Judas Priest’s debut on The Simpsons has night has been ruined by the longtime animated television show calling Rob Halford & Co. as “death metal” band. Fans are outraged that the legendary metal band has been so misclassified, taking to Twitter, YouTube, and the comments section of news reports to express their disgust.
Priest had a few fleeting seconds in the Springfield sun last night, performing a parody of their 1980 hit “Breaking The Law.”
Watch the :29 second clip up top, scan some of the twitter outrage, then get some background on the episode after the jump.
Judas Priest being labelled a death metal band is about as comically off-base as you can get LOL!
— Sam L. (@BigSamSFO28Left) January 6, 2014
Judas Priest was just referred to as "death metal" in their appearance on #TheSimpsons. Talk about #doingitwrong
— MetalInsider.net (@metalinsider) January 6, 2014
I'd certainly hoped for a better Simpsons episode. By the time the throwaway Priest cameo blurred by (Priest is death metal?) I was so bored
— Rory Lawford (@RoryLawford) January 6, 2014
On the last episode of The Simpsons they referred to Judas Priest as death metal. Like… what?
— Agne G (@SOfannn) January 6, 2014
“Simpsons” executive producer Matt Selman told Entertainment Weekly that in the episode, titled “Steal This Episode”, Homer is taught by Bart how to illegally download films, and he starts screening them in his backyard for folks in Springfield. “Even though Homer is stealing, he’s doing it for the community, he’s doing it out of the goodness of his heart,” says Selman. An overzealous FBI director in charge of anti-piracy subsequently goes after Homer, and JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford winds up singing a parody of the band’s classic “Breaking The Law” in an effort to nab Homer.
