 Here we go. All right, boom. That's what Chris Holmes does Does this move boom? Here we go Live on the metal voice. Yeah, we are pure live today. It's not a Just everybody knows this is not a sort of video live a premiere. It is live. We're alive Like you could pinch me. I will yell live. Okay, and spoiler alert Alan We've been dying We had to wait until today That's right to make embargo embargo review muzzled Muzzled, that's what we were we're muzzled as I was reading. It's tough for me to read now I mean a part of this disposable society of You know, maybe like 30 seconds I can read now. I don't know I'm part of this horrible attention span But you know what I got through it Thick book Hachette books Hachette books comes out today biblical Rob Halford's heavy metal scriptures Look at that. Look at that. That's great. But a fantastic read. Highly recommend end of the review. See you tomorrow Merry Christmas. Okay Alan I'm warming my hands up. So there's no Pavarotti Jim. He's no Pavarotti All right, again spoiler alert for all those people out there who want to read this You may want to just listen for a bit and then just turn us off. Well, don't turn us off, but listen for a bit Okay, how does this compare? I'm gonna ask you the question. How does Biblical compare to confess which was his first book? That's what two two different two different things all together, right? They're both well-written. They're both interesting reads one was an autobiography Obviously of a very very interesting life in confess Halbert confess That's how she had books too. So but this one this one really takes you like like biblical scriptures all the way from, you know, how they got started the early years of touring Hotel rooms promotion promoters record companies artwork Everything that has to go into a band He breaks down and takes it from like Psalms in the Bible, right? He breaks it down books of rev books and then he breaks it down to Psalms. So that's sort of the metaphorically way of sort of Talking about this book, but I also look at it like a Bands for dummies sort of like this is the ins and outs This is the ins and outs of being in a band and you said it everything from starting your band To getting on the label using the name use the two titles titles managers media social media Conflict within the band conflicts within the band Just leaving the band coming back into the band and Retiring or not retiring from the band. So yeah, it's really cool. All right I know it was like I loved it because you you you break it down like that It's it's you know smaller chapters easy to read interesting reads and you know The more I know about Rob how for the more I just like the guy and I find him interesting, you know Looking back in the day Jim, you know, I don't know about yourself. I'll ask you the question but I'll give you know Rob was the the one kind of Leads singer that's always sounded a little felt to me a little standoffish and a little bit Unreachable, you know the unapproachable would maybe be the word, you know Bruce was always a guy that's trying to speak in the native language wherever He is touring in the world and Brian Johnson you can't get more down to earth than him He's neither was just crazy, but he was a heavy metal fan freak But Rob always seem you know pretty serious guy pretty you know too much talking on the stage Then he'd go into a dance and you say okay He's he's kind of a normal guy there. He likes dancing and stuff But I mean he was just unapproachable It seems to me back in the day and and the more I learned and reading these books like he says He's just a regular Burke from Walsall, you know, and you get that feeling not only is he a music fan He's still a music fan He remembers what it is like being a music fan meeting your idols Going to the concerts buying your tickets curing in line to get into the venue He talks about this in this book and he can relate to everything that any music fan has gone through and a lot of the His experiences that he describes a book. I think 99.9 percent of bands have also lived through so Show yours out and pull these up a little bit Somebody somebody wrote sword shirt. So there you go. These are the short Yeah, I know I just got thrown off because somebody wrote sword shirt. So I figured okay What's better time to plug sword, but that's what I that's what I take away from the book Not only is a enjoyable read, but he is he's really a down-to-earth guy that just a music fan at the end of the day But he's no Pavarotti And he doesn't like the sound of his own voice even though everybody loves his voice He does understand why everybody makes a big fuss over it. I will give a couple of spoilers, but not yet This is what I love about this book compared to last book I didn't like the last book so much and I'll tell you why because For me whenever I read these sort of autobiographies, I want to know about the music I want to know the inside scoop of the music industry and what's going on I'm kind of and this is just a personal thing for me. I'm kind of less concerned about, you know, okay In grade six I did this in grade seven. I did that in grade 11. I did this and and so forth, right? I don't I'm not that interested. I don't mind a high level of that Right kind of where you grow up and you're upbringing quickly, but I'm more interested in this, you know Being in a band 101 Anybody who wants to start a band anybody who wants to be You know sort of break as a band then definitely read this book because it definitely gives you From start to sort of almost finish, right? Everything you have to deal with and even when when he's being in even interviewers like ourselves, right? Like what's he thinking of when when we're interviewing him or he's being interviewed by someone like us, right? Selfies, right? Merchants I guess you refer to as his wrist merchants, which is not a positive connotation and a lot of Examples he gives into the in the book but with a few exceptions like Jeff Barton, etc. I mean He really the music press he is a love-hate relationship with a lot of them. So Selfies, what does he think of selfies right when people tap him on the shoulder? Hey, do a selfie with him for me Rob his ears What I did notice and I will this is here's a spoiler