Year : 2021
Style : NWOBHM, Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 128 kbps + all scans
Size : 184 mb
Bio:
Saxon are an English heavy metal band which formed in 1976, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. The band also had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart and chart success all over Europe and Japan, as well as success in the USA. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's biggest metal acts. They still tour regularly and have sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Saxon have also influenced many bands such as Metallica and Megadeth.Somewhere around South Yorkshire, UK there was a band that started life 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. He had come up to Barnsley to see the band play at the town's Civic Hall. He was very impressed and recommended SAXON to Claude Carrere as candidates for his new label on the British scene, Carrere Records. Claude decided to offer them a contract, after hearing the band's demo tapes.Saxon released their nineteenth studio album, Call to Arms, on 3 June 2011. It debuted at number 6 on the UK Rock Albums chart. The band embarked on a world tour which saw them visit the US; Saxon also revisited the UK for a second leg of the tour. The band announced on their Call To Arms tour that a number of fans at each venue each paying £10 would be able to watch them soundcheck. This was donated to the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy and Childline charities.In December, Byford joined Metallica on stage to perform "Motorcycle Man" for the band's 30th anniversary show. Saxon were billed as special guests supporting Judas Priest at Hammersmith Apollo on 26 May 2012. Saxon also played Download Festival 2012, and were recorded playing "Wheels Of Steel" for the festival's Highlights show shown on Sky Arts. On 13 February 2012, the band announced that they were releasing a new live DVD and CD package entitled Heavy Metal Thunder - Live: Eagles Over Wacken, which compiled their 2004, 2007 and 2009 performances at the Wacken Open Air across various formats. In March, Saxon won the Metal Hammer 2012 Golden God award for 'Best UK band'.In October 2012, the band announced that their next studio album would be titled Sacrifice and it was released on 25 February 2013. On 11 December 2012 Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie saw an international release and was the first Blu-ray release for the band.
Album:
British Heavy Metal legends Saxon will deliver a full-roar-fun-down set of covers on March 19th 2021 (Silver Lining Music), with their latest album Inspirations, which drops a brand new 11 track release featuring some of the superb classic rock songs that influenced Biff Byford & the band.No matter if "Paint It Black" by ROLLING STONES, "Bomber" by MOTÖRHEAD or AC/DC's "Problem Child" to name just a few, these rock classics in SAXON style sound fresh, put you in a good mood and Biff Byford shows how multi-layered his vocals can be.We all have music that inspires us to do greater things, and Heavy Metal legends Saxon are no exception, but their case they’ve taken a look at those inspirational tracks and created a covers album from it.Has to be said however, that they themselves have prompted many a band to into being, in the first place!The Rolling Stones `Paint It Black’ gets the party started and here whilst the arrangement is essentially the same as the original, Biff Byford’s vocal adds a darker, more intense feeling to the iconic song.Led Zeppelin always had an immense sound but the Saxon boys have made `Immigrant Song’ heavier and meatier than ever in their punchy version. It’s inevitable that The Beatles would show up somewhere here and `Paperback Writer’ has gained some attitude and power since its original outing but still retains the singalong charm that hooked so many fab four fans back in the day.Byford does a brilliant Ozzy style delivery on `Evil Woman’ as the drums pound out the beat accentuated by powerful riffery. Paul Quinn and Doug Scarratt rock out their twin guitar fretboard magic on Jimi Hendrix’ Blues rocker `Stone Free’ which oozes energy from start to finish.The Saxon wheels of steel roll out the heavy artillery with Motorheads Bomber’ which hammers full steam along the tracks, taking no prisoners as this headbanging classic smashes home. Hurtling headlong along the highway, Deep Purples `Speed King’ is treated to some superb axe wizardry and a stellar performance from Byford who is on fire here. Lizzy’s `The Rocker’ gets the twin guitar treatment which, of course wasn’t present on the original but sounds all the better for it.Taking a curved ball from the rest of the tracks, and showing a softer side to the guys, comes Toto’s `Hold The Line’. No namby pamby keyboards here however, guitars all the way! With the energy rising still, a sure-fire way to get things jumping is to add some AC/DC and `Problem Child’ fits the bill perfectly.It may not be quite as raw as the Angus original but it still rips your face off!Bringing proceedings to a brilliant close, The Kinks `See My Friend’ slows things down but still keeps the heat turned up on this great rendition of the iconic track and shows more emotion in Byfords voice than seen elsewhere.Inspirations’ was recorded old school with Real drums and Marshall amps at Brockfield House, York during lockdown. Byford produced the record with Jacky Lehmann (Accept) mixing and recording.The raw, back to basics feel comes across and in its own way, helps to pay homage to Saxons musical heroes.This album gives a rare insight into what makes a band like Saxon tick and shows they’re not afraid to jump out of their comfort zone.
Line-Up:
Biff Byford - Vocals (1978-present), Bass (1986) - See also: Biff Byford, Spin the Wheel, The Scintilla Project, ex-Son of a Bitch, ex-Coast, ex-Jumble Lane
Paul Quinn - Guitars (1978-present) - See also: The Cards, ex-Son of a Bitch, ex-Coast, ex-Pagan Chorus
Nigel Glockler - Drums (1981-1987, 1988-1998, 2005-present) - See also: ex-Thunderstorm, Mad Men and English Dogs, Winter's Reign, ex-Paul Di'Anno, ex-Air Pavilion, ex-GTR, ex-The Bernie Tormë Band, ex-Toyah
Nibbs Carter - Bass (1988-present) - See also: ex-Paul Di'Anno, ex-Air Pavilion, ex-Paul Di'Anno & Dennis Stratton
Doug Scarratt - Guitars (1995-present) - See also: Mad Men and English Dogs
Tracklist:
01. Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)
02. Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
03. Paperback Writer (Beatles)
04. Evil Woman (Black Sabbath)
05. Stone Free (Jimi Hendrix)
06. Bomber (Motörhead)
07. Speed King (Deep Purple)
08. The Rocker (Thin Lizzy)
09. Hold The Line (Toto)
10. Problem Child (AC/DC)
11. See My Friends (The Kinks)
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