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Re: Saxon Hey Gust, you would probably get a better response by posing a question or making a statement in 'Metal Talk' forums. This kind of thing is best put into the 'Best Metal Youtube' section. You are right though. I saw them at Wacken a couple of years ago and they were good ol' fashioned Metal and I loved it. :)

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I've said it before-the first 4 Saxon albums are on a par with the first 4 Maiden albums. If anyone wants to hear Saxon in their prime, get a hold of the Radio Clyde radio recording of them at Glasgow Apollo in 1982. It was fantastic (the crowd especially memorable) and was recorded as part of the tour to promote the (dissapointing IMO) live album The Eagle Has Landed. I've still got the cutting from Kerrang! magazine where Biff said he'd wished they'd released the Glasgow show as the live album instead of TEHL.

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One of the best bands on the planet. They're classic stuff and their recent stuff are both quality. Hell, compared to other classic bands like Maiden, Motorhead and Maiden, I'd say they have the better modern albums. The only thing I'd suggest against is to avoid their albums from 86-92 or so, as that's when they were sort of doing a hair metal thing and got super cheesy.

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I don't know about that, the newer Motorhead albums I have smoke the newer Saxon albums I have, but this is just based on my collection, which is far from complete. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
Not saying the new Motorhead albums are bad, but the Saxon albums have some diversity to them. let's be honest, as much as we all love Motorhead, they pretty much do the same album over and over. I think my favorite of the new Motorhead albums was "Kiss of Death." The last one never really clicked with me and wasn't very memorable.
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