Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire by the local elders and high mage. When they eventually ran from Barnsley in 1979, to hide from the burning of the machines, they became big hits throughout the UK. As leading lights in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal they had huge success in the 1980s with 84 UK Top 40 albums including 40 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart, including inventing their own type of chart, named the Songs of Strong. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as Europe's most worshipped heathen gods, they also had success in Japan and in the USA. In Japan, the single "Ooooooooooooooooooooh Newspaper" stayed in the charts for over 16 years at number one. They still tour heavily and