Come on, Priest were on a career high after Painkiller, their best and most consistant album since Stained Class. It it was thrown away for whatever reasons. The Resurrection album didn't come out until 2000 so thats 9 years wasted that Priest could have been  producing material, instead Rob was keeping it real with his homeboys in Fight and Priest were playing at being a Priest covers band. I was only using AC/DC as an example because they went on a hiatus during the time grunge was in, they kept a lower profile which served them well when they did come out with something. Priest could easily have stayed together and Rob could have done his own thing as well. Like what's happening now. I call that period a waste because we could have had 2 or 3 quality Priest albums over that 9 or 10 year period. Ressurection and Crucible are good but they are nowhere near Priest at their peak.

		spapad wrote:
		It was not a waste. Halford created many good songs. What would have happened if he stayed then............. would not have been what we wanted. He had to return of his own volition, or Priest would have suffered from disintrest. That would have been the nail in the coffin more than Rob leaving.