Saxon vocalist Peter “Biff” Byford is a Yorkshireman with strictly old-school values. Once photographed enjoying a cup of tea while his wife washed his car…
Browsing: NWOBHM
Focusing on the talents of guitarist and occasional vocalist Paul Samson (who sadly passed away from cancer on 9 August 2002) Samson were at the…
On paper, Money should have been incredibly successful. Not only were they charismatic youngsters capable of writing ambitious yet never boring hard rock at a…
Named after the Bob Dylan song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest and led by Tim Brooke-Taylor look-alike and openly gay biker dress-alike Rob…
July 1981, and Diamond Head – the perennially underachieving kings of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) – have just played a routine gig at…
Def Leppard formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 as Atomic Mass with original members Rick Savage, Pete Willis and Tony Kenning. Frontman Joe Elliot came…
Tygers of Pan Tang formed in 1978 in Whitley Bay on Tyneside and became a significant player in the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy…
Formed in London in the late 70s, Girlschool were one of the first all-girl rock acts to make a mark in the mostly male-dominated NWOBHM (New Wave…
In the early 1980s, UK rock magazine Sounds ardently promoted (and christened) the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal – the acronym of which is spelt NWOBHM…
Fine in principal, but not quite in practice; The Heavy Metal crowd consistently ruled much of the 80’s, which is why there was ‘alternative music’…
Birmingham-based New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band who hopped to a different label with almost every release. Vocalist Mike ‘Taffy’ Taylor co-founded a group called…
In the East End of London, Steve “Arry” Harris and Dave Murray joined forces in 1976 with Paul Di’Anno (real name, Paul Andrews) and Doug…
In the early 1980s, this darkly humorous Newcastle thrash trio belonged nowhere. They combined deadly themes and stories of the netherworld that had nothing in…
Witchfynde were formed in Derbyshire, England in 1974, by bass guitarist and vocalist Neil Harvey. They discovered “Montalo” (real name Trevor Taylor) in a band…
Angel Witch formed in Kent, England in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement. Their track Baphomet was included…
