Singer Tim "Ripper" Owens says that he plans to re-record the albums he made with Judas Priest after his time with the band was "erased" from its past. The vocalist recorded two studio albums with the British heavy metal legends ? 1997's Jugulator and 2001's Demolition ? before the band reunited with Rob Halford.

After a fan pointed out to Tim "Ripper" Owens on Facebook that the two albums from his era of Judas Priest have been out of print on vinyl for "quite a number of years now," Owens shared the post and responded: "Yep Great to see my time in JP has erased and my CDs and ME from their past! Well I haven't forgot my past and I will be working on re recording the studio CDs and releasing them myself! Why not?"

Last year, Owens had said that he would rejoin Judas Priest if asked. "There's no doubt I would, if the timing was right," he said. "It's not gonna happen ? it's never gonna happen. It'll never, ever happen; Rob's not ever gonna leave Judas Priest. They'll retire and I think that'll be it. But, yeah, I'll tell you the reason I would is because of the friendship. Financially, I don't know if it could be any... it's not gonna be any better than what I do now. But the friendship with those guys is really great. They are great guys and I had an absolute blast with them. That's probably the thing I miss the most ? hanging out with them and the friendship."

Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Tim "Ripper" Owens