Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner is still dealing with complications after having an aortic aneurysm and multiple open heart surgeries, noting in a recent interview that permanent brain ...

Judas Priest‘s Richie Faulkner is sharing more details about his health struggles over the last few years. In an interview with PremierGuitar, the guitarist revealed that he suffered a stroke ...

In an April 2025 interview with 'Premier Guitar,' Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner opened up about the stroke that gave him permanent brain damage. Skip to main content Skip to site footer.

Richie Faulkner, a guitarist for legendary metal rock band Judas Priest, revealed he has permanent brain damage from a stroke he suffered in 2022. Faulkner, 45, suffered an acute cardiac aortic ...

Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner has revealed that he suffered a stroke as he recuperated from the aortic aneurysm he experienced onstage at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville ...

Richie Faulkner, guitarist for Judas Priest, reveals brain damage after a stroke. He's seen here performing in Independence, Missouri in 2024. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Getty Images ...

Richie Faulkner was in the middle of an epic “Painkiller” solo during Judas Priest’s Louder Than Life 2021 performance in Kentucky when his aorta ruptured. ... it’s a stroke,” Faulkner said.

Stroke — that’s it. It is damaged. You’ve got damage in your brain. Now I thought I had brain damage before, but this is real. It’s a small thing on the left side.” As to why we’re only learning about ...

Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner went through “major emergency heart surgery” in 2021 after his aorta ruptured onstage at Louisville festival Louder Than Life. He’s now given an update ...

In an April 2025 interview with 'Premier Guitar,' Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner opened up about the stroke that gave him permanent brain damage. Skip to main content Skip to site footer.

Faulkner was rushed to the hospital and underwent an emergency 10 hour surgery that saved his life. Now in a new interview with PremierGuitar , Faulker reveals that he also suffered a stroke ...