Judas Priest's Insane Fan

We've all gone through phases where we listen to an album over and over, but Cleveland Judas Priest superfan Jim Bartek took this to the extreme with Judas Priest's Nostradamus.

Bartek began listening to the album on June 17, 2008, the day it was released, and put it on his stereo at least once a day for a ridiculous and insane 391 days. Cleveland's Plain Dealer reports he logged about 1,000 hours listening to the hour-and-45-minute double album about the 16th century seer.

To me, this just seems like masochism. British Steel is clearly the better choice!

Peters works in a parts room at a truck stop and first mentioned his ambitious "project" of sorts to Cleveland DJ Bill Peters. Bartek told the Plain Dealer that his dog, Clarence, curls up on the couch to listen to the album with him whenever it's on.

"That's what's so great about Nostradamus; you can listen over and over and always hear something new," Bartek said.

He nearly broke the streak one night after a fishing trip with his friends and rushed home after 10 p.m. to listen to the record, according to the website. To avoid anything like this happening again, he bought an MP3 player and takes it everywhere with him.

Judas Priest's management apparently contacted Bartek about meeting him after the band's show in Cleveland on Tuesday night and Bartek received a third-row ticket to the show from an anonymous donor.

Judas Priest have these dates scheduled:

July 15 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater
July 17 Walker, MN @ Moondance Jam 18 w/Whitesnake
July 18 Cadott, WI @ Rock Fest
July 19 Chicago, IL @ Charter One Pavilion
July 21 Cincinatti, OH @ PNC Pavilion
July 22 Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
July 24 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater
July 25 San Antonio, TX @ A&T Center
July 26 Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheatre
July 29 Paso Robles, CA @ California Mid-State Fair
July 31 Concord, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion
Aug. 1 Marysville, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre (98 Rock Jamboree)
Aug. 2 Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre w/Whitesnake
Aug. 4 San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre
Aug. 5 Costa Mesa, NM @ Pacific Amphitheatre
Aug. 7 Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
Aug. 8 Las Vegas, NV @ Thomas & Mack Center
Aug. 10 Albuquerque, NM @ Sandia Casino
Aug. 11 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 13 Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Live Theater
Aug. 15 St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Aug. 16 Tampa Bay, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
Aug. 17 Hollywood, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Arena
Aug. 19 Estero, FL @ Germain Arena
Aug. 20 Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre At Encore Park
Aug. 22 Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Aug. 23 Gilford, NH @ Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion