Saxon 747 - Guitars101

**bluesplayer** · 02-04-2005, 11:35 AM

I used to like Saxon , back in 1982 or 3 i remember a gig they did at the Rock Garden on Teesside , the club could hold maybe 2 or 3 hundred , i swear there must of been a 1000 in !, and as for volume fuck it was like standing next to a jumbo on tick over . Saxon where awesome , but sadly lost the plot somewhere down the line .

wahwah · 02-04-2005, 11:46 AM

Good work mate...this was a cracker of a song to hear on Radio 1 at the time! I was a welder at ICI at the time and we'd be down the Rock Garden every Friday and down the Thornaby Cons to see the likes of Saxon, White Spirit (with Jan Gers), Limelight and whoever else.

I was at that gig mate! Saw Def Leppard, Saxon, Tygers Of Pan Tang (with John Sykes) and Iron Maiden with ONLY Dave Murray on guitar (no second guitarist!). I remember he played a guitar solo...believe it or not it was 'Eruption'!

Great times...great cover.

SLoB · 02-04-2005, 11:53 AM

heh good ol Saxon

n1

sounded live

Saxon has that ear piercing sound ive never heard from any other band, some of saxon the gigs ive seen they have almost ruined the gig by insisting to turn up the volume, yea great we all like a bit of extra ooomph but Saxon go that one more and turn up the volume to ear splitting levels, that coupled with their very trebbly sound is almost unbearable to be enjoyable, shame cos otherwise they were a class band, got all their old stuff on vinyl and they were one of the main metal bands without a doubt.

sgstd · 02-04-2005, 11:54 AM

Killer song, Bluesy!!!

Not familiar with this band...but your rocked it, bro!!!!

dunnery · 02-04-2005, 01:06 PM

great song Arty!..me,Mick tucker & neil Grafton went to that gig!..loud !...wasnt in it!!..great times tho..Rock garden, Talbot,The Teessider at thornaby / stockton bridge..& not forgetting Thornaby cons!..class!!

**guitarwizard2003** · 02-04-2005, 02:40 PM

i liked saxon i have a cd of them myself... excellent job bluesy

Goport · 02-05-2005, 04:54 AM

Very good cover Blues. You continue to set very high standards on here mate.

snakehead · 02-05-2005, 10:03 AM

One of my favorite songs and you certainly did it justice........excellent cover!!

Saw Saxon in Glasgow last year and much respect to old Biff Byford, he just loves to rock and play music!! although u cant stand to near the front or u will get covered in biff's saliva while hes singing...the old toothless rocker

**zeppy** · 02-05-2005, 10:18 AM

Nice playin and tone bluesy ! Always love your playin

**ricklepotamous** · 02-05-2005, 10:20 AM

jeez i still have this on 7" vinyl.

can't remember what the other tracks were all i remember is it was double single (huh). so im off to dig it out..

excellent cover bluesplayer!!!

just for sgstd saxon used to believe they were the loudest band around and having caught them live 5 or 6 times i'm not going to argue

**Rocker35** · 02-07-2005, 01:32 AM

Right - where are my red and black striped jeans!!!! Excellent work mate, it totally rocked

POD GOD · 02-07-2005, 08:09 AM

Not familiar with the tune, but this rocks!!!

**Sling Shot** · 02-07-2005, 10:14 AM

Excellent ,,, , really great!!

Sinafter · 07-05-2009, 02:17 AM

I think the Saxon concert at the Rock Garden that the guys were reminiscing about was actually even longer ago! Saxon played two devastatingly loud shows there on the Wheels Of Steel tour in 1980 (two shows the same night - one for under eighteens!) but I don't think they ever played there again. On the Strong Arm Of The Law tour they were in the Middlesbrough Town Hall and after that I think they missed Teesside out, the nearest shows being in Newcastle. I might be wrong though.