Hell Bent for Leather (song)
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| "Hell Bent For Leather" | |
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| Song by Judas Priest from the album Killing Machine | |
| Released | November 1978 (UK) March 1979 (US) |
| Recorded | 1978 at Utopia, Basing Street and CBS Studios in London |
| Genre | Heavy metal |
| Length | 2:41 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Writer | Glenn Tipton |
| Producer | James Guthrie Judas Priest |
| Killing Machine track listing | |
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"Hell Bent For Leather" is a song by the heavy metal band Judas Priest from the album Killing Machine. It has been used by singer Rob Halford for his entrance on stage on a motorcycle ever since 1982 when the band permanently dropped the song previously used for this routine, "Tyrant", from its set.
The song's guitar solo is played by Glenn Tipton and is one of Judas Priest's earliest songs to feature tapping.
[edit] Cover versions & appearances
- Annihilator for their 1993 single Set the World On Fire. This version is also included in A Tribute to the Priest.
- Austrian Death Machine on their A Very Brutal Christmas EP and Double Brutal.
- Soulless on On Your Knees: A Tribute To Judas Priest.
- Warrant on Hell Bent Forever: A Tribute To Judas Priest.
- The song is featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Metallica.
- The beginning of the song was featured in an episode of the hit sitcom That '70s Show.
- Venom often plays this song live as "Hell Bent for Metal", replacing "leather" with "metal" in the chorus.
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