 Welcome to the metal voice at the metal Hall of Fame 2024. Yes. Yes, Tim. It's been a while. You look great actually. Thank you We lost some I feel all right. I feel good. Yeah, I feel I feel all right. I'm still hungry today though So we could eat pretty soon. So she's I see lettuce over there You're being inducted into the metal Hall of Fame 2024 when they first told you what came across At least one Hall of Fame once. Yeah It was it was one thing that you couldn't say no to so I have to go into this one. I was excited You know, it's it's always nice to get recognition It's like you get a little bit of recognition here It's always good to be with your peers and your friends and all the musicians Kks priest. Yes, you're you're like you're ripping through the United States. Yeah, more dates are gonna be added Yeah, we're looking at you know doing as much as possible. So I you know, hopefully in September We'll try to book some more because we got so much stuff coming up festivals in the summer. It's hard to Figure it out. So I think we're going to add more Dates in September. They're looking at and seeing what we can do But I know as we go on it's I know he wants to get out there What's the reaction to the studio albums the first two studio albums my most book it's been great, you know I mean, you're always gonna get somebody not liking it. That's just normal anyways, isn't it? But it's been a it's been a great response. It's been way better than I think I think it's just it's a shock response Some people are shocked that it's as good as it is and there's a backlash because it's as good as it is Yeah, you know, and I think the only backlash people always try to compare it to priests and stuff There's two bands how great is that for any metal fans out there to have these two bands that one's one one's another and You know, they got Ken out there playing you know, I'm a huge supporter of you. I've always been a huge supporter of you Do you find that this is sort of this is what it should have been When you're in priest verse, I do love demolition juggler. Don't get me wrong But this is what these KK priests albums were the albums that you would have You know done your part with priest. It would have been a total game changer. I don't think it would have been I think it was the time we were at I think if we released Juggulator demolition right now be totally different Because you know metal is so bad You know bands were playing smaller places at the end of Judas Priest in the painkiller tour You know, they're playing from the thousand people in Europe and stuff. It was a total different kind of an animal It's just you know two thousand or so when it started coming back You know you start seeing it now you get you know Maiden and priest out there still selling out these you're selling these big concerts will made him selling out They're really big conscious and I think I think those records. It's hard to replace somebody like it I don't care how great the records would have been they still want Rob is used Just like people still yell that they want Ken in priest. I mean just that's normal thing But I think no matter what we would have released What else do you want to promote? Well, you know right now I really well, we know my EP still out there and hopefully we'll be working on Thing is right now I just you know, you can always see what I'm doing on my websites and my social media pages, you know, I'm like a marketing machine But really KK's priest is the thing I want everybody to see that I love it and spread the word It's a great show, you know the songs are played like they're supposed to be played and I try to sing on my And a lot of energy and a lot of you know efforts put into it and then the latest records is fantastic When people tell you About your contributions to Demolition and jugulator like you had him not you didn't have you're like the new guy, right? Yeah, I'm trying to say so did you feel like okay? I don't have my you know I can't really speak up too much because I'm the new guy I don't want to stir up the waters or oh, I exactly you're you joined you as priest You know at the end I didn't want to write I came to the table with a few songs screen machine was one of them actually And this would have been probably been one of the better Judas Priest signs on those records, but um You know, I it's Judas Priest You don't really you just go with it and I was fine without I was fine without everything You know, I was I loved the records and I learned a lot from working the clinic in working the studio You know, it's funny because people say to me on this record like you know, how long it take would you listen? Listen, I I've recorded all my vocals at my house and I sat in a chair recording And relaxed and just had my coffee and But I learned how to do it from starting off working with those guys Tim I've always been a supporter of you have been right from the beginning Your big supporter, thank you so much. Yeah, I'm a supporter of your guys and I still I might need a new t-shirt I got to find my old one. I'm gonna get you next time. I get here later So yeah, next time you come to Montreal t-shirt Chinese food Chinese. Yeah, I'll do Chinese. Yeah, every guy everybody Pick up the EP by Tim Ripper Owens pick up KK's priest Go pick up some tickets in the United States and hopefully they'll come to Canada soon. Yeah