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With repeated rhythmic blows and pulsing bass licks, the Newcastle band amplify the volume on their fourth album and keep listeners entrenched in their heady cosmos
So far, Saxon’s industrious career in metal has essentially unfolded in three stages. In the first of these they released eight albums of note, between 1979 and 1986. The first five in particular were awash with enduring gems such as Wheels Of Steel, Princess Of The Night, 20,000 Feet and Strong Arm Of The Law. Then came the ninth, 1988’s Destiny, a soft-boiled misstep that sounded very much like the band’s last-ditch attempt to sell enough records to appease their label EMI, shortly before they were dropped. We’ve been in Stage Three ever since, with Biff Byford and co. presumably abandoning any dreams they might have of Beverly Hills mansions, and instead revelling in the brute force of traditional heavy metal, plus the major consolation prize of everlasting respect over riches. Brilliantly, their approach during two decades when all around them was grunge and alt.rock was to keep calm and carry on, unapologetically firing
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Travels on a cloud/He’s one of the good time people now/I’m a face in the crowd/All dressed up and laughing loud/I can talk to him, and I can love him.” This was my introduction hearing the original
Nirvana’s ‘Rainbow Chaser’ (no, not Kurt Cobain’s Nirvana) on an UNCUT compilation back in the summer of 2003 entitled,
Acid Daze. It was like this crossover between symphonic pop, baroque beauty, and psychedelic phasing that was like a breath of fresh air.
They were often under the radar during the late ‘60s at the height of the Swinging London scenery during that time frame when up-and-coming bands like Pink Floyd, Family, The Nice, Traffic, and Spooky Tooth (who would later record with them) were recording their debut albums. And Nirvana were right in the middle of that scenery. That and their 6-LP box set on the Madfish label entitled