appear on every album.

Halford’s operatic vocal style and the twin guitar sound of Downing and Tipton have been a major influence on heavy metal bands. Judas Priest’s image of leather, spikes, and other taboo articles of clothing were widely influential during the glam metal era of the 1980s. The Guardian referred to British Steel as the record that defines heavy metal. Despite a decline in exposure during the mid 1990s, the band has once again seen a resurgence, including worldwide tours, being inaugural inductees into the VH1 Rock Honors in 2006, receiving a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2010, and having their songs featured in video games such as Guitar Hero and the Rock Band series.

Artist Website judaspriest.com
Studio albums 18
Live albums 6
Compilation albums 6
Video albums 10
Music videos 21
Singles 35

Tuesday 12am: Feature LP: Various Artists – Hell Bent Forever: A Tribute to Judas Priest (2008)

Hell Bent Forever: A Tribute to Judas Priest is a tribute album, released September 16, 2008. It includes several rock and metal bands such as Motörhead, Icarus Witch, L.A. Guns and Sepultura, covering songs by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. The album’s font is a mistake because the red lettering is in the style of Iron Maiden’s logo instead of Judas Priest’s logo.

“Breaking the Law” (Motörhead)
“Metal Gods” (Fozzy)
“Electric Eye” (Jani Lane)
“Desert Plains” (Vince Neil)
“Diamonds & Rust” (Great White)
“Heading Out to the Highway” (Angel City Outlaws)
“Devil’s Child” (Broken Teeth)
“Hell Bent for Leather” (Warrant)
“You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” (FireHouse)
“Living After Midnight” (L.A. Guns)
“Turbo Lover” (Sin City All-Stars)
“Exciter” (Tim “Ripper” Owens)
“Screaming for Vengeance” (Sepultura)
“The Ripper” (Icarus Witch)

Sunday 12am: The Rock Show

This week on the Rock Show – Ratt, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Cars, Pearl Jam, Judas Priest, Vixen, Doobie Brothers, Marshall Tucker Band and more . . .

Sunday 12am: Saturday Night Rock Show

This week on the Rock Show:
Smashing Pumpkins, Robin Trower, AC/DC. Deep Purple, Seether, Allman Brothers Band, Black Sabbath, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Electric Light Orchestra, CJ Ramone, Neil Young, Judas Priest, Jackyl, Snow Patrol, Journey, Pilot, Meat Loaf, and many more.  12am – 6am  ET on RadioMaxMusic.

 

 

Tuesday 9pm: Feature LP: Judas Priest – Firepower (2018)

Firepower is the 18th studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It is the first studio album since 1988’s Ram It Down to be produced by Tom Allom, and the first one with Andy Sneap as co-producer. Music videos were made for “Lightning Strike” and “Spectre”.  More info from Wikipedia

In Memoriam: Dave Holland (1948 – 2018)

David Holland (5 April 1948 – 16 January 2018) was an English rock drummer born in Northampton England, best remembered for his stints with Trapeze from 1969 to 1979 and Judas Priest from 1979 to 1989.

On 18 January 2018, management of Trapeze confirmed that Holland, who was “a very private person”, had died “a few days ago”, with no cause of death reported. Initially, his death was reported to be a hoax, when Judas Priest fans confused him with a jazz musician named Dave Holland.

On 22 January 2018, Spanish newspaper El Progreso reported that Holland had died six days earlier at Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti in Lugo, Spain, a hospital close to A Fonsagrada, a town in the mountains where the drummer had lived at the time of his death. No cause of death was revealed, but the newspaper stated that he was already cremated. – Wikipedia

Billboard Obit

Artist Countdown: Ratt Top 25 Tracks 8pm ET @RadioMax @theRATTpack

Ratt is an American heavy metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is best known for songs such as “Round and Round,” “Wanted Man,” and “Lay It Down”. Ratt has been recognized as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles hard rock and glam metal scene.

The band continues to tour and record today despite extended hiatuses and lineup changes. They released their latest studio album, Infestation, on April 20, 2010 and are currently working on their next studio album.

Ratt’s music is influenced by 1970s hard rock and heavy metal bands such as Aerosmith, Sweet, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Scorpions and KISS. They fused this style with NWOBHM influences, including Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.

Although they later incorporated more of a blues-rock sound into their music, the band was one of the first glam metal style groups that appeared in the early 1980s in California. Their image bore similarities to that of Rough Cutt, which had several members who were previously in Mickey Ratt (from which Ratt evolved).  (Source: Wikipedia)

1	Round and Round
2	Lay It Down
3	Way Cool Jr.
4	Givin’ Yourself Away
5	Dance
6	You’re In Love
7	Wanted Man
8	I Want a Woman
9	Body Talk
10	Over the Edge
11	Lack of Communication
12	Lovin’ You’s a Dirty Job
13	Back for More
14	Best of Me
15	Slip of the Lip
16	What You Give Is What You Get
17	Shame Shame Shame
18	Nobody Rides For Free
19	Hold Tight
20	Steel River
21	Live For Today
22	Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
23	No Surprise
24	City To City
25	Top Secret