Used to know Tim 'Nibbs' Carter a long, long time ago. Great bass player and down to Earth guy. He certainly helped to revitalise Saxon. The new album - Hell, Fire & Damnation - is great.
Probably the most underrated rock and metal band of all time. Incredibly persistent, consistent, a band that should be EASILY in the rock n roll hall of fame! Also hugely influential and cited as an influence by basically a whos who of heavy metal of the 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond
It’s never too late! I’ve been telling friends about their latest Thunderbolt and raving about the band - specifically to go back and give the albums (after Destiny) a chance because that’s when they started to get back where they were music wise.
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59 and still rockin to Saxon! Was a fan back in 1980 when the NWOBHM hit. Living in Iowa, me and my friends bought all those albums from Maiden, Priest, Motorhead, Def Leppard, 79,80,81. But, MY favorite band was SAXON with those trio of 3 classic Metal albums. Great songs, Great riffs. I Always followed them thru the years, listened to each release. Finally got to see them live in 2017, front row in Atlanta.
Saxon from 1992 - onwards has been one of the most constant and awesome metal bands! Everything from Solid Ball Of Rock right up to Thunderbolt kicks ass!
Saxon is awesome, they’re just as good as other metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Angel Witch, Venom, Satan, and many others. Great review on an awesome heavy metal band, man, keep it up and such, kek-kek:).
Refreshing to hear someone with the honesty to point out the high points of their mid 80s output. Rare over here(UK). Now popular again due to reversion to dirty old Brit metal. The big teasers from Barnsley will always be special.
Been a fan since ‘84. I absolutely agree - they’ve been overlooked for the most part for many many years. Consistently great, and ALWAYS doing it for their fans. Much love..
Late, 1980 saxon get my attention with wheels of steel , stong arm of the law , denim and leather , power and the glory , crusaders , then ok , but late 90s they become a brutal force till now , they maybe lack of the image of jp and tygers of pt ,iron maide, but hell yeah , they are one of the pillars oh HM
I enjoyed this retrospective very much I'm a big fan of Saxon I would love to see you do more retrospective videos on other NWOBHM bands like Angel Witch , Diamond Head , Samson , Tank etc 🤘
I have been a huge New Wave Of British Heavy Metal fan since I was a little kid, but some how I never heard of Saxon until my early 20's when I saw many of their videos when VH1 Classics channel came out and had a show called Metalmania. I fell in love with their music immediately. I saw videos like Strong Arm Of The Law, Dallas 1 P.M. , The Power And The Glory, And The Bands Played on, Strangers In The Night, Ride Like The Wind, and my all time favorite Saxon song to this day Princess Of The Night. I will never understand how this band never got the recognition that Judas Priest and Iron Maiden got throughout all these years. Saxon are still releasing great music and should have been much much bigger. They are a great live band even to this day. One of my other favorite songs has always been Broken Heroes.
Funny story...my old friend Ray had gotten to the record store before me and grabbed the two "better" albums of Power and the Glory and Destiny but he was kind enough to leave me the "lesser" album of Denim and Leather. Which is still my favorite album by Saxon with Play It Loud my favorite song ever by them. Thank you for doing this and showing these guys much deserved respect. Also btw my mom who is 70 absolutely loves the song Solid Ball Of Rock.
Saxon is one of my all time favorite bands... BUT...here's the crazy thing. I prefer Iron Maiden's older stuff to their newer stuff. While Saxon though? I prefer their newer stuff to their older stuff.
Saw mighty SAXON! For free! Thanks to two school teachers who worked as safety personell at stockholm ice stadium in 85 whole class was invited wow! I stood and rocked out so much! On the right side of the balcony so my left leg went thru the bench😂 awesome memory! The crusader tour! Swords and a castle on the stage with these awesome rockers! Oh! Yeah! 10/10 always! Pure GOLD!
Denim 'n; Leather, TREMENDOUS album, me Mam bought it me for Christmas as I remember. These lads are responsible for some great music songs that are as iconic as any Maiden, Motorhead, Priest or DC. Great band then Amazing band now!!
Hey, man, good show. Nice effort! Unfortunately, your most resonate and truthful line within is... "I'm Gay, I like AOR music" Hey, you said It... Buy seriously, great show and thanks, in general, for shining a light on SAXON! Marc ⚡😎 p.s. re: BOTTLE NECK = C'mon, man, bottleneck guitar. Acoustic blues... slide w/a bottle..neck.
Priest had Tom Allom (produced all albums from 80 till 88) , Maiden had Martin Birch (81 till 92). In case of Saxon, they had no permanent producer. Maybe that's the reason why their rise found an end in the middle of the 80s.
Hey just checked up on something you missed. Actor Harry Shearer (who does voices on The Simpsons by the way) bassed his "Spinal Tap" character Derek Smalls on original Saxon bassist Steve Dawson.
Use to be a huge fan. Been to multiple Saxon concerts. Best one was in a small hall in Cologne where they started their European tour. Still having tracks on my SD card in the truck. Really love what you did here for them.
A sincere thank you for all these vids. I got the Dogs... album in the mid 90s from my older bro who didn't want it. I remember the cover being so freaking beautiful and awesome, but I thought the music was too "fashionable" or light way back then. Today I love all this shit. Hails.
This band deserves so so much credit they are the 3rd spot in the nwobhm , in my humble opinion They put like five albums very good , continuously or tie with motorhead for that spot
52:40 LOVE their cover of Court of the Crimson King. So perfectly done here if you had no knowlege of King Crimson you wouldn't think twice about it being a cover.
Another great retrospective! one thing... the lunar module from the Apollo Moon landing was called "the Eagle". When it landed on the moon they said "the eagle has landed" so you were correct in your interpretation... Thanks again for taking the time....
I’ve been obsessed with Saxon’s music for the last 3 months after warching both this retrospective and the Metal Mythos one. So much amazing music I was missing. I agree : start from the beginning and work your way up til now, you wont be sorry. The movie heavy metal thunder is also great and has 2 amazing shows in it. Most under rated band ever.
Saw saxon in March saw tygers of pan tang last Thursday wanted to learn more about both bands and it turns out everyone brings them up in the same context so cool finding out about all this british heavy metal history
Thanks for this very good documentary about the GREAT SAXON! It´s sad they are still underrated compared to bands like Iron Maiden or Motörhead. I remember when i first heard Denim& Leather, Wheels of Steel etc. on cheap Saxon compilation CD back in middle 90´s. I remember when bought those classic 2nd hand LPs at record stores for very cheap like 1-2 euro back then, it was cheap but it was QUALITY! Almost everybody laughted at classic Metal Music back in late 90´s and beginning of 2000´s there was about 100-150 metal heads at Saxon gig, it was kind of sad situation. Thanks Metal God, things have changed to better and Saxon can play big festival like Wacken with thousands of people! JUST REMEMBER, NEVER SURRENDER !!!
Finally, someone who stands up for "Crusader" I wore that cassette out back in the 80s and to this day, it remains my favorite from Saxon. There are NO bad Saxon albums and their monster discography is second to none. The band is still blasting out metal anthems and absolutely destroy playing live. "Give us the stage, turn on the lights, fire up the sound: We'll rock the nations!!!"
No... they don't put the gods of metal Judas Priest and the great Iron Maiden to shame. Those three bands (Saxon, JP, Iron Maiden) along with Black Sabbath, UFO, and Thin Lizzy are the best rocking kick-ass bands.
fierrote to me Maiden is only as popular as they r because of Eddie. Saxon and priest are way superior. Maiden hasn’t done anything that great since 86
Been a fan of 'Solid Ball of Rock' for 20 years since I was a snot-nosed kid, but only found out I got the lyrics to the title rack wrong 5 years ago. You heard "Set my people free!"...I heard "Suck my feet for free" (which my teenage self thought was a kick-ass random put down). Cheers for the pointers on the next Saxon albums I need to hear. PS, that clip of them talking to Tommy Vance (RIP) where he's giving away copies of 'Metalhead'...I remember seeing that live on the Friday Night Rock Show. Good times
Love this retrospective and absolutely love Wheels Of Steel, LAOTL, and Denim & Leather, but I have to say the downturn seemed to start with Power and the Glory. To me, although it sounded much like the previous 3 albums, it seemed to have a little less drive and energy. Losing Peter Gil all of a sudden probably didn’t help matters. After the next 2 albums came Rock The Nations, and I think they were trying hard to re-gain some old fan base with that one because a few of the songs have the old vibe to them, but by then many fans had gave up. Later on in 1991 they delivered Solid Ball Of Rock and have never looked back! Every album since has been a winner in it’s own way including their latest masterpiece Thunderbolt!
My first Saxon album was Greatest Hits Live from 1990 and until this day is one of my favorite live albums of all time. I agree with the “pentalogy” their best albums by far my favorites “Power and the Glory” and “Crusader”🤟
My fav band since 1980. Why because I like more songs by them then any other band. N I think they get better n better looking forward to there new album carpe diem
Manilla road is one of my all time favorite bands. Watch my retrospective episode on them. They are an acquired taste but hopefully my episode will help you get into them
Totally agree with you in every aspect. I’m sure the problem (at that time) with Crusader was the sound. Crusader sounds a lot cheap than other competitors bands of that time. if Crusader sounded like “innocence” it could been a very successful album. By the way Saxon is my favorite band so far
Having been a fan of Saxon in the early 80s I do predictably rate that era the highest, not that long after I became an early thrash fan, never thought I would get back into Saxon after listening to some of there more promoted tracks after Crusader, the last album I bought. Then in more recent times I heard the track Sacrifice and totally loved that one ……… oh yeah bottlenecked as in using the neck of a bottle instead of fingers to play in a slide guitar style
Great material, i see that you used some footage from the Pete Gill era 1979 - 1981. I saw some such footage before. I wonder where you took this from and if this also could be shared on TH-cam. Thanks for your time !!!
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Wheels of steel what the album that got me into rock, I only listened to instrumental stuff, Tomita, Vangelis, and then someone played me motor cycle man, and at last I have something in common with Lars. 😋😋
First 8 albums are classics....In my opinion their lowest moment were bwtween 1988n and 1999,,,,Then came on stronger...THE MIGHTY SAXON, one of the best metal bands ever........And of course NWOBHM pioneers.
I am at 17 minute, and I find it funny that you haven't mentioned judas priest even once. The sound of Saxon writes JUDAS PRIEST all over it. Great band though.
But I Appreciate Albums Like " Solid Ball Of Rock " (1991 ) , " Dogs Of War " (1995) , " Unleash The Beast " (1997 ) " MetalHead " (1999) " LionHeart " ( 2004) " Into The Labyrinth " ( 2006)
Cool man! I'm so fucking tired of hearing about Iron Maiden when it comes to NWOBHM. There were SAXON, SATAN, ANGELWITCH, and many others too... Nice video man!
Used to know Tim 'Nibbs' Carter a long, long time ago. Great bass player and down to Earth guy. He certainly helped to revitalise Saxon. The new album - Hell, Fire & Damnation - is great.
Seen them many times live, my word Nibbs is an incredible live performer,
Probably the most underrated rock and metal band of all time. Incredibly persistent, consistent, a band that should be EASILY in the rock n roll hall of fame! Also hugely influential and cited as an influence by basically a whos who of heavy metal of the 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond
Followed them since-79, still as awesome!
One of the greatest bands in history.
Correct🤘🏻😊
Correct Better than ever now like wine Better and Better over the years Biff is a living legend
This band has so much quality material. It's sad they never got the attention they deserved.
Bloody facts! They underrated!
It’s never too late! I’ve been telling friends about their latest Thunderbolt and raving about the band - specifically to go back and give the albums (after Destiny) a chance because that’s when they started to get back where they were music wise.
still one of rock’s greatest bands today, consistency is the key!!!!!!!
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59 and still rockin to Saxon! Was a fan back in 1980 when the NWOBHM hit. Living in Iowa, me and my friends bought all those albums from Maiden, Priest, Motorhead, Def Leppard, 79,80,81. But, MY favorite band was SAXON with those trio of 3 classic Metal albums. Great songs, Great riffs. I Always followed them thru the years, listened to each release. Finally got to see them live in 2017, front row in Atlanta.
Saxon from 1992 - onwards has been one of the most constant and awesome metal bands! Everything from Solid Ball Of Rock right up to Thunderbolt kicks ass!
Saxon is awesome, they’re just as good as other metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Angel Witch, Venom, Satan, and many others. Great review on an awesome heavy metal band, man, keep it up and such, kek-kek:).
Justin Tyler Jimenez absolutely right my bredren
Refreshing to hear someone with the honesty to point out the high points of their mid 80s output. Rare over here(UK). Now popular again due to reversion to dirty old Brit metal. The big teasers from Barnsley will always be special.
Been a fan since ‘84. I absolutely agree - they’ve been overlooked for the most part for many many years. Consistently great, and ALWAYS doing it for their fans. Much love..
Late, 1980 saxon get my attention with wheels of steel , stong arm of the law , denim and leather , power and the glory , crusaders , then ok , but late 90s they become a brutal force till now , they maybe lack of the image of jp and tygers of pt ,iron maide, but hell yeah , they are one of the pillars oh HM
I enjoyed this retrospective very much I'm a big fan of Saxon I would love to see you do more retrospective videos on other NWOBHM bands like Angel Witch , Diamond Head , Samson , Tank etc 🤘
Lionheart and Unleash the Beast are amazing
Battering Ram is a great album!
I have been a huge New Wave Of British Heavy Metal fan since I was a little kid, but some how I never heard of Saxon until my early 20's when I saw many of their videos when VH1 Classics channel came out and had a show called Metalmania. I fell in love with their music immediately. I saw videos like Strong Arm Of The Law, Dallas 1 P.M. , The Power And The Glory, And The Bands Played on, Strangers In The Night, Ride Like The Wind, and my all time favorite Saxon song to this day Princess Of The Night. I will never understand how this band never got the recognition that Judas Priest and Iron Maiden got throughout all these years. Saxon are still releasing great music and should have been much much bigger. They are a great live band even to this day. One of my other favorite songs has always been Broken Heroes.
Funny story...my old friend Ray had gotten to the record store before me and grabbed the two "better" albums of Power and the Glory and Destiny but he was kind enough to leave me the "lesser" album of Denim and Leather. Which is still my favorite album by Saxon with Play It Loud my favorite song ever by them. Thank you for doing this and showing these guys much deserved respect. Also btw my mom who is 70 absolutely loves the song Solid Ball Of Rock.
Saxon is one of my all time favorite bands... BUT...here's the crazy thing. I prefer Iron Maiden's older stuff to their newer stuff. While Saxon though? I prefer their newer stuff to their older stuff.
Credit to Sir Hoovington for the Saxon Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Hey you going to see Judas Priest this spring? Saxon is supporting! I'm going be in NWOBHM heaven!!!!
Going to the Tulsa show in April! Excited
Hell yeah im going
Thanks for doing this Retrospective. It'll give me time to get caught up on all the missed SAXON albums I should already own!
im goin
Saw them in Detroit for that tour and it was fucking amazing
Saw mighty SAXON! For free! Thanks to two school teachers who worked as safety personell at stockholm ice stadium in 85 whole class was invited wow! I stood and rocked out so much! On the right side of the balcony so my left leg went thru the bench😂 awesome memory! The crusader tour! Swords and a castle on the stage with these awesome rockers! Oh! Yeah! 10/10 always! Pure GOLD!
Denim 'n; Leather, TREMENDOUS album, me Mam bought it me for Christmas as I remember. These lads are responsible for some great music songs that are as iconic as any Maiden, Motorhead, Priest or DC. Great band then Amazing band now!!
Hey, man, good show. Nice effort!
Unfortunately, your most resonate and truthful line within is...
"I'm Gay, I like AOR music"
Hey, you said It...
Buy seriously, great show and thanks, in general, for shining a light on SAXON!
Marc
⚡😎
p.s. re: BOTTLE NECK = C'mon, man, bottleneck guitar. Acoustic blues... slide w/a bottle..neck.
Priest had Tom Allom (produced all albums from 80 till 88) , Maiden had Martin Birch (81 till 92). In case of Saxon, they had no permanent producer. Maybe that's the reason why their rise found an end in the middle of the 80s.
Hey just checked up on something you missed. Actor Harry Shearer (who does voices on The Simpsons by the way) bassed his "Spinal Tap" character Derek Smalls on original Saxon bassist Steve Dawson.
Use to be a huge fan. Been to multiple Saxon concerts. Best one was in a small hall in Cologne where they started their European tour. Still having tracks on my SD card in the truck. Really love what you did here for them.
SAXON IS ALL OF MY LIFE
40 YEARS WITH ME 🎸🔥🎸
A sincere thank you for all these vids. I got the Dogs... album in the mid 90s from my older bro who didn't want it. I remember the cover being so freaking beautiful and awesome, but I thought the music was too "fashionable" or light way back then. Today I love all this shit. Hails.
This band deserves so so much credit they are the 3rd spot in the nwobhm , in my humble opinion
They put like five albums very good , continuously or tie with motorhead for that spot
Nice. I'm definitely gonna start diving Into Saxon I think I found my motivation to pick up and axe and jam again thanks great retrospective
Blues players used to use beer bottlenecks as slides. Hence the name bottleneck. You can hear it on the song.
The guy on the right of the screen what a w-----'
52:40 LOVE their cover of Court of the Crimson King. So perfectly done here if you had no knowlege of King Crimson you wouldn't think twice about it being a cover.
Your narration is fantastic. I hope you'll make many docs like this. Very entertaining.
Another great retrospective! one thing... the lunar module from the Apollo Moon landing was called "the Eagle". When it landed on the moon they said "the eagle has landed" so you were correct in your interpretation... Thanks again for taking the time....
I’ve been obsessed with Saxon’s music for the last 3 months after warching both this retrospective and the Metal Mythos one. So much amazing music I was missing. I agree : start from the beginning and work your way up til now, you wont be sorry. The movie heavy metal thunder is also great and has 2 amazing shows in it. Most under rated band ever.
Binge watching a bunch of your retrospectives. You and Razorfist are truly doing the work of the gods.
Absolutely loved this. Appreciate the passion for all eras. Saxon are the greatest classic metal band still going, ever since Dio left us.
Saw saxon in March saw tygers of pan tang last Thursday wanted to learn more about both bands and it turns out everyone brings them up in the same context so cool finding out about all this british heavy metal history
You know who else works their ass off and doesn't get nearly as much attention as they deserve? You
SIMP
Well you're half right.
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Thanks for this very good documentary about the GREAT SAXON! It´s sad they are still underrated compared to bands like Iron Maiden or Motörhead. I remember when i first heard Denim& Leather, Wheels of Steel etc. on cheap Saxon compilation CD back in middle 90´s. I remember when bought those classic 2nd hand LPs at record stores for very cheap like 1-2 euro back then, it was cheap but it was QUALITY! Almost everybody laughted at classic Metal Music back in late 90´s and beginning of 2000´s there was about 100-150 metal heads at Saxon gig, it was kind of sad situation. Thanks Metal God, things have changed to better and Saxon can play big festival like Wacken with thousands of people! JUST REMEMBER, NEVER SURRENDER !!!
Finally, someone who stands up for "Crusader" I wore that cassette out back in the 80s and to this day, it remains my favorite from Saxon. There are NO bad Saxon albums and their monster discography is second to none. The band is still blasting out metal anthems and absolutely destroy playing live. "Give us the stage, turn on the lights, fire up the sound: We'll rock the nations!!!"
Awesome Discography! Have listened to every album !
"Innocence is no excuse" from 85 is better than this review shows. A little bit overproduced, but filled with great songs.
I love that album!
I agree....Rockin' Again should be on their greatest hits albums.
Sorry but I can’t stand that album 😂😂 Destiny is the only album worse than it
Didn’t realise Saxon had a warhammer cover in 1992
Bro thanks for all the great metal breakdowns they really help add to my collection on metal
Finally some decent Saxon homage at last damn.
Wow this band as your video goes on there songs get better and better, where have I been
No... they don't put the gods of metal Judas Priest and the great Iron Maiden to shame. Those three bands (Saxon, JP, Iron Maiden) along with Black Sabbath, UFO, and Thin Lizzy are the best rocking kick-ass bands.
fierrote to me Maiden is only as popular as they r because of Eddie. Saxon and priest are way superior. Maiden hasn’t done anything that great since 86
one of the most consistent and still one of the greatest britain 🇬🇧 metal export
Amazing band. Thanks for uploading this
I think I’ll check out Wheels of Steel!
For you id recommend starting with their heavier material. Try Killing Ground.
DownFall NetWork Ok I’ll listen to that one. Although I just heard Motorcycle man and it’s cool
Do whatever tickles your fancy
DownFall NetWork Cool
The heaviest of the early material is Strong Arm of the Law
Been a fan of 'Solid Ball of Rock' for 20 years since I was a snot-nosed kid, but only found out I got the lyrics to the title rack wrong 5 years ago. You heard "Set my people free!"...I heard "Suck my feet for free" (which my teenage self thought was a kick-ass random put down). Cheers for the pointers on the next Saxon albums I need to hear.
PS, that clip of them talking to Tommy Vance (RIP) where he's giving away copies of 'Metalhead'...I remember seeing that live on the Friday Night Rock Show. Good times
Saxon are from my town
My favorite band. Thank you for doing this.
56 and listened to Saxon today in the gym 👍
True very underated band never got there due crusaders is up there with number of the Beast in my eye's.
Great vid
stoked that you got the metal voice on here. super underrated channel.
Love this retrospective and absolutely love Wheels Of Steel, LAOTL, and Denim & Leather, but I have to say the downturn seemed to start with Power and the Glory. To me, although it sounded much like the previous 3 albums, it seemed to have a little less drive and energy. Losing Peter Gil all of a sudden probably didn’t help matters. After the next 2 albums came Rock The Nations, and I think they were trying hard to re-gain some old fan base with that one because a few of the songs have the old vibe to them, but by then many fans had gave up. Later on in 1991 they delivered Solid Ball Of Rock and have never looked back! Every album since has been a winner in it’s own way including their latest masterpiece Thunderbolt!
Well done with this! \M/
I need to buy you a beer... great job.
They are one Hell of a guilty pleasure!
Crusader is their best effort the entire album. I have no idea what metal archives is I only heard bout it on this channel
It was the first Saxon album I heard and it turned me off the band for years.
First time I saw them was on “ the power and the glory “ tour 83 became a huge fan
Whether you like them or not gotta give them credit for keeping going on
My first Saxon album was Greatest Hits Live from 1990 and until this day is one of my favorite live albums of all time. I agree with the “pentalogy” their best albums by far my favorites “Power and the Glory” and “Crusader”🤟
Crusader is still one of my favourite metal albums. I play it often.
For me , Lionheart is their best, every single track is a major kick ass memorable song.
My fav band since 1980. Why because I like more songs by them then any other band. N I think they get better n better looking forward to there new album carpe diem
For Me , The BEST SAXON Albums Are The Following : " Wheels Of Steel " / " Strong Arm Of The Law " / " Denim And Leather " / " The Eagle Has Landed "
These guys were such a great band live
The Eagle Has Landed = First Moon Landing.
The band Saxon is a very entertaining band and friendly too.
25:28 especially helter skelter which unfortunately fell into a demo.
21:20 Anyone ever notice how The Eagle has Landed sounds alot like Judas Priest's Victim of Changes.
Perpetual.Art it sounds a lot like this Manilla road song called the ninth wave
@@DownFallNetWork + I have never heard that song. I know the riff before the verses is pretty much the same thing as Victim of Changes. 🤟
Manilla road is one of my all time favorite bands. Watch my retrospective episode on them. They are an acquired taste but hopefully my episode will help you get into them
@@DownFallNetWork + I will check it out.
nice vid
going to try and watch these retrospectives now
Don't worry is in the key of Dm, i.e. Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi. Thats the "cowboy" sound, or country sound you are referring to.
I got into saxon thanks to 2 live albums I found in a 2nd hand store.
Saxon are awesome
Totally agree with you in every aspect. I’m sure the problem (at that time) with Crusader was the sound. Crusader sounds a lot cheap than other competitors bands of that time. if Crusader sounded like “innocence” it could been a very successful album. By the way Saxon is my favorite band so far
Having been a fan of Saxon in the early 80s I do predictably rate that era the highest, not that long after I became an early thrash fan, never thought I would get back into Saxon after listening to some of there more promoted tracks after Crusader, the last album I bought. Then in more recent times I heard the track Sacrifice and totally loved that one ……… oh yeah bottlenecked as in using the neck of a bottle instead of fingers to play in a slide guitar style
The best banda of world for me Saxon its Saxon and more nofhing!!
Great material, i see that you used some footage from the Pete Gill era 1979 - 1981. I saw some such footage before. I wonder where you took this from and if this also could be shared on TH-cam. Thanks for your time !!!
I Forgot " Killing Ground " ( 2001 ) , " The Inner Sanctum " ( 2007 ) They Are Batallions Of Steel & The Play Rock'N'Roll !!!!
Coming home(bottleneck version) is called that because he uses a bottle neck to play the slide on that song
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You forgot to mention Hungry Years. The ultimate banger on Strong Arm Of The Law
Wheels of steel what the album that got me into rock, I only listened to instrumental stuff, Tomita,
Vangelis, and then someone played me motor cycle man, and at last I have something in common with Lars. 😋😋
Sunday Dallas, Texas
Always best to vent that Iron Maiden jealousy in the opening monologue 😂
See them in '82
A "bottkeneck" is another name for a guitar slide. Makes sense as this version features a lot of acoustic slide guitar.
Man, I always thought It was a girl eating a soap bar in the Innocence album cover and everyone laughed at me 😂
Their music sounds a whole lot more fitting for bikers as well.
First 8 albums are classics....In my opinion their lowest moment were bwtween 1988n and 1999,,,,Then came on stronger...THE MIGHTY SAXON, one of the best metal bands ever........And of course NWOBHM pioneers.
I am at 17 minute, and I find it funny that you haven't mentioned judas priest even once. The sound of Saxon writes JUDAS PRIEST all over it. Great band though.
I don't hear it.
But I Appreciate Albums Like " Solid Ball Of Rock " (1991 ) , " Dogs Of War " (1995) , " Unleash The Beast " (1997 ) " MetalHead " (1999) " LionHeart " ( 2004) " Into The Labyrinth " ( 2006)
We have a Canadian version of Saxon. There called Anvil.
'Nuff reskept!
Cool man! I'm so fucking tired of hearing about Iron Maiden when it comes to NWOBHM. There were SAXON, SATAN, ANGELWITCH, and many others too... Nice video man!