Rob Halford
Birthday: 25 August 1951, Walsall, Staffordshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Robert John Arthur Halford
Height: 184 cm
Rob Halford was born on August 25, 1951 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England as Robert John Arthur Halford.
I feel a bit like Quentin Crisp these days, I've become the stately homo of heavy metal.
I feel a bit like Quentin Crisp these days, I've become the stately homo of heavy metal.
[on shaving his head] I was going bald, I didn't want to go out looking like that guy from Marillion Show more
[on shaving his head] I was going bald, I didn't want to go out looking like that guy from Marillion, or Phil Collins - fuck that. Hide
The music lives longer than we do.
The music lives longer than we do.
I've thought of putting together a dream concert involving three of the greatest names in heavy meta Show more
I've thought of putting together a dream concert involving three of the greatest names in heavy metal in one show - Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest. Who'd headline? Would it matter? It'd be pure metal heaven. Hide
Freddie (Freddie Mercury) is my ultimate hero. The closest I ever got to Freddie was in a gay bar in Show more
Freddie (Freddie Mercury) is my ultimate hero. The closest I ever got to Freddie was in a gay bar in Athens on the way to Mykonos. We kind of glared at each other across the bar, in a kind of smiling, winking way. When we got to Mykonos I was determined to track him down, but I couldn't because he'd rented this huge yacht. It was festooned in pink balloons and it just kept sailing around the island. He's someone I wish I'd really met. Hide
Queen were an incredible heavy metal band.
Queen were an incredible heavy metal band.
My iPod is with me wherever I go. My iPod is all over the place - it's got Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Show more
My iPod is with me wherever I go. My iPod is all over the place - it's got Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Wagner, and then it goes into Slayer, Emperor, everything by Sabbath, everything by Queen, Tool, Pantera. I could just go on and on. I'm just a chameleon when it comes to music - all kind of music touch my senses. Hide
[on his trademarked moniker of Metal God] I don't want anybody else to be the metal god but me.
[on his trademarked moniker of Metal God] I don't want anybody else to be the metal god but me.
I've been a huge Queen fan since they began. I actually went and saw some of their very, very, very Show more
I've been a huge Queen fan since they began. I actually went and saw some of their very, very, very early shows in England, and they just blew me away; I just couldn't believe it. These guys were doing extraordinary things for that time in rock and roll. Hide
[on the Judas Priest 2011 tour] As far as having the 'Spinal Tap' (This Is Spinal Tap (1984)) accout Show more
[on the Judas Priest 2011 tour] As far as having the 'Spinal Tap' (This Is Spinal Tap (1984)) accoutrement - the Harley, the smoke, the fire, the lasers, the costumes - it's full-on 'Spinal Tap' times 12. Hide
There are two kinds of music - heavy metal and all the crap they play on radio and show on MTV.
There are two kinds of music - heavy metal and all the crap they play on radio and show on MTV.
There will only ever be one Freddie Mercury.
There will only ever be one Freddie Mercury.
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