ISaxon ingelinye lamaqembu agqama kakhulu eBritish heavy metal kanye ne-Diamond Head, Def Leppard и Iron Maiden. I-Saxon isivele inama-albhamu angu-22. Umholi kanye nomuntu obalulekile waleli qembu le-rock ngu-Biff Byford.
Umlando weSaxon Group
Ngo-1977, u-Biff Byford oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala wakha ibhendi ye-rock enegama elivusa inkanuko ethi Son of a Bitch. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uBill wayengaveli emkhayeni ocebile. Ngaphambi kokuba athathele phezulu umculo, wayesebenza njengomsizi wombazi nanjengonjiniyela obhayela emayini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusukela ngo-1973 kuya ku-1976 udlale ibhesi eqenjini le-rock elineziqephu ezintathu i-Coast.
UByford wayengumculi wezwi elithi Son of a Bitch. Ngaphezu kwakhe, leli qembu lalihlanganisa noGraham Oliver noPaul Quinn (abadlala isiginci), uStephen Dawson (oshaya ibhesi) noPete Gill (izigubhu).
Ekuqaleni, i-Sun of a Bitch team yayidlala emaqenjini amancane nama-bar e-England. Kancane kancane, ukuthandwa kwakhe kwanda. Ngesinye isikhathi, ama-rockers anethalente anikezwa ukuthi asayine isivumelwano nelebula yaseFrance iCarrere Records. Kodwa-ke, abamele ilebula babeka umbandela - u-Byford kanye neqembu babebophekile ukushiya igama elidala. Ngenxa yalokho, iqembu le-rock laziwa ngokuthi i-Saxon.
Ama-albhamu wokuqala weqembu amahlanu
I-albhamu yokuqala kaSaxon yaqoshwa kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuMashi 1979 futhi yakhululwa ngawo lowo nyaka. Babiza leli rekhodi kalula, ngokuhlonipha iqembu (lokhu ukunyakaza okuvamile). Yayinezingoma eziyisi-8 kuphela. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abanye abagxeki baphawula ukuthi ayizange igcinwe ngesitayela esisodwa. Ezinye izingoma bezifana ne-glam rock, ezinye zifana ne-progressive rock. Kodwa ukukhishwa kwaleli rekhodi kwandisa kakhulu ukuqashelwa kweqembu.
Nokho, leli qembu laduma kuphela ngemva kokuba umphakathi usujwayelene ne-albhamu yesibili ethi, Wheels Of Steel. Yaqala ukudayiswa ngo-Ephreli 3, 1980 futhi yakwazi ukufinyelela inombolo yesi-5 eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK. Esikhathini esizayo, wakwazi ukuthola isimo "seplatinamu" e-UK (amakhophi angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-300 adayiswa).
Le albhamu yayihlanganisa enye yezingoma ezidume kakhulu zeqembu elithi "747 (Izihambi Ebusuku)" (sikhuluma ngokucinywa kukagesi okukhulu e-United States ngoNovemba 1965). Kwabe sekunqamuka ugesi ezifundazweni eziningana ngesikhathi esisodwa. Lo mcimbi uphoqe izindiza, ebezisesibhakabhakeni saseNew York ngaleso sikhathi, ukuthi zihlehlise ukuhlala kwazo bese zindiza phezu kwedolobha ngobumnyama. Le ngoma ikwazile ukungena kumashadi angu-20 aphezulu aseBrithani.
NgoNovemba wonyaka ofanayo, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Strong Arm of the Law, okwaqinisa impumelelo yeqembu. Abaningi "abalandeli" bambheka njengongcono kakhulu ku-discography. Kodwa ayizange iphumelele kumashadi njenge-albhamu ye-Wheels Of Steel.
I-albhamu yesithathu ethi Denim and Leather yakhululwa ngo-1981. Eqinisweni, bekuyi-albhamu yokuqala yomsindo eyaqoshwa ngaphandle kwase-UK, e-Aquarius Studios eGeneva nasePolar Studios eStockholm. Bekuyile albhamu ebihlanganisa izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ezithi And the Bands Played On nethi Never Surrender.
Ukusebenzisana nezihlabani zomhlaba ezizayo
Bese iqembu leSaxon, ngokubambisana nenganekwane Ozzy Osbourne uhlele uhambo olukhulu lwaseYurophu. Futhi kamuva (ngaphandle kuka-Osborne) wenza namakhonsathi e-USA. Ngesinye isikhathi, njengengxenye yalolu hambo, ibhendi ye-Saxon "yayivula" ibhendi ye-Saxon. Metallica (leli qembu le-rock lalisanda kuqala umsebenzi walo). I-Saxon iphinde yabamba iqhaza emkhosini we-Monsters of Rock, owawusesigodini samaNgisi e-Castle Donington.
Kungalesi sikhathi lapho isigubhu sashintsha khona eSaxon. Esikhundleni sikaPete Gill kwathathwa uNigel Glockler.
NgoMashi 1983, iSaxon yakhipha i-LP yabo yesihlanu, Amandla & Inkazimulo. Yaqoshwa e-United States futhi yayihloselwe ikakhulukazi izethameli zaseMelika. Ukwazile ukungena kumashadi amakhulu aseMelika iBillboard 200, kodwa wathatha indawo ye-155 kuphela lapho.
