Party Till You Puke

Album: Rock the Nations (1986)
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  • This is one song a certain world-famous pianist appears to have omitted from his discography; the title explains why. In his memoir Never Surrender..., Saxon's frontman Biff Byford described how Elton John came to play on it.

    Obviously a fun track, unless you have the job of cleaning up afterwards.

    Although he is not heavy metal himself, Elton has long been a metal fan and once in the late 1970s DJ'd a Capital Radio programme in which he introduced some new metal talent. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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  • KingofstillportIn an interview with Biff Byford, he stated how they got to work with Elton John on this track. Stating: "We were in the studio at the same time and our producer knew him. We thought it would be cool if he would play on “Party ‘Til You Puke.,” ‘cause that’s not really his style of music (laughs). We thought it would be cool if he would play on something that wasn’t naturally his type of style. He was cool, actually. He came and played, and we were hanging out with his band, really. I think he was helicoptering in and out of the studio every couple of days on his way to royal weddings or whatever. We got to know the band more than him, really, but he was a nice enough guy, ya know?"
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