It’s hard to believe, but the original ‘Defenders Of The Faith’ album was released way back in 1984, that’s three decades ago. I was still a teenager then….
To release the thirtieth anniversary, Sony Music now releases a remastered version of this album, that originally was released on EMI Music, and adds two discs containing a live registration of a show Judas Priest played on May 5th 1984 at the Long Beach Arena in California.
This band was formed the year I was born in. But it took them seven years before releasing their first album, and it took them some years to become famous worldwide, although in the rock scene they already had made some reputation. They acquired international success with their 1984 singe ‘Still Loving You’, taken from the ‘Love At First Sting’ album.
When I saw Trent Reznor featured as one of the musicians in this band/project, I expected some rock music. Nest to Mr. Reznor feature his wife Mariqueen Maandig and another musician known from Nine Inch Nails, Mr. Atticus Ross. Final ‘member’ is visual artist Rob Sheridan.
If you like Nickelback then ead no further, and simply buy this album, because Daughtry sounds almost exactly like the aforementioned band. Frontman Chris Daughtry took part in American Idol, but stranded in fourth place. Nevertheless he kept going in the music business, and has so far released two albums, of which the second one ‘Break The Spell’ managed to reach number 8 in the American Billboard chart.
