KK Downing is one of the most class acts in rock. Truly a humble guy that remembers where he came from and appreciates what he has attained.

KK is a true rock icon and a class act guy

KK DOWNING, I hope you see this comment someday, Many many Priest shows over the years I would sit on your side of the stage. You are GREATLY missed! Thank you for your lifes work. No more Preist shows for me.

Fantastic interview and what a true gentleman Ken is.

K.K, you will always be revered by this fan in U.S.A. I've been going to J.P concerts since 1978. Rock Forever my brother from another mother. Peace

@jorel6540

7 жыл бұрын

No shit, many part of L.A. I grew up in know this dude. Im 49.

@user-ko9lg5nh5p

5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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FANTASTIC INTERVIEW. LOVED THE INTERVIEWER TOO! KK IS SO HUMBLE!

Interesting to hear KK talk about the business side rather than just the music. Great guy - I was fortunate enough to meet him.

Brilliant interview/chat and great advice too. A million pound is a million pound until you begin to spend some of it, then it becomes taxable ! You are one of the most honest hand shakable true guys out there . Good on you KK .

Downing seems like the nicest dude ever. I really admire the combination of huge success and class, niceness. Being an asshole is easy. Staying nice is harder.

@sydport9036

4 жыл бұрын

Har hans bok Heavy Duty, eller pappa då 😃 men har läst den

@boke75

5 ай бұрын

Well, if you're a decent person being nice is easy. Conversely, if you're a dick being an asshole comes quite easily it seems. It's only hard if you're a nice guy being an asshole or a prick being kind (unless forced for personal gain - which is more common than you think).

Great interviewer, good questions. K K a humble and down to earth guy. Great stuff!

Really good interview. For a guy who's probably never heard a single Judas Priest song, the interviewer did a good job and asked some really excellent questions. I enjoyed it very much.

The interviewer is excellent. Many interviewers seem to think they are as important as the subject and they aren't. This fella asks good questions, doesn't think it's all about him, and allows KK to speak without interruption.

@DokktorDeth

4 жыл бұрын

He interrupts frequently.

That's how a true Legend acts!! Brilliant

Half of the greatest twin guitars in the history of Rock! KK Downing is still one of the coolest out there!

He's an old school mind. Totally cool logical smart dude.

probably the guitarist with most fierce solos I've ever seen.

an amazing guitar player. Inspiration to new generation of players around the world who carry the flag of heavy metal. My deepest respect to ken.

I felt Moe asked fresh questions. WE have heard all Ken's answers to the standard questions. I enjoyed this interview. Moe did a great job, exposed a lot about how KK thinks about the business side of a band.

A very inspiring interview for me personally, In addition to being a very gifted and humble musician, he's very wise, to have had that other plan in place from an early age. I thought the interviewer did a fine job. Thank you for sharing this.

whatever you want to do...just know millions of us love you, thank you for getting me through my teens with some of the best guitar music ever made.

Unleashed in the East is where it all started for me! Love them since and saw them at US 83. Great show that day, Rockin, simply Rockin!! JP is way less without him.

This guy is brilliant! I never knew, although I've been a fan since I was 12.

@Powers3848

2 жыл бұрын

He went bankrupt and he sold the estate back in 2017.

@chuckfriebe843

2 жыл бұрын

@@Powers3848 didn’t know that either.

What a terrific person, and a great inspiration for me and my playing

Absolutely top bloke! My mate dug his golf coarse Didn't believe him when he told me he met kk 😂😂👍🤘🎸🇬🇧

to me the true bedrock of judas priest,i was blessed to see them several times.the chemistry between his and tipton's guitar was amazing to behold,absolutely stunning at times.

@boke75

5 ай бұрын

Yep, the best example was the awesome dual (I think, at least it sounds like it. lol) synched riff at 2:12 of "The Green Manalishi and the 2-Pronged Crown". One of their signature sounds.

Ken 'KK' Downing is a Heavy Metal rock LEGEND! He is one of the grandfathers of hard rock/metal! Kiss his feet now!

Such a really down to earth guy.

@jtalson95m8

10 жыл бұрын

I agree, i did not expect that.

I saw Judas Priest warm up for Kiss in 77 at the Garden, and didn’t even realize it till 15 years later when I found the ticket stub in my drawer and read the front of it and I laughed! Oh shit! I saw Priest when I was a snot nosed kid, and didn’t even realize it !!!

Thank you so much for sharing this interview, such a lovely guy. You're a good interviewer.

