Strong Arm Of The Law - Saxon

Denim And Leather - Saxon

From being a small child, my earliest memory is sitting with my Dad listening to "747" by Saxon and many other 70 s rock/metal groups, as I was born in 1976, my younger days were filled with music as both my parents felt the need for their children to appreciate music and not watch so much television. It is because of my mothers and late fathers love of music in all forms that I grew up to appreciate that not all music sounds like Boyzone and as such I dedicate this review to them. ~~Some History~~ Saxon have been around for many years now, not many people now a days will have heard of them but people like myself that grew up with their music playing will ...

Denim And Leather - Saxon

movement (NWOBHM). On its release in 1981, this album hit #9 and the single reached number 12. This means that, at one time, people were more interested in listening to Saxon than Tony Capstick & the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band. ‘Denim and Leather,’ while completely mediocre, is nevertheless regarded as a genre classic by many. It’s certainly the last ‘quite-good’ album the band would produce in its original style, before moving to a more polished ‘quite-bad’ sound in a consistently failed attempt to break into the American market like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest managed (Saxon lacked only the talent). Whilst very little of Saxon’s output is comparable to ...

Wheels Of Steel - Saxon

Wheels of Steel is Saxon s second album and was released in 1982. It is often considered their best work, the band have recently undergone a boost in popularity and are regularly touring again, one very noticeable difference on this album is the youthful theatrical vocals of Barnsley born Biff Bryford which are so high at times they would put Bruce Dickinson in the baratone category! The album is a great mixture of power metal and hard rock, there are plenty of tracks with strong choruses.. "Motorcycle Man", "Stand Up And Be Counted", "Wheels of Steel" that have a great catchiness to them, "Suzie Hold On" is a true hard rock ...