Rob Halford

Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English singer-songwriter. He was born in Sutton Coldfield and raised in Walsall. He is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest. He is nicknamed "Metal God". He is also credited as being the first openly gay mainstream heavy metal star when he came out as gay in 1998.^[1]

Rob Halford
Rob Halford at the Tons of Rock music festival in Oslo, Norway, in 2024 Photo by Birgit Fostervold
Background information
Birth name	Robert John Arthur Halford
Born	(1951-08-25) 25 August 1951 (age 74) Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England
Origin	Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Genres	Heavy metal, speed metal
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, harmonica, guitar
Years active	1969–present
Website	Official website

Rob almost exclusively now works with producer Mike Exeter when creating new music having met him whilst working on the Redeemer of Souls album with Judas Priest.

Discography

Judas Priest

• Rocka Rolla (1974)
• Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
• Sin After Sin (1977)
• Stained Class (1978)
• Killing Machine (1978) (released as Hell Bent for Leather in the USA 1979)
• British Steel (1980)
• Point of Entry (1981)
• Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
• Defenders of the Faith (1984)
• Turbo (1986)
• Ram It Down (1988)
• Painkiller (1990)
• Angel of Retribution (2005)
• Nostradamus (2008)
• Redeemer of Souls (2014)
• Firepower (2018)

Fight

• K5 – The War of Words Demos (1992) (released in 2007)
• War of Words (1993)
• Mutations (1994)
• A Small Deadly Space (1995)

2wo

• Voyeurs (1998)

Halford

• Resurrection (2000)
• Live Insurrection (2001)
• Crucible (2002)
• Halford III: Winter Songs (2009)
• Live in Anaheim (2010) (recorded in 2003)
• Halford IV: Made of Metal (2010)