Judas Priest

Judas Priest's masterstroke album British Steel is officially 29 years old — it was released on April 14, 1980. Still, the band is currently on a tour celebrating its 30th anniversary. It deserves such a celebration. With dueling lead guitars, galloping grooves and high, squealing vocals that pushed histrionics to new levels, it not only defined Judas Priest as metal gods, but as the future of metal itself.

Judas Priest: Still making you want to spend the night in jail.

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With Whitesnake. 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 17, at Hard Rock Live, 5747 Seminole Way, Hollywood. Tickets cost $45 to $90.

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British Steel set the template for the metal sounds that emanated from the hatchback stereos of denim-vested, feathered-hair heshers — immortalized in the 1986 short film Heavy Metal Parking Lot — as well as those that powered Beavis and Butt-head's air-guitars in the '90s. To this day, the rallying calls of "United" and "Grinder" still ring strong, "Breaking the Law" still makes you wanna, well, break the law, "Living After Midnight" is still pop/rock radio gold, and the fusion of metal and reggae that is "The Rage" has yet to be outdone.

Initially maligned by many in the mainstream as a fad, and critically reviled as juvenile and philistine, Priest's brand of heavy metal has endured the panoply of rock trends, from grunge to goth. In or out of mainstream fashion, Priest will outdraw its contemporary competitors.