Fan Profiles

Name: Diane “Dee” Vlatas, Janet Wyman Age:Dee 45, Janet 46 Location: Dee: Brookline, NH, Janet: Boscawen, NH Occupation: Dee: Administrative Assistant and Optometric Assistant, Janet: Production planner for a British owned US Defense Company Tell us something about your history as a Judas Priest fan? Dee: My introduction to Judas Priest was in the late 70’s…

Name: Andy “Bez” Berry Age: 45 (09/02/1966) Location: New Milton, Hampshire, England Occupation: Production Manager Tell us something about your history as a Judas Priest fan? I guess my first real introduction to Heavy Metal started way back in 1979. I was watching a weekly episode of Top of the Pops on TV, when a…

Name: Steve Peace Age: 44 Location: Calgary Alberta Canada Occupation: Tattoo artist As a tattoo artist, have you ever done any Judas Priest related tattoos? Started one but the guy never did finish it….I think he moved away. It was a full back piece of Angel of Retribution. I am starting a Judas Priest inspired…

To honour our 4th anniversary, Steel Mill visited the very first fan featured on Fan Profile! Markus from Germany shed light on his current situation and shared some new images from his amazing collection! Name: Markus aka Maniee in Rob Halford’s Quorum Age: 39 Location: Germany Occupation: Database and Systemadministrator It’s now four full years…

Name: Eugene Silin Age: 34 Location: Moscow, Russia Occupation: Promoter, Agent, Tour Manager, Advert Designer, Freelance Journalist Tell us something about your history as a Judas Priest fan? At the age of 10 I checked my older brother’s tape collection. In those days in Russia not too many people were lucky owners of original vinyls…

Master of the Heavy Metal Basement Name: Jim Powell Age: 43 (birth date: Sept. 8, 1967) Location: Linthicum, Maryland, USA Occupation: Sales/Project Manager in the sign industry Tell us something about your history as a Judas Priest fan? I’d say that I solidified myself a being a Judas priest fan in 1980 when I was…

“Mr. Nostradamus” Name: Jim ‘Nostradamus’ Bartek Age: 49 Occupation: Truck Shop Parts room. Your history as a Priest fan? I first got turned on to Judas Priest in 1977 with the ‘Sin after Sin’ album. I have been a huge fan ever since! Recently you’ve gained a lot of publicity by listening to Nostradamus at…

FRENCH METALLIAN Name: Christophe Dassy Age: I’m 42 years old, born on the 26th of July 1967. I’m married since 1990 with Mireille, and we have two daughters Katell (17 years old) and Flora (14 years old). Location: I live in Saint-médard en Jalles, a town of 30 000 inhabitants near Bordeaux in the South-West…

HEAVY METAL BARTENDER FROM NC Name: T’gra Age: I’m 45 but 40 is the new 20 ya know! Location: North Carolina Occupation: Bartender Tell us something about your history as a Judas Priest Fan? In the 70’s, when I was in High School, My very first boyfriend was a huge Priest fan. He played one…

METAL MORGAN FROM RENO Name: L. Morgan Bogumil Age: 29 Location: Reno, Nevada, USA Occupation: Legal Assistant A Legal Assistant from Reno… as a Judas Priest fan that must bring some connotations to mind… **I knew this was coming! 🙂 Honestly, I never hear about the Judas Priest trial. The law firm I work for…