Drummer reacts to "The Eagle has Landed" by Saxon

[@BigC.]

The British wave of heavy metal at its best.

[@L33Reacts]

Yeah this shit rocked lol I love this genre. And they kinda threw in some different stuff them I'm used to with this stuff. I dug it for sure

[@pauloles2475]

I'm going to the Saxon/ Uriah Heep show later this year. Going to be EPIC!!!

[@AnimalBritain99]

I went to Leeds....brilliant as always🤘

[@BigC.]

Had the good fortune to see them at the Troubadour in Hollywood in 1981. My arm was resting on the stage with Biff right over me. What a show!

[@polarbear7720]

Dallas 1-00pm one of my favourite Saxon tracks.

[@jimharris367]

One of my all time favourite bands - first saw them in 1980 and have seen them many times over the years - they are never less than superb 🤘

[@Cyberfender1]

This Town Rocks! By Saxon. Drumming is monstrous!

[@MTB-Idle]

My first ever concert aged 15 was in 1980 when I saw Saxon (and others) supporting Motorhead at the 'Heavy Metal Mayhem Brain Damage Party' in Stafford, UK. I remember that the screaming guitars and Biff's high pitched scream really hurt my ears but the whole experience was great.

[@SavageGrace]

I was at that one - the Bingley Hall cattle shed :-) Came up in a coach from near London. White Spirit, Vardis, Mythra, Girlschool, Angel Witch & Motorhead as well. Sound was echoey in that hall, but loud. It was chaos afterwards as the coaches left pretty quickly after it finished and a mate of mine missed it and was stranded.

[@MTB-Idle]

@@SavageGrace haha cool, yep I was on a coach too from Victoria coach station. I remember they didn't allow alcohol on the coaches so everyone left their supplies in a massive pile in the yard. Some fans decided to skip the coach and stay with all the booze.

[@thunderspike1892]

Saw them with Pretty Maids as openers. Check out Saxon - This Town Rocks from the same album. Really heavy uptempo song

[@hej4508]

Love saxon...fore ever!

[@vibetone355]

I knew these guys before they got famous, they had a band called Son of a bitch about 75 they played local pubs in my hometown in north west uk,

[@svenjensen9770]

Saxon fan since the early 80ies 🤘🏼. They're still nailing it, their last albums were great, and I'm counting the days til Wacken Open Air to see them again. Did you know Metallica was opening for Saxon in their early days?

[@paulhadfield7909]

denim and leather is my fave album, simpler rockin songs

[@andymccracken4046]

Saxon were quite popular in the 1980s and I'm not sure what happened after that.

[@L33Reacts]

Apparently, they are still releasing music to this day! That's wild. Good for them. I'm definitely down to hear some more from them.

[@SavageGrace]

@@L33Reacts "The Eagle has Landed" is a bit different to their other early material, which is more high energy and uptempo for the most part. More in this vein is "Crusader" from the album of the same name. In 1980/1 they were in a competition with Motorhead to be the loudest band in the world. Before Saxon they were called Son of a Bitch. They had to change their name as they signed with Carrere in '78 and they insisted they change it to get airplay on the radio.

[@Arthur.in.the.Fridge]

They signed to EMI who wanted top 40 hits and Americanized them with big hair and ridiculous clothing. They didn't want the jeans and leather jackets look. It didn't work out well.

[@lucasnavajas4166]

Saxon is awesome and never stop releasing new albums like pretty much every other year, they just released an awesome album in 2024!!! Unlike Metalica, the new stuff might be better or just as good as the classic stuff. Great classic song is 747 strangers in the night, great newer song is battering ram , but so many to choose from

[@L33Reacts]

No shit really? Damn I'll have to check that out. I dug this, so if they are still releasing great music I'm down to hear more:)

[@nicholasthornley9708]

@@L33Reacts I've just finished compiling my Saxon playlist for Spotify and got it down to 126 songs, and that's just my favourites.

[@neillenet291]

Underrated band! I recommend their song DALLAS 1 P.M. about the assassination of JFK.

[@Arthur.in.the.Fridge]

Heavy metal thunder.

[@brianwacker9111]

This song in particular reminds me of early Priest.

[@mickgoddard]

Barnsley’s finest..!

[@Arthur.in.the.Fridge]

Better than their football team.

[@Raiderblack]

Saxon!

[@L33Reacts]

Hope you enjoyed my friend! This was a great wake up track this morning lol

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

Love Saxon 🔥 Judas Priest little brother ! 🎸

[@svenjensen9770]

I've been to the show on July 1st in Hamburg Germany, and Saxon blew Judas Priest out of the water 😊.

[@Arthur.in.the.Fridge]

Quinn is an Irish name.

[@mickgoddard]

I sold a P.A. system to Graham Oliver’s son in about ‘89/‘90…Great family.

[@aceball7076]

Listen to the live version. It's better in some ways.

[@circulation69]

Saxon are currently on a World tour supporting Judas Priest, and you mentioned them sounding Sabbathy... when this track was released, Saxon were criticised for sounding too Sabbathy on it, it was a departure from their normal output. Personally, I think it's helped the track age well.