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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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Denim And Leather
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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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v What NWOBHM band other than Iron Maiden and Def Leppard doesn't?
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Deserves more listeners!
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@Valki1 Wiadoma sprawa;)
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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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Gomezpainkiller wrote:
One of the best bands of all times, side by side with Judas Priest!
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Unkyp wrote:
Just got "Call to arms " album - it's superb !!! and also just got "into the Labyrinth" & " The inner santum " ............ my saxon album collection is now complete ! YES !!! :) SAXON FOREVER the eagle flies free !!!
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megadan777 wrote:
Can't wait to see them at Wacken next year. whoooooo
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Coop_R wrote:
Man and Machine is the quintessence of heavy metal
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ACDC_ wrote:
Saxon kicked fucking ass with Hammerfall last night
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loachy16 wrote:
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Hammer Of The Gods - Saxon
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Frozen Rainbow
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Apr
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Rock in den Ruinen 2012
Phoenix West, Dortmund, Germany
12 going
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May
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Epitaph Tour
Rodahal, Kerkrade, Netherlands
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May
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Judas Priest
HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, United Kingdom
36 going
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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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