What I find funny is that if metal and gay are used in the same sentence someone always has to bring up the name Rob Halford like it's a revelation, yet they rarely bring up the fact that at one time Halford wasn't the only gay member of Priest.
Lemmy also stated in his autobiography that Ex Motorhead and Saxon drummer Pete Gill was gay. Udo Dirkschneider from the band Accept who some will remember from the 80's was gay (when you write a song titled Balls to the Wall some would say it's obvious) and apparently even the hamster from Metallica is reported to like it both ways, but it's always Rob's name that comes up.
Gays have been involved in metal for a long time and are more prevalent than one guy.
That said and getting back on topic. Maiden archives for me today (and yes Krankin I'm going back to the early stuff
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