Exclusive Podcast: Rob Halford Has More Fight Left in Him, Plus a Whole Lot of Epic New Judas Priest

We were fully unaware that Nostradamus drove a Harley and dressed in studded red and black leather, but then that’s why we’re not writing an album about the dude’s life and Judas Priest are.

Which brings us to this week’s podcast. We’ve got a revealing interview with Priest frontman Rob Halford, who has a ton to say about the upcoming Nostradamus album, and more than a few choice comments about all the recent material he has put out by Fight, the band he formed after leaving Judas Priest in 1991.

Hear Halford discuss why Judas Priest decided to write a concept album about the famous soothsayer, the challenges and rewards of creating songs about a single subject, the grandiose rock opera presentation the band is planning for its Nostradamus tour, how he’s still got Fight left in him after all these years, what music is keeping his iPod charged and the empowerment that comes from being an elder statesman of metal.

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