Background
After leaving the band, he initially reformed his old band Son of a Bitch with former Saxon bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill. Son of a Bitch released the album Victim You with Thunderhead singer Ted Bullet.
After leaving the band, he initially reformed his old band Son of a Bitch with former Saxon bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill. Son of a Bitch released the album Victim You with Thunderhead singer Ted Bullet.
Oliver is notable for having been a guitarist in the heavy metal band. Oliver played with from 1976 to 1995. Bullet and Gill left the band after the release of the album.
Oliver and Dawson changed the name of the band to Oliver/Dawson, and undertook a British tour with Ronnie James Dio.
Graham also duetted with Doug Aldrich on "Rainbow in the Dark" on the last gig at Plymouth. They initially performed under the name before being halted by legal action taken by the version of featuring Biff Byford.
Oliver has also released the solo album End of an Era. Five of the tracks were written and performed by the rock indie band Bullrush, with whom Graham Oliver"s son Paul played drums, along Steve Tudberry and Scott Howitt.
Also appearing on the album were Pete Gill, Steve Dawson, Kev Moore, Paul Johnson, Philosophy Hendriks, Richard Spencer and Chris Archer.
Since 2003, Oliver sometimes plays with former Marc Bolan session musician Paul Fenton, touring under the banner "Mickey Finn"s T-Rex" and formerly "T. Rex (A Celebration of Marc and Mickey)". This opportunity materialised after Oliver played "Get lieutenant On" with Rolan Bolan at a show in Bradford. Oliver also gained an endorsement from the British guitar company Indie.
As of 2005, Oliver was again playing in Oliver/Dawson in the United States.
In 2012 guitar manufacturer "Vintage" collaborated with Graham to produce two signature guitars based on his famous Gibson SG and Flying-V guitars. The "SG" model Vintage VS6GO and the "V" model Vintage V60GO. Oliver and Steve Dawson are currently writing the book, " Drugs and Rock and Roll - The Real Spinal Tap".
The book will tell the story of how Oliver and Dawson were the inspirations for the film This is Spinal Tap, and will include stories that never made it into the film.
They were replaced by the vocalist John Ward, and another former member of Saxon, Nigel Durham on drums.