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747 Strangers In The Night

About Me

Somewhere around South Yorkshire, UK there was a band that started life as SOB during 1976 with founder members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson. This band joined forces with another local band, Coast, featuring Biff Byford on vocals and Paul Quinn on guitar. The two bands then finalised with a line-up comprising of the then 26 year old Graham 'Oly' Oliver, Steve 'Dobby' Dawson (27), Paul 'Blute' Quinn (26), Pete 'Frank' Gill (27) and Peter 'Biff' Byford (27). The name of the band was Son Of A Bitch. That name was dropped a few years later and the band re-christened themselves SAXON. They were at this time playing the usual rock clubs and concert gigs supporting The Ian Gillan Band and Heavy Metal Kids, amongst others, playing all their own material. Demo tapes were recorded at Tapestry Studios, with producer John Verity (Ex. Argent singer/guitarist). They hawked these round the usual record companies only to be ignored as the New-wave was at its height at this time. After a few months the band finally gained a favourable reaction from EMI man Peter Hinton. He had come up to Barnsley to see the band play at the town's Civic Hall. He was very impressed and recommended SAXON to Claude Carrere as candidates for his new label on the British scene, Carrere Records. Claude decided to offer them a contract, after hearing the band's demo tapes.


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Member Since: 2/15/2006
Band Website: saxon747.com
Band Members: Current Line-up: Doug Scarratt - Guitar Nigel Glockler - Druma Biff Byford - Vocalist Paul Quinn - Guitar Nibbs Carter - Bass
Previous Members: Jörg Michael - Drums and Percussion Fritz Randow - Drums and Percussion Graham Oliver - Guitar Paul Johnson Bass Steve Dawson - Bass Nigel Durham - Drums Pete Gill - Drums
Influences: Motorhead, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Megadeath, Silverchair, Guns n Roses and Black Sabbath.
Sounds Like: Iron Maiden, AC/DC and Judas Priest
Record Label: SVP, SteamHammer, EMI Gold, CMC International
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Dubai Show Cancelled Because Of Apparent 'Racism'

Press Release, To all our Fans around the world, as you may know our concert in Dubai has been cancelled. We are very disappointed that we can't play to our fans in the Middle East. We are not and nev...
Posted by Adams Tunes on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:11:00 PST

Biff Byford Interview

Biff Byford interviewed by Caroline Pictured: Biff Byford Prior to Saxon's latest concert in Copenhagen, I was supposed to meet up with singer Biff Byford to do an interview. However, when I...
Posted by Adams Tunes on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:16:00 PST

2006 Shows

2006 SHOWS DATE VENUE LOCATION COUNTRY 16.03.2006 Desert Rock Festival 2006 Dubai UAE 17.04.2006 Elysee Montmartre Paris FR 21.04.2006 Rockweekend Horst-America NL 22.04.2006 Lantaarn Hellendo...
Posted by Adams Tunes on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:11:00 PST

LionHeart & Dogs Of War Special Edition CD

SAXON LIONHEART & DOGS OF WAR Steamhammer/SPV To Release Special Editions Of Two Saxon Classics High-Quality Bonus Material & Extras Release Date: February 17, 2006 Saxon are one hell of a r...
Posted by Adams Tunes on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:08:00 PST