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“Roger Glover got me into Jaco. I heard the stuff he was doing with Weather Report while Priest were at the same studio in the ’70s”: Judas Priest’s Ian Hill names 8 bassists who shaped his sound

By Andrew Daly published

A mainstay of chug-and-slug for over five decades, the veteran bassist reveals the surprisingly wide range of influences that feed into the metal gods’ low-end –

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Ian Hill reflects on 50 years of Judas Priest

By Joel McIver published

In a half-century of the British heavy metal institution, Hill has seen it all – here, he talks about the influence of Jack Bruce, his rig over the years, and the band's staying power

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Judas Priest have “at least an album or two of new material”, according to bassist Ian Hill

By Sam Roche published

“We're in our 70s and still relevant, which is reason to be cheerful if nothing else!” Hill says

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