Born James Leslie Binks in Northern Ireland Aug. 8, 1951, Binks’ two-year membership in the Rob Halford-fronted outfit ...

Judas Priest honored the memory of their former ... Binks joined the band just in time for their 1977 major label debut, Sin After Sin. The recording sessions marked the departure of original ...

Inductee Les Binks of Judas Priest speaks during the 37th Annual ... the US for the first time to celebrate the release of the ‘Sin After Sin’ album. He released two albums with the metal ...

It was through Glover — who co-produced Judas Priest’s 1977 album Sin After Sin — that Binks was tipped to join the burgeoning metal greats for a world tour that same year. (Binks stepped in ...

Former Judas Priest drummer Les Binks, who held the spot in the metal band’s lineup for a few crucial years in the late 1970s, had died at 73.