#JUDAS PRIEST

[wheneverfeasible]

You ever think about Eddie Munson in his early 30s watching Rob Halford coming out on MTV? You ever think about Eddie, knowing he was queer but unable to come out for fear of repercussions? He’d been hunted by one mob before and he didn’t want to go through that again.

Maybe Corroded Coffin made it big. Maybe Eddie started or joined a new band. Maybe he does a solo act. Maybe he’s not famous at all and he’s living a regular life.

And then Halford comes out, and Eddie sees how the metal community accepts him, how the community embraces him, and Eddie realizes that yes it’s scary but also he wants that happiness that Halford has, that wonderful moment of coming out of the closet.

Maybe Eddie understood “Raw Deal” for what it was all along, maybe he’s always gotten the hints sprinkled here and there throughout some of the songs. Maybe he always suspected, always wondered. Sure, he lives in a podunk town in Indiana, but he’s sought out whatever information he could when he first realized he was different. He read zines and articles and listened to hushed talk in bars when he escaped Hawkins for a little while when he was younger.

You ever think about Eddie, coming out in his 30s, because even though he knows it can be dangerous, even though he knows it can go all wrong, he doesn’t want to be in the closet anymore and later he writes a letter to Halford, not really expecting him to ever read it, expressing gratitude for the courage and the strength to finally be true to himself, come what may.

Imagine Steve Harrington, adding his own little postscript, thanking him for helping him find the man of his dreams.

Years later, when it’s finally legalized and they’re both graying and a little soft around the middle, do you ever think about Eddie and Steve inviting Halford to their wedding not really expecting him to ever read it or show up if he even did?

Do you ever think about Rob Halford showing up with his own partner Tom Green and telling Eddie and Steve that they’ve been rooting for them all these years?

You ever think about Eddie, alive, happy, and loved?

Link to Halford’s interview

[captain-price-unofficially]

I think you guys need to see Rob Halford and his husband’s Halloween costumes.

[asortofqueerfeeling]

i love when music makes me feel so many indescribable emotions simultaneously

[anexperimentallife]

[postpunkindustrial]

[brecbc123]

[disast3rtransp0rt]

73-year-old openly gay lead singer of one of the first two heavy metal bands in history, Rob Halford, rides his motorcycle onto the stage in a personalized battle jacket to perform "Hell Bent for Leather". He has a riding crop between his teeth, a proud symbol of his queerness, biker history, and membership to the BDSM community.

Judas Priest has been touring for over 50 years and, alongside Black Sabbath, INVENTED Heavy Metal in the late 60s and throughout the 70s and 80s to now. In fact, their most recent album came out in 2024! Invincible Shield.

They're my dad's second favorite band and my all-time favorite. I've seen them three times and I'm honestly hoping he retires soon to enjoy his life, husband, and many cats.

Anyway, here's to the Metal God.

[damnationrazor]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

K.K. Downing and Rob Halford at a parking lot somewhere in Chicago, Illinois USA, 1979

[cimmerian-war-shrine]

[lisamarie-vee]

[formulas-fatal-to-your-mom]

[rockhard-ridefree]

Rob Halford In 1979

[hell-bent-for-halford]

PSA if you’re not following Rob Halford of Judas Priest on Instagram please do

[hozcar]

Oh, I can't believe I didn't post this here!

Anyways, awesome movie, well-deserved Oscar nomination. I jumped out of my seat from joy when I heard those 5 seconds of Breaking The Law, sadly the movie doesn't have a lot of metal despite its protagonist being metal!

[metalcultbrigade]

Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Single 03/08/1974