When Rock Ruled The Charts: Judas Priest Found Innocent – EP318

We explore the rock music charts for August 24th, 1990. On this day in music history the band Judas Priest was found innocent from creating backwards messages on their album Stained Class that made two young teens commit suicide.

What’s The Story?

In 1990 Judas Priest were involved in a civil action that alleged they were responsible for the 1985 suicide attempts of 20-year-old James Vance and 18-year-old Ray Belknap in Reno, Nevada, US. They were found not liable on August 24th, 1990

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In the When Rock Ruled The Charts series we pick a date in music history and explore the rock music charts that were happening on that date.

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