Rob Halford is a gay man who wore S&M gear on stage
okay listen kids, metal history lesson time.
ROB HALFORD, a GAY MAN, based his stage look on stuff he saw at leather bars in the 80′s.
Denying this is like blatant homo erasure but also deprives everyone of the ABSOLUTELY FUCKING DELIGHTFUL FACT THAT JUDAS PRIEST WAS SO BIG IN THE EARLY METAL SCENE THAT METALHEADS BLITHELY AND IGNORANTLY ADOPTED THIS LOOK WITHOUT REALIZING WHAT IT WAS AND IT’S HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON METAL SUBCULTURE AND METAL FASHION.
THANK YOUR METAL FASHION CHOICES ON GAY S&M DUDES IN THE 80′S.