If you’re into metal, Judas Priest is one of those names that instantly makes you think of leather, spikes, and pure, unrelenting energy. But how did they land on that killer name?
Another British heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969, Judas Priest have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative body of work in the 1970s, Judas Priest struggled with indifferent record production and a lack of major commercial success until 1980, when their sixth studio album British Steel brought them notable mainstream attention. Judas Priest’s image of leather, spikes, and other taboo articles of clothing was widely influential during the glam metal era of the 1980s. The vintage-style of this epic graphic Judas Priest Four Horsemen t-shirt looks like it came from a rock concert in the 80’s.
