Halford (Judas Priest): “Richie Faulkner ha salvato i Judas Priest”
Rob Halford, leggendaria icona e frontman dei Judas Priest, parla in modo assai lusinghiero del nuovo elemento in formazione, il chitarrista Richie Faulkner.
” E’ se stesso! Non abbiamo mai voluto una copia-carbone, non volevamo qualcuno in grado di clonare le cose altrui. I componenti basici del pezzo sono sempre al loro posto, ma abbiamo detto a Richie di non preoccuparsi nel metterci del proprio, perchè era importante stabilire la tua identità. Cosa che ha fatto. Ed i fans lo hanno capito. Non c’è stata alcuna negatività nei suoi riguardi. Ammettiamolo, Richie per certi versi ha salvato i Judas Priest, perchè se non avessimo trovato lui nel momento cruciale in cui necessitavamo di un chitarrista le cose sarebbero andate diversamente. “
Bè, in effetti il buon Rob non ha mica tutti i torti….
“He’s his own man!” he asserts. “We didn’t want a copycat, we didn’t want somebody that was just gonna replicate things. The basic components of the song are already in place, but we said to Richie: ‘Don’t be afraid to do your own thing, because it’s important that you establish your own identity.’ Which he did.
“And the fans were so receptive,” he adds. “There was no negativity towards the guy. Let’s face it, to some extent Richie saved Judas Priest, because if we hadn’t have found him at the crucial time that we were looking for a guitar player things could have turned out quite differently.”
“He’s his own man!” he asserts. “We didn’t want a copycat, we didn’t want somebody that was just gonna replicate things. The basic components of the song are already in place, but we said to Richie: ‘Don’t be afraid to do your own thing, because it’s important that you establish your own identity.’ Which he did.
“And the fans were so receptive,” he adds. “There was no negativity towards the guy. Let’s face it, to some extent Richie saved Judas Priest, because if we hadn’t have found him at the crucial time that we were looking for a guitar player things could have turned out quite differently.”