KK downing has always been a source of inspiration to me and I'm you'll say the same thing.

One of the best guitarplayers

I have seen priest about 18 concerts and everytime ken has been nothing but class and a hard worker. a hardass rocker he is. thank you kk for great times and you will be missed. I missed the last two concerts in phoenix,az just cause it doesn't seem the same. seen priest in cali but was kinda shorted on effect. love ya,miss ya from the states. take care and good to hear from you again.

That is true. I remember going to a perfomance here in Belgium.. I think around the end of the seventies. Kiss was main band and Judas support band. And the crowd was split between Kiss fans and Judas fans. Outside there have been a hell of a fight... My God... It must have looked like some kind of revolution.... And when I think about it both mobs had their uniforms. Black leather Vs colorfull jeans and high heal boots ... Those where the days, Big fun..

He seems like someone who lives the Golden Rule. I would have like to see a KK, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Jon Lord collaboration 😌

Good job mr. Moe!! Kk a metal class act , and one of my influences in music !!

Brilliant interview & the interviewer is 1st class.

Huge respect for KK....has done well for himself outside what he did in the band. Seems like a really cool guy

Wow alot of bad comments on the interviewer. I say it's better than those in your face interviews where you can't get a word in edge wise. Nice down to earth interview. He let him speak what he was thinking. Dont be so harsh so you don't make an ASS out of your self. Thank You and Have A Nice Day :Þ

@tinamariechurch2588

6 жыл бұрын

This was a fine and different interview. Mostly shining a light on KK's business prowess and the character and strengths that got him where he is.

@MetalMan73100

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! A radio host friend of mine told me that the most important thing to do when interviewing people, is to stay quiet. Let them speak. That´s the way to get a good interview as opposed to most of today´s journalists, who love listening to themselves. This video is pleasant and informative to watch. KK also comes across as a genuinely nice guy.

@EriAirlangga

6 жыл бұрын

That's why I like Graham Norton

loved this

Best live guitarist I've ever witnessed and I've seen greats like Ritchie Blackmore, Santana, Slash, Kirk Hammett and many others. Oddly...KK blew them all away.

@johnkk7863

6 жыл бұрын

you obviously never saw angus

@freddyferrillo9704

6 жыл бұрын

Angus is good too. But man KK is much better with his tremelo. And all of his leads sound different. Where as Angus rarely switches up his scales. He always plays in that blues pentatonic way. KK is way more creative and innovative when he plays his leads. Period. Ask anyone who plays guitar.

@freddyferrillo9704

6 жыл бұрын

ANTONIO AZEVEDO - Man, I gotta agree with you. I saw KK play in Priest many many times. One time he was 3 feet in front of me. That was when they had Ripper Owens and the band was playing small bars and venues. I was lucky enough to get very close while they played that night. And when they played "Sinner" it blew my eyes and ears away!! KK tore it up!!

@johnkk7863

6 жыл бұрын

Angus is the best showman of all time though, KK may be technically better ( though he cannot touch Angus's vibrato ) but for sheer entertainment it's gotta be Angus. Seen them both can't compare really Apples and Oranges.

@Wargasm644

4 жыл бұрын

He’s badass. Seen him live 4 times. Legend. But the best live guitarist I’ve ever seen was........wait for it........... Dimebag 🤘🏻

I like his Guitar Solos and Judas Priest is the best Metal Band ever!

kk starting to look like jeff daniels who which btw is also a very good guitar player.lol thankyou mr downing for teaching me how to play guitar on all of those wonderful heavy rock records.amazing stuff great guitarplayer for sure.we the fans are behind you all the way in your descision to take a break.GOD bless you .

@wildcat69usatexas

9 жыл бұрын

Nice comment:) KK Rocks

Nice interview. KK Rocks and a very kool person as well. Was very nice to see him in person I think it was 1986 or 7 It's been many years and can't remember still have the autographed album "Defenders of the Faith" I bought a duplicate and ran it to the ground and bought another :) one of my favorites that and "Screaming for Vengence" Album Played that till is croaked and bought probably 3 times now I have on MP3 all the albums converted. "British Steel" Still have my concert T-Shirts too

KK LEGEND .

My guitar hero from back in the day- He played for Queensryche too

k.K fuckin' RULES

I’m already read his books, and I know some of it

MY FAVORITE HEAVY METAL BAND AND MY IDOL GUITARIST K.K DOWNING.A REALLY NICE COMBINATION.

KK: You know 'the Highway to hell tour' Interviewer: hmm hmm Sure!

I didn`t know it had taken them so long to make it, as my fave Priest records are the first ones.

I am a huge Judas Priest fan and was born in Hill Top West Bromwich too!! Still live there!

@fastmart

4 ай бұрын

And me ! My grandad was the parkie at Hill Top Park. I play a “v” but not in a metal Band. My first ever concert was Priest in 79 at Birmingham Odeon and saw Priest last week at Resorts World, Birmingham sadly without KK

Full of class he is.

@clammaster4

10 жыл бұрын

stained class. hrmm.

KK is the best!

KK seems like a pretty good guy. Humble.

What a wonderful insight from Ken Downing now quite successful in business and music! I would be so surprised if he did read these comments. I say this because there has to be a point where enough exposure even for the right reasons can reach a logical limit. However, of course after having followed along with the interview I just watched, having been made at his estate; I'm a bit More inclined to think he keeps it up and it's just part of who he his. If so my warmest regards to you sir and thanks so much for your contributions, and the way in which you invoke integrity into all your pursuits. Rob from USA

Whoa, kickass shoes, K.K.! 4:51 Always my favorite member of the Priest. I saw them in L.A. a couple years ago. It was cool, Rob sounded great, but it just ain't the same without K.K. and his Flying V.

@spd-kv6sd

6 жыл бұрын

However, AFAIK KK still works for Priest as some form of an event manager. He simply can't play on stage due to his heart problems.

@dasdavid7057

6 жыл бұрын

spd7693 no he doesn't work for judas priest as an event manager and doesn't have heart problems. Where do you hear these lies?lol

@spd-kv6sd

6 жыл бұрын

+Das David Thanks. I never knew why he left the band and nobody said nothing wherever I asked and searched, so just blind guessing.

KK you is great guitarist forever Metal!

All the guys in JP are incredibly grounded an modest. Nothing like the snowflakes of 2K21!

no its over! I want more!!!!

Legend.

KK seems like such a nice guy.im sure true.

i really loved it, hope your vids get really famous!!

K.K. Downing what a gentleman!!!

KK is a great guy

KK should appear on Fortune cover

awesome kk downing

Great guitarist ever kk

Awsome

incredible thanks so much!!!!!

hes never heard of judas priest has he

wow incredible

I look forward to your videos :3

The disconnect going on between the worlds of art and commerce in the first half of this interview is dryly amusing.

Nice guy. Stay safe Ken.

Wow, what an inspirational guy!

helped a lot thanks

Who would say that this is the guy who plays that wild solo on the "Sinner" song!?

@Reyna_pnw

5 жыл бұрын

Precisely

that was really good!!!!!

This is different than Blabbermouth, they talk to him in person, so far I look through every interview he never mention about the new guy that came to JP

"Living Legend" \m/o-o\m/

u r a life saver

You are a great help.

this really helped thanks!!!!!

Interviewer:HMMM hMM HMMMM HHMMMM HMMM HMMMMM

@geraldknaussii2288

9 жыл бұрын

LOL! Yea no shit!

@creepshowcrate

8 жыл бұрын

+Jimmy snail Mhmm, mhmm, that shit was brutal. I'd make the old drinking game suggestion for it, but I don't want anyone to die.

@rigel2112

7 жыл бұрын

Damn you it didn't bother me until I saw it bothered someone else now I can't unhear it. PS I am from the future.

@fluor6614

4 жыл бұрын

What did you expect? Interruptions?

The interviewer just heard God speak.

Great interviewer , just ask a question and let the man talk no cutting

i sent this to all my friends

those are some sick moves

FINALLY THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Really nice, charming person. My first JP album was Unleashed In The East, and my speculation as to what these guys were like in no way resembles what appears in this video.

@hermanhelmich

7 жыл бұрын

Bearista Bear You took the words right out of my mouth

9:30 the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. adopted the song 'Take on the World' did Manchester United F.C. adopt the song 'United' later on when JP released it?

I don’t hate the guy, I’m also brought his book 📖 Heavy duty, he’s been through a lot, I think I already know more about the dude, by reading the last page of his book, I can see that Ken did not want to go back to Jusas Priest, it’s kind of long time ago, I’m not so sure that he has a second thought or not for changing his mind

dang Going to try it later. Thanks

great, thanks

dang really cool, good job!!

Ok we will miss you man!

OMG THANK YOU!

great, thanks!!

how long did it take to make this. Its incredible!!!!!

youtube has a new star!!!!!