weslgarlic Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Any Saxon fans out there ? I can't make up my mind whether to see 'Saxon' at the 'O2 Academy Leeds' on Wednesday, 24th April 2013. I might just buy a ticket on the night. I had some of their earlier albums , sort of went off my radar , I've always missed them in concert over the years , I will probably know someone there and I've been told they are great live , It's matter of whether I can be bothered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Great band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagittarius Rising Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Oh, I thought you meant Saxon as in the peoples who moved out of Germanic - Frankish lands during the late fifth century and settled into modern day England. My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslgarlic Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Oh, I thought you meant Saxon as in the peoples who moved out of Germanic - Frankish lands during the late fifth century and settled into modern day England. My bad. Oh hahahaha...sic ..I'm suprised you did n't think the Black Sabbath thread was about a Boris Karloff film which is a tenuous link that the Saxon's track "wheels of Steel " nicks it's from the Black Sabbath riff from their track " Rock 'n' Roll Doctor " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwKRyizwEKo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6a4v9ddWTw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) Became a fan pretty recently. Discovered these guys by sheer luck! A song called Thin Red Line was playing at a local record shop. I loved it and asked the store owner about the song and boom! The rest as they say, is history! I have given so many bands in the heavy metal genre a try during these past 5 months, and I have faced a pretty common trend: while the bands that I have tried listening to, have albums with a song or two that I like, I have faced so many instances wherein the rest of the album in question, tends to falls flat on its face, leaving me feeling underwhelmed and extremely frustrated! This has happened with bands like Dream Theater, Symphony X, Slipknot, Witch, etc. But not with these guys! I was about to give up on the heavy metal genre when I found this band! I even listened to their work from 2016 called Into The Labyrinth and I loved it! Like Tool and Pentagram, Saxon is yet another band in the heavy metal genre that I can listen to, for hours without getting bored! I guess excessive growling, screaming and horribly loud guitar riffs just don't cut it for me! I need melody. I need a story. Yes. I am very pedantic! Edited June 24, 2018 by Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillumpuffer Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 said: Became a fan pretty recently. Discovered these guys by sheer luck! A song called Thin Red Line was playing at a local record shop. I loved it and asked the store owner about the song and boom! The rest as they say, is history! I have given so many bands in the heavy metal genre a try during these past 5 months, and I have faced a pretty common trend: while the bands that I have tried listening to, have albums with a song or two that I like, I have faced so many instances wherein the rest of the album in question, tends to falls flat on its face, leaving me feeling underwhelmed and extremely frustrated! This has happened with bands like Dream Theater, Symphony X, Slipknot, Witch, etc. But not with these guys! I was about to give up on the heavy metal genre when I found this band! I even listened to their work from 2016 called Into The Labyrinth and I loved it! Like Tool and Pentagram, Saxon is yet another band in the heavy metal genre that I can listen to, for hours without getting bored! I guess excessive growling, screaming and horribly loud guitar riffs just don't cut it for me! I need melody. I need a story. Yes. I am very pedantic! I saw them loads of times in the 80's supporting various bands and on their own. I caught them first at Manchester UMIST ( Union of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) with another up and coming band Iron Maiden. £2 on the door. IM were awful. We shouted them off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) On 4/24/2013 at 4:24 AM, weslgarlic said: Saxon's track "wheels of Steel " nicks it's from the Black Sabbath riff from their track " Rock 'n' Roll Doctor " Thank fck someone else's said it! I thought that when I saw it on TOTPs way back in 1981, but you're the only other person I've heard say it. I'm not even vaguely approaching any kind of Saxon fan - I suppose you could say I've seen them, as I was at the first Donington in 1980, although I went for a wander while they were on, so I guess it's more like I've 'heard' them live... Mind you, I did see Biff Byford waiting for a coach in the open-air part of the old Barnsley bus station in 1982. He was sporting a sheepskin jacket, so he was clearly off duty... Edited June 26, 2018 by Brigante Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Saxon To Celebrate 40th Anniversary With 'The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live)': http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/saxon-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary-with-the-eagle-has-landed-40-live/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) The girlfriend (now Mrs JTM) and I saw Saxon sometime in 79 touring their first album, their backdrop was of the cover of said album. This was in a nightclub we were sat at our usual table side on to stage left. I was slightly amused by the bald headed bass player with his huge moustache bouncing around like a spring lamb, very un rock n roll looking I thought. The guitar player did his little solo spot part of which included an awful stab at the 'star spangled banner', me being me at the time thinking I was quite witty shouted out "Don't give up yer day jobs" I just got his wide mouthed grin from vocalist Bif Byford. Was I wrong, forty years on they're still banging it out, not my cup of tea, I've never bought anything by them but good luck to them, happy fortieth anniversary Saxon. Edited June 1, 2019 by JTM comma added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luvlz2 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Saxon Frontman Recovering From Triple Bypass Surgery https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/saxon-frontman-recovering-from-triple-bypass-surgery/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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