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SAXON Frontman Guests On Irish Puppet Show 'Podge And Rodge'; Video Available

Video footage of SAXON frontman Biff Byford's appearance on "The Podge and Rodge Show", an Irish adult comedy televised puppet show, has been posted at YouTube. SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be spli...

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SAXON: Channel 4 Documentary 'Wasn't The Film We Or The Director Thought We Were Making'

British heavy metal veterans SAXON were the subject of this past Tuesday's (April 10) "Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith" documentary series on U.K.'s Channel 4 in which legendary Live Aid and Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith attempted "to help revive the fortunes of six entertainment busi...

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SAXON: 'If I Was You' Video Posted Online

SAXON's video for the song "If I Was You" has been posted at YouTube. The track comes off the British heavy metal legends' latest album, "The Inner Sanctum", which was released in early March. SAXON is the subject of this coming Tuesday's (April 10) "Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith" docu...

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The Inner Sanctum

Terrible PR stunts be damned, you can't kill SAXON. Words like "venerable" and "stalwart" get used a lot when talking about these U.K. rockers, who've been bashing it out to uneven returns for three decades now. When they're not embarrassing themselves with ill-conceived promotional ideas far beneat...

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BLITZKRIEG Signs With ARMAGEDDON MUSIC

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have issued the following update: "Armageddon Music [Germany] have signed BLITZKRIEG. The band is just finishing the new album called 'Theatre Of The Damned' in the Absurd Studio in Hamburg, together with producer Schroedey. The album will...

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Journalist Dismisses SAXON Documentary As 'Coffee-Table Television At Best'

Damien of Decibel magazine has submitted the following report to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Just got back from taking part in the soon-to-be-aired [British] Channel 4 SAXON documentary, 'Get Your Act Together'. The programme will be in two parts; the first showing impresario Harvey Goldsmith as he attempts...

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SAXON: More 'The Inner Sanctum' European Chart Positions Revealed

SAXON's latest album, "The Inner Sanctum", has registered the following first-week chart positions across Europe: Germany: #36 Sweden: #39 Switzerland: #89 UK: #102 UK: #4 (on "rock/metal" chart) SAXON's "The Very Best Of: 1979-1988" compilation also entered the U.K. "rock/metal" chart at #32. SAXON...

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SAXON Drummer Is 'Ready To Rock'

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has issued the following update: "So we're off on tour again, via production rehearsals in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt. "Doug [Scarratt, SAXON guitarist] and I hit the Eurostar and the Ice train on Tuesday. "Really looking forward to the gigs. Here I must mention that some...

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SAXON: 'The Inner Sanctum' Enters Swedish Chart At No. 39

SAXON's latest album, "The Inner Sanctum", has entered the Swedish album chart at position No. 39. In other news, SAXON frontman Biff Byford has opened an online scrapbook featuring documents found in a box after his house burned down in March 2005. The first of the documents can be found at this lo...

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SAXON: Rescheduled U.K., Irish Tour Dates Announced

British heavy metal legends SAXON have announced the rescheduled U.K./Irish tour dates. As reported yesterday, SAXON was forced to postpone its previously announced British and Irish trek because singer Biff Byford was suffering from "a throat infection and bad case of flu," according to a statement...

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SAXON Frontman's Radio Show To Air Tomorrow

SAXON frontman Biff Byford's "My Planet Rocks" radio show will air this Saturday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. U.K. time. It will be repeated again next Thursday, March 1. For more information, visit www.planetrock.com. As previously reported, SAXON's official web site has been updated with the first ex...

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SAXON Frontman BIFF BYFORD's Autobiography: First Excerpt Available For Download

SAXON's official web site has been updated with the first excerpt from the soon-to-be-released autobiography by the band's singer, Biff Byford. Acccording to a posting on the site, the book, entitled "Never Surrender (Or Nearly Good Looking)" (cover),will be released in April via I.P. Publishing an...

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SAXON: British, Irish Tour Dates Cancelled

British heavy metal veterans SAXON have been forced to cancel their previously announced British and Irish tour dates "because Biff [Byford, vocals] has a throat infection and bad case of flu," according to a statement posted on the band's official web site. Audio samples of all ten tracks that are...

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SAXON: 'The Inner Sanctum' Audio Samples, Artwork Available

Audio samples of all ten tracks that are set to appear on SAXON's upcoming album, "The Inner Sanctum", and the CD artwork have been posted online on the band's newly re-launched web site. Regarding the rather unusual working process that went into the new songs, SAXON singer Biff Byford states, "The...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD To Publish Autobiography

"We knew we'd recorded a good album; we just didn't know it was that good …" recalls SAXON frontman Biff Byford of 1980's breakthrough album "Wheels Of Steel". For over thirty years, SAXON has been led from the front by charismatic and larger-than-life vocalist Biff Byford. In "Never Surrender", he...