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album and they're still out there.
IE: How is drummer Nigel Glockler's health
after emergency brain surgery? Will he be making the tour?
Biff Byford: Yes, he's doing the tour. We just finished building on the new album. Nine tracks
are written already and he's just doing the
drums on them in the studio. He's looking
good and he's looking forward to coming to
America and playing. So everything is a go.
IE: On the Warriors Of The Road Tour, I understand you'll be featuring classics from Wheels
Of Steel, Strong Arm of The Law and Denim
and Leather?
Biff Byford: We're going to be playing a few
songs that we haven't played live before. We
don't tour America much and I think a lot of
people in the US want to hear a lot of the hits
of the '80s. But we'll put some new songs in as
well.
IE: You mentioned you haven't really toured
North America much. I think since your
appearance at Rocklahoma 2009, you've gradually made it back here more often.
Biff Byford: Yeah, we'd [previously] just come
in and do like two or three shows, maybe New
York, a couple shows in Texas and then go to
South America. We stopped doing long tours
[in the States] because we couldn't really get
the venues. We were trying to get back to the
U.S., and it's looking pretty good now.
IE: Is Saxon in the process of recording a new
album?
Biff Byford: We're writing it at the moment.
We're doing it a little bit different this time
because of obviously Nigel being ill. Me and
Nibbs (Carter) have written quite a few of the
songs on this album simply because we were
together and we sorted out the ideas. We
recorded the tracks while Nigel was recuperating, then Nigel went in and redid the drums.
So it is a little less live this time. There will be a
time where we all play in the studio together.
Since we were behind a little bit we had to do
some different things, but it's sounding great.
Saxon appears live on May 21 at Rosemont
Theater.
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(Nuclear Blast), Melechesh Enki (Nuclear
Blast). Legendary Norwegian progressive
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releasing Arcturian on May 8, its first fulllength album in a decade.
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called Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. Leary will
play an aging rocker from an early '90s rock
band called The Heathens who prematurely
broke up, but have been lured out of retirement
with a huge amount of cash. The show will air
on FX Thursdays, beginning July 16.
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