Now, before going further, for those of you unfamiliar with it, I heartily recommend the excellent Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest documentary (alternate title: Dream Deceivers: How Drugs and an Overbearing Religious Mother Can Cause You to Live Out the Rest of Your Miserable Life with a Fried Egg and/or Melted Kraft Single Slice Draped over the Chasm in What's Left of the Forehead on Your Deformed Face).
The documentary, about Priest's subliminal message trial, includes some footage of local youths speaking about the trial and on growing up in dysfunctional households or with less-than-optimal lifestyles. While this stuff is ultimately just a marginal part of the documentary, early on we see a fellow who races over for a Halford photo op and sings "Better By You, Better Than Me" badly in his car, and he gets a fair share of attention--one Erich Granzen. So what happens after you've been in a group home and recited some of the lyrics to "Suicidal Failure" on public television? Let's find out.
I went to his facebook, that picture doesn't even do him justice- I am not gonna facestalk him, but the pictures of him with a hot wife and some cool ass bikes, seems like guy was indeed the guy he proclaimed to be in the documentary! Such a sad waste Belknap and Vance were, they could've been living the life like this guy R.I.P.
ReplyDeleteHe REALLY aged HARD. The guy looks like he's about seventy, but he can't be more than in his early fifties. There's a story there, somewhere. Remember him standing so respectfully and gazing with rapt attention at Rob Halford as the Judas Priest singer addressed the media in the courthouse foyer? Do you suppose maybe that they hooked up while the band were ensconced in Reno?
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