Former Judas Priest guitarist satisfied with his current venture

Sunday, August 26th, 2012 11:30:00 by

K.K. Downing, the former Judas Priest guitarist, has revealed that he is content with his current venture, developing a multi-million dollar sporting complex complete with luxury hotel and world class golf course.

“At around the time our ‘Turbo’ album came out we would get massive numbers of girls at our concerts, which for a heavy metal band was good. It was crazy – in Japan the audiences were about 95 per cent girls. It was just like Beatlemania. They’d be throwing themselves over cars. The Tokyo Prince Hotel even asked us to leave, as some of these girls were renting rooms there and there might be 12 to a room”, Downing said while talking to Birmingham Post.

“I went and did what they all damn well do when suddenly you come into a bit of money and you go mad. When I came here I didn’t care if it was big. I just thought I will find a use for every room, though initially it kind of felt like it wasn’t mine and was all a bit of a dream. It had an antiquated alarm system that used to keep going off in the night. I used to walk around with my pellet gun. It was a very solemn and desolate place, particularly at night time – I could hear all sorts of things”, Downing added.

He eventually moved into one of the smaller cottages on his new estate and purchased some additional land that would lead to pursuing his dream of developing his own golf course.

“The aim at Astbury Hall has been to create “the finest standard of playing surfaces possible,” Downing added further.

“As far as I am concerned I can’t think of anything more enjoyable than go to a brand new country, jump in a car and go to the nearest golf course”, Downing concluded.

 

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