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Key facts
- Born
- Glenn Raymond Tipton , ( 1947-10-25 ) 25 October 1947 (age 78) , Blackheath , England
- Genres
- Heavy metal
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Member of
- Judas Priest
- Formerly of
- The Flying Hat Band
- Website
- glenntipton .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Raymond
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Blackheath
- Occupation
- artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.glenntipton.com
- Image
- Judas Priest Retribution 2005 Tour Glenn Tipton (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Birmingham
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- date of birth
- 1948-10-25
- member of
- Judas Priest
- Commons category
- Glenn Tipton
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- birth name
- Glenn Raymond Tipton
- name in native language
- Glenn Tipton
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Glenn Raymond Tipton (born 25 October 1947) 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 Ian Hill. Tipton and Hill are the only two members of the band who have appeared on every studio album.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glenn Tipton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.