Album: Innocence Is No Excuse by Saxon (1985)
Genre: Heavy Metal | Style: Metal | Mood: Energetic
Record Label: Silver Lining Music
Format: Album

Description: Innocence Is No Excuse is the seventh studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). It was the group's first album for EMI after a falling-out with their previous label, Carrere Records. The album was a relative disappointment in the group's native UK, only reaching #36 on the British album charts, although its #130 placement on the American charts was the group's highest ever in the USA.

Artist Background: Saxon are an English heavy metal band who formed in 1976, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's biggest metal acts, they also had success in Japan and in the USA. In Japan, the single "Motorcycle Man" stayed in the charts for over 5 months. They ... Part of the Barnsley, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Heavy Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Judas Priest, Accept, Tygers of Pan Tang, Running Wild

Music Scene: Part of the Barnsley, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Heavy Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Heavy Metal, Metal, Energetic, 1980s, Album, Silver Lining Music

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Innocence Is No Excuse is the seventh studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). It was the group's first album for EMI after a falling-out with their previous label, Carrere Records. The album was a relative disappointment in the group's native UK, only reaching #36 on the British album charts, although its #130 placement on the American charts was the group's highest ever in the USA.

Innocence Is No Excuse

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