Tim \"Ripper\" Owens - Sinocence, Sandstone & Rabid Bitch of the North

Monday 11th August 2014
Doors 8.00pm
Admission £12.50

Tickets

The Distortion Project proudly presents:

TIM "RIPPER" OWENS (JUDAS PRIEST/ICED EARTH)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tim-Ripper-Owens-Official-Page/127719320676037
http://www.timripperowens.com/

Tim is planning to play the full Judas Priest Jugulator album, plus select tracks for his work with Iced Earth, Malmsteen, Dio Disciples, Charred Walls of the Damned and Beyond Fear.

Plus special guests:

SINOCENCE
https://www.facebook.com/sinocence
http://www.sinocence.co.uk/

SANDSTONE
https://www.facebook.com/sandstone.metalband
http://www.sandstonerocks.com/

RABID BITCH OF THE NORTH
https://www.facebook.com/NWOBHMRBOTN/
http://www.rbotn.co.uk/
http://www.youtube.com/user/RABIDBOTN
http://rabidbitchofthenorth.bandcamp.com/album/defending-two-castles-single

Monday 11th August 2014
Voodoo Belfast, 9 - 11 Fountain Street.
Doors 8pm

Tickets (£12.50) will be on sale this Friday 14th March from DV8 Belfast,www.ticketmaster.ie and 22 Ticketmaster outlets provincewide. Telephone Hotline: 0844 277 44 55

www.thedistortionproject.com.

BIO
Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens is without doubt among the most important metal vocalists of the past ten years. When he succeeded Rob Halford, joining Judas Priest in May 1996, the press rubbed their eyes, surprised as well as impressed: Owens had previously been a fairly unknown quantity to international music journalists and only a few new of him from the band Winters Bane, but he recorded his first Priest album, Grammy nominated Jugulator (1997) with more aplomb than even insiders had expected. Following successful tours with the British metal legends, the strong studio recording, Demolition (2001), and the live recordings, Meltdown - 98 Live (1998) and Live In London (2003), and the movie Rockstar, that was loosely based on Tim’s experience with Judas Priest, Halford’s return put an end to Owens’ stint with Judas Priest. More or less immediately, he was enlisted by Jon Schaffer to team up with Iced Earth and sang on The Glorious Burdon in spring 2004. Three years later, Owens followed suit with the Iced Earth album, Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Pt.I), which succeeded the self-titled highly praised debut by his own band, Beyond Fear. Spring 2008 saw Owens move on to join One of the worlds best guitar players Yngwie Malmsteen, debuting with a sensational vocal performance on Perpetual Flame.