Samson was an English heavy metal band, formed in 1977 by namesake guitarist Paul Samson. They cut two 1978 singles on small-press Lightning Records, followed by the 1979 album Survivors on Laser. Drummer Thunderstick (aka Barry Graham Purkis) functioned as the band’s leather-masked mascot in photos and live shows, where he performed inside a metal […]
Samson was an English brass-psych band from Manchester that made the 1969 album Are You Samson. Paul Korda produced the album for Instant, the short-lived sub-label of Immediate Records, established by ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Members: Les Jones (guitar), Norman Findley (organ), Paul Ford (trumpet), Les Olbinson (bass), Mike Delaney (drums), Ian Kewley […]
