JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing Forms KK's PRIEST
19 February 2020Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has joined forces with two other ex-members of the band to form a new group, KK's PRIEST.
The group includes Tim "Ripper" Owens, who sang with the band on Jugulator and Demolition, and drummer Les Binks, who played on Stained Class, Killing Machine (known as Hell Bent for Leather in the U.S.) and the live Unleashed in the East. They're rounded out by bassist Tony Newton and guitarist A.J. Mills.
KK's PRIEST has its origins in a one-off show the former PRIEST trio, Mills and MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson played in November. It was only Downing's second large-scale live appearance since parting ways with JUDAS PRIEST in 2011; the first came when he played four songs with Ross the Boss at the U.K.'s Bloodstock Festival a few months earlier last year.
Downing recently signed to Explorer1, a label and management company. The group is now in the studio working on an album, with plans for "extensive touring and festival dates" underway in celebration of JUDAS PRIEST's 50th anniversary, according to a press release.
Source: ultimateclassicrock.com
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