Judas Priest feel like an underappreciated band at times, and yet their presence and influence is well known. The mainstream media never paid a huge amount of attention to the band - perhaps even less than most other metal bands - but their status as a staple of the heavy metal genre is nonetheless solid. The most publicity they received at the height of their career was perhaps their most unfortunate, as they, along with numerous other bands and artists, were caught up in the PMRC investigation of the mid-eighties, with one of the songs on the album being reviewed here,"Eat Me Alive" from Defenders of the Faith, being accused of supposedly promoting oral sex. Of course, the band survived the scrutiny and if anything probably gained free promotion from it. And despite the moral panic, the band are doing fine, and so are their fans. "Eat Me Alive" is a great song, no matter what Tipper Gore thinks of it, and so is "Rock Hard Ride Free", "Jawbreaker" and "Freewheel Burning." If I were you, I'd probably get ready to have your finger (or mouse pointer) on the skip forward button for the likes of "Love Bites", "Heavy Duty" and "Defenders of the Faith." Not the album's finest moments, but hey, no album is perfect, right? All up, a very respectable album. Every budding Judas Priest fanatic should definitely own this album. Everyone else? Check it out at your own leisure. B+
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