Ian Hill (born 20 January 1952)[1] is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the British heavy metal band Judas Priest.

The two met while Hill was dating Halford's sister and mentioned that he needed a new vocalist for his band.

[5] When Hill was asked about his reaction to the 2001 film Rock Star, which was originally inspired by the real-life story of Tim "Ripper" Owens, a singer in a Judas Priest tribute band who was chosen to replace singer Rob Halford when he left the band, in an interview with PopMatters magazine, Hill responded "Well, it was a true work of fiction, you know?

When we heard about the production company were going to make a movie based, as far as we knew, about Ripper joining the band we offered our help.

Hill was quoted as saying "It had nothing to do with Rob Halford, Ripper Owens and Judas Priest, it's got nothing to do with that, whatsoever.

[9] Hill is featured in the 2024 documentary Cover Your Ears produced by Prairie Coast Films and directed by Sean Patrick Shaul, discussing the subliminal message trial Judas Priest were involved with.

[10] In the early years of Judas Priest, Hill played a 1970s Fender Jazz Bass, switching to Hamer in the mid-1980s.