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Judas Priest's Rob Halford Lashes Out At Metal Misconception

11/11/2014
. (Classic Rock) Rob Halford says he will "tear to pieces" any argument that metal is a destructive force. The Judas Priest frontman famously fought off a 1990 'subliminal messages' trial in which their music was blamed for the suicide death of Raymond Bellknap and the self-inflicted gunshot wounds suffered by James Vance.

Halford says rock and metal is all about "good vibes". He tells Hot 106.1: "You put somebody in front of me that can absolutely say to my face that rock and roll or metal is destructive, and I'll tear that idea to pieces, because it's not.

"Everything that we do in rock and roll, in metal, it doesn't matter how extreme it is, it's all about good vibes, it's all about energy. It doesn't matter whether it's aggressive energy or any other kind of energy.

"We're not in this business to do anything other than make the best music that we can give you, the best times that we can give you, the best memories that we can. I think everybody in music does that - it doesn't matter whether it's rock or metal or folk or R&B, soul, blues." Read more here.

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