Saxon yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun makada a cikin manyan ƙarfe na Burtaniya tare da Diamond Head, Def Leppard и Iron Maiden. Saxon ya riga yana da albam 22. Jagora kuma babban jigon wannan rukunin dutsen shine Biff Byford.
Tarihin kungiyar Saxon
A cikin 1977, Biff Byford mai shekaru 26 ya ƙirƙiri ƙungiyar dutse tare da ɗan tsokanar suna Son of Bitch. Hakanan, Bill bai fito daga dangi masu arziki ba. Kafin ya ɗauki kiɗa da gaske, ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki na kafinta da kuma injiniyan tukunyar jirgi a cikin ma'adinai. Bugu da kari, daga 1973 zuwa 1976 ya buga bass a cikin rukunin rock band Coast.
Byford shi ne mawaki a cikin Son of Bitch. Baya ga shi, kungiyar ta kuma hada da Graham Oliver da Paul Quinn (guitarists), Stephen Dawson (bassist) da Pete Gill (Drummers).
Da farko, Sun na ƙungiyar Bitch sun yi wasa a ƙananan kulake da mashaya a Ingila. A hankali, farin jininsa ya ƙaru. A wani lokaci, an ba da ƙwararrun rockers don sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya tare da alamar Faransanci Carrere Records. Duk da haka, wakilan lakabin sun kafa wani yanayi - Byford da tawagar sun zama dole su watsar da tsohon sunan. A sakamakon haka, rukunin dutsen ya zama sananne da Saxon.
Albums na farko na ƙungiyar guda biyar
Kundin farko na Saxon an yi rikodin shi daga Janairu zuwa Maris 1979 kuma an sake shi a wannan shekarar. Sun kira wannan rikodin a sauƙaƙe, don girmama ƙungiyar (wannan yunkuri ne na kowa). Yana da waƙoƙi 8 kawai. A lokaci guda kuma, wasu masu suka sun lura cewa ba a dawwama a cikin salo guda. Wasu waƙoƙin sun kasance kamar dutsen glam, wasu kamar dutsen ci gaba. Amma sakin wannan rikodin ya ƙara fahimtar ƙungiyar sosai.
Koyaya, ƙungiyar ta zama sananne ne kawai bayan jama'a sun san kundi na biyu, Wheels Of Steel. Ya ci gaba da siyarwa a ranar 3 ga Afrilu, 1980 kuma ya sami damar isa lamba 5 akan Chart Albums na UK. A nan gaba, ya sami damar samun matsayin "platinum" a Birtaniya (fiye da 300 dubu kofe aka sayar).
Wannan kundin ya ƙunshi ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun waƙoƙin ƙungiyar "747 (Baƙi a cikin dare)" (muna magana ne game da babban baƙar fata a Amurka a watan Nuwamba 1965). Daga nan kuma an samu katsewar wutar lantarki a jihohi da dama a lokaci daya. Lamarin da ya tilastawa jiragen da suke a sararin samaniyar birnin New York a lokacin da suka dage saukarsu tare da shawagi a cikin birnin cikin duhu. Wannan waƙar ta sami damar shiga cikin manyan 20 na sigogin Burtaniya.
A watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, an fitar da kundi mai suna Strong Arm of the Law, wanda ya tabbatar da nasarar kungiyar. Yawancin "magoya bayan" sunyi la'akari da shi mafi kyau a cikin zane-zane. Amma bai yi nasara ba akan ginshiƙi kamar kundi na Wheels Of Karfe.
Kundin na uku Denim da Fata an sake shi a cikin 1981. A zahiri, shi ne kundi na farko na audio da aka yi rikodin a wajen Burtaniya, a Aquarius Studios a Geneva da Polar Studios a Stockholm. Wannan kundin ne ya haɗa da irin waɗancan hits kamar Kuma Ƙungiyoyin Wasan Wasan Karya Kuma Kada Ka Taba Surender.
Haɗin kai tare da taurarin duniya na gaba
Sai ƙungiyar Saxon, tare da haɗin gwiwar almara Ozzy Osbourne sun shirya wani babban balaguron balaguron balaguro na Turai. Kuma kadan daga baya (riga ba tare da Osborne) ta yi tare da kide kide a Amurka. Sau ɗaya, a matsayin ɓangare na wannan yawon shakatawa, ƙungiyar Saxon tana "buɗewa" don ƙungiyar Saxon Metallica (wannan rukunin dutsen ya fara aikin sa ne kawai). Saxon ya kuma halarci bikin dodanni na Rock, wanda ya gudana a kauyen Castle Donington na Ingila.
A cikin wannan lokacin ne mai ganga ya canza a Saxon. Nigel Glockler ne ya maye gurbin Pete Gill.
A cikin Maris 1983, Saxon ya fito da LP na biyar, Power & the Glory. An yi rikodin shi a cikin Amurka kuma an yi niyya da farko ga jama'ar Amurkawa. Ya sami damar shiga babban ginshiƙi na Amurka Billboard 200, amma ya ɗauki matsayi na 155 kawai a can.
