It is safe to say that no one has gotten more queer visibility among heavy metal fans than Rob Halford and his veteran metal band Judas Priest. To say nothing of his status as a supreme leather daddy, Halford, you can’t knock a guy that has a 4.5 octave vocal range and came out in 1998 on MTV. It might be old news today, but back then it was a pretty brave step. As it turns out, Judas Priest is on the prowl again, with a new record entitled “Nostradamus” and summer tour planned. Check out Halford’s coming out video above and his short lived, Trent Reznor produced side project 2wo, which had a Chi Chi La Rue directed music video for their song “I am a Pig” below.
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