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Barnsley, United Kingdom (1976 – present)
Saxon is a british heavy metal band, formed in Barnsley, 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 laterally the USA and Japan.
Saxon started in South Yorkshire, UK 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 laterally the USA and Japan.
Saxon started in South Yorkshire, UK 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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Wheels Of Steel
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Strong Arm Of The Law
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The Inner Sanctum
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Never Surrender
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Ride Like The Wind
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The Eagle Has Landed
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Shoutbox
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Arklem wrote:
thanx to this band I have started my journey with metal music. Hail Saxon!
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dmfzeks wrote:
biff be awesome.
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Warczeski wrote:
Brilliant band! Old school... Heavy Metal Thunder!!! (:
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TemplarZH wrote:
One of The best Metal bands
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zaGodThatFailed wrote:
very under-rated band
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DiegoV8 wrote:
Heavy metal thunder!
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draksis wrote:
Crusader is great.
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Ulubione88 wrote:
powalający zespół. a płyta Lionheart jest niewiarygodna;) Świetna muzyka!!!!
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ikermarin wrote:
WRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGH NWOBHM FOREVERRRRRRR
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Dissection_Br wrote:
Saxonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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cicerometallica wrote:
saxon it's a very great heavy metal l band. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW ADD -ME(http://www.lastfm.com.br/user/cicerometallica) \m/.
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cicerometallica wrote:
Saxon it's a very great heavy metal l band. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW ADD -ME(http://www.lastfm.com.br/user/cicerometallica) \m/.
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KristianHT wrote:
Did these guys try hard to sell out or what. Their late-eighties blandness is overwhelming
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Jamesenstein31 wrote:
Why this band never broke in the States is a mystery to me.
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MikeWire6666 wrote:
Hello! This group is for people who love HARD ROCK or HEAVY METAL: http://www.lastfm.es/group/Hard%2B%2BRock%2B%2526%2BHeavy%2BMetal
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Idiots-Rule wrote:
Innocence is no excuse is my favorite album of theirs.
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KiraDeath wrote:
join http://www.lastfm.es/group/Anti+Black+Metal+Squad
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sandrock86 wrote:
I really dug Atila the Hun on a sampler I got from Metal Hammer \m/
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loaded_ wrote:
I love the frozen rainbow.. just perfect!
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Qmelk wrote:
One of the best Metal band there is. Saxon delivers albums of high standards and Biff is one of the Metal Gods of vocalists
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Events
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Mar
14
Saxon
Theaterfabrik, München, Munich, Germany
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Mar
15
Saxon
Live Club, Trezzo sull'Adda, Italy
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| 10 attendees
- Mar 15 Saxon Live Club, Trezzo sull'Adda, Italy
News
New blog entry by Biff right from the sick bed
2 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/planetsaxon
New blog entry by Biff right from the sick bedHi from the sick bed,
sorry for all the problems with changing the dates, on another note
since spv went bankrupt the riff king contest has been a bit q. …
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20 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/planetsaxon
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