Biff Byford, a member of Saxon, speaks about Motorhead, groupies, and non-stop chaos, saying, “It was incredible”

Biff Byford, the frontman for Saxon, recently gave an interview to Trust In Rock, during which he discussed his recollections of the band’s early days and their first tour. The frontman was questioned about the favorite memories he has from his time in metal. “The 1979 tour with Motörhead had a significant impact on Saxon’s perspective of the rock and roll lifestyle,” he said as he reflected on the experience.

When we went on our very first tour, it was also the very first time that we had ever traveled on a tour bus. In addition, they extended an invitation to ride with them on the bus. And we were very naive Yorkshire boys back then, and there’s a good chance that we still are, but back in the day, we had not experienced the glitter side of it. In his explanation, he stated that we went to London.

Additionally, they emerged from the studio of “Top of the Pops” with approximately seven young ladies… For the first time in our lives, we had never witnessed such a large number of groupies, as I suppose you would refer to them. And to be honest, that was a little bit of a wake-up call,” Byford recounted.

He expressed his gratitude and continued by saying, “It was a wonderful time, and they were a huge help to us in the beginning stages of our career, Motorhead.” They were our closest friends and will continue to be our friends for the rest of our lives, but I will never forget the very first tour that we went on with Motorhead.

In a prior conversation, Byford also discussed his time spent touring with Motörhead. He spoke into detail about the things that he discovered on the tour. “Let me tell you what we did: We started meeting fans after the show in the venue because that’s what Motorhead used to do,” he disclosed in another interview. “I’ll tell you what we did.” “Lemmy gave the following advice: ‘Never forget your fans, and if people have paid money, if they are waiting outside in the snow and in the cold, then bring them inside the venue and sign the autographs in there.'”

After that, the vocalist continued, “So, we started doing that, specifically after Motorhead accomplished it.” They presented me with a few bullet belts. Due to the fact that we used to wear bullet belts back in those days, I started wearing bullet belts as a member of the Bullet Belt Club around that time. To answer your question, yes, it was really leather jacket and jeans, as well as bullet belts and studs. Although it was rock and roll, it was more of a metal sound. Where do I even begin?

This tour will begin on February 4 in Bremen, Germany, and will be Saxon’s first stop. On March 6, the world tour is scheduled to come to a close in Dusseldorf, Germany.