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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Quick plays: SHADOW OF ACOLYTE, TERMINAL DEGREE, MALLET
www.facebook.com/shadowofacolyte [Release date 30.09.13] It’s always interesting to receive stuff by a young English hard rock band that you’ve never heard of. Formed in 2008, Shadow Of Acolyte hail from the East Midlands and is essentially Aaron Gidney (guitar and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Balance Of Power, Dignity, Faroe Islands, fusion, Gundacker Project, Hanoi Rocks, Jazz rock, Kevin Simnacher, Mallet, Nicene Creed, Pink Cigar, power metal, Quarter To Freedom, review, rock, Shadow Of Acolyte, sleaze rock, Stanley Chepaitis, Story Music, TEITUR, Terminal Degree, The Middle Of Nowhen, Van Dyke Parks, violin, Window Of Opportunity
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News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio – November 2013 Highlights
November 2013 Highlights More information at the dedicated website All times, GMT Sunday 3 November 18:00 Rob Reed – Captain Magenta GRTR!’s David Randall chatted to Rob in 2012 and this special feature includes tracks from the band’s previous albums … Continue reading
Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 29 October 2013
Perhaps because he’s never been the archetypal flashy rock guitarist, and perhaps because he’s largely plied his solo career away from the spotlight, Steve Hackett’s almost become the ‘forgotten man’ from the classic 1971 to 1977 Genesis line up. Until … Continue reading
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Tagged 29 October 2013, Genesis Revisited II, guitar, guitarist, Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall, prog, progressive, review, rock, Steve Hackett
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Gig Review: SKID ROW – The Garage, Glasgow, 28 October 2013
For those of you old enough to remember the 80’s I am sure that you would agree that the decade saw some great moments in rock and metal. The 90’s however were to my mind less productive and a bit … Continue reading
Album Review: MOTHER BLACK CAP – Energy
Cyclops Records [Release Date 17.06.13] If classic/prog rock, well played with clever, insightful lyrics is the sort of thing that lights up your musical world you really should have a closer look at this little gem from Mother Black Cap. … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Mother Black Cap, Progressive/Classic Rock, review
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News: Progressive rockers Magenta play acoustic set for In Session series
MAGENTA In Session for GRTR! Assume The Position Sunday 3 November 2013, 22:00 As part of the In Session series for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, influential, award-winning, prog-rockers MAGENTA have provided an exclusive acoustic session. Featuring tracks from … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, interview, Magenta, November 2013, prog, progressive, radio, Rob Reed, rock, session, The Twenty Seven Club
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Album review: MANFRED MANN – EP Collection
Brollyeps [Release date 04.11.13] Manfred Mann has been well served by recent reissues, not least 2011′s splendid box set. However, it is left to this latest collection to showcase the sixties incarnation of his band when he had Paul Jones … Continue reading
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Tagged 1964-1966, boxed set, EP Collection, HMV, jazz, Manfred Mann, Mike Hugg, Mike Vickers, Paul Jones, pop, reissue, review, Tom McGuinness
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Album review: Released! – The Human Rights Concerts 1986-1998
Eagle Records [Release date: 28.10.13] 6-DVD set, 4 CDs 10th December 2013 marks the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – instigated after World War II and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It provided the … Continue reading
News: Amnesty Concert 6 DVD and 4 CD set released 28 October
Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce that on Monday 28th October 2013 it will be issuing ¡RELEASED! – a major six-disc DVD box-set and four companion CD sets of the historic “Human Rights Concerts” presented by the Nobel Peace … Continue reading
Album review: THE VISION BLEAK – Witching Hour
Prophecy Productions – Out Now. Goth and Metal are two musical genres which, though closely related in some ways, are obviously quite distinct. It was in the early 90s and in the truly capable hands of bands like Anathema, Paradise … Continue reading
Album review: DEATH ANGEL – The Dream Calls For Blood
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Twelve years ago, and following a ten year Sabbatical, the vast majority of the original line up of the Bay Area Thrashers Death Angel reunited for the purpose of participating in Thrash of the Titans … Continue reading
