Get Ready to ROCK! » Wheels Of Steel https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 03 May 2026 16:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: SAXON – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 9 November 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-saxon-02-academy-glasgow-9th-november-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-saxon-02-academy-glasgow-9th-november-2025/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:20:50 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105504 SAXON – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 9 November 2025Mention Saxon to anyone and they will probably reply with ‘Ah, Wheels Of Steel!’. This song and album have become fixtures in any self-respecting rock fans collection and one of the defining albums from the NWOBHM period. The album has … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-saxon-02-academy-glasgow-9th-november-2025/feed/ 0 Gig review: SAXON – Barrowlands, Glasgow,18 October 2018 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/gig-review-saxon-barrowlands-glasgow-18th-october-2018/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/gig-review-saxon-barrowlands-glasgow-18th-october-2018/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2018 21:54:59 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=56013 SAXON - Barrowlands, Glasgow,18 October 2018Saxon, as Biff reminded us during tonight’s show, are rapidly approaching their 40th anniversary. With this in mind the band would be forgiven if they decided to slow down a bit and started taking things a bit easier. However, on tonight’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/gig-review-saxon-barrowlands-glasgow-18th-october-2018/feed/ 0 Album review: SAXON – Reissues (Saxon, Wheels Of Steel, Strong Arm Of The Law) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/03/album-review-saxon-reissues/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/03/album-review-saxon-reissues/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:03:58 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=51745 BMG [Release date 30.03.18] Bastions of British Heavy Metal, Saxon formed in the late 70s and were at the forefront of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, alongside Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Samson and Girlschool et al. And while … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/03/album-review-saxon-reissues/feed/ 0 Album review: SAXON – The Complete Albums 1979-1988 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/04/album-review-saxon-the-complete-albums-1979-1988/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/04/album-review-saxon-the-complete-albums-1979-1988/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:32:53 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=19035 SAXON - The Complete Albums 1979-1988Parlophone/Warner Music [Release date 17.03.14] Saxon get the “complete albums” treatment with a 10-disc set, essentially the 2009/2010 remasters in facsimilie sleeves. All of Saxon’s albums have appeared on CD before, some on different labels, including the strange 2-on-1 packages … Continue reading →

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