radical music (23) : Saxon

Saxon est un groupe de heavy metal anglais. Débutant au milieu des années 70 dans le Yorkshire, formé à Barsnley (près de Sheffield) en Angleterre (Royaume-Uni), à la même époque que des groupes comme Iron Maiden ou Def Leppard. Bien qu’ayant connu une période moins populaire dans les années 1990, le groupe a retrouvé une seconde jeunesse.






CHANT: Peter Biff Byford.

GUITARE: Paul Quinn. Graham Oliver, Doug Scarrat.

BASSE: Steve Dawson, Paul Johnson, Nibbs Carter.
BATTERIE: Pete Gill, Nigel Glockler, Fritz Randow.

Discographie :

# Saxon (1979)
# Wheels of Steel (1980)
# Strong Arm of the Law (1980)
# Denim and Leather (1981)
# Power & the Glory (1983)
# Crusader (1984)
# Innocence Is No Excuse (1985)
# Rock the Nations (1986)
# Destiny (1988)
# Solid Ball of Rock (1990)
# Forever Free (1992)
# Dogs of War (1995)
# Unleash the Beast (1997)
# Metalhead (1999)
# Killing Ground (2001)
# Lionheart (2004)
# The Inner Sanctum (2007)
# Into the Labyrinth (2009)



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STRONG ARM

English heavy metal band Saxon performing at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2008.

Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As leading lights in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal they had huge success in the 1980s with 8 UK Top 40 albums including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's biggest metal acts, they also had success in Japan and in the USA. In Japan, the single "Motorcycle Man" stayed in the charts for over 5 months. They still tour heavily and regularly. Their latest tour is their largest in the UK since the late 1980s. Saxon have sold more than 13 million albums worldwide and heavily influenced bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Sodom and Running Wild.

There is another incarnation of Saxon featuring two former band members who hold the legal rights to the name - "Oliver/Dawson Saxon".

the band Saxon live at the Evolution Festival 2006.

sources : From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Comments

[capricorn68]

"the eagle has landed", un des plus grands disques live du HARD-ROCK!