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Sweet Savage

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Sweet Savage formed in 1978 and later became part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). The band members were Vivian Campbell on guitar, Trev Fleming on guitar, David Bates on drums and Ray Haller on bass and vocals.
In 1980 Sweet Savage released their first single " Take No Prisoners " Which included the NWOBHM classic track " Killing Time " reaching No. 1 in the NWOBHM charts.
During this period they toured Britain with bands such as Budgie / Motorhead / Wild Horses / Wishbone Ash / Ozzy Osbourne and Thin Lizzy ( Renegade Tour ) the latter they supported at the first Slane Castle festival in 1981. After recording two further singles ( never released ) Vivian Campbell left the band to pursue other music projects including DIO and Whitesnake, finally settling in as a lead guitarist for Def Leppard after the tragic death of Steve Clark.
It has been widely noted that it was the influence of the music of Sweet Savage that inspired the young members of Metallica to start the band in the early 80’s, the energy and sound of Sweet Savage proved to be what they were looking for in a band of their own. In the late 90's Metallica covered Sweet Savage track "Killing Time" for their Garage Inc. record, after its mainstream release and performance live in concert, there was large interest in music of Sweet Savage and as a result the band released 2 new studio records.
The first full length studio release was 1996’s Killing Time, the second release was 1998’s Rune, both of which were brought out on UK label, Neat Metal Records.
The band has reformed and are now in rehearsals for this summers European Rock Festivals , The current lineup now includes Ian Wilson on guitar, Trev Fleming on guitar, Jules Watson on drums and Ray Haller on bass and vocals.
For more photos of the band, on the road, on the stage, in the studio and various places...... visit our photographer Mark Hylands
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Member Since: 22/07/2007
Band Website: www.sweetsavage.co.uk
Band Members: Current Members:

Ray Haller
Trev Fleming
Ian 'Speedo' Wilson
Jules Watson

Former Members:

Davy Bates
Simon McBride
Vivian Campbell

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Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

22/05/09 - Warbird and a special guest!

Hey everyone!We have just completed our new album 'WARBIRD' It has been sent off for mastering. And failing any hitches, a release date has be set for late July (will keep you posted on that).We are...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 14:46:00 GMT

10/05/09 - Saxon Tour

Hey everyone, well, the tour blog kinda fell to pieces, sorry about that, the next tour Ray will give a running commentary everyday without fail! We promise!One word for our time on the Battalions Of ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 14:42:00 GMT

25/04/09 - Saxon Tour (Day 2)

Day 2, fucked again! Prestatyn, Wales, in a holiday camp, for all the British readers hi-de-hi campers! Fuck, remember that show! Its like a big party here, 4,000 metallers everyone drinking fuckin...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:10:00 GMT

23/04/09 - Saxon Tour (Day 1)

First gig done and dusted, all went well, a bit shaky on the first night tecnically wise, but we did rock! Playing Hammerfest tomorrow night, it should be a riot. Jack Daniels always tastes sweeter wh...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:48:00 GMT

23/04/09 - Today we take to the road......

Today we take to the road once again, this time as special guests to Saxon on their Battalion of Steel tour, at this point there is very little to say, we have been working very hard trying to get new...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:53:00 GMT

23/04/09 - Another Kerrang! review!!!!

Its a little late at coming, due to massive workload making the new record and getting ready to hit the road on Saxon's Battalion's Of Steel tour, we are only posting this now.Recently we supported Na...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:41:00 GMT

26/02/09 - New record update from Speedo!!!

 The new Sweet Savage record is well on the way to completion, heres a short message from the studio from Speedo Wilson:'We have been working hard on the new album over the past month &are finally get...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:24:00 GMT

23/02/09 - Nazareth Support

Hi Everyone,yes......this is a little late to announce but Sweet Savage have been confirmed to be supporting Nazareth this Friday(27th) in Belfast's Spring & Airbrake, tickets are still available and ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:25:00 GMT

19/01/09 - New tour dates announced :)

SWEET SAVAGE are proud to announce we will be on tour in April / May as special guests of SAXON during the British & Irish legs of their Battalions of Steel World Tour II Dates are as following : 23r...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:44:00 GMT

31/10/08 - KERRANG! review of the Belfast show!

As everyone knows already, at the start of October we played our first gig in Belfast for almost a decade, to mark the event, we were fortunate enough to have a reviewer from Kerrang! magazine present...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:32:00 GMT