Saxon : Strong Arm of the Law/Wheels of Steel

Saxon

 are an 

English

 heavy metal band

 formed in

 Barnsley

 in 1975.

 As leaders 

of the 

new wave 

of British 

heavy metal

 (NWOBHM), 

they had eight

 UK Top 40 albums 

during the 1980s

 including four

 UK Top 10 albums

 and two 

Top 5 albums. 

They had numerous

 hit singles 

on the 

UK Singles Chart

 and experienced

 success all 

over Europe, 

South America 

and Japan, 

as well as in

 the United States.

During the 1980s, 

Saxon 

established themselves 

among Europe's 

most successful

 metal acts.

 The band tours 

regularly

 and have 

sold more than

 23 million 

records worldwide.

 Strong Arm of The Law

 is the

 third 

studio album

 by English 

Heavy Metal band

 Saxon

 It was released in 1980,

 seven months after

 Wheels of Steel, 

and debuted

 on the

 UK chart at #11.

The last track,

 "Dallas 1 PM" 

concerns the

 assassination of 

John F. Kennedy.

"We thought, 

'Should we put one shot

 in there or

 should we put three?'" 

recalled singer

 Biff Byford.

 "In the end we went down

 the conspiracy 

theory route and

 had three shots." 

According to guitarist

 Graham Oliver, 

the title track 

was inspired by

 an incident where 

the band was driving

 in Whitehall 

and was subsequently

 pulled over 

and searched

 by the security detail

 of then

 British prime minister,

 Margaret Thatcher.

Wheels of Steel 

is the 

second

 studio album

 by English

 Heavy Metal band 

Saxon 

Released in 1980

 by Carrere Records,

 it was their 

first album 

to enter the 

UK Albums Chart, 

peaking at number 5, 

and is their 

highest-charting album

 in the 

UK Albums Chart

 to date.

 The album eventually 

went on to 

achieve

 gold status

 in the UK.

Song notes

"747 (Strangers in the Night)"

 is about a

 power cut

 that forced planes 

in New York

 to remain in ascent

 in 1965 

with the power outage

 provoking a 

Scandinavian flight 

to detour to

 Kennedy airport

 in the dark.

The title track

 is featured in the 

video games

 Grand Theft Auto: 

Episodes from Liberty City

 (Grand Theft Auto: 

The Lost and Damned 

and

 Grand Theft Auto: 

The Ballad of Gay Tony)

 and 

Brütal Legend. 

It has also been

 covered by

 L.A. Guns 

on their album 

Rips the Covers Off 

and bears a

 strong resemblance

 to the outro riff of 

"Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" 

by Black Sabbath, 

although according 

to guitarist

 Graham Oliver

 the song was 

actually inspired

 by the 

Ted Nugent song 

"Cat Scratch Fever"

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