* 1951 – Rob Halford, English singer-songwriter ( Judas Priest, 2wo, Halford, and Fight )

*" Heavy Metal ", a 1988 song by Judas Priest from Ram It Down

* 1947 – Glenn Tipton, English guitarist ( Judas Priest )

Downing, English guitarist ( Judas Priest )

Other major pioneers of the genre had begun as blues-based psychedelic bands, including Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Judas Priest and UFO.

There were also autographs by band members from Depeche Mode, Tool, the Fray, Judas Priest, Pearl Jam and more, as well as signatures from Ricky, Julian and Bubbles from " Trailer Park Boys: The Movie " on a rare Epiphone guitar.

In the Gospels, Jesus ' disciple Judas Iscariot is infamous for having taken a bribe of thirty coins of silver from religious leaders in Jerusalem to turn Jesus of Nazareth over to soldiers of the High Priest Caiaphas.

* 1967 – Tim " Ripper " Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Beyond Fear, and Charred Walls of the Damned )

The scene also helped 1970s hard rock artists such as AC / DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, KISS, Ronnie James Dio, and Judas Priest reach a new generation of fans.

* Judas Priest

* January 20 – Ian Hill, English rock bassist ( Judas Priest )

* August 25 – Rob Halford, English rock singer ( Judas Priest )

Influenced at a young age by heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Slayer, Death, Black Sabbath, Celtic Frost, King Diamond, Morbid Angel, and most importantly Judas Priest.

Åkerfeldt considers Sad Wings of Destiny the best metal album of all time, and notes that there was a time when he only listened to Judas Priest.

Åkerfeldt sings " Here Come the Tears " by Judas Priest before most Opeth concerts while warming up.

He betrayed Jesus for a bribe of " thirty pieces of silver " by identifying him with a kiss — " the kiss of Judas " — to arresting soldiers of the High Priest Caiaphas, who then turned Jesus over to Pontius Pilate's soldiers.

Bands such as Psychotic Waltz, Fates Warning, Queensrÿche, and Dream Theater took elements of progressive rock groups ( primarily the instrumentation and compositional structure of songs ) and merged them with heavy metal styles associated with bands like Judas Priest and Black Sabbath ( both of these bands had some progressive influences on their early albums ).

Fates Warning were the most aggressive and heavy and arguably had the most in common with the thrash and extreme metal scenes of the time, due to the fact that they started out their career playing metal in the vein of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.

The band played cover versions of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest songs at clubs and parties in Southern California.

By late 1980, the band had recruited two guitarists, and the setlist was made up of songs by bands such as Motörhead (" Overkill ", half of the Ace of Spades album ), Judas Priest (' Tyrant ' was their closer ), and Riot.

The new line up recorded The Killing Kind in 1996, again self-produced and mixed by Chris Tsangarides ( Judas Priest ).

In the summer of 1996, Overkill appeared on Volume 2 of Century Media's " Legends Of Metal – A Tribute To Judas Priest " compilation, to which they contributed ' Tyrant ', heavily adapted to the band's own style.

Guitarist Michael Wilton and drummer Scott Rockenfield were members of a band called Cross + Fire, who covered songs from popular heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.

The band worked with producer James Guthrie, who had worked with Pink Floyd and Judas Priest.

* Matthias replaced Judas ( 1: 12 – 26 )

This provoked the 174 – 135 BCE Maccabean Revolt led by Judas Maccabeus ( whose victory is celebrated in the Jewish festival of Hanukkah ).

* 164 BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem.

* Matthew 27: 3 – 10 says that Judas returned the money to the priests and committed suicide by hanging himself.

* Carl Anderson ( 1945 – 2004 ), singer and actor best known for portrayal of Judas Iscariot in the Broadway and film versions of Jesus Christ Superstar

The short and comparatively straightforward Apocalypse of Thomas has no immediate connection with our gospel, while the canonical Jude – if the name can be taken to refer to Judas Thomas Didymus – certainly attests to early intra-Christian conflict.

* June 18 – At the climax of a Judas Priest concert at Madison Square Garden, fans begin ripping out the cushions from the seats and throwing them on stage.

For example, Henry's " I know not what to say, my title's weak " ( 1. 1. 135 ), " All will revolt from me, and turn to him " ( 1. 1. 152 ), " And I with grief and sorrow to the court " ( 1. 1. 211 ), and " Revenged may she be on that hateful Duke ,/ Whose haughty spirit, wing'd with desire ,/ Will cost my crown, and like an empty eagle / Tire on the flesh of me and my son " ( 1. 1. 267 – 270 ); Exeter's " And I, I hope, shall reconcile them all " ( 1. 1. 274 ); the entirety of York's soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 4 ; Warwick's pause to get his breath during the Battle of Barnet ( 2. 3. 1 – 5 ); all of Act 2, Scene 5 ( including dialogue from Henry, the father and the son ) up to the entry of Prince Edward at line 125 ; all of Henry's monologue in Act 3, Scene 1, prior to his arrest ( ll. 13 – 54 ); Richard's entire soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 2 ( ll. 124 – 195 ); Margaret's " Ay, now begins a second storm to rise ,/ For this is he that moves both wind and tide " ( 3. 3. 47 – 48 ); Warwick's soliloquy at the end of the Act 3, Scene 3 ( ll. 257 – 268 ); Richard's " I hear, yet say not much, but think the more " ( 4. 1. 85 ) and " Not I, my thoughts aim at a further matter :/ I stay not for love of Edward but the crown " ( 141. 124 – 125 ); Warwick's " O unbid spite, is sportful Edward come " ( 5. 1. 18 ); the entirety of Richard's soliloquy in Act 5, Scene 6, after killing Henry ( ll. 61 – 93 ) and Richard's " To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master / And cried ' All hail ', whenas he meant all harm " ( 5. 7. 33 – 34 ).

