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1980 - Wheels Of Steel.
way more Helter Skelter.

April 3, 1980 - 2025: 45 years of: Wheels Of Steel.

England rolls over the competition.

After 1979's self-titled debut-LP, the new sound was here, and here to stay. With pride, passion and power, rev up and ride along the stallions of the highway with the almighty SAXON.

High-octane, leather clad and with a firm fist, the "Motorcycle Man" rips through RPMs. Living after midnight, decibels bleeds to "Stand Up And Be Counted", along the fast "Freeway Mad" and overdrive-craziness mob of "Street Fighting Gang". The arenarock of "747 (Strangers In The Night)" hovers over the in awe scene, while real rock mayhem from these deadly "Wheels Of Steel" crushes the Stonehenge rocks to a pulp.

During this very special point in time, Great Britain was at the crossroads where, heavymetal, progrock, arenarock and punk clashed into a fusion of young testosterone and biker-attitude: a pure dirty experience.

Not missing a beat, the gasoline fed motorcycle men's Round Two would hit in November 1980, with a flex from the Strong Arm Of The Law LP.

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747 (Strangers In The Night) = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw1k2xaDGGE
Wheels Of Steel = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uoRG8p6NRo&list=OLAK5uy_m3sw4DBTtoeOLBMUwYgKiMzobHLtaqVbI
Top Of The Pops in 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiJM85xE_YA
Live in Sheffield in 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uo2vTvZcVg