OLIVER-DAWSON SAXON Rock Has Landed: It's Alive - DVD

This is a no-nonsense, or little-nonsense at any rate, video record of an Oliver/Dawson Saxon show at Pennington's Night Club in Bradford in May 2002.

Fronted by original Saxon members Graham Oliver (on vocals) and Steve Dawson (on bass), the band run through a dozen songs, with one-time Saxon member Nigel Durham on drums. It's got the standard heavy metal concert visuals: showy posturing, colored lights and lasers, and fire-red glow, interspersed with small documentary snippets of the band goofing around offstage. It's nothing to redefine the image that many listeners have of metal, either cinematically or musically. But the band do go through the moves slickly and confidently, even if the most unpredictable moment is when bassist Steve Dawson dons a Blue Meanies-like oversized glove to point at the audience during the set-closing "Devil Rides Out." Also unpredictable, in a not-sure-why-they-thought-this-was-necessary kind of way, are the shots of topless women frolicking in the band's proximity during the credits.

The DVD also includes a "bonus track" of "Strong Arm of the Law," with different footage than what's shown when the same song plays during the main portion of the program.

~ Review by Richie Unterberger, Rovi

TRACK LISTING:

'Live Innocence':

Back on the Streets (promo clip)

Dallas 1 PM

Devil Rides Out

Everybody Up

A Little Bit of What You Fancy

Broken Heroes

Play it Loud

Shout it Out

Crusader

Medley:
Heavy Metal Thunder
Stand Up and Be Counted
Taking Your Chances
Warrior

Rockin’ Again (promo clip)

I Can’t Wait Anymore