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Reviewer: Sparklism (talk · contribs) 07:24, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Interesting article, I'll take this on. Seems you've been waiting a while - I'll post my comments here over the next couple of days. Thanks :) — sparklism hey! 07:24, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

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Background

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Production

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Songs

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  • I see there was some debate on the talk page about running order. It seems that in this section you've got Side B before Side A - I'm not sure if this is important or not, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
  • For "Epitaph", are we talking about this Queen, or this one? — sparklism hey! 07:15, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ah, I see that Queen is linked later on (for "The Ripper"). I think it should just be linked in the first instance. — sparklism

hey! 07:20, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Release, reception and legacy

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Images & media

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  • I've checked, and all images seem OK. I'm not sure that the Tenniel image adds anything to the article, particularly since there are already plenty of images here (and I see that a previous editor agreed with me) but I don't think that affects the GA. The media clip is short and of appropriate quality (though it does contain a notice on the template about FUR)

Personnel

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  • There are no sources in this section - could the album sleeve notes be used?
  • Under "Background" it states "Co-founding bassist Brian "Bruno" Steppenhill chose the band's name, wanting one similar to Black Sabbath's." WTF...I always thought that Ian Hill was a cofounder and original bass player, as noted here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hill Perhaps Brian "Bruno" Steppenhill is Ian's birth name? A google search on Brian "Bruno" Steppenhill reveals little, other than the passage under discussion. Any ideas out there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.68.216.159 (talk) 18:58, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • No—Stapenhill was a member of the band Atkins co-founded in 1969, and Stapenhill named it. That band broke up in 1970, and Atkins found and joined a band called Freight that had Hill in it later that year. This band (that Hill co-founded) took on the name Judas Priest (which Stapenhill came up with). Whether hill was a co-founder depends on whether you consider the 1969 Preist or Freight to be the "original band". Curly "JFC" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 22:37, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks for all your work here. I still think that the following three lines explain it better than anything I've read on THIS page (consider revising, huh?) "Judas Priest were formed in 1969 in industrial West Bromwich, in the Black Country, by vocalist Al Atkins and bassist Brian "Bruno" Stapenhill, with John Perry on guitar and John "Fezza" Partridge on drums. Perry soon died in a road accident, and amongst the replacements the band auditioned were future Judas Priest guitarist Kenny "K. K." Downing; at the time, they turned him down in favour of 17-year-old multi-instrumentalist Ernest Chataway, who had played with Birmingham band Black Sabbath when they were still called Earth. Stapenhill came up with the name Judas Priest from Bob Dylan's song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" on the album John Wesley Harding." - The preceding passage was from the main Judas Priest page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Priest — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.68.216.159 (talk) 19:41, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Summary

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As I said above, this is a really interesting article. This is just my first read through, and there's obviously still a bit of work to be done, but nothing major that I can see right now. I'll add further commentary above as I get to study it in more detail, but I'm sure it won't be long before this is at GA. Good work! — sparklism hey! 20:06, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]