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Judas Priest is one of the UK's best-known heavy metal bands and has had a lasting influence on the genre since the 1970s. It's not just their patent leather and studded stage outfits that set the standard for heavy metal: their use of technically demanding double-lead guitar harmonies, combined with passionate vocals have also formed the foundation of all heavy metal bands that followed. Formed in 1969, they began as a blues rock band named after Bob Dylan's song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest". Four years later, singer Rob Halford joined the band, followed in 1974 ...