Robert John Arthur Halford, born in 1951 in Sutton Coldfield, England, became
the lead vocalist of Judas Priest in 1973 and made his recording debut on Rocka
Rolla (1974). His operatic range and leather-and-stud persona became iconic in
heavy metal, and Judas Priest released albums such as British Steel (1980),
Screaming for Vengeance (1982) and Painkiller (1990). In the early 1990s, he
pursued solo work, forming Fight and later 2wo, before launching the solo
project Halford, which issued Resurrection (2000) and Crucible (2002). After
rejoining Judas Priest in 2003, the band cele...