Saxon

December Flower · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2007 2:35 pm

I have a confession to make: I'm a total poser. I have only heard a few songs by these guys, and I'll see them live with Masterplan next week. Which of their albums should I start with? Are they good live?

Fingon · **Joined:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:11 pm **Posts:** 3207

Saxon are great live. And for albums, i'm not going to give my opinion since i have only heard a few. Radagast will probably know with which one you should start.

witteijsbeer · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2007 5:26 pm

Saxon is a great live band!!
Start with Wheels of Steel and Strong arm of the Law, these albums are available in a 2cd package. Killing Ground, Unleash the Beast, Lionheart are also very strong albums.

Radagast · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2007 9:52 pm

witteijsbeer wrote:

Start with Wheels of Steel and Strong arm of the Law, these albums are available in a 2cd package.

Quoted for truth. Get these two as a matter of urgency.

Thir first, self-titled album is also very cool, but a bit of an oddball, 70s rock-blending into NWOBHM release. Its worth a few £££ just for the track Frozen Rainbow though.

If you like Wheels... and Strong Arm... your next stop would be the two following albums, Denim & Leather and The Power and the Glory - then skip over just about everything until you land on 1997's Unleash the Beast - that album and everything since have been rock-solid power metal.

Even if you don't get any of the albums, I guarantee you s good show - Saxon are at least 127 times better live than on record.

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

STOP! GET OUT! WE ARE THE STRONG ARM OF THE LAW.

Ya, so, get that album.

The_Voice · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2007 12:47 am

Radagast wrote:

witteijsbeer wrote:

Start with Wheels of Steel and Strong arm of the Law, these albums are available in a 2cd package.

Quoted for truth. Get these two as a matter of urgency.

Thir first, self-titled album is also very cool, but a bit of an oddball, 70s rock-blending into NWOBHM release. Its worth a few £££ just for the track Frozen Rainbow though.

If you like Wheels... and Strong Arm... your next stop would be the two following albums, Denim & Leather and The Power and the Glory - then skip over just about everything until you land on 1997's Unleash the Beast - that album and everything since have been rock-solid power metal.

Even if you don't get any of the albums, I guarantee you s good show - Saxon are at least 127 times better live than on record.

I dont think he should skip everything until Unleash The Beast, Innocence Is No Excuse its a killer album!, but +1 on everything else.

December Flower · **Posted:** Sun May 06, 2007 3:55 pm

Thanks guys, I'll try to get my hands on Wheels of Steel and Strong Arm of the Law then :dio:

VinnieVincentInvaded · **Posted:** Sun May 06, 2007 11:23 pm

Radagast wrote:

Thir first, self-titled album is also very cool, but a bit of an oddball, 70s rock-blending into NWOBHM release. Its worth a few £££ just for the track Frozen Rainbow though.

You can argue similarly for buying the album Crusader - the title track totally makes it worth the price. Same with Dogs of War, whose title track is also one of my very favorite songs by them, but everything else on that album other than Burning Wheels and The Great White Buffalo = total :huh:

factor.

witteijsbeer · **Posted:** Mon May 07, 2007 11:35 am

VinnieVincentInvaded wrote:

Radagast wrote:

Thir first, self-titled album is also very cool, but a bit of an oddball, 70s rock-blending into NWOBHM release. Its worth a few £££ just for the track Frozen Rainbow though.

You can argue similarly for buying the album Crusader - the title track totally makes it worth the price. Same with Dogs of War, whose title track is also one of my very favorite songs by them, but everything else on that album other than Burning Wheels and The Great White Buffalo = total :huh:

factor.

Unlike most people I really like the Dogs of War album.

Radagast · **Posted:** Mon May 07, 2007 2:07 pm

VinnieVincentInvaded wrote:

Radagast wrote:

Thir first, self-titled album is also very cool, but a bit of an oddball, 70s rock-blending into NWOBHM release. Its worth a few £££ just for the track Frozen Rainbow though.

You can argue similarly for buying the album Crusader - the title track totally makes it worth the price. Same with Dogs of War, whose title track is also one of my very favorite songs by them, but everything else on that album other than Burning Wheels and The Great White Buffalo = total :huh:

factor.

Yeah, the difference between the s/t and Crusader is its cool ':huh:' 70s rock vs shitty ':huh:' 80s rock.

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