Ep478: The Heavy Metal Moonshot of Tim "Ripper" Owens
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens shares his remarkable journey from tribute band singer to Judas Priest frontman, discussing rare vinyl, relationships with metal legends, and his upcoming Australian tour while revealing the humble attitude that helped him succeed in the world of heavy metal.
Topics Include:
- Interview start, connections to Australia
- Valentine's Day show announcement for Melbourne 2025 tour
- Discussion of Australian touring band lineup
- Added new songs to setlist including KK's Priest material
- Memories of friendship and touring with Ronnie James Dio
- Early musical influences from father's rock record collection
- First exposure to Judas Priest through Screaming for Vengeance
- Early band experiences with Brainicide and Winter's Bane
- Formation of British Steel tribute band in 1990s
- How video of tribute performance reached Judas Priest
- Quick audition process with Judas Priest - got job after one line
- Recording "Jugulator" album with Judas Priest in 1997
- Dealing with fan expectations replacing Rob Halford
- Relationship with Rob Halford over the years
- Discussion of rare Jugulator and Demolition vinyl releases
- Experience working with Yngwie Malmsteen, including "Beat It" cover
- Formation and recording of Charred Walls of the Damned
- Meeting Navy SEALs at charity events - feeling starstruck
- Working with various metal vocalists throughout career
- Dream collaboration wish: Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler
- Names Heaven and Hell as ultimate desert island album
- Current recording setup at home for various projects
- Details about upcoming 2025 Australian tour dates
- Discussion of potential merchandise for Australian shows
- Closing remarks about KK's Priest possible Australia tour
lookie here for tickets for Tim "Ripper" Owens' 2025 Australian tour
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| 0:35.5 | Welcome to the vinyl guide. The podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:40.3 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:43.8 | Well, hey everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:45.7 | Welcome to episode 478 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:52.3 | And ladies and gentlemen, this week, we speak |
| 0:55.3 | to metal vocalist Tim Ripper Owens. Tim has a remarkable journey. He went from fronting a Judas |
| 1:02.7 | priest tribute band to becoming their actual lead singer. If you've seen the movie Rockstar, |
| 1:08.0 | that's a very strange bastardization of his story but he lived it and we |
| 1:14.0 | talked to him all about it today he shares candid stories about his relationships with metal |
| 1:19.3 | legends like ronie james dio and rob halford we even delve into the rare vinyl releases of |
| 1:25.0 | his career his experiences with bands like charred |
| 1:28.0 | walls of the damned and Inve Malmstein. We talk about his current projects, KK. Priests and his |
| 1:33.3 | upcoming Australian tour. And Tim is a really down-to-earth dude. Very, very cool. Despite |
| 1:40.3 | his extraordinary career path, he's remained humble, and I think you'll all see that today. |
| 1:45.6 | And just to make sure you Australians, Tim Ripper Owens, is coming back to Australia, February 2025. |
| 1:52.7 | Tickets and details available at hardlinemedia.net. |
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