SAXON Drummer NIGEL GLOCKLER Remembers Late MOTÖRHEAD Leader LEMMY – “It Was A Terribly Sad Day When He Died But He Was So Frail Towards The End”

Drummer Nigel Glockler of British metal legends Saxon is a man with not only plenty of musical experience, having rocked the world with his group for 35 years, stepping briefly out of the band on two occasions and re-joining some years ago. Aside from Saxon, the drummer has worked with numerous musicians and projects throughout his career. He has also come back from a life-threatening ruptured brain aneurysm just a couple of years back.

In a new interview for former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing’s Steel Mill, Heather Williams asked the questions, and Nigel gives some interesting and detailed answers on his health, career and future. An excerpt follows:

Q: You eventually did return to Saxon in 2005, two years later making The Inner Sanctum album. Lemmy Kilmister appears on this album. How did you guys approach him about being a part of it? He was in the video too which was awesome. What was it like working with Lemmy? How did his death last year affect you guys?

A: “We were really good friends with Lemmy. The guys had known Motörhead for a long time. I think they toured together a lot in the early days. Motörhead and Saxon were on the same label around this time so it made sense to get him on that track. We’ve toured a lot with them down the years, or our paths have crossed at festivals. The final time being last autumn, just before he passed away. We had toured the US with them that summer and one could see he wasn’t in the best of health, he was such a nice, genuine man. On that tour he was more concerned with my health, after the brain operation, which really humbled me. Every day he made a point of asking me how I was feeling – was I ok?

“It was a terribly sad day when he died but he was so frail towards the end. I know it hit Phil (Campbell) and Mikkey (Dee) really hard – Phil and I have been friends since 1977.”

Read the full interview at this location.

Saxon will unleash Let Me Feel Your Power, their 10th live album, on September 23rd via UDR Music (out on October 7th for North America). A new video trailer for the upcoming release can be found below.

The 16 track album was recorded in Munich during November 2015 and Brighton in January 2016, with bonus material from Chicago in September 2015.

Let Me Feel Your Power will be available in several formats, including DVD/2CDs, Blu-Ray/2CDs, digital download and a deluxe vinyl version which will also include the Blu-ray, DCD and CD (limited to 1500 copies). Pre-orders can be seen via the Amazon widgets below.

Tracklisting:

“Battering Ram”*
“Motorcycle Man”*
“Sacrifice”*
“Destroyer”*
“Power And The Glory”*
“20000FT”*
“The Devil’s Footprints”*
“Heavy Metal Thunder”*
“Queen Of Hearts”*
“Princess Of The Night”*
“Wheels Of Steel”*
“Denim And Leather”*
“Crusader”*
“Eye Of The Storm”#
“Battalions Of Steel”#
“Requiem”#

*live in Munich
#live in Brighton

Bonus Material (Live In Chicago):

“Motorcycle Man”
“Battering Ram”*
“This Town Rocks”
“Sacrifice”
“Power And The Glory”
“Solid Ball Of Rock”
“Dallas 1 PM”
“Heavy Metal Thunder”
“Rock The Nations”
“The Eagle Has Landed”
“Wheels Of Steel”
“Backs To The Wall”
“Just Let Me Rock”
“Strong Arm Of The Law”
“747 (Strangers In The Night)”
“Princess Of The Night”
“Crusader”*
“Denim And Leather”

*only available as video content; not available on CD or digital

Trailer:

“Wheels Of Steel” video:
 

Saxon are already at work on the follow-up to their 2015 release, Battering Ram. The band’s 22nd studio album is expected sometime next year.

Leader Biff Byford has posted a brief message, stating: “Started work on new album with producer Andy Sneap, sounding great. As usual the brakes don’t work so we’re not slowing down!”

Demon Music Group recently announced their second Saxon release, The Vinyl Hoard, out on October 28th. This vinyl box set is made up of four 2LP sets in gatefold sleeves. The outer slipcase box features a specially-commissioned, beautiful brand new cover painting by Saxon’s artist-in-residence, the legendary Paul Gregory.

This is the first release on vinyl for all of these live recordings, previously only released on CD or DVD, now presented on 180g gold vinyl, all in specially designed gatefold sleeves.

The Amazon exclusive edition, available for pre-order here, will contain a framable print of the front cover painting, signed by Biff Byford himself and is limited to just 500 copies.

Check out a new video trailer below:

The box contains:

– The Dogs Of War Tour, 1995 (Recorded on tour in Germany) [Previously issued on CD as The Eagle Has Landed Part II]
– The Lionheart Tour, 2004 (Recorded on tour in France, England and Germany) [Previously issued on “The Eagle Has Landed Part III]
– A Night Out With The Boys, 2005: The 25TH Anniversary Of The NWOBHM (Recorded on tour in Germany and Sweden) [Previously issued on The Eagle Has Landed Part III]
– Rock Sound Festival, 2006 (Recorded in Switzerland) [Previously issued on To Hell And Back Again]

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:
“Intro/Warlord”
“Dogs Of War”
“Forever Free”
“Requiem”
“Crusader”
“Lights In The Sky”
“Iron Wheels”
“Ain’t Gonna Take It”/Nibb’s Bavarian Bass
“Crash Dive”
“Refugee”

Disc 2:
“Solid Ball Of Rock”
“The Great White Buffalo”
“The Eagle Has Landed”/Paul Quinn guitar feature
“Princess Of The Night”
“Can’t Stop Rockin”
“Denim And Leather”/Doug Scarratt guitar feature

Disc 3:
“The Return”
“Lionheart”
“Man And Machine”
“Beyond The Grave”
“Searching For Atlantis”
“To Live By The Sword Part 1”
“Unleash The Beast”
“To Live By The Sword Part 2”
“Flying On The Edge”

Disc 4:
“Jack Tars”
“English Man O’ War”
“Court Of The Crimson King”
“Broken Heroes”
“Dragon’s Lair”
“Rock Is Our Life”
“Are We Travellers In Time”
“Solid Ball Of Rock”

Disc 5:
“This Town Rocks”
“Backs To The Wall”
“Redline”
“Stand Up And Be Counted”
“Never Surrender”
“Frozen Rainbow”
“Suzie Hold On”
“Play It Loud”

Disc 6:
“This Town Rocks”
“Backs To The Wall”
“Redline”
“Stand Up And Be Counted”
“Never Surrender”
“Frozen Rainbow”
“Suzie Hold On”
“Play It Loud”

Disc 7:
“Heavy Metal Thunder”
“Dogs Of War”
“Strong Arm Of The Law”
“Witchfinder General”
“Backs To The Wall”
“Solid Ball Of Rock”

Disc 8:
“Motorcycle Man”
“Dragon’s Lair”
“To Hell And Back Again”
“Princess Of The Night”
“Wheels Of Steel”
“Crusader”