Saxon music

About Saxon

Origin: England

Decades: 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's

Saxon was one of the early leaders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, along with Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. The band was formed in Barnsley in 1977 by vocalist Biff Byford, guitarists Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson, and drummer Pete Gill. Originally calling themselves Son of a Bitch, they soon decided to find a more subtle name, settling on Saxon. Like many young metal bands of the day, Saxon found it difficult to land a record deal in post-punk England, but eventually signed with... Read More

Fans of Saxon

Vesso Radkov

Sofia Bulgaria

31 plays

Paco

Laredo, Tx

ONLINE

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Bea

Sweden

9 plays

eddy

India

9 plays

Brad

United States

8 plays

Arnon

Somewhere Far Bey…

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Comments about Saxon

slayer

Jakarta Indonesia

Monday July 13 2009 03:50 AM

“ And .. . I've got to Rock _ To stay alive ”

SAHUARIPA

Guadalajara Mexic…

Friday June 12 2009 09:39 AM

“ The best of the best great fucking band of metal. ”

shadiqrocks

Johor Malaysia

Tuesday June 02 2009 10:34 AM

“ BIFF BYFORD'S VOICE KICKS ASS ”

shadiqrocks

Johor Malaysia

Tuesday June 02 2009 10:32 AM

“ I'VE NEVER HEARD THE WORD "SAXON' TIL I HEAR THIS GREAT BAND CALLED SAXON AND WENT TO LOOK FOR THE WORD "SAXON' IN DICTIONARY...THE MEANING ROCKS AS THE BAND.GREAT BAND... ”