Saxon To Release Special Anniversary Single
British heavy metal legends Saxon has revealed that they will be releasing their classic song "747 (Strangers In The Night)" this year to celebrate the bands 30th anniversary. A post from frontman Biff Byford reads as follows:
"Just a few more words from the road; sat in Berlin having a few wines with Doug, Thomas and Ulf (Herman The German). Tour is going fantastic. Off to Eastern Europe tomorrow. Just a bit more juicy news, as you know we have just shot the first ever Heavy metal 3D video of 'Battalions Of Steel'. It is also our 30th anniversary this year, so SPV is going to release '747 (Strangers In The Night)' as a commemorative single, included in the package will be the video of 'Battalions' and the 3D glasses."
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9. writes:
Definitely true Godlike. I haven't heard the new Saxon album yet but as soon as I get some cash that's what it's going on. Jesus Christ Saxon rule so hard haha! Have you got the Saxon Chronicles DVD? The one that's done like a book. That's fantastic, pick that up if you don't own it.
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Oz - I do own that Saxon DVD... It is quite excellent indeed \m/
When I seen them the first time, it was their Denim and Leather tour...
Seen em again a year orso later on the Strong Arm of the Law tour.. That show was excellent..!! Biff was throwing Saxon posters out into the crowd and I was lucky enough to get ahold of one:)
And at the end of the show Graham Oliver took off his Saxon "Denim and Leather" baseball cap and threw it into the crowd.. It landed in the hands of my older brother..!!
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Hahaha....., Thanks Oz..!!
Yeah, Im a legend alright... A legend in my own mind ;-)
I agree that Biff has always looked a bit old.... even before his hair turned gray..!!
All this talk about Saxon... Im gonna have to pull up some Youtube videos in another window and jam to some Saxon..!!
Bg1 - So, being a frontman... Do you agree with my statement in post #8.?
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17. writes:
afther al those years i still do like saxon
when i did live in holland i di deven run there fan club for a short while
think the best concert they played is still in jaap eden hall amsterdam
they kicked a$$
i did even got a different name in the dutch metal sceene they did call me biff
hhahaha good old times i do miss the good old time
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21. writes:
yeah i know but my girl friend dont like it so much
most of the things i got on one arm its japanese stuff like koy ,dragon , flowers lotus ,water,geisha ,
other arm i am working on a new sleeve but mostly that will be darker stuff like paul booth work
just did a octopus there
its more work related
i work as a dive instructor
and i do even got a real old tat there the saxon logo
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yeah the octopus its like a 1/2 sleeve the arms wrapp around the elbow
needs to be finished needs some more stuff around it some water and some evil stuff as well
the saxon logo was my firts tattoo stiil looks cool afther all these years
now playing
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Ah, The Strong Arm of the Law.... One of my favorite Saxon albums... And my favorite Saxon concert... see post #10
Denim and Leather was my first Saxon album.... I like the whole album too, not just a few songs...That whole album kicks a$$ all the way through...
I particularly like the song "Play it Loud".... but "Denim and Leather" is one that is best when played as loud as possible \m/
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godlike my first conection to saxon was i di buy a record aaaah a record they are still cool and always worked anyway it was a collection album from donnington rainbow was head liining saxon was on there with one number it was the number backs to the wall
went to the record store and did buy wheels of steel
man we are getting old
have been listening to tygers of pantang john sykes good guitar player
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wilco - Damn we are getting old :)
How old are you anyway..? I just turned 40 a month ago...!
Saxon's Wheels of Steel is another great album..!! ( yeah, I still have a bunch of albums too..haha)
And Rainbow... WOW, I seen them in concert back in 1982 with Iron Maiden and Riot... That was another great concert too..
Tygers of Pan Tang... yes, I remember them too... John Sykes is a great guitarist... always liked him alot... even with his band Blue Murder..!
