Recognition and Honors
- He was ranked #19 on rock magazine Hit Parader's list of 100 greatest metal guitarists.
- He was ranked #28 on Gigwise's Top 50 Guitarists.
- He was ranked #9 on MusicRadar's The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever.
- He was ranked #25 on Joel Mclver's 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.
- Sun Kil Moon released a song titled "Glenn Tipton" on their album Ghosts of the Great Highway.
- In the popular video game Guitar Hero II, a playable character called Izzy Sparks, wears clothes very similar to the ones Glenn Tipton used under the Screaming for Vengeance tour 1983.
- Kerry King of Slayer has stated that Tipton is one of the most underrated guitarists in the world. He stated that Tipton is one of his earliest guitar influences.
- Jeff Waters: "Glenn Tipton, along with partners KK Downing and Rob Halford, has come up with the most killer metal riffing, with elite, groundbreaking, original songwriting, and with blues-influenced lead guitar shredding. Judas Priest and Tipton's work are arguably more worthy of the term metal than any other, with Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath their only close rivals.
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