Talk:List of NWOBHM artists

This article was nominated for deletion on January 4, 2008. The result of the discussion was merge to New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

What??? Budgie and Judas Priest came around too early to be NWOBHM bands. I think that they should have removal consideration.

But didn't they initiate and then play NWOBHM? Allmusic states: "Judas Priest was one of the most influential heavy metal bands of the '70s, spearheading the New Wave of British Heavy Metal late in the decade."

Only if "spearheading" means they started many years before any of the legit NWOBHM bands and had already released 5 studio albums and 1 live album prior to the 1979 start of the NWOBHM movement. They are somtimes, incorrectlyeven All Music Guide makes mistakes, caught up in the NWOBHM phase simply because British Steel had such an impact for the band at the same time as the legit NWOBHM bands(Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Motorhead, Saxon etc) were just starting to emerge. Judas Priest actually fit in better with the "2nd Wave" of British heavy metal bands that came out after LZ, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. Bands like Wishbone Ash, Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep and Queen. JP started around the same time and had established a solid career long before NWOBHM started. 156.34.210.255 23:07, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]