Besides being the first book about Judas Priest written from the inside, KK Downing’s Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest (released this week by Da Capo Press) serves as a classic study in the long-range effects that a traumatizing upbringing can conjure up well into adulthood. Mike Derrico talked with Downing about his experiences. Born in 1951 under the dreary sky of the Black Country in England’s industrial heartland, Kenneth “KK” Downing lived a heartbreaking Dickensian childhood of … Continue reading KK DOWNING TALKS ABOUT HIS HEAVY DUTY DAYS & NIGHTS IN JUDAS PRIEST