Saxon ndi imodzi mwamagulu owala kwambiri mu British heavy metal pamodzi ndi Diamond Head, Def Leppard и Iron Maiden. Saxon ili kale ndi ma Albums 22. Mtsogoleri ndi wofunikira kwambiri wa gulu la rock ili ndi Biff Byford.
Mbiri yakale ya Saxon Group
Mu 1977, Biff Byford wazaka 26 adapanga gulu la rock lokhala ndi dzina lokopa pang'ono la Son of a Bitch. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, Bill sanachokere m’banja lolemera. Asanayambe kuimba, ankagwira ntchito ngati wothandizira wa kalipentala komanso injiniya wowotchera mumgodi. Komanso, kuyambira 1973 mpaka 1976 adasewera bass mu gulu lamagulu atatu la rock Coast.
Byford anali woyimba mu Son of a Bitch. Kuwonjezera pa iye, gululi linaphatikizapo Graham Oliver ndi Paul Quinn (oimba gitala), Stephen Dawson (bassist) ndi Pete Gill (ng'oma).
Poyamba, gulu la Sun of a Bitch limachita m'makalabu ang'onoang'ono ndi mipiringidzo ku England. Pang'onopang'ono, kutchuka kwake kunakula. Panthawi ina, oponya miyala aluso anapatsidwa kuti asayine mgwirizano ndi French label Carrere Records. Komabe, oimira chizindikirocho adakhazikitsa chikhalidwe - Byford ndi gululo adayenera kusiya dzina lakale. Zotsatira zake, gulu la rock linadziwika kuti Saxon.
Nyimbo zisanu zoyambirira zagululi
Chimbale choyambirira cha Saxon chinajambulidwa kuyambira Januware mpaka Marichi 1979 ndipo idatulutsidwa chaka chomwecho. Iwo adatcha mbiriyi mophweka, polemekeza gululo (uku ndi kusuntha kofala kwambiri). Inali ndi nyimbo 8 zokha. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, otsutsa ena ananena kuti sichinachirikizidwe m’kalembedwe kamodzi kokha. Nyimbo zina zinali ngati glam rock, zina ngati rock yopita patsogolo. Koma kutulutsidwa kwa mbiriyi kunakulitsa kuzindikirika kwa gululo.
Komabe, gululi lidatchuka pokhapokha anthu atadziwa nyimbo yachiwiri, Wheels Of Steel. Idagulitsidwa pa Epulo 3, 1980 ndipo idakwanitsa kufikira nambala 5 pa chart ya UK Albums. M'tsogolomu, adatha kupeza udindo wa "platinamu" ku UK (makopi oposa 300 zikwi anagulitsidwa).
Album iyi inaphatikizapo imodzi mwa nyimbo zodziwika kwambiri za gulu "747 (Alendo mu Usiku)" (tikulankhula za mdima waukulu ku United States mu November 1965). Kenako magetsi anazimitsidwa m’maboma angapo nthawi imodzi. Chochitikacho chinakakamiza ndege, zomwe panthawiyo zinali kumwamba ku New York, kuti ziimirire ndi kuwuluka mumzindawu mumdima. Nyimboyi inatha kulowa m'ma chart 20 apamwamba a ku Britain.
Mu Novembala chaka chomwecho, chimbale cha Strong Arm of the Law chinatulutsidwa, kulimbitsa chipambano cha gululo. Ambiri "mafani" amamuona ngati wabwino kwambiri mu discography. Koma sizinali zopambana pama chart monga ma Wheels Of Steel album.
Chimbale chachitatu Denim ndi Chikopa chinatulutsidwa kale mu 1981. M'malo mwake, inali nyimbo yoyamba yojambulidwa kunja kwa UK, ku Aquarius Studios ku Geneva ndi Polar Studios ku Stockholm. Inali chimbale ichi chomwe chinaphatikizapo zomveka monga And the Bands Played On and Never Surrender.
Mgwirizano ndi nyenyezi zamtsogolo zapadziko lonse lapansi
Kenako gulu la Saxon, mogwirizana ndi nthano Ozzy Osbourne anakonza ulendo waukulu wa ku Ulaya. Ndipo patapita nthawi (kale popanda Osborne) iye anachita ndi zoimbaimba mu USA. Nthawi ina, monga gawo laulendowu, gulu la Saxon "linali kutsegulira" gulu la Saxon. Metallica (gulu la rock ili litangoyamba kumene ntchito yake). Saxon adatenga nawo gawo pachikondwerero cha Monsters of Rock, chomwe chidachitika m'mudzi waku England wa Castle Donington.
Inali nthawi imeneyi pamene woyimba ng'oma anasintha ku Saxon. Pete Gill adasinthidwa ndi Nigel Glockler.
Mu Marichi 1983, Saxon adatulutsa LP yawo yachisanu, Power & the Glory. Inajambulidwa ku United States ndipo inali yolunjika makamaka kwa anthu aku America. Anatha kulowa m'ma chart aku America a Billboard 200, koma adangotenga malo a 155.