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28. writes:
godlike
i am 45 years
and i am getting old man but stiil into metal like some older f***s somehow they dont like metal any more
just spoke to friends who are going to metallica in june i ma going there as well but some of my friends are not going any more they say to old for metal
bull i do think
but when i am going to grass pop i am not going to stay in a tent but a hotel hahahahah
you know what kind of cool is of getting old i did see cliff burton
well i am of to karnaval today drink lots of cold beer and eat lots of nasty greasy food
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When I seen Maiden the first time it was the Number of the Beast tour...They opened for Rainbow on their Straight Between the Eyes tour... Excellent show.!! Ritchie Blackmore is a God \m/
I got to see Kiss before they took off the makeup..It was the Creatures of the Night tour with Vinnie Vincent on guitar and Eric Carrs drumset was built into a huge tank... '82-'83
WOW.. what a show that was..!! The opening band was The Plasmatics with Wendy O Williams...you remember that freaky chick..??
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wilco - LOL... is this going to be our own chatroom..??
Yeah, Wendy O, was a bit freaky and nasty ... hahahha .!! Damn she had a helluva body... but she was so f^ckin ugly ;-)
My life as a metalhead started when I was a kid, listening to music that my oldest brother was playing... He was a major metal fan in the 70s... He seen Kiss in 1975..!!
Back in those days, Kiss was the coolest thing around... the stage shows, the makeup... It was all so different... Alot of kids nowadays dont understand how strange that was for the time..!?
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35. writes:
yeah god like
it looks like that
well dont know were it went did change pic and it does not comeup
willtry again to put it up
yeah do think the new metal kids dont understand the old bands from that time any more
the do like to bash on them
but they forgot the old bands paved the way to new bands
bands like raven angel witch diamond head and the english heavy metal bands from the 70-80
even the first 3 bands were from england as well the had their sound of there own
and dont forget tednuggent and triumph
shame they came from canada
that country did not bring much ecxept exciter
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wilco - ah ha... Now I see your photo is back up... maybe it was my computer..??
Triumph, now theres an excellent band..!!
Isnt it strange that two of the best three man bands came out of Canada..?? Rush and Triumph..!!
Hell, Ive always been a Ted Nugent fan too... Seen him a few times over the years... He always puts on a great show..!!
Do you recall a German band from the early 80s named Bullet..? I just got a copy of the album
No Mercy on CD... Damn, I havent heard that in 20 years or more... Forgot how good they were.!!
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37. writes:
damm i forgot rush
yeah i do remember bullet
did see them open for MORE real good band but what happend to them i dont know
a other german band
there a some good german bands around or were like destruction accept and even the scorpions
they still rock on there old days
now we talk about old stuff what about hawkwind lemmys old band or buggie
think my uncle hooked me on hawk wind and thin lizzy
got to go work
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Saxon is simply amazing....I have almost all of their albums. I knew about their well known classics, like Princess in the Night, Denim and Leather, however, I heard Crusader and Broken Heroes and have followed Saxon every since...awe inspiring work. The lyrics are so good. They really know how to rock, too. I was blown away by the INNER SANCTUM, and, yes Saxon does not get the recognition they so rightly deserve. I was rather lucky that I met this band a long time ago, and they are great guys. It is so cool that they keep pushing forward like Motorhead. Truly classic metal artists!
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45. writes:
damn...
Sometimes i wish I was in my 40's or 50's now, so I could have been there when all that stuff was getting started. Ozzy, Dio, Saxon, metallica, Accept, maiden...I love the old guard.
