Onetime Judas Priest drummer David Holland was convicted Friday of trying to rape a special-needs teen who had come to former metalman for drum lessons.
Holland was also found guilty of five counts of indecent assault by a jury at Northampton Crown Court in England.
The 55-year-old stickman, who played with the heavy metal group in the '70s and '80s, denied the charges.
"There might have been the odd hug or something like that," Holland reportedly told the court earlier this month. "I know it is politically incorrect nowadays, but kids like to be shown a bit of affection."
Holland wept Friday as the verdicts were read out.
The attacks on the 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly took place at Holland's rural English home between June and December 2002.
The teen, now 18, was studying under the drummer and occasionally stayed over at Holland's home. The abuse came to light in a letter written by the teen to his parents on December 14, 2003.
"It revealed that things were happening at his drum teacher's house that shouldn't have been happening," said prosecutor Maria Savvides.
Holland will remain in custody until Judge Charles Wide receives a pre-sentence report on the risk the drummer presents to adolescent boys.
A co-accused Spiros Laouitaris, 22, was cleared of four counts of indecent assault.
Holland joined Priest in 1979 as the band hit its stride with several Top 20 hits, including the hard-rocking classics "Hell Bent for Leather" off the 1979 album of the same name and "Living After Midnight" off 1980's British Steel.
Priest hit the big time in the U.S. with the release of 1982's Screaming for Vengeance, which spawned one of the band's signature songs, "You've Got Another Thing Comin'." That was accompanied by a six-month trek in the U.S. that helped the record go platinum.
Holland quit the group in 1989, followed soon after by lead singer Rob Halford, who launched a solo career in 1993. But last July, the group announced it would reunite to release a spring 2004 album followed by a world tour in honor of its 30th anniversary. A retrospective box set is also in the works.
Hitting the road will be Halford, dual lead guitaritsts Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing, basist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis, who stepped in after Holland's departure.