right now so tune out for a 30 seconds Not much about Tim Ripper Owens and those Tim Ripper Owen ears Did you notice that just the only sort of mention he had with Tim Ripper was in regards to the three tremors where he said darn it I should have trademarked that name, but I didn't and it's all good, right? And I did ask him this question what he thought about the three tremors a few years back and he says it's okay with it He's good with it and all the luck to again. It's his relation his His experiences in a band, you know, it wasn't in the band with Ripper So I got no problem with that whatsoever. I mean he does talk about bands Changing and going through and his his period in the in the desert his solo journeys in the desert until he Came back into the fold and You know what I did like So he's in Judas Priest and his big big band playing arenas and now suddenly he's in fight Where it's part of Halfer and now he's playing the little clubs and he's thinking to himself spoiler alert What on earth that I do You're playing the little clubs. You're you have nowhere to change you got nowhere to you get ready and tardy over That's right. And that's sort of the reality, right and it humbled him And I did I think I think Bruce might have gone through the same thing, right? That's what he alluded to Yeah, yeah, all right So listen to this so parent our buddy parents saying very often the second books are cash grabs if you ask me This book is better than the first one because this is more the stuff that I personally like And I'll just give everybody a high level and I'm not even going to talk about the book I'm just giving you a high level He talks about lawyers managers being a songwriter a live album studio albums recording Venues different types of venues roadies hotels the image of a band the look of a band signings signing stuff and people putting stuff on ebay social media online media shooting videos thoughts on spotify thoughts on kk thoughts on We're a four piece But the whole everybody went crazy when they wanted to go out as a four piece a year ago and now we're a five piece So that's why they're heavy metal culture to denim and leather the inks and tats and the hair Everything that's anything that you ever wonder about heavy metal is in this book Yeah, his perspective and and really breaking down to the subculture of heavy metal and the fans and the very loyal and Dedicated fans of heavy metal that he has enormous enormous respect for obviously they pay the bills at the end of the day Uh, you know his favorite bands and performers, right? This is rob hofford Rob hofford's book on how to make it as a rock star or a musician. Go ahead. Sorry, alan a constant Temptations of the rock and roll lifestyle, you know, we got the not only the pleasures of the flesh But you've got uh, you know the alcohol the drugs the rehabs and Like he said a lot of the you know, his story is can be reflected by you know, 90 of the bands from the day So, yeah, yeah, you know, uh, here's some questions. Uh, how does it compare to bruce's book? What would you would you prefer this book or bruce's book? Bruce bruce is an autobiography, right? Uh, this is this is more of a how-to book like you said chimp Well if we're talking about this book I I prefer this book Yeah, me too 100 bruce's book was vague And more of more about more sort of similar to Confess where more of the life of the person versus more of being in the music industry So rob if you're watching the show and I know you are Thumbs up It makes a nice stockings stuffer if you have big stockings to stuff it Is this book available in french, iscccet livre disponible en francais? Jim Is it available? I don't know but I know it's released today november first probably probably not right away Usually there's a delay, but uh, I know bruce's book was in french So it's possible that this one will be down the road as well. I don't know. Yeah, that's a good question All right, has every like our shorts short shirts We're gonna do this how many times All right, he talks about Streaming services versus the traditional way of buying albums Not a big fan of spotify not a big fan of spot. We've heard that from different You know people that we've interviewed over the last dozen years a lot of them are like Please don't support these guys because we never get paid. We never see a cent You know don't don't buy online Pius you're trying to get it right from our record company or from our website and And and again he goes into that a little deeper. But what for you jim? What was what was a revelation? From this book if I can use that word to in a biblical sense. That's a you know what? Here's my revelation spoiler alert Unleashed in the east He kind of goes into a little more detail of how that album was sort of put together like The music part of it was live As we all know, but his vocals was I thought he did sort of punch ins But he did the whole album in the studio and He was mad enough to admit that and he said he did it in one take so it had a sort of live feel to it so That was kind of like a revelation that I already knew but it was more detailed. So what about you? I Reading a heavy-duty kk's book and confess rob's book. I uh I don't think I really grasped how long the conflict between glenn and kk Was going on for I mean it was basically from from the very beginning You know, we always thought they were tight band or sharing leads or these guys were a dynamic duo You know glenn's got you know, they're putting on the the liner notes glenn plays this solo He gave us in the left side solo now. They're playing harmony and so they try to keep everything fair Which which rob rob obviously being the third writing partner He always try to be a completely neutral and fair But it seems like there's a lot a lot a lot of conflict that Was there for decades with not just not just during the notion of damage and the Epitaph touring years. I mean this this was stuff that was brewing for for decades and technique kk alludes to it But I didn't realize it was You know that that's strong for that long so And you know what I like about rob he Doesn't take sides. He kind of just says this is the situation. This is how kk was feeling This is how glenn was feeling. These are the two two type of characters glenn was Grew up from an upper middle class family Where kk grew up in a lower Middle class family or poor with a very tough childhood. I mean he goes into that and his book And that yeah and that reflects on the dynamic between them, right, you know and Look, we're just giving you guys high level here. There's more details to what we're saying But the other thing too is you know, we we get books like this. We we read them You you have numerous books. I have numerous autobiographies of all our rock and roll heroes And and rob's like I don't read any of them. I live I live the life I don't need to read about the slashes or or anybody else's book, right? So that was a that was a little bit of a surprise and that was a understandably so so He talks about Will kk be back in the band? And again spoiler alert Um, he says it's kind of like a divorce, right when people are saying hey, you're divorced But why don't you get back together with your wife sort of like it's just too difficult but Saying that he's really happy that the rock and roll hall of fame that they will be Sort of reunited and playing together and I personally think that's going to spark something right there In fact then glenn is not well One thing is you know, I read Ozzy Osbourne Autobiography and I was laughing out loud and like throughout the whole book, you know and Brian Johnson's first book, you know, there's certain sections you just laugh out loud In this book. It was really the stories about their first manager Dave corky cork that you know, there was I mean, you know Just a guy that was just doing his best But quite an interesting fellow and some of the stories that rob tells in the book are very amusing and Worth worth the read so I kind of like the guest list When you like you dedicate like he's dedicating chapters to the hotels the parties the image the guest list, right? And it kind of brings us, you know, because we get on the guest list and a lot of shows, right? And it kind of brings you sort of shows you the other perspective or the other side of things and um It's cool how he sort of puts that all together and puts everything in perspective that Everybody wants to be on the guest list. Everybody wants to be backstage He just after a show the last thing he wants to do is kind of You know go around and talk to the record company people He wants to talk to the fans who are waiting outside and he loves to meet them and talk to them, right? At least that's what I got out of it parent parent asks a good question here Anything in the man's mindset around the turbo area the synth sound and toy with the legs of docking by jovian cinderella uh, I mean he talks about You know he refers like he confessed. He was just getting sober on that time Uh, he was went in with full of energy There was a new sound that you know, they're always pushing their boundaries Priest always did what they wanted But no not too much about the touring bands that they uh that they toured with so But he does and I said this before he talks about uh a year ago Spoiler alert He talks about a year ago when they said they would go out as a four piece And that it was his idea and he thought he'd get a little backlash But basically they crashed the internet with that idea and they go, okay, okay, okay? Let's go as five and it was actually who was it. It was uh Who said it was a bad idea or kind of alluded to was a bad idea. It was uh, it was scott travis the Scott travis that's right. What he very succinctly said What do we gain from this and nobody had an answer of what they could gain? But everybody had an answer what they could possibly lose which is The anger and frustration for a lot of their their fans. So They talk about the roadies, you know the job of the roadies and how hard they work and how Unappreciative they are right and I like that bit The tour manners like you said and the venues the type of venues and you know The better and the worst ones and the small and the big right But his favorite bands are going right back to the Beatles right and And of course, Ronnie James dear being one of his favorite singers and What he listens to what the priests before they go on it's always the same song the the little huddle they do and Just the traditions of being a touring band and on the road after all, you know 50 years Let's face it 50 years. So lots of stories lots of great anecdotes a lot of great insight of what it is to be a touring band And and the band starting from scratch and and working their way up to where they're You know considered a classic heavy metal and it's still and more importantly Rob says in the book that there's still an active band right talks about a little bit Richie Faulkner and and the concert where he He had the birthday order and You know after stage like a lot of them were on the bus and didn't realize it was that serious until the next day. So Any Richie Blackmore story Tanvir saying everyone seems to have one. I do not recall a Richie Blackmore story That no, I don't But I do remember there was a mention of todlatori in this park that you did you see that? Yes, there you go something right there So todlatori if you're watching right before you're probably at soundcheck now you got to mention Very cool very cool. Call it a todlatori What else we got we got Richie's heart attack glens parkinsons, which was sort of sad in a way right to see such a legend sort of you know Hurt by this disease or sort of less active because of this disease, right? um He doesn't like super groups He does not like and and I think this goes back to the premise of this book, you know sort of Band 101, you know, you start off in a garage You kind of work together as a gang and you kind of make it And you pay your dues, right? We're a super group. They they have no dues to pay They just have these names and they've already established themselves. So they never seem to work out I thought that was pretty cool. Well, I think you lose a lot of time the egos come into their band and they're each come in with their own manager and It's hard to get that to be a cohesive cohesive unit afterwards a lot of the time. So yeah So definitely from what we're saying in I don't know what we've been talking now for 15 minutes It'll take you, you