Judas Priest/YMMV

• Award Snub: Finally defied at the beginning of 2010, they won a Grammy!
• Awesome Music: They now have a page!!!
• Dork Age: Their material between 1984-1990. Some fans consider the Owens era to be another example of it.
• Ear Worm: "Breaking the Law".
• Epic Riff: "The Ripper" and "Breaking the Law".
• Fanon Discontinuity: Most fans disregard the Owens era.
• Growing the Beard: Sort of, the band did not really find its Signature Style until Sad Wings of Destiny.
• Harsher in Hindsight: One cannot help but listen to "Brain Dead" and think of the Terri Schiavo case.
• Narm: The 1998 version of "Rapid Fire" reaches new levels of absurdity with Ripper's over-the-top vocals.
• Nightmare Fuel: "Winter Retreat" from the first album is very, very disturbing.
• Paranoia Fuel: "Electric Eye."
• Replacement Scrappy: Tim "Ripper" Owens, for replacing Rob Halford. He would get the same flak by replacing Matt Barlow in Iced Earth.
  • Vindicated by History: Despite his lack of a sustained band to call his own; he's considered unfairly blamed for the two Priest albums, on which he was barely allowed to write anything, and his current vocal prowess is considered exceptional. A rare case in which fans have started to sympathize with the alleged scrappy.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: To many fans the albums Turbo and Ram It Down were disappointments. But then in 1990 Judas Priest released the phenomenal Painkiller album, which many consider one of their best albums and a classic of the speed metal genre.
• The Scrappy: Ex-drummer Dave Holland, who was notorious throughout the 80s for his unrelenting, incredible mediocrity - Painkiller's popularity derives in part from the replacement of his boring, drum machine grooves with Travis' epic, heavy drum-bashing. After leaving Priest he ended up becoming even more hated after being convicted of raping a teenage boy he was giving lessons to.
• Seinfeld Is Unfunny: Many aspects of their music and stage performance seem incredibly clichéd - until you realise they are the ones who started those clichés in the first place.
• So Bad It's Good: Much of their glam material, from the point of view of a fan of their heavier work.