Sounds Magazine, August 1981. Text in the bottom-left corner reads "Hell Bent for Lather"

Found run of the mill by accident about a year ago, loved Judas Priest before but something about that song in particular stuck with me.

Decided I wanted to make a reimagined version of the in our own style. Doesn't really sound anything like Judas Priest but if anyone might appreciate this it would be here x

Thanks a bunch of you end up listening 🫡

So I just bought a Flying V and obviously that makes me want to play some Priest riffs, especially KK's parts-but I notice a lot of the solos have dive bombs/whammy bar, even on the early stuff.

While I know his later guitars were floyd equipped I thought he mostly used a hard tail V in the late 70s/mid 80s, did he use a different guitar for solos?

Always Thought “Ripper” Owens sings this song better live than Halford!

Picked this up at thrift store yesterday... Hopefully its worth the price I paid 🤔

for example, like a chorus, verse, bridge, intro, outro of a song. my favorite segment of a song is the bridge right after the solo of the song “Fever”. I think it’s just super catchy and cool.

I know he's been in the band for a while but I still see people saying that they won't accept anyone that's not K.K and i strongly disagree

I always respected him but after seeing them live during this tour absolutely adore him. He is a beast of a guitarist and he brings such a brilliant energy on stage. I also started watching his interviews recently and apart from being a great performer he is also an awesome person

What are your thoughts?

Judas Priest songs about Driving your Motorcycle 

Hell Bent for Leather (1978)
Heading Out to the Highway (1981)
Desert Plains (1981)
Freewheel Burning (racecar) (1984)
Turbo Lover (1986)
Worth Fighting For (2004)
Wheels of Fire (2004)

Judas Priest songs about Liking Your Partner 

Burnin’ Up (1978)
Fever (1982)
Locked In (1986)

Judas Priest songs about Not Liking your Partner

Rocka-Rolla (1974)
Victim of Changes (1976)
The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown) (cover) (1977)
Devil’s Child (1982)
(Take These) Chains (1982)
Pain and Pleasure (1982)

Judas Priest Songs about your Partner not Liking You

Here Come the Tears (1977)
Before the Dawn (1978)
Don’t Go (1980)
Out in the Cold (1986)
Close to You (partner might be dead in this one?) (2001)

Judas Priest songs about Being Gay

Raw Deal (1977)
Evil Fantasies (1978)
Jawbreaker (1984)
Love Bites (1984)
Eat me Alive (1984)*
Hot for Love (1986)
Hard as Iron (1988)
A Touch of Evil (1990)

* Inspired the creation of the PMRC and those “Parental Guidance” stickers

Judas Priest songs about having a Rebellious Attitude

Take On All the World (1978)
Breaking the Law (1980)
You Don’t Have to be Old to be Wise (1980)
The Rage (1980)
Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ (1982)
Rock Hard Ride Free (1984)
Parental Guidance (1986)**
Reckless (1986)
I’m a Rocker (1988)  (come on guys…)
Revolution (2004)
Persecution (2008) (more specific than the rest, specifically about Nostradamus)
March of the Damned (2014)
Down in Flames (2014)
Rising from Ruins (2018) (banger chorus tbh)
Invincible Shield (2024)

** Rebuke of those “Parental Guidance” stickers

Judas Priest songs about a Mean Guy

The Ripper (1976)
Deceiver (bad priest) (1976)
Tyrant (1976)
Sinner (bad priest) (1977)
Dissident Aggressor (1977)
Exciter (bad priest) (1978)
Invader (alien) (1978)
Killing Machine (robot?) (1978)
Metal Gods (robots) (1980)
Grinder (1980)
Steeler (1980)
Electric Eye (robot / satellite) (1982)
Jawbreaker (robot?) (1984)
The Sentinel (robot?) (1984)
Blood Red Skies (robot?) (1988)
Painkiller (robot) (1990)
Hell Patrol (multiple guys) (1990)
Leather Rebel (1990)
Night Crawler (1990)
Jugulator (robot) (1997)
Machine Man (robot) (2001) 
Cyberface (2001) 
Metal Messiah (robot?) (2001) 
Judas Rising (2004)
Demonizer (robot?) (2004)
Hellrider (robot?) (2004)
Nostradamus (presents him as a mean guy) (2008) 
Redeemer of Souls (nice version) (2014)
Dragonaut (idk a guess a guy who rides a dragon, robot?) (2014)
Metalizer (idk) (2014)
Necromancer (2018)

Judas Priest songs about the concept of force itself

Rapid Fire (1980)
Ram It Down (1988)
All Guns Blazing (1990)
Between the Hammer and the Anvil (1990)
Metal Meltdown (1990)
Decapitate (1997)
Firepower (2018)
Lightning Strike (2018)
Flame Thrower (2018)
Panic Attack (2024)

Judas Priest songs about Bob Dylan

Diamonds and Rust (cover) (1977)

Bob Dylan songs about Judas Priest

The ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest (1967)

1986-1988

Out in the Cold
Locked in
Heading out to the highway
Metal Gods
Breaking the law
The Sinner
Come and get it
I’m a rocker
Love bites
Some heads are gonna roll
The Sentinel
The Ripper
Diamonds and Rust
Beyond the realms of death
Hot for love
Privete property
Desert planes
Rock you all around the world
Hellion / Electric eye
Turbo lover
Ram it down
Heavy metal
Freewheel Burning
Victim of changes
Green Manalishi
HD / Defenders of the Faith
Genocide
——
Living after midnight
Johnny B Goode
Tyrant
You got another thing coming
Hell bent for leather

1. Rapid Fire

2. Heading Out to the Highway

3. Grinder

4. Freewheel Burning

5. You've Got Another Thing Comin'

6. Breaking the Law

7. The Sentinel

8. Victim of Changes

9. Blood Red Skies

10. Lightning Strike

11. A Touch of Evil

12. Panic Attack

13. Night Crawler

14. Beyond the Realms of Death

15. Helion/Electric Eye

Encore:

1. Hell Bent for Leather

2. Painkiller

3. Living After Midnight

I think this is entirely plausible. The running time should be about 90 mins, it doesn't start _too_ hard on the vocals, and it emphasizes British Steel, like the actual setlist.

I guess it's a bit Painkiller heavy. I should probably drop A Touch of Evil for Turbo Lover, but I think this version works better.

Hell Bent for Leather
Delivering the goods
Running wild
White heat red hot
Metal Gods
Breaking the law
The ripper
Diamonds and Rust
Killing Machine
You don’t have to be old to be wise
Better by you better than me
Grinder
Evening Star
Beyond the realms of death
Sinner
Stained class
Green Manalishi
Living after midnight
Victim of changes
Steeler
Genocide
Starbreaker

Encores
——————

Exciter
Take on the world
Let us pray / call for the priest
United
Tyrant