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26 feb 2020 · During a conversation with Eon Music, Saxon’s Biff Byford talked about the band’s ninth studio album, 1988’s “Destiny,” and some of the issues that surrounded the group at the time. When the interviewer said the record “is much maligned, even by the band,” Biff replied:
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Byford was born in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, the youngest of four children to Ernest Charles and Irene Byford. He has a brother, a half-sister from his father's side, Enid, who is 20 years older than him and a half-brother Michael from his mother. Byford was just 11 years old when his mother died. "Being so young," he says, "it was a crushing ...
He was taught to play guitar by his best friend's brother, who led a local blues group. Byford switched to bass, and passed through various bands in the Barnsley area. His first appearance on an album was in 1971 when he played flute and wrote a few of the songs on the self titled debut album by psychedelic rockers Jumble Lane, a Holyground Records...
27 mar 2013 · In 2013, Classic Rock visited each member of Saxon at home, to find out about the men behind the veteran rockers. BIFF BYFORD. Crusader. On a wall of the room hangs a similarly monolithic piece of art. The original painting used for the cover Saxon’s 1984 album Crusader, it portrays a victorious army of holy warriors.
Biff Byford (born Peter Rodney Byford, 15 January 1951, Honley, West Yorkshire) is the vocalist for Saxon. Discography with Saxon. with Air Pavilion. Kaizoku (1989) - vocals on "She's Hot Stuff" with Fastway. Bad Bad Girls (1990) with Freedom Call. Taragon (1999) - narration on "Tears of Taragon (Story Version)" with Destruction
3 gen 2018 · “The late seventies were a wasteland,” says Byford. “Strikes, poverty, the edge of anarchy. It was a bad period. Saxon came out of that.” Byford turns 67 this month, but he still stands as tall and rigid as an oak. The mane of hair is whiter than it is blond these days. He has no time for deep insights or touchy-feely ...
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Biff Byford spielte bereits vor Saxon von 1970 bis 1976 in der Band Blue Condition. Außerdem hatte Byford in seiner Karriere einige Gastauftritte auf Alben anderer Künstler. 1990 sang er auf dem Album Bad Bad Girls der englischen Band Fastway mit. 1999 sprach er auf der CD Taragon der deutschen Band Freedom Call den Track Tears of ...
3 set 2020 · Having recovered from triple-bypass heart surgery, Biff Byford is in good spirits, his dry Yorkshire wit very much in evidence, as he looks back on his life in music and pays tribute to some of his biggest influences.
