JUDAS PRIEST’s RICHIE FAULKNER Performs IRON MAIDEN’s ‘Fear Of The Dark’ With Nashville’s DESTROY DESTROY DESTROY
Written by megarock on October 7, 2025
On August 31, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner joined the Tennessee “epic viking metal” band DESTROY DESTROY DESTROY on stage at The End in Nashville to perform a cover of the IRON MAIDEN classic “Fear Of The Dark”. Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below.
Back in 2015, Faulkner, who was once the guitarist in the backing group for Lauren Harris, daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris, was asked in an interview with GigsAndFestivals.com if he was “on the subs bench for IRON MAIDEN” prior to joining JUDAS PRIEST as the replacement for K.K. Downing. He responded: “Yeah, you never know! I worked with Steve and Lauren, and [Steve] was one of the first ones that I told when I got the PRIEST gig. I said I’ve been approached by another band, and he was over the moon when I told him it was PRIEST. He’s one of these guys who’s really supportive, and he said: ‘I would have had you in my band. If anything would have happened to any of my guys, you were the guy that was going to do it.'”