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Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (1976 – present)
Saxon is a british heavy metal band, formed in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, England in 1976.
As pioneers of, and at the forefront of the then new wave of british heavy metal the band enjoyed a period of prominence in the UK (including popular chart success) and Europe in the early 1980s, and later the USA and Japan.
Saxon started in South Yorkshire, England as SOB during 1976 with founder members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson. This band joined forces with another local band, Coast, featuring Biff Byford on vocals and Paul Quinn on guitar. The two bands then finalised with a line-up comprising of the then 26 year old Graham ‘Oly’ Oliver, Steve ‘Dobby’ Dawson (27), Paul ‘Blute’ Quinn (26), Pete ‘Frank’ Gill (27) and Peter ‘Biff’ Byford (27). The name of the band was Son Of A Bitch. That name was dropped a few years later and the band re-christened themselves SAXON. They were at this time playing the usual rock clubs and concert gigs supporting The Ian Gillan Band and Heavy Metal Kids, amongst others, playing all their own material. Demo tapes were recorded at Tapestry Studios, with producer John Verity (Ex. Argent singer/guitarist). They hawked these round the usual record companies only to be ignored as the new-wave was at its height at this time. After a few months the band finally gained a favourable reaction from EMI man Peter Hinton.
As pioneers of, and at the forefront of the then new wave of british heavy metal the band enjoyed a period of prominence in the UK (including popular chart success) and Europe in the early 1980s, and later the USA and Japan.
Saxon started in South Yorkshire, England as SOB during 1976 with founder members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson. This band joined forces with another local band, Coast, featuring Biff Byford on vocals and Paul Quinn on guitar. The two bands then finalised with a line-up comprising of the then 26 year old Graham ‘Oly’ Oliver, Steve ‘Dobby’ Dawson (27), Paul ‘Blute’ Quinn (26), Pete ‘Frank’ Gill (27) and Peter ‘Biff’ Byford (27). The name of the band was Son Of A Bitch. That name was dropped a few years later and the band re-christened themselves SAXON. They were at this time playing the usual rock clubs and concert gigs supporting The Ian Gillan Band and Heavy Metal Kids, amongst others, playing all their own material. Demo tapes were recorded at Tapestry Studios, with producer John Verity (Ex. Argent singer/guitarist). They hawked these round the usual record companies only to be ignored as the new-wave was at its height at this time. After a few months the band finally gained a favourable reaction from EMI man Peter Hinton.
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Heavy Metal Thunder
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A Collection of Metal
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Call To Arms
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ThrasheDDeatH wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Saxon/+images/74434798
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TheJudasMaster wrote:
"One of the best bands of all times, side by side with Judas Priest!" They are nowhere near Priest.
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Nordmar_Hammer wrote:
You say Miley Cyrus-I say Led Zepplin You say Flowers-I say Accept You say Pink-I say Iron Maiden You say Hip Hop-i say shut the fuck up You say Pop-I scream Heavy Metal! You say Hannah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face 92% of teenagers have turned to Hip Hop and Pop.If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music,copy and paste this message to another 5 bands.DONT LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK DIE!
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PrettyBert wrote:
why "circle of light" not popular ?
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Elaneandrade wrote:
<3 in Brazil
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Megadieftw wrote:
"What NWOBHM band other than Iron Maiden and Def Leppard doesn't?" [2] especially cirith ungol! "Deserves more listeners!" [2] This band deserves so much more recognition. One of the greats!
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Ritual_Suicide wrote:
v What NWOBHM band other than Iron Maiden and Def Leppard doesn't?
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BariscanTok wrote:
Deserves more listeners!
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duduchcerock wrote:
@Valki1 Wiadoma sprawa;)
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Valki1 wrote:
JA PIERDOLE ALE ZAJEBISTE
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Rock1m1 wrote:
The King of NWoBHM...hail! \m/
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Whispering_Wind wrote:
One of the best bands of all time [4]
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whiteravenmetal wrote:
One of the best bands of all time [3]
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octopuss22 wrote:
Happy birthday Biff!
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BrenoIglesias wrote:
Muito boa essa banda , sensacional o som deles!!!
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B-eatchSkin wrote:
Someone that wanna help change the awful chards in this group? http://www.lastfm.se/group/Holli+Would
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Megadieftw wrote:
One of the best bands of all time [2]
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Suhl wrote:
Metalheads: Join this group if you're KNARCK!!! http://www.lastfm.de/group/KNARCK%21%21%21
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FelipeCrusher wrote:
Still fit to Boogie...Still fit Rock and Rooooooolllllll
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Call To Arms (Orchestral…
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Hammer Of The Gods - Saxon
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Frozen Rainbow
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Battalions of Steel
Events
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Apr
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Metal Open Air Brazil 2012
Parque da Independência, São Luís, Brazil
100 going
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Apr
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Rock in den Ruinen 2012
Phoenix West, Dortmund, Germany
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May
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Judas Priest - Epitaph Tour
Lotto Arena, Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
18 going
News
Podcast Bremen, HM Thunder Shirts Sweden limited, Helsinki sold out
29 Nov 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/planetsaxon
Hi,check out the podcast Biff did in Bremen on stage. Great
crowd and great gig!Once
more we want to make all our Swedish fans aware that the
"Heavy Metal
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"Heavy Metal Thunder" T-shirts for Sweden!
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20 Nov 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/planetsaxon
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