With the touring retirement of Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest shows have lost both halves of the twin guitar attack long mounted by Tipton and former bandmate K.K. Downing, who left the lineup in 2011.
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Judas Priest fans were shocked in 2011 when guitarist K.K. Downing left the band he founded in 1969. In a new interview, he spoke in depth about his reasons for leaving, and the differences in the industry between now and when he started.
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Though K.K. Downing may have left behind the fame and glory of rocking and rolling with Judas Priest in favor of running a golf course, he fondly remembers his former days on road, particularly in the far east.
When guitarist and founding member K.K. Downing left Judas Priest earlier this year, it came as a surprise, but it wasn't exactly a shock. He's 60 years old, after all, and had definitely done his time in the trenches after spending more than 40 years in the studio and on the road. In fact, a lot of people assumed he was retiring to pursue a life of well-deserved leisure, running the golf courses