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Unknown Soldier · 07-28-2011, 04:21 AM

The third essential release has to be this Saxon album, which is also featuring now in Metal Wars so place your vote. BTW I`m posting these albums in no particular order of preference.

Saxon Wheels of Steel 1980

You know she`s cruisin one-forty she`d do even more. I`m burnin solid rubber I don`t take no bull. Cause my wheels of steel are rolling!

Saxon were fronted up by Bill Byford "Biff" one of the most impressive, evocative and charasmatic vocalists of the whole scene and he was blessed with a great raw but melodic voice, and along with guitarist Paul Quinn has been ever present in the band and in Peter Gill they had a diamond of a drummer as well, before he jumped ship to Motorhead. The band were one of the biggest and most important of the NWOBHM movement and despite being huge here in the UK and Europe, they never quite achieved the same success in the USA. The Wheels of Steel album was one of two stellar albums that the band released in 1980, with the other being Strong Arm of the Law. Both albums are pretty essential but this album takes it and its littered with killer tracks covering great metal fanfare such as motorbikes. Essential songs to listen to are Motorcycle Man, 747 (Strangers in the Night), Wheels of Steel and Freeway Mad. If ever an album was designed for cruising a chopper down a freeway then its this album.

07-28-2011, 04:21 AM	#20 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	The third essential release has to be this Saxon album, which is also featuring now in Metal Wars so place your vote. BTW I`m posting these albums in no particular order of preference. Saxon Wheels of Steel 1980 You know she`s cruisin one-forty she`d do even more. I`m burnin solid rubber I don`t take no bull. Cause my wheels of steel are rolling! Saxon were fronted up by Bill Byford "Biff" one of the most impressive, evocative and charasmatic vocalists of the whole scene and he was blessed with a great raw but melodic voice, and along with guitarist Paul Quinn has been ever present in the band and in Peter Gill they had a diamond of a drummer as well, before he jumped ship to Motorhead. The band were one of the biggest and most important of the NWOBHM movement and despite being huge here in the UK and Europe, they never quite achieved the same success in the USA. The Wheels of Steel album was one of two stellar albums that the band released in 1980, with the other being Strong Arm of the Law. Both albums are pretty essential but this album takes it and its littered with killer tracks covering great metal fanfare such as motorbikes. Essential songs to listen to are Motorcycle Man, 747 (Strangers in the Night), Wheels of Steel and Freeway Mad. If ever an album was designed for cruising a chopper down a freeway then its this album. Last edited by Unknown Soldier; 07-28-2011 at 08:15 AM.