Judas Priest does not play any of the songs from the two albums the band recorded with singer Tim “Ripper” Owens , Jugulator (1997) and Demolition (2001).
In a new interview with the website El Expreso Del Rock , drummer Scott Travis was asked about the reason and replied [transcription via Blabbermouth ]: “I just think it’s not something Rob [ Halford ] really wants to do, and I totally understand that. And the other thing is, with Judas Priest, we have
so many great songs to play that it’s impossible to play them all.”
“And we’ll always have to play ‘ You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’, ‘Living After Midnight’, ‘Breaking The Law’… You’ll always have to play those classics. If you don’t play those, people yell, ‘Why didn’t you play this or that song?’ So you have to do it, and then you only have a limited amount of time to fit the other songs in during a live set. So, to be honest, there simply isn’t time. So, we decided not to mess with it.
In October 2021, Tim “Ripper” Owens spoke to Rock Talks about the fact that the band wasn’t playing any songs from the two albums he recorded during the group’s 50th-anniversary tour: “Actually, I don’t think it makes sense that they don’t play songs from my era. The band is celebrating 50 years but is leaving out 10 years of his.”
“The thing is, Rob would sound so incredible… Can you imagine Rob singing ‘Burn In Hell’? It would sound fantastic.” So, there's nothing wrong with putting 'Burn In Hell' on a setlist. I don't know. But they have a great setlist to play right now, so it's pretty amazing to see it.”
