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[rabid-dog-steve-horn]

On July 16, 1990, the trial against Judas Priest began, for the event that occurred on December 23, 1985, when the young Raymond Belknap, 18, and James Vance, 20, starred in one of the bloodiest stories of the time.

Both friends spent six hours drinking, smoking weed and listening to Judas Priest's Stained Class record. After that, the young men took a shotgun and decided to commit suicide. Belknap died instantly, while Vance survived, though losing much of his face before passing in 1988. The defense of families soon found a culprit: Judas Priest and his subliminal messages that incited violence.

Victims' relatives sued CBS Records for $6.2 million in damages. Five years later, in August 1990, the trial's sentence sowed high global expectation as it would create jurisprudence, affecting other bands whose lyrics were targeted for their aggression. “It’s a very, very interesting subject, belonging to psychology. But I had no idea. I was just a fucking lead singer of a heavy metal band. We were baffled by some of the things that came out of that courtroom,” Halford added.

In their favor, the band had the result of other trials where musicians were shielded by enforcing the First Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees free speech in the United States. Despite that, years earlier, Judge Jerry Whitched had signed a sentence in 1988 explaining that the First Amendment did not protect them from their messages.

Halford recalls all that month that they had to move to America. “We were in court from 9:00 to 17:00 hours, every day for a month. We're staying outside Reno to get away from the press. (... ) There we were wondering why are we here? We are British metal musicians and we are going to have to defend our music and our fans about the absurd, ridiculous accusations that we put those kinds of messages in our music to kill them,” the artist reported. Nearly 30 days later, on August 24, 1990 Judas Priest was acquitted of office.

In a 100-page sentence and with more than 40 witnesses consulted, Judge Whitched ruled that families could not prove the hidden subliminal messages. Today, the musician reveals: "I really wanted to go to the mothers and give them a hug, tell them 'I'm sorry for the loss of their children.' "Let's have coffee and talk about this," but he avoided doing it because there was a whole network of people behind them, "a kind of infiltration of extreme Christian groups urging them to proceed with the case."

About the trial itself, Halford claimed he and his teammates felt relieved, albeit disappointed. "(The judge) didn't say resoundingly 'what the prosecution was suggesting didn't happen', but basically said: "Look, this is still a foggy area, this band didn't put these words in the song and those words didn't create this tragedy." (... ) The whole thing of subliminal messages was left in limbo. It would be awful to think that this could happen again, but we just have to wait,” he concluded.

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[adriheavymetal]

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[ivantehking]

Judas Priest BEOGRAD 2015. Arena deo koncerta

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[starshits]

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[shanediablo-blog]

Storytime: THE FIRST TIME I HEARD JUDAS PRIEST

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[militiaismyname]

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[records2]

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[voorhees1138]

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[lordsdotter]

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[fredymetalshow]

17 de julio de 1982. Se publica el álbum llamado "Screaming for Vengeance". Es el octavo disco de estudio de la banda británica de heavy metal Judas Priest, publicado por Columbia Records. Tras su lanzamiento se convirtió en su producción más exitosa a nivel mundial, con 2 millones de copias vendidas solo en los Estados Unidos hasta el 2001. De acuerdo a la crítica es el álbum que capitaliza el éxito comercial de la banda, cuyo proceso fue iniciado con British Steel. A su vez, es nombrado como uno de los mejores y más importantes discos del género de la década de los ochenta. Es por ello que es citado en varias listas de los mejores álbumes de metal de todos los tiempos, como por ejemplo en la revista IGN, que lo posicionó en el puesto 15 de los 25 álbumes más influyentes del metal. #judaspriestfans #judaspriestband #screamingforvengeance #FredyMetalShow #followme https://www.instagram.com/p/CCw4j3BlGfk/?igshid=1nc85a3l4r1n1

[adriheavymetal]

💀Love this song so much 🎼🎸🎸🎼💯 Judas Priest

"Breaking The Law"

There I was completely wasting, out of work and down all inside it's so frustrating as I drift from town to town feel as though nobody cares if I live or die so I might as well begin to put some action in my life

Breaking the law, breaking the law

So much for the golden future, I can't even start I've had every promise broken, there's anger in my heart you don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing too 🎼

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[vinylizer]

JUDAS PRIEST 12" Vinyl Record 1980. Limited Edition. #Vinylizer, #judaspriest, #judaspriestforever, #judaspriestfans, #robhalford, #glenntipton, #kkdowning, #ianhill, #heavymetal, #hardrock, #metal, #70s, #70smetal, #singles, #vinyl, #records, #70sheavymetal, #vinylcollection, #vinyligclub, #vinyladdiction, #vinyladdict, #vinylporn, #musiconvinyl, #vinyljunkie, #audiophile, #metalgod, #theripper, #victimofchanges, #neversatisfied, (at Guernsey, Channel Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5088jp93Q/?igshid=1vz9yp7a0xxtl

[starshits]

“Living After Midnight” #judaspriest #judaspriestfans https://www.instagram.com/p/Bul-oqxBYDV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n9313nwis4br

[newgrooveaudio78]

40 Years Ago: Judas Priest Pound the World With ‘British Steel’ Jon Wiederhorn April 14, 2020 Read More: 40 Years Ago: Judas Priest Release 'British Steel' | https://loudwire.com/judas-priest-british-steel-anniversary/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral #judaspriest #heavymetal #ironmaiden #metal #metallica #robhalford #megadeth #metalhead #judaspriestfans #rock #firepower #hardrock #music #slayer #judaspriestband #blacksabbath #firepowertour #metalgod #richiefaulkner #kkdowning #ianhill #glenntipton #priestfamily #nwobhm #judaspriestforever #thrashmetal #guitar #s #judaspriestfan #newmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/B-9e3gOJFyK/?igshid=o2rgox9ykf2s

[mayhemmusicmagazine]

My love for this band goes way back to my high school daze. This was the first time I got to photograph @judaspriest in 85 at the #cowpalace - Have a great Birthday #glenntipton . . #judaspriest #judaspriestforever #judaspriestfans @mayhemmusicmagazine #dwaynecavanas @robhalfordlegacy #metalgod #mayhemmusicmagazine #richiefaulkner @falconfaulkner (at Cow Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4D4wQrnSZg/?igshid=xjaut4jwe48b