Motley Priest Bio

A Tribute to the “Hardest of Heavy Metal”

Motley Priest will take you & your friends back to 1985 all over again with their leather pants, studded belts and an arsenal of Heavy Metal Anthems. While many cover bands paint themselves into a corner by covering a single artist, Motley Priest has adopted the same approach that some other great tribute bands have by covering a genre of music in general. Motley Priest pays tribute to the Hardest of Heavy Metal.

Motley Priest is made up of world-class talent. Fronted by W. Axl Halford who actually becomes a Metal God upon taking the stage with his custom Chromed Mic-stand and razor sharp metal pipes. K.K. DeMartini & Ace Mustaine supply the dueling guitar licks for Motley Priest. With decades of experience between them, there is not a guitar lick that has not flowed from their fiery filled fingertips. The always-comical yet solid bassist Nikki Simmons & skin-pounding madman Lars McBrain help to round out the rhythm section. In all, these true veterans of Heavy Metal have nearly 100 years experience.

Motley Priest will literally put you back in the arena from the starting sounds of their true to Metal “666” Intro. Tape. This tape mesh’s the greatest of 80’s Metal Bands Introductions. Motley Priest features a Double Bass drum kit and the signature 80’s Metal styled Warlock’s, Explorers, & Mockingbird’s help make up the vast arsenal of axes. Motley Priest takes the stage in a wardrobe that convinces the fan’s eye and then some. The mirrored sunglasses, leather jackets, bullet belts and studs from head to toe. Add in a 24-foot wide 10-foot high black arena styled backdrop painted with 18 Marshall cabinets and you have your self a must see Heavy Metal concert. “From the back of the club I thought I was at the Forum back in 1985”…says one Metal Head fan from Canoga Park.

Motley Priest is proud to pay tribute to the very Heavy Metal music they grew up on, which means these are not young lads by any means. The average age of Motley Priest is 35, which is displayed in their professional attitude, articulated musical performances and overall presence. Their sound is loud, heavy and performed with exceptional expertise. Motley Priest has recording credentials and touring tails that most would boast of, but this is not about those credits. Motley Priest is about having a good time and remembering the Heavy Metal that once ruled MTV, Radio Stations and Arenas from Los Angeles to New York and back.

Motley Priest Song List

Band Songs Played

Accept “Balls to the Walls”

AC/DC “Highway to Hell”
Aerosmith “Walkin’ the Dog”

Aldo Nova “Fantasy”

Alice Cooper “Schools Out”

Autograph “Turn up the radio”

Black N’ Blue “Hold on to 18”

Black Sabbath “War Pigs”

David Lee Roth “Yankee Rose”

Def Leppard “Rock of Ages” “Let it Go”

Dokken “Into the Fire”

Fastway “Say what you will”

Great White “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” “Face the Day”

Guns N‘ Roses “You’re Crazy”

Hanoi Rocks “Dead, Jail or Rock N’ Roll”

Helix “Heavy Metal Love” “Rock You”

Iron Maiden “Trooper” “Hallowed be thy Name”
Judas Priest “Breakin’ the Law” “Another thing Coming” “Electric Eye”

KISS “Dr. Love” “Lick it Up”

Krokus “Ballroom Blitz” “Midnite Maniac”

L.A. Guns “Sex Action”

Megadeth “Symphony of Destruction”

Metallica “Seek N’ Destroy” “Enter Sandman”

Motley Crue “Live Wire” “Looks that Kill”

Motorhead “Ace of Spades”
Night Ranger “You can still Rock in America”

OZZY “Bark at the Moon”
Quiet Riot “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)”

RATT “Round n' Round" "You think Your Tough”

Scorpions “Blackout” “Big City Nights”

Shotgun Messiah “Heartbreak Blvd.”

Skid Row “Youth Gone Wild” “Piece of Me” “Big Guns”

Tesla “Modern Day Cowboy”

Twisted Sister “You Can’t Stop Rock N’ Roll”

Ugly Kid Joe               “I Hate everything about you” “Won’t you be my, Neighbor”
Van Halen                  “Unchained” “Hot for Teacher”
W.A.S.P.                    “L.O.V.E. Machine”
Whitesnake                 “Slide it in”