Episode: 225 Fight & Two

VHF-225 (Fight & Two) relives the early Nineties outfits thrash and electro industrial music. We pick up this episode in 1991. Rob Halford left his long running band Judas Priest after getting bored with their commercial leanings. Wishing to demonstrate his love of truly heavy music he formed what he termed a street metal band, Fight. Thrash guitar dominated over crushing pounding drums and occasional surprisingly political lyrics. The high pitched shriek was countered with a growl often laced with vulgarities and profanity. This was a far cry from Breaking The Law or Living After Midnight. 

Fight released two full length albums and an interesting remix album that was genre blending in ways that may have alienated some of the old fans that didn’t want to be challenged with a different style than on their favorite Priest album. 

After Fight toured America Rob Halford met Trent Reznor. Together they created the band Two. (1997) Two released one album, Voyeurs. It wasn’t metal and sadly the album tanked. We will reevaluate the album and determine if it deserves another chance. 

Obviously and unsurprisingly Rob Halford went back to Judas Priest (after a decade or so) because he realized his fans wanted him back where he ruled as the undisputed Metal God. That fact doesn’t mean Rob’s solo era wasn’t amazing. Blast up the volume for this episode of Very High Frequencies because we will be rocking hard! (VHF-225 Fight & Two).