ʻO Saxon kekahi o nā puʻupuʻu māmā loa i ka metala kaumaha Pelekania me Diamond Head, Def Leppard и Ka hao Maiden. Ua loaʻa iā Saxon he 22 album. ʻO Biff Byford ke alakaʻi a me ka mea nui o kēia hui pōhaku.
Moolelo o ka Hui Sakona
I ka makahiki 1977, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Biff Byford, 26 makahiki, i kahi hui pōhaku me ka inoa hoʻonāukiuki iki ʻo Son of a Bitch. I ka manawa like, ʻaʻole i hele mai ʻo Bill mai kahi ʻohana waiwai. Ma mua o ka hoʻoikaika koʻikoʻi i ke mele, ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kōkua kamana a ma ke ʻano he ʻenekinia paila i loko o kahi lua. Eia kekahi, mai 1973 a 1976 Ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ka bass ma ka hui pōhaku ʻekolu ʻāpana ʻo Coast.
ʻO Byford ka mea hoʻokani leo ma Son of a Bitch. Ma waho aʻe o ia, ua hui pū ʻia ka hui ʻo Graham Oliver lāua ʻo Paul Quinn (guitarists), Stephen Dawson (bassist) a me Pete Gill (drums).
I ka wā mua, hoʻokani ka hui ʻo Sun of a Bitch i nā hui liʻiliʻi a me nā kaola ma ʻEnelani. Ma ke ʻano liʻiliʻi, hoʻonui ʻia kona kaulana. I kekahi manawa, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā mea hoʻokani pila e kau inoa i kahi kuʻikahi me ka inoa Farani Carrere Records. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻonohonoho nā ʻelele o ka lepili i kahi kūlana - ua koi ʻia ʻo Byford a me ka hui e haʻalele i ka inoa kahiko. ʻO ka hopena, ua kapa ʻia ka hui pōhaku ʻo Saxon.
ʻO nā album studio ʻelima mua o ka hui
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka album mua a Saxon mai Ianuali a Malaki 1979 a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ia makahiki hoʻokahi. Ua kapa lākou i kēia moʻolelo maʻalahi, no ka hanohano o ka hui (he hana maʻamau kēia). He 8 wale no mele. I ka manawa like, ua ʻike kekahi poʻe hoʻohewa ʻaʻole i hoʻomau ʻia ma ke ʻano hoʻokahi. Ua like kekahi mau mele me ka pōhaku glam, ʻo kekahi me ka pōhaku holomua. Akā,ʻo ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i kēia moʻolelo i hoʻonui nui i kaʻike o ka hui.
Eia naʻe, ua kaulana ka hui ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana o ka lehulehu i ka album ʻelua, ʻo Wheels Of Steel. Ua kūʻai ʻia ma ʻApelila 3, 1980 a hiki i ka helu 5 ma ka UK Albums Chart. I ka wā e hiki mai ana, ua hiki iā ia ke loaʻa i kahi kūlana "platinum" ma UK (ʻoi aku ma mua o 300 tausani kope i kūʻai ʻia).
Ua komo kēia album i kekahi o nā mele kaulana loa o ka hui "747 (Strangers in the Night)" (ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka pōʻeleʻele nui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i Nowemapa 1965). A laila ua pau ka mana i kekahi mau mokuʻāina i ka manawa hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hanana i koi i nā mokulele, aia i kēlā manawa i ka lewa o New York, e hoʻopanee i ko lākou pae ʻana a lele i luna o ke kūlanakauhale i ka pōʻeleʻele. Ua hiki i kēia mele ke komo i ka 20 kiʻekiʻe o ka pakuhi UK.
I Nowemapa o ia makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album Strong Arm of the Law, e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka kūleʻa o ka hui. He nui nā "fans" i manaʻo iā ia ka mea maikaʻi loa i ka discography. ʻAʻole naʻe i kūleʻa ma nā palapala kiʻi e like me ka album Wheels Of Steel.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kolu o ka album ʻo Denim and Leather i ka makahiki 1981. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka album leo mua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waho o UK, ma Aquarius Studios ma Geneva a me Polar Studios ma Stockholm. ʻO kēia album kēia i hoʻokomo i nā mele like me And the Bands Played On and Never Surrender.
Ka launa pū me nā hōkū honua e hiki mai ana
A laila ʻo ka hui Saxon, me ka hui pū ʻana me ka moʻolelo Ozzy Osbourne ua hoʻonohonoho i kahi huakaʻi nui ma ʻEulopa. A ma hope iki (ʻaʻole ʻo Osborne) hana ʻo ia me nā ʻahamele ma USA. I kekahi manawa, ma ke ʻano o kēia huakaʻi, ua "wehe" ka hui Saxon no ka hui Saxon ʻO Metallica (Ke hoʻomaka nei kēia hui pōhaku i kāna ʻoihana). Ua komo pū ʻo Sākona i ka ʻaha Monsters of Rock, i mālama ʻia ma ke kauhale ʻEnelani ʻo Castle Donington.
ʻO ia ka manawa i loli ai ka mea hoʻokani pahu ma Sākona. Ua pani ʻia ʻo Pete Gill e Nigel Glockler.
I Malaki 1983, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Saxon i kā lākou LP ʻelima, Power & the Glory. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ua kuhikuhi nui ʻia i kahi anaina ʻAmelika. Ua hiki iā ia ke komo i ka papa kiʻi nui ʻAmelika Billboard 200, akā ua lawe ʻo ia i ke kūlana 155 wale nō ma laila.
