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| english heavy metal drummers | |
| binks, les | |
| judas priest members | |
| 1948 births | |
| people from wolverhampton | |
| people from northamptonshire | |
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BEFORE JUDAS PRIEST Former drummer for Eric Burdon , James Leslie Binks was a drummer on the 1974 Roger Glover album Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper's Feast, which featured such legendary names as David Coverdale , Glenn Hughes , and Ronnie James Dio behind the microphone. The album started out as a soundtrack for an animated film based off a famous book in England. Roger used different singers for the different characters, but unfortunately, a promo for the film never gained any interest, so the project was scrapped. Roger went on to release the soundtrack as a "Roger Glover and Friends" title. Vocalist Eddie Hardin co-wrote three of the album's songs with Roger Glover and then went on to release his own written and produced projects, the first of which was 1976's Eddie Hardin's Wizard's Convention, which again included Les Binks on drums and David Coverdale lending his voice to one track that has come to be known as one of his best and most emotional studio-recorded vocal ever! Also on the album was Deep Purple 's Jon Lord on piano. Both Butterfly Ball and Wizard's Convention have been placed together and re-released several times as a combo CD, and Japan's Teichiku label issued their own 1995 CD compilation titled Best Of Rare Collection and sold it as a Deep Purple album! Through the Roger Glover connection, Judas Priest auditioned and hired Les Binks in time for their 1977 world tour - their first on American soil. JUDAS PRIEST Les remained with Priest for two short but very productive years from March 1977 to July 1979, recording two studio albums and one live LP that remain the most ground-shaking and defining of the heavy metal genre. Though Les is highly considered a favorite amongst the hardcore fans, as Priest entered the '80s, the members felt a change in musical direction was forthcoming, and Les would be too technical for the pounding metal Priest were planning on unleashing in the new decade. AFTER JUDAS PRIEST Les has remained active in the British hard rock/heavy metal underground. In 1981, he was a member of as well as past touring with Lionheart in 1981 and Tytan (1982-1983). |
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