Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing was interviewed on a recent edition of the Rockin' Metal Revival, during which he was asked, since your departure from Judas Priest (in 2011), what have you been up to?

"Well, I'm having a nice - I'm not going to call it a holiday, but a bit of a sabatical, a bit of a rest. 40 years of pounding the floorboards... it was a long haul but extremely enjoyable. People say to me, 'don't you miss it, the music business?' I say, you've got to be kidding me! I couldn't remember the last time I saw the seasons change in England… you know, spring, summer, autumn and winter. But when I actually added everyting up, there was so many reasons, really, why I decided to not continue. Time does get shorter as you get older. I feel a lot of the listeners out there won't be the age that I am, but I can promise you when you get to a certain age, you start to think that things are zipping by, so it's time to take a bit of a step back and think about spending a little bit of time with the family and stuff like that. Not exactly living a normal life, but just getting in tune with reality again. Because, as I say, it's almost like an amazing fantasy world to live in the world that I had been living in. But it was time not to continue to be selfish and just put a bit of time into other people that have supported you over the years."

Other topics discussed include the possibility of Judas Priest being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and the Tim "Ripper" Owens era of the band. Listen to the entire chat via the YouTube audio player below.