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Mark Foley plays with Rob Halford's guitar, so to speak, during the Judas Priest Retribution 2005 Tour.SARASOTA, Fla. (CAP) - The rock band Judas Priest has denied having sex with former Congressman Mark Foley, despite Foley's assertions that, as a young man living in Florida, he was molested by "one of the first bands to modernize the twin-lead-guitar sound."
Judas Priest lead vocalist Rob Halford, speaking from his home in Birmingham, England, said a report in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune about the heavy metal band's encounters with a young Foley was "exaggerated," although he did admit that during a period between the releases of the albums "Point of Entry" (1981) and "Screaming for Vengeance" (1982), "we pretty much screwed anything that moved."
"And more than a few things that didn't," added bassist Ian Hill.
When it came to Foley, though, the band adamantly denied the relationship was sexual. "We were like brothers," said Halford. "You know, brothers who liked to get naked together and rub oil all over each other."
Hill, talking over tea and crumpets at his summer cottage in Leicestershire, did recall an incident during 1978's "Stained Class" tour when the band retired to its hotel room after a concert with 10 pounds of PCP, 1,400 baggies of cocaine and "so much pot it took 11 roadies to get it in the room." Also involved were more than 20 groupies, several bellhops and a prize Belgian heifer.
"If this Foley bloke showed up that night, something may have had sex with him by accident," said Hill. "We had to call the paramedics when [guitarist] K.K. Downing tried to have relations with a desk lamp."
Foley, a 52-year-old Florida Republican, resigned from Congress last month over sending sexually explicit e-mails to young male pages. Foley's attorney, Dave Rump, noted that the former congressman "continues to offer no excuse whatsoever for his conduct," although he did point out that it's widely believed if you play the Judas Priest song "Better By You, Better Than Me" backwards you can hear a subliminal message that sounds like, "Send sexually explicit e-mails to young male pages."
Foley is not alleged to have had a physical relationship with any pages, although Judas Priest admits to having sex with at least a dozen of them. "I think the Turbo tour made three stops in the greater Washington area," recalled Halford, sighing wistfully over his bangers and mash.