But then I remeber that I listen to Dillinger Escape Plan and Lamb of God, and I realize that I'm going to have my own bands to rant about when I'm 45. :)
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46. writes:
thats right f*** a name
it has been way cool to see all this bands grow up and doing tours for small gigs like accept they played in a club when i did see them it was so small only 150 people
but dont get me wrong i am not stuck in the past
i do like the new metal thrash death metal bands as well
listening to johns olivia pain
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48. writes:
well man we are stuck in the past with our music style
at least there were good guitar solos in our old style metal
there are still good musicans out there right now
like zakk wylde even kirk hammet people john petrucci criss olivia and even bassman willy lange
but i am like you have been listening to some older stuff the last few weeks
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savatage
cant wait untill i got the new cd from lamb of god in my hands
listening to dublin death patrol lightsout
kickass cover song
just got the new cd from sepultura in the mail
good cd
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57. writes:
a friend of mine went to see them they kick maximum ass
on that show
afther the show they even went into the crowed for some beer
show was one month ago
godlike
you can get a remaster cd from wheels of steel and strong arm of the law
they got on both cd some awsome live tracks
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wilco - Yeah, I have the remastered copies of Denim and Leather, Wheels of Steel and Strong Arm of the Law..!! Those are my 3 favorite Saxon albums too \m/
Hey buddy, Do you have the Saxon DVD called " The Saxon Chronicles"..!?? As Oz and I were discussing earlier in the thread... That DVD collection is excellent.!!
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no but a friend of mine just left for 10 days to the usa and i asked him to bring the dvd
but for just in case i did order one on amazon
man we should open a saxon chatroom
by the way were are all the coments from the young metal dudes
listening to rainbow kill the king
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A saxon chatroom..? Isnt that what this has turned out to be...?
As long as Oz continues to find worthwhile Saxon news to post... we'll be all set ;-)
That DVD is a great purchase... Lots of excellent tunes and concert footage on there \m/
Although, Ive never heard a Saxon song that I didnt like..!
Comments from young metal dudes..? Sadly, Im afraid that alot of young metalheads have never heard Saxon... maybe heard of them... But dont own any of their music.? Which is just a damn shame if ya ask me..!!
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Someone said there was a Saxon chat thread and I felt it imperitive to be in on it. lol.
godlike: Send me Denim and Leather brother. I haven't heard that since the vinyl day's and I don't currently have a turntable. Hook a brother up!!! While your at it... Do you have any Riot?
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67. writes:
Well - I am 38, so I don't consider myself young anymore. I agree, more young people should give SAXON a listen, and hear what real metal sounds like(with passion). Their lyrics are like poetry, and there are (arguably) very few bands left who stay consistently great...like Saxon. Saxon is like a metal juggernaut, and they just keep rolling over the competition. Too bad- barely anyone knows about them, especially kids now a days. I mean -this is a band who can tear your head off with metal intensity, heavy a hell at one point, and then write another song that may more you to tears...simply amazing! Ok enough of my fanboy enthusiasm...lol.
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70. writes:
f*** me i posted to fast
my thought about the young ones is they download to much so they only find newer stuff and do not look for older music i think
they dont go to the music store anymore and talk to the owner about cool metal music
they need education about metal
by the way riot good band only got fire down under
need to check the newer stuff out
o yeah i dont down load i buy a cd
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A number of years ago, I met a dude online, that has over 5000 cds... I was buying copies from him for $2-$3..?? There was a couple times that I bought 25-30 CDs at a time... Thats just nuts, trying to figure out what to listen to first..??
wilco - yeah, I used to hang around my local record story... wearing Denim and Leather ;-)
I learned SO much from the early years of MTV too... back when they were playing all of this killer NWOBHM music... Seems like I found a new band every other week..?
Bg1 - Hopefully you enjoyed an afternoon of some Saxon music eh..?
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76. writes:
did someone say "young metal dude?" But I prefer the term " little whipper-snapper" if you guys dont mind. ;D lol just kidding I would punch the first elderly person to call me that lol.
I'm so busy looking up new bands, i rarely have time to look up old stuff, but when I say that, i mean the obscre stuff like Trouble.(luckily, someone on this site reccomended them to me) Stuff like Saxon I hold in my collection with Led Zepp, the Deep Purple, Maiden, and, well, Queen haha. the good ol stuff you cant ignore if you have good taste in music.
