Saxon

Saxon is a british heavy metal band, formed in Barnsley,England in 1976.As pioneers of, and atthe forefront of the then new wave of british heavy metal the band enjoyed a period of prominence in the UK (including popular chart success) and Europe in the early 1980s, and later the USAand Japan.Saxon started in South Yorkshire, England as SOB during 1976 with founder members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson.