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Saxon

Великобритания

Heavy Metal
Hard 'n' Heavy

http://www.saxon747.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/planetsaxon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saxon

24 апр 2024 :	SAXON Premier Lyric Video For New Single "Witches Of Salem"
12 апр 2024 :	Former SAXON Bassist STEVE DAWSON Sentenced To Six Years In Jail For Child Sex Offences
28 мар 2024 :	BIFF BYFORD Doesn't Think SAXON Will Ever Use Artificial Intelligence During Songwriting Process
12 мар 2024 :	SAXON Drummer NIGEL GLOCKLER Looks Back On Touring With MÖTLEY CRÜE In The '80s - "They Were Doing A Lot Of Partying, And Sometimes We Were Seeing The Polaroids From The Night Before" (Video)
7 мар 2024 :	SAXON Releases Music Video For 'Madame Guillotine'
10 фев 2024 :	BIFF BYFORD Still Enjoys Touring With SAXON After Nearly Five Decades
2 фев 2024 :	SAXON's BIFF BYFORD: 'I Don't Really Do Any Vocal Exercises. I Just Sing.'
17 янв 2024 :	SAXON Releases Music Video For 'There's Something In Roswell'
14 янв 2024 :	SAXON's BIFF BYFORD: 'There's Been A Massive Resurgence In Metal'
28 дек 2023 :	BIFF BYFORD Says He Was Surprised To See PAUL QUINN Back On Tour So Soon After Quitting SAXON
26 дек 2023 :	BIFF BYFORD Didn't Think About Ending SAXON After PAUL QUINN's Departure
25 дек 2023 :	BIFF BYFORD Says SAXON's Live Performances Are 'Very Authentic': 'Everything You Get Is Live'
21 ноя 2023 :	SAXON Announces New Album 'Hell, Fire And Damnation'
19 ноя 2023 :	BIFF BYFORD Reflects On SAXON's 'Most Challenging Period'
16 ноя 2023 :	SAXON's BIFF BYFORD: 'We're Just As Well-Known As IRON MAIDEN; We're Just Not As Successful'
8 сен 2023 :	Former SAXON Guitarist GRAHAM OLIVER Diagnosed With Parkinson's Disease
19 авг 2023 :	SAXON Begins Recording New Album; Early 2024 Release Expected
29 июл 2023 :	DIAMOND HEAD's BRIAN TATLER 'Would Like To' Join SAXON Permanently
17 июл 2023 :	SAXON's NIGEL GLOCKLER On Use Of Backing Tracks During Shows: 'Putting Lead Vocals On Tape And Just Miming Is Ridiculous'
11 июл 2023 :	Watch: ULI JON ROTH Joins SAXON On Stage At Sweden's TIME TO ROCK Festival
10 июл 2023 :	SAXON Rejoined By Guitarist PAUL QUINN At Spain's BARCELONA ROCKS Festival
9 июл 2023 :	Watch: DIAMOND HEAD's BRIAN TATLER Performs With SAXON For First Time
23 июн 2023 :	BIFF BYFORD On Demo Sessions For Next SAXON Album: 'I'm About Seven Songs In'
17 май 2023 :	DIAMOND HEAD's BRIAN TATLER On Joining SAXON's Touring Lineup: 'I Was Happy To Accept The Offer'
7 апр 2023 :	SAXON Recruits DIAMOND HEAD's BRIAN TATLER For Upcoming Shows
5 апр 2023 :	SAXON Is Demoing Material For Next Studio Album

12 апр 2017

Why Didn't SAXON Ever Become As Big As IRON MAIDEN? BIFF BYFORD Weighs In

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON was recently interviewed by Canadian rock journalist Mitch Lafon. You can now listen to the chat below.

Asked why he thinks SAXON never managed to reach the same commercial heights in the 1980s as a band like IRON MAIDEN, Biff said: "I just think that they had a fantastic team around them — and still do have, actually — and I think that made the extra… made it a bit better. I don't think they were surrounded by 'yes men,' if you know what I'm saying, where I think we were surrounded a little bit by fawning 'yes men,' and we lost our way a little bit in the way that we wrote songs and the way we recorded songs. It would have been better if we had stayed with a winning team, if you know what I mean. That's the sort of thing I mean. It's not particularly anything to do with musically or fashion or anything. It's just a matter of… I think they had the right team at the right place at the right time. They really went for it in America, and we sort of probably went about fifty percent for America. You have to remember that we were probably bigger in Europe at that time. It's just how it goes, really. It's just the luck of the draw, as they say."

Byford was also asked why he thinks SAXON had a particularly hard time breaking the American market. He responded: "You're asking the wrong person. I don't know. I mean, we certainly had the songs: 'Power & The Glory', 'Wheels Of Steel', 'Strong Arm Of The Law', 'Princess Of The Night', 'Denim And Leather'… I just think it was the record company and the general team that surrounded us. There's no reason why SAXON shouldn't have been a multi-platinum [band] in America — no reason whatsoever, apart from probably our own naiveté."

He continued: "'Power & The Glory' [1983] was high in the [American] charts, and 'Crusader' [1984] was as well. We just didn't manage to get to the platinum club; that's all. It's as simple as that. But that doesn't mean to say that we don't have a lot of fans in America. I mean, this tour that we're doing now [with UFO], we've just done three and a half thousand people on the West Coast, and it's fantastic. So we have a lot of fans out there, and we have a growing fan base of younger fans as well, so it's great, really. We don't have any regrets."

SAXON recently revealed that the band's forthcoming follow-up to 2015's "Battering Ram" will include a song dedicated to MOTÖRHEAD, called "They Played Rock And Roll".

"Battering Ram" was released in North America via UDR Music. The effort featured Byford alongside Paul Quinn and Doug Scarratt on guitar, Nibbs Carter on bass and Nigel Glockler on drums.

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12 апр 2017

L_A

Ну у мэйден и музыка поинтереснее.

12 апр 2017

Svarg_1349

Что-то все очень невнятно звучит от Байфорда. Без конкретики.

12 апр 2017

Rockman89

наверное потому что у вас до жути однообразная музыка! И никакого развития в музыкальном плане!

22 апр 2017

Aiming High

Все просто.У Saxon не было столько бабла на раскрутку,как у Стива Харрисса,когда он закончил карьеру футболиста.На стыке 80-х у Saxon альбомы были проффесиональнее,взрослее и талантливее.

3 июн 2017

shnira

Saxon до определённого момента, а именно до конца 80-ых, писали хорошие песни простые как табуретка, и не более того. Что делали до этого же, и даже чуть дальше, ребята из Мэйдан всем известно. Что тут сравнивать...и причём тут лейбл или менеджмент? Бифф, заканчивай-:)))

4 июн 2017

Red One

Snira, Rockman89, да ребята, вы правы, спасибо, что сказали мне правду. Если бы такие как вы были в нашей команде, мы бы выстрелили не хуже Мейден. Если захотите со мной еще вот так запросто поболтать, пишите здесь (c) Bill Byford

5 июн 2017

shnira

Да не за что, Билл...всегда пожалуйста. Только писали мы это всё не тебе, а Биффу из Saxon. Однофамильцы Вы с ним, видимо Red One по ошибке наше сообщение тебе транслировал. Ты уж его извини:-) Red One, а ты давай повнимательнее там...