“We knew we’d done something great, but we didn’t know we’d written a defining album for that era”: How 747 (Strangers In The Night) made Saxon unexpected stars of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal
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“We knew we’d done something great, but we didn’t know we’d written a defining album for that era”: How 747 (Strangers In The Night) made Saxon unexpected stars of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

Inspired by a widespread blackout in the 1960s, the Yorkshire band switched from their usual “street fighting and girls” lyrics and reached new heights