
In an exclusive extract from his recently released book Biblical, Rob Halford reflects upon trying to create The Three Tremors with Ronnie James Dio and Bruce Dickinson, and he also reveals who would be in his dream rock and metal supergroup
.Biblical is Rob Halford’s second book, following his hugely successful autobiography Confess. In this new book Rob shares reflections on music, touring, bands and more after fifty years of living the metal life with Judas Priest.
The closest Iâve ever come to being in a supergroup was the Three Tremors concept back in 2000. It was my partner Thomasâs idea. We were talking about operaâs Three TenorsâPavarotti, PlĂĄcido Domingo, and JosĂŠ Carrerasâand a light bulb came on over Thomasâs head: âHey! Wouldnât it be great to have three metal singers called theThree Tremors?â
The closest Iâve ever come to being in a supergroup was the Three Tremors concept back in 2000. It was my partner Thomasâs idea. We were talking about operaâs Three TenorsâPavarotti, PlĂĄcido Domingo, and JosĂŠ Carrerasâand a light bulb came on over Thomasâs head: âHey! Wouldnât it be great to have three metal singers called theThree Tremors?â
We tried to make it happen, firstly with me, Bruce Dickinson, and Ronnie James Dio (how cool would that have been?!) and then me, Bruce, and Geoff Tate from QueensrĂżche. Everyone was dead up for it, but sadly we wouldnât make our schedules match up and make it work.
As it happens, there is a Three Tremors trio of metal singers now, with my temporary Priest replacement, Tim âRipperâ Owens, in it. When I first heard, I was pissed off they had nicked our name without asking usâbut we never trademarked it. Well, it is what it is. Supergroups work if they are just a bunch of musicians getting together to play for the love of the music, with no egos attached. An example is Bad Penny, a group made up of guitarist Mike Holzman, former Queen + Paul Rodgers bassist Danny Miranda, and Blue Ăyster Cult drummer Jules Radino
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