Glenn Raymond Tipton is an English guitarist. Often noted for his complex playing style and classically influenced solos, he is best known as one of the lead guitarists for the heavy metal band Judas Priest. He is the second longest-serving member of the band, after bassist and co-founder Ian Hill. Tipton and Hill are the only two members of the band who have appeared on every studio album.
Glenn Tipton in 2005
Tipton in 1984
Tipton performing in 2005
Judas Priest performing at Sauna Open Air in 2011. Tipton (far right) is playing on his signature Hamer model.
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band struggled with indifferent record production and a lack of major commercial success until 1980, when their sixth studio album British Steel brought them notable mainstream attention.
Judas Priest at Wacken Open Air 2018
Judas Priest performing in 1981, during their World Wide Blitz Tour
Downing and Tipton performing in San Sebastián, Spain, during their Metal Conqueror Tour of 1984
Rob Halford in 1988. One of Priest's trademark stage stunts was to have Halford ride a motorbike on stage.