Biff Byford of Saxon

Biff Byford just turned 74 at the start of 2025. He joined his first band in 1965, then became Saxon’s lead vocalist in 1975, and has been performing and pushing his voice to the limits ever since. He’s an icon of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement. He spoke about musician longevity in a 2022 Metal Asylum interview with Jack Mangan.
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Jack Mangan: You know, I won’t name any names, but there are some of these guys who sounded great 30 years ago, but don’t sound so great today. I saw Saxon on the Priest tour; you guys sounded as fresh and invigorating as ever, so my hat is off to you for that.

Biff Byford: Yeah, my voice is good at the moment. I was singing today, actually, going through a few things . . . I usually set up a microphone and play some songs through the PA and sing along to them. That’s how I keep my voice. You know, it’s a muscle, the voice, so you have to exercise it a lot. It’s a shame I don’t exercise everything else the same, but you have to keep the main muscle that forges your career. But yeah, generally just keep using it, and don’t abuse it with too much hard liquor and drugs, really. I don’t really do any of that. I suppose my worst would be a bit of red wine now and again and sometimes a rum or rum cocktail or something if we’re out partying. But generally, I’m not sort of puking into the toilet bowl drunk. Much. (laughs)

Image from Saxon’s official website. Credit sought.

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