Mickey / Mouse Saracen?

[mmurnau]

Hi, this is my first post to this board, although I've been reading it for a while. I've been a Saxon fan for only a couple of years now (Killing Ground was one of the first Saxon albums I ever heard). I was well impressed at the Astoria in January and expect to be again at Bloodstock.

Anyway, regarding Bloodstock, I see 80s rock band Saracen are performing their first show for ages there. Anyone have any information about the band line-up we're going to see from them?

The Saxon connection? One-time Saracen guitarist Haydn Conway also doubles as the Mickey Mouse version of Paul Quinn in O/D Saxon (without comedy ears, unfortunately). He was on the Son of a Bitch album with them as well I think.

So do we get to see a piece of 'the opposition', as it were, at Bloodstock?

Sorry to make my first ever post here a sh*t-stirring one...

 

[Eagle]

I don't think Conway has anything to do with the current Saracen.

 

[Bloodstock]

The lineup is the 3 original members from the classic Heroes Saints and Fools:

Rob Bendelow
Steve Bettney
Richard Lowe

plus

Richard Bendelow (Rob's son)
Jamie Little
Paul Bradder

 

[Fredo141271]

SARACEN is one of the greatest british band ever, still listen to my Heroes Saints & Fools LP very often. What a great voice and strong guitar harmonies. Unfortunately there is no proper web site for them

 

[Patte]

Saracen is a band I've totally missed. Checked them out by downloading some songs from Kazaa and they sound great! Seems hard to find any of their albums unfortunately...

 

[mmurnau]

Right, thanks for that.

Might have to check Saracen out, then; as it was before I was going to go and check out the Darwin Suite when they were on. Don't reckon I'll get to see much of the second stage all afternoon / evening now...