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In the Judas Priest chapter, he says that when Halford came out, the fans continued to love him. He says they are to be commended, especially given the general assumption that metal fans are not "particularly evolved".

Is he remembering rightly? I wasn't into Priest in the late 80's -- it was all Poison/Crue/GnR/Leppard for me -- so I don't remember.