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  • Studded leather and the diary of a mad man

    Studded leather and the diary of a mad man

    19 April 2012

    Lots of great pieces have been added to the Home of Metal digital archive recently. Including Judas Priest stage costumes, direct from the band themselves. How they manage to perform in those is beyond us. There's also a handwritten letter to a fan from Rob Halford, where he passionately declares...

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  • Introducing - an early Black Sabbath associate

    Introducing - an early Black Sabbath associate

    25 August 2010

    Meet Norman Hood. Norman first met Black Sabbath in 1968 when he booked them (as Earth) to play at a pub backroom venue he was running with some friends in Lichfield, Staffordshire about 15 miles north east of Birmingham.Norman got the DIY promoting bug when he was helping out a local band called...

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