The thing with K.K. is still a little sad
Sometimes I think about the K.K. thing and how that went down, and it seems a little sad that it never came back around. You kind of hoped that one day they might work it all out and pick up again. It didn't have to go that way. Sort of like that baffling explanation about how Rob ended up out of the band in the '90s because of a miscommunication or something. When you're all in a band for decades, fix your issues. Don't let them metastasize like a cancer.
Say what you will about Metallica and its use of a life coach, it worked, and ironed out a lot of internal interaction issues that kept the band going (I mean save for Jason Newsted, who decided it was weak to seek that outside help and opted out). Maybe Priest should have mediated its differences? Or maybe better management could have steered them all through that crisis better. Who can say?
Posted Jul 4, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC