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For my own part, there is always a better way, and I always believe that democracy is the epitome of the way forward for everyone. It is what it is. He recently criticized Priest for failing to ask him to return in place of Tipton, who bowed out of the live lineup for health reasons.

And that would still be the same in the future. But if something did happen, I would have to see how the land lays at that particular point. Priest are currently touring North America with Deep Purple. Home News. Martin Kielty Published: September 2, So is Michael Schenker.

He had a wrist injury — and this stuff is very demanding to play. Les Binks would like to make guest appearances on tour. Are you open to that? That was my suggestion, actually. He also gets involved in the videos.

No, no. I was really hopeful that Ripper would want the gig. We had remained in touch. What happened [to end his spell with Priest] was just an unfortunate set of circumstances.

That [association] is what happened with Priest. We did a couple of albums with Ripper, and maybe if we had written a different type of material things might not have turned out the way they did. And what I liked about making it is that there was no need to confer with other people. Completely, yeah. It has elements of classic Judas Priest. When we brought in Ripper, the writing took a different turn. Those albums were different to anything before or after.

Sermons is me going back to what Judas Priest does best. I mean that musically, emotionally or as a person. I was never the guy that went away and played with other bands or had my own website and sold my own T-shirt. This album presents a statement: This is KK Downing. The answer is probably yes. You've just replaced the energy with some energy.

Fine — well, great. But that's not moving forward, Ian. Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease seven years ago — after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier — but announced in February he was going to sit out touring activities in support of PRIEST 's latest album, "Firepower".

The first was described as "a graceful exit note, implying a smooth retirement from music," while the second was "angrier, laying out all of his frustrations with specific parties. Halford 's autobiography, "Confess" , was released in September via Hachette Books. NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves.