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SAXON
Barnsley, GB
* 1978

Line-Up (2011):

Biff Byford - voc
Paul Quinn - g
Doug Scarrott - g
Tim Nibbs Carter - bg
Nigel Glockler - ds

Former Members:

Graham Oliver (g, 1978-5/95)
Steve Dawson (bg, 1978-86); Paul Johnson (bg, 10/86-1988)
Pete Gill (ds, 1978-1/82); Nigel Glockler (ds, 2/82-1987, 1988-cca 3/95); Nigel Durham (ds, 1987-88); Fritz Randow (ds, cca 1999-cca 2001)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Saxon	5/1979	Carrere
2.	Wheels Of Steel produced by: Pete Hinton	25.04.1980	Carrere		5
3.	Strong Arm Of The Law produced by: Pete Hinton	11/1980	Carrere		11
4.	Denim And Leather	25.09.1981	Carrere		9
5.	The Eagle Has Landed	14.05.1982	Carrere		5
6.	Power And The Glory produced by: Jeff Glixman	14.03.1983	Carrere		15
7.	Crusader produced by: Kevin Beamish	2/1984	Carrere		18	174
8.	Greatest Hits - Strong Arm Metal	02.11.1984	Carrere
9.	Innocence Is No Excuse	9/1985	Parlophone		36	130
10.	Rock The Nations	8/1986	EMI		34	149
11.	Destiny	3/1988	EMI		49
12.	Anthology (2LP)	10/1988	Castle
13.	Rock'n'Roll Gypsies	11/1989	Roadrunner
14.	Greatest Hits Live (2LP)	1990	Castle/Music Works
15.	Back On The Streets (2LP)	1/1990	Connoisseur
16.	A Solid Ball Of Rock produced by: Kalle Trap	1/1991	Virgin
17.	The Best Of Saxon	3/1991	EMI
18.	Forever Free	1992	Virgin
19.	Dogs Of War produced by: Rainer Hansel	2/1995	Virgin
20.	The Best Of Saxon	8/1995	Smashing
21.	Live At The Monsters Of Rock	2/1996
22.	The Eagle Has Landed Part II	13.05.1996	Virgin
23.	Unleash The Beast	05.05.1997	Virgin
24.	BBC Sessions - Archive Series	26.10.1998	BBC Music
25.	Metalhead	13.09.1999	Steamhammer
26.	Killing Ground	25.09.2001	SPV
27.	Coming To The Rescue	5/2002	2CD/
28.	Heavy Metal Thunder (2CD)	15.10.2002	Steamhammer
29.	Saxon Chronicles	5/2003
30.	Lionheart	28.09.2004	Steamhammer
31.	Eagle Has Landed, Vol. 3	27.06.2006	Steamhammer
32.	Introduction to Saxon	24.10.2006	Fuel 2000
33.	The Very Best of Saxon (1979-1988)	20.02.2007	EMI Gold
34.	The Inner Sanctum	3/2007	SPV
35.	Masters of Rock	19.06.2007	Caroline
36.	Very Best of Saxon	19.06.2007	Caroline
37.	Into The Labyrinth	06.01.2009	Steamhammer
38.	Call To Arms	6/2011	Udr
39.	Heavy Metal Thunder - Live: Eagles Over Wacken	22.05.2012	Udr
40.	Sacrifice	05.03.2013	EMI		87
41.	Live in Germany, 1991	26.10.2013	Edsel
42.	Unplugged and Strung Up	21.10.2013	UDR
43.	The Complete Studio Album Collection 1979-1988	18.03.2014	Parlophone
44.	St Georges Day - Live In Manchester	17.03.2014	UDR
45.	Battering Ram	16.10.2015	UDR		50
46.	Eagles and Dragons	18.03.2016	Edsel
47.	Baptism of Fire: Collection 1991-2009	29.07.2016	Demon
48.	Let Me Feel Your Power	23.09.2016	UDR
49.	Vinyl Hoard	28.10.2016	Demon
50.	10 Years Of Denim And Leather (Live, 1990)	11/2017
51.	Thunderbolt	02.02.2018	Militia Guard Music		29
52.	The CD Hoard	3/2018
53.	The Eagle Has Landed 40 - Live	02.08.2019	Militia Guard Music		46
54.	Inspirations	19.03.2021	Transistor		56
55.	Carpe Diem	04.02.2022	Silver Lining Music		17
56.	More Inspirations	24.03.2023
57.	Hell, Fire And Damnation	19.01.2024	Militia Guard Music		19

Steve Dawson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Pandemonium Circus	09.07.2002	Angel Air
2.	Sweet Is the Anchor	23.08.2005	Undertow Music
3.	Waiting for the Lights to Come Up	19.02.2008	Black Hen
4.	Telescope	16.09.2008	Black Hen
5.	Nightshade	12.04.2011	Black Hen
6.	Rattlesnake Cage	03.02.2014	Black Hen Music
7.	Loose Ends and Solid States	13.05.2016	Idla
8.	Last Flight Out & Funeral Bonsai Wedding	08.05.2020

Biff Byford:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	School Of Hard Knocks	21.02.2020	Silver Lining Music		100

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Stallions Of The Highway / Big Teaser	3/1979	Carrere
2.	Big Teaser / Stallions Of The Highway	6/1979	Carrere
3.	Backs To The Wall / Militia Guard	02.11.1979	Carrere
4.	Wheels Of The Steel / Stand Up And Be Counted	3/1980	Carrere	10
5.	747 Strangers In The Night / See The Light Shining	27.06.1980	Carrere	6
6.	Backs To The Wall / Militia Guard (reissue)	6/1980	Atlantic	64
7.	Big Teaser / Rainbow Theme / Frozen Rainbow	6/1980	Atlantic	66
8.	Suzi Hold On / Judgement Day (live)	9/1980	Carrere
9.	Strong Arm Of The Law / Taking Your Chances	28.11.1980	Carrere	63
10.	Wheels Of Steel / 747 (Strangers In The Night)	4/1981	Atlantic
11.	And The Band Played On / Hungry Years / Heavy Metal Thunder	4/1981	Carrere	12
12.	Never Surrender / 20,000 Ft. 7"(2) + Bap-Shoo-Ap! (live) / Street Fighting Gang	7/1981	Carrere	18
13.	Princess Of The Night / Fire In The Sky	23.10.1981	Carrere	57
14.	Machine Gun	1982
15.	Power And The Glory / See The Light Shining 12" + Denim And Leather	4/1983	Carrere	32
16.	Nightmare / Midas Touch 12" + 747 (Strangers In The Night) (live)	15.07.1983	Carrere	50
17.	Fliphits EP (747 (Strangers In The Night) / And The Bands Played On / Never Surrender / Princess Of The Night)	7/1983	Carrere
18.	Sailing To America / A Little Bit Of What You Fancy	19.01.1984	Carrere	81
19.	Do It All For You / Just Let Me Rock	08.06.1984	Carrere
20.	Back On The Street / Live Fast And Die Young	8/1985	Parlophone	75
21.	Rockin' Again / Krakatoa 12" + Gonna Shout (live)	10/1985	Parlophone
22.	Rock'n'Roll Gypsy / Krakatoa 12" + Medley: Heavy Metal Thunder - Stand Up And Be Counted - Taking Your Chances - Warrior	3/1986	Parlophone	71
23.	Waiting For The Night / Chase The Fade	8/1986	EMI	66
24.	Rock The Nations / 747 / And The Bands Played On	10/1986	EMI	80
25.	Northern Lady / Everybody Up (live) 12" + Dallas 1 p.m.	1/1987	EMI
26.	Ride Like The Wind / Red Alert 12" + Back On The Streets (live) CD + Rock The Nations (live)	2/1988	EMI	52
27.	I Can't Wait Anymore / Broken Heroes (live) 12" + Gonna Shout	4/1988	EMI	71
28.	Requiem (We Will Remember) / Altar Of The Gods 12",CD + Reeperbahn Stop	3/1991	Virgin
29.	And The Band Played On / 747 (Strangers In The Night) / Never Surrender	10/1992	Old Gold
30.	Iron Wheels / Whatever Free	4/1993	Warhammer
31.	Live To Rock	17.10.2008
32.	Battering Ram	16.10.2015	UDR
33.	Pilgrimage	04.02.2022
34.	There's Something In Roswell	1/2024

Videos:

1. Greatest Hits Live - 1990, live
2. Live Innocence
3. Power & Glory Anthology
4. The Saxon Chronicles - 7/2003
5. Saxon: Heavy Metal Thunder - Live - Eagles Over Wacken - 9.4.2013, C&V Productions

Awards:

1980 Melody Maker Readers' Poll - Brightest Hope

WWW Links:

http://www.saxon747.com

Various:

1976-78 Son Of A Bitch

Bombers & Eagles Tour '92 (+ Saxon)

