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In 1996, critic Laurie Halpern Benenson, writing for the New York Times, called Nina Saxon “one of the most sought-after designers in the business” and it was true: some years, she could barely keep up with demand. Beginning in 1980 and working well into the 2010s, Saxon lent her titling talent to more than 200 films and TV […]
If there’s a pithy phrase that can be applied to title designer Nina Saxon’s career perhaps it’s Always be hustling. As Part One of our career retrospective discusses, Saxon started out as a visual effects artist on Star Wars (1977) and then spent the ’80s in a state of near-constant hustle, launching what was to […]
SaxonThe Eagle Has Landed(BMG)★★★★★ Considered the cornerstone of live albums from the NWOBHM era upon its release in 1982, this expanded re-release buttresses the original recording with six extra bonus tracks. From the roar of the chanting Saxon crowd and the revving intro to Motorcycle Man, this essential live document from Saxon’s classic Denim and […]
Black SabbathSupersonic Years – The Seventies Singles Box Set(BMG) ★★★★★ Big Brummy bangers Black Sabbath were not only a legendary albums and live act, they also released seminal hit singles during their seventies heyday, too. Collected here is the band’s entire singles output from their sensational seventies rock years. This superbly crafted box set contains […]
Fronted by the legendary tonsils of Biff Byford – a name that wouldn’t be out of place in a Bash Street Kids comic strip – Saxon expertly marshalled their army of die-hard fans into a frenzy of metal madness. Their banging opener ‘Battering Ram’ pummelled its way through the P.A. system, as these one time […]
