Lawbreakers (Judas Priest Tribute)

The Lawbreakers project officially started in Milan in October 2004 thanks to the will and determination of a bunch of players and friends extremely devoted to one of the greatest Heavy Metal bands of all times: the British Judas Priest, reasonably considered the founders of a whole musical genre. After a necessary warm-up period and various lineup changes, the band found its definitive shape in May 2005, when vocalist Pier Paolo "The Reaper" Balice, guitar players Lorenzo "Rena" Ruggiero and Valerio Di Eugenio, bass player Cristiano Canali and (crazy) drummer Alessandro "Rullo" Durini were forced to play together from there to the eternity by the Metallian himself, Master of all Metal! Knowing they had to recreate the impact of spectacular live shows with impressive and granitic sounds and poses, the Lawbreakers invested a considerable amount of time and resources in their tribute project, buying top quality gear and throwing themselves into a maniac research to obtain "THAT" sound which characterized more than 30 years of Judas Priest in recording studios and onstage. Every track in the playlist is performed with great care and passion after a proper analysis of all the instrumental parts and choreographies the five heroes from Birmingham invented and have been playing for decades to please their fans from all over the world. The playlist is not obviously made of classic songs only.beside anthems like "Breaking The Law" or "Painkiller" is possible to find some tracks never played by Judas Priest themselves or performed just on their respective albums tours: "Screaming For Vengeance", "Jawbreaker", "Rock Hard Ride Free", "Ram It Down" and "Metal Meltdown" are only a few of the cult songs the Lawbreakers are proud to play to their audiences and that are able to give them and everyone a lot of fun and unforgettable moments during each show! Every band member can benefit from years of experience in different bands, great passion for Rock and Heavy Metal music and a relationship with Judas Priest that can only be compared to "total veneration" and "love". Everyone is constantly aware of his role in the band and tries to give the Priest fans hours and hours of Metal amusement in a triumph of leather, studs, headbanging, screams and duelling guitars in the likes of mighty axemen Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing. Along with their weekly rehearsals, the Lawbreakers are always into building and improving their own scenographies and choreographies to emulate the huge stages which Priest have been performing on during the last 30 years. The will to tribute ALL the different periods and releases of Judas Priest makes the playlist grow each passing month and all the shows different from each other. The Lawbreakers recorded three tracks for a promo CD at the Moon House Studio in Milan in December 2005 and a few weeks later were asked to play some of the best rock venues in Northern/Central Italy, where they immediately gained many loyal fans who share the same love and passion for Judas Priest with their favourite tribute act. After a thunderous gig at the famous Motorock Festival in May 2008 (recently released as a LIVE BOOTLEG) Valerio and Cristiano decided to leave the band to work on different projects, without breaking the strong friendship with the rest of the original lineup. Bassist Paolo "Paul" Roth joined the Lawbreakers family in December 2008, after a great audition. After quite a few months guitarist Nicholas "Shooter" Holzer joined the band in November 2009. With the new lineup now complete, the band is ready to hit the road once again to bring some killer Judas Priest music to their fans!