Album review: SAXON – Live In Germany 1991
Edsel Records [Release date 28.10.13] You could argue: why do we want another Saxon live album from a time when arguably they were past their peak? Don’t be so miserable. Recorded in Germany in 1991 the band had just recorded … Continue reading
Album review: STATUS QUO – In Search Of The Fourth Chord/Quid Pro Quo (reissues)
Edsel [Release date 28.10.13] There’s something quite irresistible about Quo, perhaps the more so since they’ve recently reformed with the classic line-up and re-discovered their seventies mojo. Yes, they have had their fair share of naff-ness (recently consolidated by their … Continue reading
Book review: The Beach Boys In Concert by Ian Rusten and Jon Stebbins
Backbeat Books www.backbeatbooks.com You could sum this review up simply as this book is perfect for the avid Beach Boys fan. It lists nearly all of their concerts from their early days up until their 2012 reunion, although the later … Continue reading
Album & DVD review: JIMI HENDRIX – Hear My Train A Comin’/Miami Pop Festival
Sony Music [Release date 04.11.13] It’s several years now since the Hendrix back catalogue was acquired by Sony Music and since then together with the Hendrix Estate (Experience Hendrix) they have been reinventing the legendary performer via a series of … Continue reading
Album review: THE YARDBIRDS – Making Tracks
Wienerworld [Release date 06.10.13] Much like their touring stable mates The Zombies with whom they share a 50 year history, The Yardbirds have all but been rediscovered in the American heartland where this album was recorded. Due to … Continue reading
Album review: SHHH…APES! – The Shape of Apes to Come
Matchbox Records [Release date 14.10.13] Shhh…Apes! is a welsh combo steered by their effervescent founder member Mark Foley, who don’t so much compose songs, as paint aural landscape and populate them with a subtly crafted mix of harmonies, percussion … Continue reading
Gig review: FIREFEST X, Nottingham Rock City, 18-20 October 2013
Firefest’s status as almost a world convention for melodic hard rock seems to grow with each passing year. This year’s Festival was virtually sold out months in advance, reflecting the strongest line up to date and a festival that has … Continue reading
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Tagged 18-20 October 2013, AOR, Bobby Kimball, Brighton Rock, Dare, Eclipse, Eden's Curse, festival, Firefest, gig, Graham Bonnet, Hardline, Harem Scarem, HEAT, Heaven's Edge, melodic rock, Nottingham Rock City, Prophet, review, Shooting Star, Treat, Vixen, Von Groove, WET, Work Of Art, X
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Interview with ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN (ex-The Gathering) – 19 October 2013
Meeting an artist whose work over the years has had a profound effect on you on a purely emotional level is like a double-edged sword: a good experience can further enhance your appreciation of them, whereas the opposite can cause … Continue reading
Album review: DUSKMACHINE – Duskmachine
Massacre Records – Out Now. Duskmachine are a ten year old Power/Thrash Metal outfit that started out like every other struggling, up-and-coming band. Following various line-up changes, however, they ended up being the right environment in which ex members of … Continue reading
Album review: AYREON – The Theory Of Everything
Inside Out [Release date 28.10.13] Telling a story through music is a tried and tested method and is certainly as old as Rock itself. Examples are too many to mention, but the most celebrated works would undoubtedly have to be … Continue reading
Album review: ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN – Drive
Inside Out – Out Now I have always been a strong supporter of the idea that the boundaries which separate the average musician from the real artist are strict and always clearly defined. Those who belong in the former category … Continue reading
Album review: BADFINGER – Badfinger,Wish You Were Here,BBC In Concert
Edsel Records [Release date: 28.10.13] Badfinger represents one of the great tragi-histories of rock and the story is outlined again in Alan Robinson’s liner notes within this latest package. The band were one of the first signings to the Beatles … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Apple, Badfinger, Beatles, Chris Thomas, Edsel, In Concert At The BBC 1972-3, pop, reissue, review, rock, Wish You Were Here
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Album review: SHADES OF REMEMBERANCE – Veil
Burn All Records [Release Date: 26.04.13] Ohio’s Shades Of Remembrance are metal band with proggy leanings on an album that straddles both genres rather than fuses the two. ‘Veil’ duly delivers enough speed, intensity, resolute playing and dark themes to … Continue reading
