Rob Halford

Rob Halford is simply one of the greatest rock vocalists who ever lived, and I say that without a shred of hyperbole. The man fronted Judas Priest from 1973 onward and essentially co-invented what heavy metal looks and sounds like — the leather, the studs, the roaring motorbike entrance onstage, all his doing. But strip away the theater and you're still left with one of the most jaw-dropping voices in the business: a multi-octave range that can go from a menacing growl to a glass-shattering shriek in the same breath. When he publicly came out as gay in 1998, he did it on his own terms, and metal — a genre not always known for open arms — largely embraced him. The 2010 Grammy for Best Metal Performance was long overdue. Watching him still belt it out well into his seventies is honestly humbling.

Name (English)

Rob Halford

Name (Japanese)

ロブ・ハルフォード

Reading

ろぶ・はるふぉーど

Born

August 25, 1951 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

Origin

Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer / songwriter / composer / musician

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.robhalford.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/robhalfordlegacy/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

Tags

• singer
• songwriter
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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