* Robert B. Parker – The Judas Goat

* Judas Priest-" Heading Out To The Highway ", " Don't Go ", " Living After Midnight ", " Breaking the Law ", " Hot Rockin '", " You've Got Another Thing Comin '", " Freewheel Burning

Corey Glover, famous for being the lead singer of the band Living Colour, was cast for the tour's Judas.

Corey Glover, lead singer of the rock band Living Colour, co-starred as Judas early in the tour.

Glover left the show to rejoin Living Colour in June 2008, and actor James Delisco took over the Judas role, along with several new cast members for the third ( 2009 ) leg of the tour.

He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow, Ten, Divlje jagode and Living Loud.

The two were paired up by the AWA bookers, Greg Gagne ( son of the owner and one of the bookers ) suggested the name ” The Country Rockers ”, another idea for a name was the " U. S. Express " ( as told by Marty during an interview on AWA television that aired in 1986 ) not keen on the idea the two of them came up with the name The Midnight Rockers inspired by Judas Priest ’ s ” Living after Midnight ”.

He also stood in for lead singer Corey Glover on Living Colour's European tour in August 2006 while Glover was starring as Judas Iscariot in a tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.

After defeating the Seleucid forces, Judas Maccabaeus's nephew John Hyrcanus established a new monarchy in the form of the priestly Hasmonean dynasty in 152 BCE — thus establishing priests as political as well as religious authorities.

After a military victory in the Battle of Beth-Zecharia, and the killing of Eleazar, a brother of Judas Maccabaeus, Lysias was informed that Philip, ( a confidant of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who had accompanied this previous king to conquer Mesopotamia, and had been entrusted prior to the death of the king with the upbringing of Antiochus V ), was returning to the capital with the other half of the Seleucid army.

After Mattathias ' death about one year later in 166 BCE, his son Judas Maccabee led an army of Jewish dissidents to victory over the Seleucid dynasty in guerrilla warfare, which at first was directed against Hellenizing Jews, of whom there were many.

After dark, there is the Burning of Judas.

After receiving thirty pieces of silver, one of Jesus ' other apostles, Judas, approaches with the temple guards and betrays Jesus with a kiss on the cheek.

After talking to Saint Peter ( who Satan implies had sex with call girls in Rome, as well as stealing the other 100 pieces of silver which had been contracted by Judas Iscariot but went missing ), Satan blackmails St Peter into letting Hope into Heaven.

After the session was over Jeff Hanneman approached him and the two began playing Iron Maiden and Judas Priest songs with the session drummer.

After Glenn Hughes ' departure in June 1973, Galley and Holland kept the band together with constantly varying members until 1979, when Holland went on to join Judas Priest.

) After finishing their original set, they would then take a break, which included a wardrobe change, to emulate the subject of their tribute, Judas Priest.

After the dissolution of Crass he formed the performance art duo, Judas 2.

After Horror Show, Barlow quit the band and joined the police force, while Iced Earth continued on with Tim " Ripper " Owens, of Judas Priest-fame, on vocals.

After Barlow's departure, Iced Earth continued work on their next album, and, eventually, Jon Schaffer got Tim " Ripper " Owens, from Judas Priest, to sing on the record as a favor.

After him came Judas the Galilean at the time of the census ; he induced some people to revolt under his leadership, but he too perished and his whole following was scattered.

After Simon's death, another brother Judah led the early Nazarene movement, and thereafter till the Bar Kochba revolt, the descendants of Judah seem to have been the bishops of Jerusalem, down to the time of Judas Kyriakos.

* Judas Priest – Sin After Sin ( 1977 )

Off their 1977 album " Sin After Sin ", Judas Priest recorded a song entitled " Last Rose of Summer ".

At the Feast of Weeks, however, Judas the brother of James, is at least listed among the group of believers ( Acts 1: 14 ) Jude, in his own epistle, claims that he is the same " brother of James " ( Jude 1 ) Paul would seem to provide the evidence that Jesus did, in fact, visit James after the resurrection ( 1 Corinthians 15: 7 ) but after Cephas and the twelve, then more than five hundred " brethren " who were still alive at the time of Paul's writing: " After that, he was seen of James ; then of all the apostles ".

After the crucifixion of Christ, Judas returns the payment to the chief priests, who “ took the silver pieces and said, ‘ It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood .’”

After failing to be recruited for Judas Priest, Scheepers started his own band, Primal Fear.

After a break of one year, when Hansen concentrated on his side project Iron Savior, the band was ready for the recording and release of the album No World Order, which was stylistically similar to NWOBHM bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.

After a decline in popularity in the late 1970s Judas Priest discarded most of the genre's blues influences, particularly on their 1980 album British Steel, which opened the door for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal including Iron Maiden, Vardis, Saxon and Def Leppard, and a return to popularity in the 1980s.

After tours with Judas Priest, Pantera and headline tours around the world, Hartmann and Pharr left the band and was replaced by Mike Mangini ( and later Randy Black ) and Aaron Randall, respectively.

After the try-out session, the two guitarists started talking and playing Iron Maiden and Judas Priest songs.