An early Judas Priest track from their second album, "The Ripper" is a brief recounting of the crimes of Jack the Ripper, from the perspective of the killer. Jack the Ripper, who did his dirty work in the 1800s, was never caught and built a legend that made him an archetype of sorts, which is why he shows up in songs like this one.
This was written by Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton, who did a lot of songwriting in the band and teamed with KK Downing to give them a potent twin-lead-guitar sound. What the band didn't have at this point was a signature look - they didn't get leathered up until a year later.
This was parodied in the movie This Is Spinal Tap in a scene where they mention a Spinal Tap project called "Saucy Jack."
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