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Heavy Duty K. K. Downing

Heavy Duty von K. K. Downing

Heavy Duty K. K. Downing


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Zusammenfassung

Memoir by K.K. Downing, co-founder and former lead guitarist of heavy metal giants Judas Priest.

Heavy Duty Zusammenfassung

Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest K. K. Downing

'A must for fans and rock buffs' The Sun

'Fascinating read' Powerplay

Judas Priest formed in Birmingham in 1969. With its distinctive twin-guitar sound, studs-and-leather image, and international sales of over 50 million records, Judas Priest became the archetypal heavy metal band in the 1980s. Iconic tracks like 'Breaking the Law', 'Living after Midnight', and 'You've Got Another Thing Coming' helped the band achieve extraordinary success, but no one from the band has stepped out to tell their or the band's story until now.

As the band approaches its golden anniversary, fans will at last be able to delve backstage into the decades of shocking, hilarious, and haunting stories that surround the heavy metal institution. In Heavy Duty, guitarist K.K. Downing discusses the complex personality conflicts, the business screw-ups, the acrimonious relationship with fellow heavy metal band Iron Maiden, as well as how Judas Priest found itself at the epicentre of a storm of parental outrage that targeted heavy metal in the '80s. He also describes his role in cementing the band's trademark black leather and studs image that would not only become synonymous with the entire genre, but would also give singer Rob Halford a viable outlet by which to express his sexuality. Lastly, he recounts the life-changing moment when he looked at his bandmates on stage during a 2009 concert and thought, 'This is the last show'. Whatever the topic, whoever's involved, K.K. doesn't hold back.

From the band at the very beginning until his retirement in 2011 (and even still as a member of the band's board of directors), Downing has seen it all and is now finally at a place in his life where he can also let it all go. Even if you're a lifelong fan, if you think you know the full story of Judas Priest, well, you've got another thing coming.

Heavy Duty Bewertungen

A must for fans and rock buffs * The Sun *
A fascinating read . . . pulls no punches * Powerplay *

Über K. K. Downing

Ken K.K. Downing is a guitarist and founding member of heavy metal band Judas Priest. He formed the band at the age of sixteen after getting kicked out of his home by his abusive father and the band eventually found success during the New Wave of British heavy metal in the late 1970s and into the 1980s. K.K. retired from the band in 2011 and lives in Shropshire.

Mark Eglinton is a frequent cowriter whose previous collaborations include Official Truth, 101 Proof with Rex Brown of Pantera and Confessions of a Heretic with Behemoth's Adam Nergal Darski, along with the solo project So Let It Be Written: The Biography of Metallica's James Hetfield. Eglinton divides his time between Scotland and the Pacific Northwest.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR009435721
9781472128706
1472128702
Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest K. K. Downing
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Gebundene Ausgabe
Little, Brown Book Group
20180920
288
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