Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Defenders of the Faith
- Saxon - Never Surrender
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1951-01-05
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 4,506
- Total plays
- 37,579
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Peter Rodney "Biff" Byford (born 15 January 1951) is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Saxon. Byford was born in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, the youngest of four children to Ernest Charles and Irene Byford. He joined a youth club band at 14. When he was 15, in 1966, having left school to work as a junior carpenter. He was taught to play guitar by his best friend's brother, who led a local blues group. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Biff+Byford">
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Skelmanthorpe
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Biff Byford 2016 (cropped).jpg
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- member of
- Saxon
- date of birth
- 1951-01-15
- Commons category
- Biff Byford
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- birth name
- Peter Rodney Byford
Sources (7)
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