“Monsters of Rock” is the closing track on Judas Priest’s eleventh studio album, Ram It Down. This song mentions the birthplace of heavy metal.
To be more geographically correct, heavy metal does in fact hail from a small area that lies huddled on the northwest perimeter of the Birmingham city limi...
[Verse 1]
It started many years ago
Out of the Black Country
The seed became the embryo
For all on earth to see
Like stealth, the word spread mouth to mouth
All corners of the land
And soon the thing began to grow
And get right out of hand
[Pre-Chorus]
From the concrete jungle
The smoke, the dirt, the grime
Could not contain the hunger
It grew and grew in time
[Chorus]
Into a monster
Monster of rock
They could never bind it
It vowed to reach the top
[Verse 2]
Took the sound across the seas
The people stood in awe
At last, the sound had come to them
That they'd been waiting for
And millions roared, and millions cheered
This spectacle on stage
And everyone went crazy
As it bellowed out in rage
[Pre-Chorus]
From the concrete jungle
The smoke, the dirt, the grime
Could not contain the hunger
It grew and grew in time
[Chorus]
Into a monster
Monster of rock
They could never bind it
It vowed to reach the top
Monster, monster of rock
They could never bind it
Impossible to stop
[Post-Chorus]
Monster of rock
[Pre-Chorus]
From the concrete jungle
The smoke, the dirt, the grime
Could not contain the hunger
It grew and grew in time
[Chorus]
Into a monster
Monster of rock
They could never bind it
It vowed to reach the top
Monster, monster of rock
They could never bind it
Impossible to stop
[Outro]
Monster, monster of rock
They could never bind it
It vowed to reach the top
Monster, monster of rock
They could never bind it
Impossible to stop
Monster
Monsters of Rock was written by Rob Halford & K.K. Downing & Glenn Tipton.
Monsters of Rock was produced by Judas Priest & Tom Allom.
Judas Priest released Monsters of Rock on Tue May 17 1988.