Biff Byford
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| Biff Byford | |
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 Biff Byford on stage with Saxon, Sydney 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Peter Byford |
| Born | January 5, 1951 |
| Origin | Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
| Genre(s) | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Basses, Drums, Bagpipes, Recorder |
| Years active | 1970—present |
| Label(s) | Carrere, Capitol Records, Enigma Records, EMI, Steamhammer, SPV |
| Associated acts | Saxon (1976—) |
Peter 'Biff' Byford is a British vocalist for the heavy metal band Saxon. Born on 5 January 1951, in Barnsley, Yorkshire, Byford formed Son of a Bitch with guitarists Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill in 1976. Prior to this, Byford had been the vocalist with Blue Condition from about 1970.
In 1978 Son of a Bitch changed its name to Saxon and released a self-titled album in 1979. Co-inciding with the so-called New Wave of British Heavy Metal at the turn of the decade, Saxon had eight British Top 40 albums and five Top 40 singles between 1980 and 1986. After this Saxon declined in popularity, eventually leading to a split in 1995 with Oliver and Dawson forming a new band with the same name. Byford's Saxon maintained a recording and touring career centered on Germany for much of the 1990s before coming back into worldwide attention with 2007's The Inner Sanctum. In April the same year, Byford released his autobiography, entitled Never Surrender.
[edit] Discography
with Saxon
entire catalogue, see Saxon discography
with Fastway
Bad Bad Girls (1990)
with Destruction
Inventor of Evil (2005) - vocals on "The Alliance of Hellhoundz"
with Helloween
Gambling with the Devil (2007) - spoken word on "Crack the Riddle"
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