I'm always lookin for new bands, or at least new to me. Just this past month I've found a new love in bands like Sodom(80's german thrash), Strapping young lad(whatever you call them, disbanded for three years now...), and Death, whom we all kinow started back in the 80's. Then again, I find my bands that are up and coming NOW, like Origin, or Brain Drill, or the new Lamb of God album. I just keep chuggin along for anything that sounds awesome to me, and Saxon was one of those things. come to think of it, I have to go back through my old collections of music I have saved up and find my Saxon. I dont even know what songs I have, since I have soooo much music, its hard to remember things you havent heard in a while.
Godlike, if you can get past the screaming vocals(I know you can, you listen to Motograter and Mudvayne, if I remember correctly? lol) then the new Lamb of God is worth a check out. Some of the solo's on that album hit me like I havent been hit since I listened to Deicide or Rhandy Rhoads for the first time. good stuff.
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78. writes:
yeah new music is cool i m litening to lots of new stuff
lamb of god mastadon just got the new cd from sepultura in
kick ass
but somehow besides new music i go back to colder stuff
put just a cd in from king diamond abigail and been listening to savatage more and more
maybe because i will see john olivia soon
but the shame about that less and less record stores are disapering that were you made contact
to new music and did meet new metal heads
likethe record store in holland cald whitenoise the dude had a bar as well you did buy a record or cd and afew beers you got wasted in a record store hahahahah and it used to be and still is a hang out for hardcore and metal heads
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^we used to have a metal record stoer down here, and I used to talk tot he guy about metal, thats how I found out about Obituary, Sepultura, and Krisiun, by talkin to that guy. Unfortunately, because the shop was so far a away, and it was in a hard to find area, nobody went there, and it shut down and went out of business. All the other record stores down here are people who dont care about metal, or if they do, they listen to that po-screamo-emo garbage. As Soon a sI start asking if they have a certain metal cd I want, they think I give a crap about Aiden or Avenged Sevenfag. It's annoying. :P
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"Back in the day" when I used to hang out in the record store, musicians ran the shop. It was the only job they could get with their permed mullets, rotten teeth and cheap tattoos. I hung out with those guys everyday after school and all day on weekends. The topic of the day was usually new bands like Anthrax, Metallica, Exodus, ManOWar, Anvil, Saxon, Mercyful Fate, Slayer and everything that was "underground" during that era. On Saturday's we would close the place down and play guitar through the store system while people in the mall would stand and stare (probably because it was the only shop in the mall closed at 6:30 at night). It was some of the best days of my life. It wasn't long after that that I hooked up with a guitarrist from the shop and started a band with him. From that day forward, metal has been a main staple of my existence. A part of my very soul. The rest... Fvcking history people.
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84. writes:
listening to to hell and back again
good for you man txmetalhead
date a younger woman make you feel young again they say
well did not work for me
any way do like the saxon postings it keeps on getting longer maybe we started a new saxon quest
think we should start talking about venom as well
another fav band from me
well dudes got to go will be back tomorow its friday happy hour that means cabo wabo and nachos
and cold beer
hornsup to you all
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Have any of you guys heard Saxon's new album?? I have it, and it is awfully good. This is such a great discussion..I wish saxon knew what die-hard fans they have(i.e. we metalheads). Saxon is just great listening, and it always bring me back to the first time I heard them. The 80's have come and gone, but I will always have great memories...hell..I even have some vague memories about the late 70s.
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yeah i should get the new cd from saxon around the 17 march here on my little island
friends did buy it for me
have to talk to my mother see if she still has some copy of the old fan club magazine
i used to write it together with my sister she dont like metal but she had a type machine
everything was in black and white
saxon the eagle has landed
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88. writes:
Hey Saxon fans \m/
This thread still has a couple weeks left...!?
Ahh .. the memories of the glory days of the NWoBHM ..!! There are some good ones indeed..!!
