Samson (band)

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Samson
Samson Logo.gif
General information
Genre (s) Hard rock , heavy metal , NWoBHM
founding 1977
resolution 2002
Founding members
Paul Samson
former members
Bruce Dickinson (until 1981)
Clive Burr

Samson was an English rock band formed in 1977 by guitarist and singer Paul Samson . The band was one of the pioneering bands of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal .

history

After their debut album Survivors in 1979, when Samson still sang, Bruce Dickinson joined the band under the stage name Bruce Bruce. After 1981 Dickinson left the band and became a singer with Iron Maiden . His successor was Nicky Moore, who remained loyal to the end of the band.

Other members of the band were bassist Chris Aylmer and drummer Barry Graham (stage name: Thunderstick ). Graham had an elaborate stage show, so he appeared with a leather mask and played in a cage. On "Before The Storm" 1982, Pete Jupp drummed.

The band continued to record regularly after Dickinson's departure and toured occasionally. With the death of founder Paul Samson on August 9, 2002 due to cancer , the band broke up.

Bassist Chris Aylmer died on January 9, 2007 of cancer of the throat . He is said to have had the idea of ​​the band name.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Head on
  UK 34 07/26/1980 (6 weeks)
Singles
Ridin 'with the Angels
  UK 55 07/04/1981 (3 weeks)
Losing my grip
  UK 63 07/24/1982 (2 weeks)
Red Skies
  UK 65 03/05/1983 (2 weeks)

Studio albums

  • 1979: Survivors
  • 1980: Head On
  • 1981: Shock Tactics
  • 1982: Before the Storm
  • 1984: Don't Get Mad, Get Even
  • 1986: Joint Forces (originally sold as a solo album by Paul Samson, first re-released as a Samson album in 1993)
  • 1988: 1988 (parts of the album were released on the 1988 EP And There It Is ... , the full album was only released in 1993)
  • 1989: Look to the Future (was first published as part of the Look to the Future, Refugee & PS box set in 2018)
  • 1990: Refugee
  • 1993: Samson (was also published under the title Ninety Ninety-Three )
  • 2006: PS (Samson album, which was only completed after Paul Samson's death and released as the Paul Samson album)

Live albums

  • 1985: Thank You and Good Night
  • 1990: Live at Reading '81
  • 1997: The BBC Sessions
  • 1999: Metal Crusade: New Wave of British Heavy Metal 20th Anniversary Festival (split release with Trespass , Tank and Praying Mantis )
  • 2000: Live in London 2000
  • 2002: Live: The Blues Nights (released as a Paul Samson solo album)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c William Phillips, Brian Cogan: Encyclopedia of heavy metal music. 2009, ISBN 978-0-313-34800-6 , p. 205.
  2. ↑ paulsamson.co.uk: Official Paul Samson Website - Chris Aylmer ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paulsamson.co.uk archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed April 9, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK