Biography

Tattoos on the back of his head

Leather

High vocal range

Shaved head

Goatee

He is famous as the lead singer of Judas Priest, one of the biggest heavy metal bands of the 1970s and 1980s.

Although he owned a variety of classic cars, Halford did not pass his driving test until he was 38 years old.

In 1998, he became the first major heavy metal star to "come out" as gay.

He is a huge fan of Queen and their former lead singer Freddie Mercury.

Although primarily based in the USA, he also owned a home in Walsall, England.

There are two kinds of music - heavy metal and all the crap they play on radio and show on MTV.

My iPod is with me wherever I go. My iPod is all over the place - it's got Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Wagner, and then it goes into Slayer, Emperor, everything by Sabbath, everything by Queen, Tool, Pantera. I could just go on and on. I'm just a chameleon when it comes to music - all kind of music touch my senses.

[on the Judas Priest 2011 tour] As far as having the 'Spinal Tap' (This Is Spinal Tap (1984)) accoutrement - the Harley, the smoke, the fire, the lasers, the costumes - it's full-on 'Spinal Tap' times 12.

There will only ever be one Freddie Mercury.

The music lives longer than we do.