Creativity na kungiyar daga 1983 zuwa 1999. da rigima akan sunan
A cikin 1983, mawaƙa daga ƙungiyar Saxon sun karya kwangilar su da Carrere Records saboda rashin jituwar kuɗi. Sun koma EMI Records. Wannan ya nuna sabon mataki a cikin aikin ƙungiyar. Mawakan sun fara aiki a cikin nau'in glam rock, kuma kiɗan Saxon ya zama mafi tallace-tallace.
Sannan an fitar da kundi guda hudu na studio: Crusader, Innocence Is No Excuse, Rock the Nations (Elton John ya rubuta sassan maballin maballin don wasu waƙoƙin akan kundin), Destiny, wanda EMI Records ya fitar daga 1984 zuwa 1988.
Duk waɗannan albam ɗin sun yi nasara ta kasuwanci. Duk da haka, yawancin tsoffin magoya bayan ƙungiyar ba sa son su. Har ila yau, aikin Saxon ya sami mummunan tasiri game da gaskiyar cewa a farkon 1986, bassist da marubuci Stephen Dawson ya bar ƙungiyar. An dauki Paul Johnson a matsayinsa, amma wannan ba za a iya kiransa cikakken maye gurbinsa ba.
Bayan fitowar Ƙaddara (1988), wanda bai buga Billboard 200 ba, EMI Records bai yi aiki tare da Saxon ba. Tawagar ta shiga cikin mawuyacin hali, kuma da alama ba ta da tabbas. Sakamakon haka, Virgin Records ya zama sabon lakabin Saxon.
A cikin 1989 da 1990 kungiyar ta shirya manyan rangadin kasashen Turai guda biyu. Ziyarar farko ta kasance tare da Manowar. Na biyu yawon shakatawa ne kawai a ƙarƙashin taken shekaru 10 na Denim da Fata.
Kuma a cikin Fabrairu 1991, album na goma Solid Ball of Rock ya ci gaba da siyarwa. An yi nasara sosai, "magoya bayan" na kungiyar Saxon sun gane shi a matsayin "komawa ga tushen". A cikin 1990s, ƙungiyar ta fito da ƙarin LP guda huɗu: Har abada Kyauta, Sakin Dabba, Karnukan Yaƙi da Metalhead.
Canje-canje a layi
Wannan shekaru goma ba tare da canje-canje a cikin abun da ke cikin ƙungiyar ba. Misali, a shekarar 1995, Graham Oliver ya bar band din. Kuma a wurinsa ya zo Doug Scarratt. Abin sha'awa, ba da daɗewa ba, Oliver ya haɗu tare da Stephen Dawson. Tare har ma sun yi ƙoƙarin tabbatar da sunan Saxon da kansu ta hanyar yin rajista a matsayin alamar kasuwanci.
Dangane da mayar da martani, Byford ya kai karar a soke rajistar. Dogon shari'a ya fara, wanda ya ƙare kawai a cikin 2003. Sannan Kotun Koli ta Burtaniya ta kasance a gefen Byford. Kuma Oliver da Dawson dole ne su canza sunan rukunin dutsen su daga Saxon zuwa Oliver / Dawson Saxon.
Kungiyar Saxon a karni na XNUMX
Saxon yana da ban mamaki a cikin cewa ya kasance mai dacewa har ma a cikin karni na 1980st (kuma ba duk tatsuniyoyi masu ƙarfi na XNUMX sun yi nasara a wannan ba). Wannan ya faru da yawa saboda gaskiyar cewa a wani lokaci masu rockers daga kungiyar Saxon sun yi fare a kan masu sauraron Jamus.
A kan albam kamar Killing Ground (2001), Lionheart (2004) da The Inner Sanctum (2007), Saxon ya yi aiki tare da mashahurin furodusan Jamus da injiniyan sauti Charlie Bauerfeind. Ya ƙware musamman wajen yin aiki tare da makada da ke wasa da salon ƙarfe mai ƙarfi (wannan salon ya shahara sosai a Jamus).
A sakamakon haka, wannan haɗin gwiwar ya ba wa mawaƙa daga ƙungiyar Saxon damar samun sauti na zamani. Kuma a sakamakon haka, mutanen sun sami gagarumin adadin sababbin magoya baya a Jamus. Ciki har da tsakanin matasa.
Sakamakon sabon album na 22 Thunder Bolt (2018) ya shaida cewa Saxon ya zaɓi hanya madaidaiciya. A babban fareti na Jamusanci, ya ɗauki matsayi na 5. A cikin ginshiƙi na Burtaniya, tarin ya ɗauki 29th, a cikin Yaren mutanen Sweden - 13th, a cikin Swiss - matsayi na 6. Wani sakamako mai ban mamaki, musamman idan aka yi la'akari da cewa ƙungiyar Saxon ta kasance kusan shekaru 40, kuma mawaƙin jagoranta ya riga ya kusan 70.
Kuma watakila ba haka ba ne, domin har yanzu ba a yi maganar kawo karshen sana’ar waka ba. A cikin wata hira, Byford ya ce rukunin dutsen na iya fitar da sabon kundi a cikin 2021.
