Glenn Tipton

Glenn Raymond Tipton (born 25 October 1949 in Blackheath (West Midlands), United Kingdom) is one of the guitarists, and occasional keyboardist, of the British heavy metal band Judas Priest. He was previously a member of the band The Flying Hat Band. Tipton is renowned for his complex solos, sometimes influenced by classical music, and for his twin playing with his Judas Priest partner, K. K. Downing. Although Glenn did not take up the guitar before the age of 21, his mother taught him the piano from a very young age. He indeed plays piano on Judas Priest's album Sad Wings of Destiny (on Epitaph, a track with no guitar parts). Tipton is, along with Rob Halford and K. K. Downing, one of the band's main songwriters.