Ukudala iqembu kusukela ngo-1983 kuya ku-1999. nokuphikisana ngegama
Ngo-1983, abaculi beqembu leSaxon baphula inkontileka yabo neCarrere Records ngenxa yokungavumelani kwezimali. Bathuthele ku-EMI Records. Lokhu kwaphawula isiteji esisha emsebenzini weqembu. Abaculi baqala ukusebenza ohlotsheni lwe-glam rock, futhi umculo we-Saxon wathengiswa kakhulu.
Kwabe sekukhishwa ama-albhamu amane e-studio: Crusader, Innocence Is No Excuse, Rock the Nations (u-Elton John uqophe izingxenye zekhibhodi zezingoma ezithile ku-albhamu), i-Destiny, eyakhishwa yi-EMI Records kusukela ngo-1984 kuya ku-1988.
Wonke lawa ma-albhamu abe yimpumelelo kwezohwebo. Nokho iningi labalandeli bakudala beqembu alizange libathande. Umsebenzi kaSaxon nawo wathinteka kabi ngokuthi ekuqaleni kuka-1986, umshayi webhesi nombhali wamaculo uStephen Dawson walishiya leli qembu. UPaul Johnson wathathwa esikhundleni sakhe, kodwa lokhu kwakungeke kubizwe ngokuthi ukushintshwa okugcwele.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-Destiny (1988), engazange ishaye i-Billboard 200, i-EMI Records ayizange ihlanganyele ne-Saxon. Iqembu lalibhekene nezikhathi ezinzima, futhi amathemba alo ayebonakala engaqinisekile. Ngenxa yalokho, i-Virgin Records yaba ilebula elisha le-Saxon.
Ngo-1989 nango-1990 leli qembu lahlela izinkambo ezimbili ezinkulu zaseYurophu. Ukuvakasha kokuqala kwaba noManowar. Okwesibili uhambo lokuhamba yedwa ngaphansi kwesiqubulo esithi Iminyaka Eyishumi Yedenim Nesikhumba.
Futhi ngoFebhuwari 1991, i-albhamu yeshumi yesitudiyo iSolid Ball of Rock yathengiswa. Kwaphumelela kakhulu, "abalandeli" beqembu leSaxon bakubona njengokuthi "ukubuyela ezimpandeni". Ngawo-1990, ibhendi yakhipha amanye ama-LP amane: Forever Free, Unleash the Beast, Dogs of War and Metalhead.
Izinguquko zomugqa
Leli shumi leminyaka alizange libe nezinguquko ekubunjweni kweqembu. Ngokwesibonelo, ngo-1995 umshayi wesiginci uGraham Oliver washiya iqembu. Futhi esikhundleni sakhe kwangena uDoug Scarratt. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kamuva, u-Oliver wahlangana noStephen Dawson. Ngokubambisana baze bazama ukuzitholela igama leSaxon ngokulibhalisa njengophawu lokuhweba.
Ephendula, u-Byford wamangalela ukuthi ukubhaliswa kungasebenzi. Icala elide laqala, elaphela ngo-2003 kuphela. Khona-ke iNkantolo Ephakeme YaseBrithani yayisohlangothini lweByford. Futhi u-Oliver noDawson kwadingeka baqambe kabusha ibhendi yabo ye-rock isuka eSaxon yaba ngu-Oliver/Dawson Saxon.
Iqembu leSaxon ekhulwini lama-XNUMX
I-Saxon iyamangalisa ngoba isalokhu isebenza ngisho nangekhulu lama-1980 (futhi akuzona zonke izinganekwane ze-hard rock zango-XNUMX eziphumelelayo kulokhu). Lokhu kwenzeka kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi ngesinye isikhathi ama-rockers avela eqenjini le-Saxon abhejela izethameli zaseJalimane.
Kuma-albhamu afana ne-Killing Ground (2001), uLionheart (2004) kanye ne-Inner Sanctum (2007), i-Saxon ihlanganyele nomdidiyeli odumile waseJalimane kanye nonjiniyela womsindo uCharlie Bauerfeind. Wayekhethekile kakhulu ekusebenzeni namaqembu adlala ngesitayela sensimbi yamandla (lesi sitayela sithandwa kakhulu eJalimane).
Ngenxa yalokho, lokhu kubambisana kwavumela abaculi abavela eqenjini le-Saxon ukuthi bathole umsindo wesimanje. Futhi ngenxa yalokho, abafana baye bawina inani elikhulu labalandeli abasha eJalimane. Kuhlanganisa nentsha.
Imiphumela ye-albhamu yakamuva yama-22 ethi Thunder Bolt (2018) iyafakaza ukuthi abakwaSaxon bakhethe indlela eyiyo. Emqhudelwaneni omkhulu waseJalimane, wathatha indawo yesi-5. Eshadini laseBrithani, iqoqo lathatha i-29, ngesiSwidi - 13, eSwitzerland - isikhundla se-6. Umphumela omangalisayo, ikakhulukazi uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi iqembu leSaxon selineminyaka engaba ngu-40, futhi umculi walo oholayo usevele acishe abe ngu-70.
Futhi cishe akukhona konke lokho, ngoba akukakhulunywa ngokuqeda umsebenzi womculo. Engxoxweni, u-Byford uthe iqembu le-rock lingakhipha i-albhamu entsha ngo-2021.
