Rob Halford Rells When He Came Out as Gay | MetalSucks

Contents:

• WHY THE ONLY OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL SUPERSTAR, JUDAS PRIT'S ROB HALFORD, HID HIS SEXUALY
• JUDAS PRIT ALWAYS KNEW ROB HALFORD WAS GAY, EX-MEMBER SPILLS
• JUDAS PRIEST'S IAN HILL: 'WE KNEW' ROB HALFORD WAS GAY BEFORE HE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT
• EX-JUDAS PRIEST GUARIST K.K. DOWNING: 'WE ALWAYS KNEW ROB HALFORD WAS GAY'
• ROB HALFORD LOOKS BACK ON G OUT AS GAY ON MTV: “IT’S A GLOR MOMENT”
• ROB HALFORD RELLS WHEN HE CAME OUT AS GAY
• WHEN JUDAS PRIT’S ROB HALFORD ME OUT AS GAY, THE METAL CROWD SAID: ‘YOU THK WE DIDN’T KNOW?’
• FORMER JUDAS PRIEST GUARIST K.K. DOWNG CLAIMS "WE ALWAYS KNEW ROB HALFORD WAS GAY"
• JUDAS PRIEST'S ROB HALFORD ON HIS LIFE AS GAY MAN: 'IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, PEOPLE LIKE ME GET THROWN OFF BUILDGS'

WHY THE ONLY OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL SUPERSTAR, JUDAS PRIT'S ROB HALFORD, HID HIS SEXUALY

Judas Prit ontman Rob Halford has always lived a loud and proud heavy metal life, but only 1998 durg an MTV terview did he bee the first metal in to announce he is gay. “I thk that every gay person has a bigger story to tell than jt, 'Hello, I'm out, 's me, '” Halford, who turned 69 last month, told me a phone terview ahead of the book’s publitn on Tuday.

JUDAS PRIT ALWAYS KNEW ROB HALFORD WAS GAY, EX-MEMBER SPILLS

He wanted to sce Iron Main sger Pl Di’Anno, and he sported bandanas onstage that were a lor-d ve to gay amid the lorful stori are darker moments, both terms of dtry algs and pecially keepg himself closeted for so long.

JUDAS PRIEST'S IAN HILL: 'WE KNEW' ROB HALFORD WAS GAY BEFORE HE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT

Halford was born 1951, and homosexualy was illegal the U. While a few mastream metal ontwomen like Otep and Lzzy Hale have been open recent years about beg gay or bisexual, Halford remas the only major gay male metal fans are often attracted to the aggrsive and theraptic nature of the genre — ’s a great way to let out pent-up tratn and feel empowered — and many skew more to the right than some of their ins. Rob Halford's Judas Prit bandmat knew the ontman was gay long before he me out 1998, but they kept his secret to protect the band's image.

EX-JUDAS PRIEST GUARIST K.K. DOWNING: 'WE ALWAYS KNEW ROB HALFORD WAS GAY'

"We always knew Rob was gay, " Downg said on a recent appearance on the "No F**k' Regrets Wh Robb Flynn" podst. "What were the chanc of him beg gay (or, if he was, of admtg )?

ROB HALFORD LOOKS BACK ON G OUT AS GAY ON MTV: “IT’S A GLOR MOMENT”

And, of urse, the overridg fear that was to lim my existence for s: What if got out that I was gay and fans didn't want anythg to do wh a band onted by a queer, and killed Judas Prit stone ad?

ROB HALFORD RELLS WHEN HE CAME OUT AS GAY

November 21, 2014In a brand new terview wh the Denver Wtword, JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill spoke about Rob Halford's cisn to reveal more than 15 years ago that the sger was homosexual. Durg a 1998 terview wh MTV, Halford addrsed the subject of his sexualy publicly for the first time, tellg the mic channel: "I thk that most people know that I've been a gay man all of my life, and that 's only been recent tim that 's an issue that I feel fortable to addrs, and an issue that has been wh me ever sce regnizg my own sexualy. "Halford recently told The Prs Of Atlantic Cy that he expected metal fans to alienate him when he first spoke about his homosexualy.

'Do I step out and say I'm a gay guy? "We always knew Rob was gay, " K.

"The ma thg is… Obvly, to me, Rob beg gay, apart om [havg] a great voice, I thought Rob was gonna stay the band forever, and he's obvly gonna be theatril, he's gonna be obvly articulate wh words — and he was; he was all of that, " Downg said. Also touched upon the revelatn Halford's recent "Confs" tobgraphy that the sger spent much on his time on the road the 1980s and early 1990s "cisg" for one-night stands gay bars, public rtrooms, and other gay meetg plac.

WHEN JUDAS PRIT’S ROB HALFORD ME OUT AS GAY, THE METAL CROWD SAID: ‘YOU THK WE DIDN’T KNOW?’

"Elsewhere the terview, Downg talked about Halford's efforts to mata the image of heterosexualy the media — most notably through PRIEST's studs-and-black leather biker outfs, which fed the look of the heavy metal genre for years to e — even while livg a secret, double life as a closeted gay man. "In "Confs", which me out September 2020, Halford tailed the stggle of beg gay while wrg about how he and his bandmat started attractg groupi as PRIEST beme more mercially succsful.

"None of our fans knew that I was gay at this pot, of urse.

FORMER JUDAS PRIEST GUARIST K.K. DOWNG CLAIMS "WE ALWAYS KNEW ROB HALFORD WAS GAY"

What were the chanc of him beg gay (or, if he was, of admtg )? And, of urse, the overridg fear that was to lim my existence for s: What if got out that I was gay, fans didn't want anythg to do wh a band onted by a queer, and killed JUDAS PRIEST stone ad?

"Rob also wrote about how PRIEST me to adopt s inic leather look, sayg: "The biggt myth about this new stage gear is that I had somehow mastermd the image as a ver and a vent for my homosexualy — that I was gettg a thrill om drsg on stage as I'd like to drs the street, or the bedroom.

JUDAS PRIEST'S ROB HALFORD ON HIS LIFE AS GAY MAN: 'IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, PEOPLE LIKE ME GET THROWN OFF BUILDGS'

Hang on, let me thk for a mute…"In 1998, Halford beme the first metal in to announce he is gay durg an MTV terview, spe knowg about his sexualy sce he was 10.