K.K Downing

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KK Downing studio portrait

"I used to shut the curtains, put on the headphones, drop the needle and not move a muscle till the final note": This is the soundtrack of K.K. Downing's life

By Dave Ling published

Former Judas Priest man K.K. Downing picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why he prefers his new stuff to the old stuff

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K.K. Downing and Rob Halford on stage at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

"I was expecting to be back in the band when there was an opening." K.K. Downing explains why he'll never play with Judas Priest again, despite appearing with them at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame last year

By Merlin Alderslade published

If you thought K.K. Downing reuniting with Judas Priest for their Hall Of Fame set might mean we see him return to the fold at some point, think again

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A composite picture of Mick Mars and KK Downing

KK Downing offers sympathies to Mick Mars in ongoing Motley Crue saga

By Stef Lach published

KK Downing says Mick Mars' legal wrangles with Motley Crue are "identical" to his own troubles with Judas Priest

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Former Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing returns with new band KK's Priest

By Scott Munro published

KK Downing teams up with his former Judas Priest colleagues Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens and Les Binks in KK’s Priest - new album is in the works

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KK Downing and Glenn Tipton onstage in 2008

KK Downing “shocked” that Judas Priest didn’t ask him to replace Glenn Tipton

By Scott Munro published

Former Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing says he’s “shocked and stunned” he wasn’t asked to rejoin the band on the road after Glenn Tipton’s Parkinson’s diagnosis

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