Past The Point - Music

Coast Was A UK Rock Band Named After The 1972 Song "Coast To Coast" By Trapeze. Coast Contained A Singing Bass Player Peter "Biff" Byford And Guitarist Steve Quinn. In 1975 Coast Was Falling Apart And S.O.B.'s Lead Singer And Guitarist Steve Furth Left To Go Solo So In November 1975 A New Band Was Formed By S.O.B.'s Oliver Dawson And Walker And Coast's Byford And Quinn. Byford Became The New Lead Singer. They Adopted The Name Son Of A Bitch For Its More Aggressive Tone And They Pushed Toward A Heavier Sound. They Recorded A Demo Known As "Tapestry" In Late 1975 And Gigged Extensively During 1975–1978. Walker Quit After A Couple Of Years And Was Replaced Briefly By Dave Cowell In 1977. Former Glitter Band Member Pete Gill Soon Replaced Cowell As Drummer. In 1978 The Band Began Negotiating With The French Disco-Oriented Record Label Carrere Records Run By Freddy Cannon In The UK. Carrere Refused The Band Name Son Of A Bitch Because It Would Be Impossible To Obtain Radio Airplay So The Band Changed Their Name To Saxon In July 1978. -- -- Breaking Away From SAXON In 1994 Guitarist GRAHAM OLIVER Reunited With Another SAXON Founder Member In Bassist Steve Dawson To Reform SON OF A BITCH. The Name Was Actually Taken With A Purpose As It Was The Original Pre-Recording Name Of SAXON. Additional Recruits To The Band Were Former SAXON And MOTÖRHEAD Drummer Pete Gill And American Frontman Ted Bullet Previously With THUNDERHEAD. "Victim You" Is The First Studio Album Recorded By Three Of The Original Founding Members Of The British Heavy Metal Band Saxon Graham Oliver Steve Dawson And Pete Gill After Their Departure From Saxon. The Album Was Recorded Under Saxon's Original UK Club Band Name Son Of A Bitch. A Lengthy Legal Battle Ensued Whereby Both Parties Laid Claim To The Name SAXON But An Initial Judgement Was Made In Favour Of Original Vocalist Biff Byford. By 1998 SON OF A BITCH Toured South America Unfortunately Billed By Many Promoters As SAXON As The Legal Battle For The Name Raged. For These Shows The Band Introduced Haydn Conway Previously With SARACEN As Second Guitarist. To Further Confuse Matters SAXON's 'Destiny' Era Drummer Nigel Durham Also To Be Found On The Tribute Circuit With ALCATRAZ Had Replaced Pete Gill In SON OF A BITCH But Not Before Being Asked To By Byford To Replace Glockler In SAXON. Even As Late As Early 1999 SAXON Were Being Billed As Performing In British Clubs But This Was In Reality SON OF A BITCH. The Dates Were Subsequently Cancelled Due To Illness. Oliver Disbanded SON OF A BITCH Later That Year To Form A JIMI HENDRIX Tribute Band With His Son On Drums. However By June The Pair Had Teamed Up With Members Of STORMWATCH And WITCHFYNDE To Create The LUTHAR BELTZ BAND For Live Gigs. read less