| Ian Hill | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Born | January 20, 1951 West Bromwich, England |
| Genre(s) | Heavy metal Speed metal |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1968 - Present |
| Label(s) | Columbia Records |
| Associated acts | Judas Priest |
Ian Hill (born Ian Frank Hill, January 20, 1951, in Yew Tree Estate, West Bromwich, England) is a founding member and bassist for the Birmingham-based heavy metal band, Judas Priest. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January West Bromwich ( is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Speed metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music originating in the late 1970s and early 1980s that was the direct musical progenitor of Thrash metal. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The present is the Time that is perceived directly not as a recollection or a speculation In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January West Bromwich ( is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A bass player (bassist is a Musician who plays a Double bass, Bass guitar, keyboard bass or wind Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham.
Hill learned how to play the double bass from his father, a bass player for local jazz acts. The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States His father died when he was only fifteen, but his contribution to Hill was the foundation for years to come. In 1968, together with schoolmate K.K. Downing, Hill went off to form pioneering heavy metal band Judas Priest. Kenneth "K K" Downing Jr (born 27 October 1951 in Yew Tree Estate Hill Top in West Bromwich, England) is a He has been playing bass for the band ever since and has witnessed the band achieve platinum-covered status around the world. "The world " is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an Anthropocentric or Human Worldview, as a place
Hill is known for his solid and melodic bass playing, which proved to be the ideal background for the dual guitars of K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton and Rob Halford's operatic vocals. In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Kenneth "K K" Downing Jr (born 27 October 1951 in Yew Tree Estate Hill Top in West Bromwich, England) is a Glenn Raymond Tipton (born October 25, 1947 in Blackheath, England) is one of the Guitarists (and occasional keyboard Robert John Arthur Halford (born August 25, 1951) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band He also played a twin-neck bass guitar in concert on the DVD Electric Eye. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is During the early years of the band, he played bass finger-picking, like most bassists, but in the band's later years, he began playing with a pick. Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the Guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips fingernails or picks attached to fingers as opposed to Often called a pick or plec, a plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument.
Hill is also responsible for finding the singer for Judas Priest, Rob Halford. He met him while he was dating Halford's sister and mentioned that he needed a new vocalist for his band. Halford accepted leaving his band entitled "Hiroshima", and brought along drummer John Hinch, who would later be dropped by the band after one album due to "musical inadequacy", according to Tipton in later years. A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion John Hinch (born 1948 is a drummer who played in the bands The Pinch fom 1966 Judas Priest and Hiroshima with singer Rob Halford. Rocka Rolla is the debut Album by the British heavy metal group Judas Priest, released in 1974