Hoʻokumu o ka hui mai 1983 a 1999. a me ka hoopaapaa ma ka inoa
I ka makahiki 1983, ua uhaki nā mea hoʻokani pila mai ka hui Saxon i kā lākou ʻaelike me Carrere Records ma muli o nā kuʻikahi kālā. Ua neʻe lākou i EMI Records. Ua hōʻailona kēia i kahi pae hou i ka hana o ka hui. Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe hoʻokani pila e hana i ke ʻano glam rock, a ua lilo nā mele Saxon i mea kūʻai aku.
A laila ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā album studio ʻehā: Crusader, Innocence Is No Excuse, Rock the Nations (Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Elton John i nā ʻāpana keyboard no kekahi mau mele ma ka album), Destiny, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e EMI Records mai 1984 a 1988.
Ua holomua kēia mau album a pau ma ke kālepa. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole makemake ka hapa nui o ka poʻe kahiko o ka hui iā lākou. Ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia ka hana a Saxon e ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 1986, haʻalele ka bassist a me ka mea haku mele ʻo Stephen Dawson i ka hui. Ua lawe ʻia ʻo Paul Johnson ma kona wahi, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kapa ʻia he pani piha.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Destiny (1988), ʻaʻole i pā i ka Billboard 200, ʻaʻole i hui pū ʻo EMI Records me Saxon. Ke hele nei ka hui i nā manawa paʻakikī, a ʻaʻole maopopo ka manaʻo. ʻO ka hopena, ua lilo ʻo Virgin Records i lepili hou no Saxon.
I ka makahiki 1989 a me 1990 ua hoʻonohonoho ka hui i ʻelua mau huakaʻi nui ʻEulopa. ʻO ka huakaʻi mua me Manowar. ʻO ka lua he huakaʻi kaʻawale ma lalo o ka slogan 10 Years of Denim and Leather.
A i Pepeluali 1991, kūʻai ʻia ka album studio ʻumi ʻo Solid Ball of Rock. Ua lanakila loa ia, ua ʻike nā "fans" o ka hui Saxon he "hoʻi i ke aʻa". I ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i ʻehā mau LP hou: Forever Free, Unleash the Beast, Dogs of War a me Metalhead.
Hoʻololi laina laina
ʻAʻole kēia ʻumi makahiki me ka ʻole o nā loli i ka haku o ka hui. No ka laʻana, i ka makahiki 1995 haʻalele ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Graham Oliver i ka hui. A ma kona wahi i hele mai ai ʻo Doug Scarratt. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ma hope iki, ua hui pū ʻo Oliver me Stephen Dawson. Ua hoʻāʻo pū lākou e hoʻopaʻa i ka inoa Saxon no lākou iho ma ke kākau inoa ʻana ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona.
I ka pane ʻana, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Byford i ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana. Ua hoʻomaka nā hana lōʻihi, i pau i ka makahiki 2003 wale nō. A laila aia ka ʻAha Kiekie Pelekane ma ka ʻaoʻao o Byford. A ʻo Oliver lāua ʻo Dawson i kapa hou i kā lāua hui pōhaku mai Saxon iā Oliver / Dawson Saxon.
ʻO ka Saxon Group i ke kenekulia XNUMX
He mea kupaianaha ʻo Saxon no ka mea ua paʻa ʻo ia i ka pili a hiki i ke kenekulia 1980 (a ʻaʻole kūleʻa nā moʻolelo pōhaku paʻakikī a pau o ka makahiki XNUMX). Ua hana nui ʻia kēia ma muli o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka poʻe rockers mai ka hui Saxon i koho i ka poʻe Kelemania.
Ma nā album e like me Killing Ground (2001), Lionheart (2004) a me The Inner Sanctum (2007), ua hui pū ʻo Saxon me ka mea hana Kelemania kaulana a me ka ʻenekini kani ʻo Charlie Bauerfeind. Hoʻoikaika nui ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana me nā pūʻali e pāʻani ana i ke ʻano metala mana (ua kaulana loa kēia ʻano ma Kelemania).
ʻO ka hopena, ua ʻae kēia hui ʻana i nā mea hoʻokani pila o ka hui Saxon e ʻimi i kahi kani hou. A ʻo ka hopena, ua lanakila nā kāne i kahi helu nui o nā mea pā hou ma Kelemānia. Aia ma waena o ka poʻe ʻōpio.
Hōʻike nā hopena o ka album 22nd hou loa ʻo Thunder Bolt (2018) ua koho ʻo Saxon i ke ala pololei. I ka hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi Kelemania, ua lawe ʻo ia i ke kūlana 5. Ma ka pakuhi Pelekane, ua lawe ka hōʻiliʻili i ka 29th, ma Suedena - 13th, ma Swiss - 6th kūlana. He hopena kupaianaha, ʻoiai ke noʻonoʻo ʻana ua puni ka hui Saxon ma kahi o 40 mau makahiki, a ʻo kāna alakaʻi mele ʻoi aku ka aneane 70.
A ʻaʻole paha ʻo ia wale nō, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe kamaʻilio e hoʻopau i kahi ʻoihana mele. Ma kahi ninaninau, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Byford e hiki i ka hui pōhaku ke hoʻokuʻu i kahi album hou ma 2021.