Tim Nibbs Carter:

appeared on the LP:

Paul Di'Anno & Dennis Stratton: Made In Iron (3/87, Institute Of Art)
Lea Hart: Trapped (1991, Funhouse)
Lea Hart: Ready To Rumble (1994, Bellaphon)
Biff Byford: School Of Hard Knocks (21.2.20, Silver Lining Music)

Nigel Glockler:

appeared on the LP:

Bernie Tormé: Turn Out The Lights (1982, Kamaflage)
Paul Di'Anno & Dennis Stratton: Made In Iron (3/87, Institute Of Art)
Winter's Reign: The Beginning (1987, Link)
Fastway: Bad Bad Girls (1990, Legacy)
Tony Martin: Back Where I Belong (1992, Polydor)
Iron Men: The Original Iron Men (1995, ASB)
Max Bacon: The Higher You Climb (1996, Point)
Paul Di'Anno: The Worlds First Iron Man (1/98, Semaphore)

Biff Byford:

appeared on the LP:

Lea Hart: Trapped (1991, Funhouse)
Fastway: Bad Bad Girls (1990, Legacy)
Iron Men: The Original Iron Men (1995, ASB)

Paul Quinn:

appeared on the LP:

Sargant Fury: Turn The Page (6/95, SPV)

Press References:

Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1995	3	08.02.1995	37		interview
1995	4	22.02.1995	16		profile
1995	6	22.03.1995	14	Live Bang!	gig review
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1996	5	30.05.1996	25	Forum kritikum	album review
1996	13	22.08.1996	23		interview
1997	23	12.05.1997	25	Forum kritikum	album review
1997	28	07.08.1997	12	Live - With Full Force IV	gig review
1997	28	07.08.1997	13	Live - festival SWF 3	gig review
1998	22	04.06.1998	255	Hard & Heavy Masters	profile, discography
1999	6	18.02.1999	6	Infokus
1999	31	16.09.1999	26	Forum kritikum	album review
1999	34	07.10.1999	17		interview
2000	9	04.05.2000	6	Infokus
2001	14	19.07.2001	45	Forum kritikum	album review
2001	18	27.09.2001	8	Infokus
2001	18	27.09.2001	44	Forum kritikum	album review
2002	20	20.12.2002	40	Forum kritikum	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1979	41	03.11.1979	26	Singles	single review
1980	6	09.02.1980	4	News
1980	16	26.04.1980	3	News
1980	16	26.04.1980	26	Albums	album review
1980	17	14.06.1980	21	Any Questions
1980	18	21.06.1980	24	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	19	28.06.1980	16	Singles	single review
1980	25	02.08.1980	12	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	34	04.10.1980	29		profile
1980	42	29.11.1980	16	Singles	single review
1980	43	06.12.1980	10		interview
1980	46	27.12.1980	26	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	16	18.04.1981	3	Fast Forward
1981	24	13.06.1981	6	Fast Forward
1981	38	19.09.1981	5	Books
1981	41	10.10.1981	17	Albums	album review
1981	43	24.10.1981	14	Singles	single review
1982	6	06.02.1982	4	Fast Forward
1982	18	01.05.1982	4	Fast Forward
1982	18	01.05.1982	22	Albums	album review
1982	21	22.05.1982	25	Datelines
1982	26	26.06.1982	20		interview
1982	42	16.10.1982	32	Caught In The Act	gig review
1982	49	04.12.1982	11		interview
1983	11	12.03.1983	4	Fast Forward
1983	13	26.03.1983	10		interview
1983	15	09.04.1983	24	Albums	album review
1983	24	11.06.1983	16	It's Alive	gig review
1983	29	16.07.1983	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1983	30	23.07.1983	29	Singles	single review
1984	3	21.01.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	5	04.02.1984	46	Albums	album review
1984	7	18.02.1984	13		interview
1984	10	10.03.1984	19	It's Alive	gig review
1984	23	09.06.1984	31	Singles	single review
1984	38	03.11.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	5	09.07.1990	22	Live	gig review
1995	4	28.02.1995	10		profile
1995	4	28.02.1995	28	Recenze	album review
1995	6	28.03.1995	5	Pelmel	interview
1995	6	28.03.1995	31	Live	gig review
1996	11		86	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1997	7		110	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1999	9		108	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	10		111	Recenze - Reedice	album review
2001	11		108	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2004	8		95		profile
2007	7		93	Classic Rock	album review
Rock'88
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
	15		6		gig review
Spark
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2003	7		8	Actual