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Halford

 
Artist: Halford
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Group Members:

Rob Halford

Similar Artists:

Hair of the Dog, Pantera, Rob Halford

Influenced By:

Queensrÿche, Iron Maiden

Formal Connection With:

Diesel Machine, Fight, Judas Priest, Damageplan
See Halford Lyrics
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Resurrection," "Live at Rock in Rio III," "Crucible"

Biography

As the incomparable voice of thrashing beast Judas Priest, Rob Halford defined the role of the metal frontman. After his unamiable departure from the British juggernaut, Halford formed Fight with Priest drummer-come-lately Scott Travis. Fight released three powerful records, Halford straining to remain the masthead of the heavy rock movement he created. Two, a trendy electro-exercise with Trent Reznor, took two steps back on the misguided Voyeurs. Halford returned to his roots and formed a new unit, simply dubbed Halford, with guitarists Patrick Lachman and Mike Chlasciak, bassist Ray Riendeau, and drummer Bobby Jarzombek. Halford rebounded with his band at the turn of the century, releasing the aptly titled Resurrection, a no-nonsense manifesto from a true metal legend. Halford hit the road opening for disciples Queensrÿche and Iron Maiden before beginning a headlining tour, documented on Live Insurrection. In 2002, Crucible arrived quickly after their tour ended, even featuring two bonus tracks that were originally not going to be included. ~ Doug Stone, All Music Guide
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Halford
Origin Phoenix, Arizona
Genres Heavy metal
Years active 1999–present
Labels Metal God Entertainment
Associated acts Judas Priest
Fight
2wo
Website www.robhalford.com
Members
Rob Halford
Roy Z
Mike Chlasciak
Mike Davis
Bobby Jarzombek
Former members
Patrick Lachman
Ray Riendeau

Halford is a heavy metal band formed in 1999 by Rob Halford, the lead vocalist for Judas Priest. Halford formed the band to return to his heavy metal roots. His two previous projects were a "street metal"-style band called Fight and the industrial metal band 2wo.

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Recordings

Halford's first album Resurrection was included in Martin Popoff's The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. As well, the songs "Silent Screams" and the title-track "Resurrection" were included in Popoff's list. The track "The One You Love to Hate" guest included Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson.

In 2002 Halford released its second studio album Crucible, although no live recordings have been officially released to promote this album. A high-quality soundboard bootleg titled "Live - From the Disney House of Blues" was made available for download along with a special DEP at Robhalford.com in 2004. Halford released bonus tracks in Japan, such as "She", "Fugitive", "Rock the World Forever" and "In the Morning". There is a video for the track "In the Morning" available at http://www.robhalford.com.

On November, 2006, Halford released a single set from the Halford IV album, titled "Forgotten Generation." The first wave of Halford releases included remastered editions of his solo band's back catalogue and initially releasing them through Apple's online iTunes Store. Fight also celebrated a release, an early recording entitled "K5- War of Words Demos," which were the demos that Rob Halford had recorded back when Fight had first formed. Lastly, a compilation was included, called "Metal God Essentials, Vol. 1," which not only had the fans' favorite Halford tunes, but also had new songs called "Forgotten Generation" and "Drop Out."

On September 9, 2009, frontman Rob Halford has announced that his third solo record, entitled Halford III - Winter Songs, will be released worldwide through all retailers on November 3, 2009. He has confirmed the record features new tracks recorded by his solo band between 2008–2009, as well as traditional Christmas songs re-arranged to heavy metal renditions by Halford himself. The first single, "Get Into the Spirit" will be released to radios on September 29, 2009.[1][2]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • Silent Screams: The Singles EP (2006) (Exclusive to iTunes)

Live albums

  • Live Insurrection (2001)
  • LIVE - Disney House of Blues Concert (2004) (Formerly available for free download from www.robhalford.com.)

Compilation albums

Video albums

  • Halford - Live At Rock In Rio III (DVD) (2008)

References

  1. ^ http://www.metalgodshop.com/p-92-pre-sale-halford-iii-winter-songs.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.facebook.com/roeijk?v=feed&story_fbid=127341900838#/inbox/?folder=[fb]updates&page=1&tid=1212759687911

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