Judas Priest were doing something different. Black Sabbath gave us a real confidence boost to carry on what we were doing”: K.K. Downing on coming up with fellow metal gods Black Sabbath in Birmingham, and why no-one can play like Tony Iommi
In the industrial heart of Birmingham, a revolution in sound was brewing during the late ’60s and early ’70s. Among the smoky skies and steel mills, two bands emerged that would come to define heavy metal: Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. K.K. Downing, founding guitarist of Judas Priest, vividly recalls the early days of that…