I dont have the new Saxon album yet.... but I plan on adding to my collection soon...!!
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wilco - Yes, indeed I think I will look into that DVD..! A guy can never have enough Saxon music..!!
I just purchased Black Label Society "The European Invasion" Live on Dvd yesterday..!
That has some amazing stuff on it as well..!! Im a big fan of Zakk Wylde \m/
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91. writes:
yeah do thinl zakk wylde is one of my favourite guitar players
got all his music
but before it was black label society it took a while to get used to his playing
especially the older stuff
but i am into the black label society
they kick ass
one thing i found out i do hang out with lots of bikers
if you were a shirt from bls they think its another bike club many tiems had to rell them no bro its a band
do think its funny sh**
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wilco - LOL ... Yeah, I can see where the BLS shirts etc... can be confused for biker clothing..!
I would assume that it was done for that reason..?!
Ive been a fan of Zakk Wylde since the release of Pride and Glory.... Ive never really been much of an Ozzy fan after Randy Rhoades died... Yeah, he has had some great guitar players... but I like those guitar players with their own bands...
For example, Jake E Lee sounded ALOT better in Badlands, than with Ozzy..!
Which is exactly why I enjoy listening to BLS more so than when Zakk is playing for Ozzy \m/
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^it's funny, me and my dad were just having a similar conversation about Ozzy and his guitar players....
Basically, Ozzy helped people to notice them, because he himself was so famous, and he always picked great guitar players that nobody had noticed before to be with his band...
On the flip side, Ozzy being Ozzy, and it being HIS band and all, and the fact that they were making HIS music, and the guitarist was just supposed to contribute to it, they couldnt show off as much, and were WAAAY more limited in their guitar playing by this, hence, why some people, like godlike (LIKE godLIKE lol sorry) enjoy BLS more than Zakk with Ozzy, and alot of people probably feel the same way about all of Ozzy's other guitarists and their prospective bands.
So they got famous for the stuff they were able to show off with when they were with Ozzy, but they could have shown off SOOOO much more, if you think about it....
Which is actually kinda scary...Could you imagine how much crazier Mr.Crowley or Crazy train could have been if the guitarist was SHOWING off? haha
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Good evening gentleman \m/
Bg1 - Oddly enough I was just sending you some emails..?!
A bit of Fastway to start off your week \m/
FAN - very well spoken, my young friend..!
Yeah, Ozzy has always found incredible guitarists to work with... Not unlike Ronnie James Dio over the years, has worked with some incredible axe slingers too... Vivian Campbell, Craig Goldie, and even Rowan Robertson (who at 16 yrs old, was picked over 100s of others..! )
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96. writes:
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do have the saxon cronicals in my hand as we speak
but have no use for it it will not play in my dvd player its a european version and i thought i did have a multi system dvd guess have to wait untill the store opens to buy a new dvd player sucks man
well you have to see ozzy is just a side project for zakk i do think and thats were he makes his money pride and joy is hard to get used to but awsome guitar work on there
jake e lee yeah great player indeed in badlands he belongs
dont here from him so much any more
like jake e lee when he did play in ozzy ozzy told him what to do
but i do think zakk got lots of freedom on his guitar he can do what ever he likes
i think
thats the reason he is still around in ozzy
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111. writes:
I'm trying to remember if I've heard some Saxon or not. Only so many sites I can go to at work. Their main site doesn't play music, so I'll have to wait until I get my home computer back. I know how the older guys are feeling. It's getting harder to impress me in my aging years.
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ap1 - Some of their more popular tunes are "Denim and Leather", "Wheels of Steel", "Dallas 1pm" (wrote about the Kennedy assissination) and in the late 80s they released a cover of the Christopher Cross tune " Ride Like the Wind"
All of these tunes can be found on Youtube... Hell, if ya like em, I can send ya some thru emails..??
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1. wilco writes:
king biff still rocks afther al this years
with saxon it all started
hornsup to them