Kupanga kwa gulu kuyambira 1983 mpaka 1999. ndi kutsutsana pa dzina
Mu 1983, oimba a gulu la Saxon adasiya mgwirizano wawo ndi Carrere Records chifukwa cha kusagwirizana pazachuma. Iwo anasamukira ku EMI Records. Izi zidawonetsa gawo latsopano pantchito ya gululo. Oimbawo adayamba kugwira ntchito yamtundu wa glam rock, ndipo nyimbo za Saxon zidayamba kugulitsidwa.
Kenako ma situdiyo anayi adatulutsidwa: Crusader, Innocence Is No Excuse, Rock the Nations (Elton John adajambulitsa zida zanyimbo zina pa Albumyo), Destiny, yomwe idatulutsidwa ndi EMI Records kuyambira 1984 mpaka 1988.
Ma Albums onsewa anali opambana pamalonda. Komabe, ambiri mwa mafani akale a gululi sanawakonde. Ntchito ya Saxon inakhudzidwanso ndi mfundo yakuti kumayambiriro kwa 1986, woimba nyimbo za bassist ndi wolemba nyimbo Stephen Dawson adasiya gululo. Paul Johnson anatengedwa m'malo mwake, koma sakanatha kutchedwa m'malo zonse.
Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa Destiny (1988), yomwe siinafike pa Billboard 200, EMI Records sanagwirizane ndi Saxon. Gululi likukumana ndi zovuta, ndipo chiyembekezo chake chinkawoneka chosatsimikizika. Zotsatira zake, Virgin Records idakhala chizindikiro chatsopano cha Saxon.
Mu 1989 ndi 1990 gululo linakonza maulendo awiri akuluakulu a ku Ulaya. Ulendo woyamba unali ndi Manowar. Yachiwiri ndi ulendo woyenda payekha pansi pa mawu akuti Zaka 10 za Denim ndi Chikopa.
Ndipo mu February 1991, chimbale cha khumi cha Solid Ball of Rock chinagulitsidwa. Zinali zopambana kwambiri, "mafani" a gulu la Saxon adaziwona ngati "kubwerera ku mizu". M'zaka za m'ma 1990, gululi linatulutsa ma LP ena anayi: Forever Free, Unleash the Beast, Dogs of War ndi Metalhead.
Kusintha kwa mizere
Zaka khumi izi sizinali popanda kusintha kwa gululo. Mwachitsanzo, mu 1995 woimba gitala Graham Oliver anasiya gulu. Ndipo m'malo mwake adabwera Doug Scarratt. Chochititsa chidwi, patapita nthawi, Oliver adagwirizana ndi Stephen Dawson. Onse pamodzi adayesa kudzipezera okha dzina la Saxon polembetsa ngati chizindikiro.
Poyankha, Byford adatsutsa kuti kulembetsa kusakhale kovomerezeka. Milandu yayitali idayamba, yomwe idatha mu 2003. Kenako Bwalo Lamilandu Lalikulu la ku Britain linali kumbali ya Byford. Ndipo Oliver ndi Dawson adasinthanso gulu lawo la rock kuchokera ku Saxon kukhala Oliver / Dawson Saxon.
Gulu la Saxon m'zaka za zana la XNUMX
Saxon ndi yodabwitsa chifukwa idakhalabe yofunikira ngakhale m'zaka za zana la 1980 (ndipo si nthano zonse za rock rock za m'ma XNUMX zomwe zimapambana mu izi). Izi zidachitika makamaka chifukwa chakuti nthawi ina oponya miyala kuchokera ku gulu la Saxon adapanga kubetcha kwa omvera aku Germany.
Pa ma Albamu monga Killing Ground (2001), Lionheart (2004) ndi The Inner Sanctum (2007), Saxon adagwirizana ndi wojambula wotchuka waku Germany komanso mainjiniya omveka a Charlie Bauerfeind. Ankagwira ntchito makamaka ndi magulu omwe ankasewera muzitsulo zamphamvu (kalembedwe kameneka ndi kotchuka kwambiri ku Germany).
Chotsatira chake, mgwirizano uwu unalola oimba a gulu la Saxon kupeza phokoso lamakono. Ndipo chifukwa chake, anyamatawo adapambana mafani ambiri ku Germany. Kuphatikizapo pakati pa achinyamata.
Zotsatira za Album yaposachedwa ya 22nd Thunder Bolt (2018) zimachitira umboni kuti Saxon asankha njira yoyenera. Pampikisano waukulu waku Germany, adatenga malo achisanu. Mu tchati British, zosonkhanitsira anatenga 5, mu Swedish - 29, mu Swiss - 13 udindo. Chotsatira chodabwitsa, makamaka poganizira kuti gulu la Saxon lakhalapo kwa zaka pafupifupi 6, ndipo woimba wake wamkulu ali pafupifupi 40.
Ndipo mwina si zokhazo, chifukwa palibe nkhani yothetsa ntchito yoimba. Poyankhulana, Byford adati gulu la rock likhoza kutulutsa nyimbo yatsopano mu 2021.