know Few days to read this so there's I couldn't put it down Jim I literally I think it took me less than a week to read that so probably four days Yeah, that's about it. Alan. I mean, is there any there? Does anybody else out there have any questions? Nostradamus seagulls saying I absolutely love Nostradamus I think there was a bit about Nostradamus. Yep. They want to he wanted to you know, turn this into a full Broadway production right and he's still hoping that that would happen and I I mean, I love that album too. I think it's a super underrated album It's you know, it's an interesting listen. I recommend anybody going back and Listening to it again priest always did what they wanted. They sometimes Some things work some things work A little less, but at least they they didn't answer anybody and they did what they wanted to do and Nostradamus was There was two choices, right Jim Bill Kirk Bill Kurbish leads the size said it's time that you guys do your own kind of quadrophenia your own Tommy Yes, yes, and the first one forget what the first subject was but they all passed on it They said Nostradamus they can something they could stick their teeth into so And he does talk about how he'd like to see before he retires Nostradamus as a sort of Concept on stage right like the whole album But I think he's he's spoken about that in the past Okay, bfgs is saying and he talked about Dave Holland and his prison time The the only mention I remember it was Dave Holland how he got upset that there were drum machines sort of Taking over his role On ram it down So he did talk about that and he kind of said, you know, I think he kind of went away from that and I don't blame him You know, you don't want to get Tied into that No, there's no mention of that whatsoever. I mean he was just talking about Dave and his time in the band When it when it was relatable to whatever that chapter was about, right? He does talk about lead singer disease. He talks about guitar players. He talks about bass players. He talks about drummers So when he talks about drummers, he goes all the way through from Les Binks and then it was a John Hinch Originally all the way up to Scott Travis. So of course Dave Holland's mentioned there But really nothing about his his personal life really just him inside the band Uh, he just bring up one funny story about Dave was Dave bought a hotel and then he asked everybody to squirrel away their shampoo and their their soaps spoiler alert Uh, they're sure there's a lot while they were touring with Judas Priest that they could all save their hotel Amenities so that they can give it to Dave so that he can you know fill up his his hotel when they got back to Time if you're saying spill the beans. What's the funniest story in the book? It would be their first their first road manager They played a trick on him and Just the stuff that he would do on A little bit of an odd fellow, but just the stuff he would do that's that's the stuff that made me literally laugh out loud so I won't I won't get into it We don't want to spoil too much just that that that section of book is quite hilarious in fact, so Yeah, that's about it If anybody else has a last question He's a big spinal tap fan probably because spinal tap as a movie is very relatable to any touring band That's still is right. So he brings a lot of references to the spinal tap And he does say how he'd like priests to to have a vegas red residency Uh, you know, you can read the book more about that But I think that's a pretty cool idea sort of now that they're getting a little older and they have to fly everywhere And it's more difficult. Maybe If they're stationary someplace they could you know be more sort of more comfortable Less stressed and just you know do the show say two three times a week and uh, you know fans will you know Travel to vegas to watch them right or anywhere else, you know, he brings up how he's you know, he um How his voice has changed over the years and he has to You know He's into certain songs and sing certain songs certain ways because of his the aging obviously he's in his 70s and If anybody's seen priests recently, he's still unbelievable And you know costume changes when he's on stage how he Walks about he's not dancing anymore all over the stage. He kind of lurches a little bit But uh, again, uh, he's in his 70s and he's open about it very down to earth very honest book I would say not hiding anything just being truthful about you know, where they started how they started What he lived and where he's at now and what he's able and not able to do so So I would personally say that I like this book better than his last book A lot of people are saying oh another book another book This book is so worth it especially if you want to know the ins and outs Of everything in the music industry and I think rob is the perfect guy After 50 years to tell everybody what it's all about Exposed And not to say I hate it his last book, but I like this one better That's all I'm trying to say makes a perfect christmas gift or holiday gift or hodak a gift or whatever You're celebrating there you go Alan last note it's released today by the way It's released today is the first day we I mean like I said we've been biting our tongues Trying not to talk about it And today we're we're free We're finally out of the cage. We can talk about it again. It's a thoroughly thoroughly enjoyable book. So All right, that's it. Alan Thank you jim Thank you everybody for watching and by the way sword interview It's an interview report Interview report coming out thursday. It's this mass production that we did we went to the house of rock and Alan did this massive interview with the band I did a little goofing around But it's ready to go thursday 5 p.m. Eastern standard time You can watch the sword interview sword interview slash report at the house of rock. All right this thursday In anticipation of their third long awaited third album That's right. That's right third studio album. I should say third studio album. All right. Oh, here we go. We got a last question here Merciful fate interview that question has been going on and on and on If it happens it happens. That's all I'm gonna say All right. Have yourself a wonderful day everybody Thanks for tuning in