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Subject(s)

• Halford, Rob [Browse]
• Judas Priest (Musical group) [Browse]
• Rock musicians—Great Britain—Biography [Browse]

Author

• Gittins, Ian [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Autobiographies [Browse]

Summary note

"Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true "Metal God." Raised in Britain's hard-working, heavy industrial heartland, he and his music were forged in the Black Country. Confess, his full autobiography, is an unforgettable rock 'n' roll story-a journey from a Walsall council estate to musical fame via alcoholism, addiction, police cells, ill-fated sexual trysts, and bleak personal tragedy, through to rehab, coming out, redemption... and finding love. Told with Halford's trademark self-deprecating, deadpan Black Country humor, Confess is the story of an extraordinary five decades in the music industry. It is also the tale of unlikely encounters with everybody from Superman to Andy Warhol, Madonna, Jack Nicholson, and the Queen. More than anything else, it's a celebration of the fire and power of heavy metal" -- Amazon.com.

Contents

• Introduction-- I'm suffocating!
• Speed, bonnie boat...
• Giving your mates a hand
• Six barley wines and Mogadon
• Joining the Priesthood
• Not even a bloody fiver!
• Superman in a fur coat
• The Shirley Bassey leather years
• A whip-round for Marie Osmond
• Mine eyes have seen the glory hole
• By the time I get to Phoenix...
• I love a man in uniform
• Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats!
• This is the one. This is love!
• Inside the court of the King of Philadelphia
• The smell of cordite
• We should be so lucky! (Lucky, lucky, lucky...)
• I- I- I asked her for a peppermint!
• Loose lips sink ships
• Knocking on Sharon Tate's door
• The Queen and I
• The April Fool that wasn't
• The fire and power of heavy metal
• Epilogue-- Screaming my tits off forever.

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ISBN

• 9780306874949 ((hardcover))
• 0306874946 ((hardcover))

LCCN

2020942867

OCLC

1126211294

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