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Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-09-2014, 02:54 PM

It is possible to be more than one thing.

Judas Priest were very much a part of the NWOBHM but it wasn't until 79 when the whole movement took off that they started having any success. Hell they were still working day jobs up until 1978.

A lot of NWOBHM bands had been gigging around since the early/mid 70s. Priest were lucky and got their break and recorded records earlier than most of the other bands, it was their small early success was the kind of breakthrough that paved the way for what came a year or so later.

As for Def Leppard I don't know why people are so surprised they're considered a NWOBHM band, for one they didn't sound that different from a lot of other bands from that movement, and also there was bands like Preying Mantis, Dark Star & Touch who were much more melodic & softer than Def Leppard were in their early years yet nobody disputes these bands being a part of it.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	It is possible to be more than one thing. Judas Priest were very much a part of the NWOBHM but it wasn't until 79 when the whole movement took off that they started having any success. Hell they were still working day jobs up until 1978. A lot of NWOBHM bands had been gigging around since the early/mid 70s. Priest were lucky and got their break and recorded records earlier than most of the other bands, it was their small early success was the kind of breakthrough that paved the way for what came a year or so later. As for Def Leppard I don't know why people are so surprised they're considered a NWOBHM band, for one they didn't sound that different from a lot of other bands from that movement, and also there was bands like Preying Mantis, Dark Star & Touch who were much more melodic & softer than Def Leppard were in their early years yet nobody disputes these bands being a part of it. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.