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Gig review: STONEDEAD FESTIVAL – Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire, 22-23 August 2025
‘If you build it they will come’ could almost be the motto of Stonedead, which is one of the undoubted and most heartwarming successes of the crowded festival calendar. The festival was originally founded not by corporates in the business, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Oak County, D*A*D, Danny Vaughn, Dead daisies, Enforcer, festival, Florence Black, gig, Jayler, King Kraken, metal, Myke Gray, Ozzy Osbourne, Primal Fear, Ricky Warwick, Stonedead, Sweet, Sweet Electric, The Almighty, the New Roses, Tyketto
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Album review: FM- Brotherhood
Frontiers Records (Release Date 05.09.25) You can set your watch by the fact that FM will release a new album every other year since 2018, no mean feat considering they seem to be perpetually on tour. Given that the live … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Brotherhood, FM, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, melodic rock, Steve Overland
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Album review: ROULETTE – Go!
Black Lodge Records [Release Date 25.07.25] Swedish melodic rockers Roulette have had a chequered history- around since the eighties, they never got as far as releasing an album till 2008. It was another eleven years before a very well received … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Go!, melodic rock, review, Roulette, Thomas Lundgren
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Gig review: TEN – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, 9 August 2025
Back in the mid-nineties, when melodic rock was at its lowest ebb, Ten were one of the first shoots of hope as a thriving underground scene emerged and I was a huge fan. They were the great white hope of … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Dann Rosingana, Darrell Treece-Birch, Gary Hughes, gig, Leo’s Red Lion, melodic rock, Steve Grocott, TEN
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Gig review: A THOUSAND HORSES- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 1 August 2025
The boundaries between southern rock and country become ever more blurred, and in that thriving scene it is hard sometimes to pick new acts worth discovering from an increasingly crowded field, hoping to capitalise on the success of the Cadillac … Continue reading
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Tagged A Thousand Horses, Bill Satcher, blues rock, country rock, gig, Michael Hobby, southern rock, These Wicked Rivers
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Gig review: MALMO MELODIC – Plan B, Malmo, Sweden, 25-27 July 2025
Last year’s inaugural ‘Malmo Melodic’ was such a success that it was swiftly clear that a 2025 version would build the brand further. The line-up was stronger, and Johan Nylen and his team from Wind Up Productions brought into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Animalyze, AOR, Arctic Rain, Arkado, Bad Habit, Brother Firetribe, Care of Night, Crazy Lixx, Cruzh, Daytona, Degreed, festival, FM, gig, House Of Shakira, Kissin’ Dynamite, Malmo Melodic, melodic rock, Nick Workman, Nitrate, Pittman Cole, Rian, Seventh Crystal, State of Salazar, Treat, Violet
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Album review: FIRST LIGHT – Elemental
Pride and Joy Music [Release Date 25.07.25] There are not enough British AOR bands around, so it is always a pleasure when one arrives with some pedigree. First Light released an EP a couple of years ago and, on top … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Carl Sharples, Dave Hardman, First Light, melodic rock, Phil Manchester, Warren Passaro
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Gig review: STEVIE WONDER – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, London, 12 July 2025
(Photo: Isha Shah) Legend of soul, songwriter of countless hits, but why you may ask is Stevie Wonder being reviewed in a website dedicated to rock music? Well, many of the top singers in our world, from Glenn Hughes to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 July 2025, British Summer Time, BST, Corinne Bailey Rae, festival, funk, gig, Hyde Park, London, soul, Stevie Wonder
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Gig review: NEIL YOUNG AND THE CHROME HEARTS – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, London, 11 July 2025
With the exception of Bob Dylan, there aren’t many rock stars who can divide opinion quite as much as Neil Young. For every person (including some on this website) that cannot abide him, there are others who hang on the … Continue reading
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Tagged British Summer Time, BST, Cat Stevens, festival, folk rock, gig, grunge, Micah Nelson, Neil Young, Spooner Oldham, The Chrome Hearts, Van Morrison, Yusuf
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Album review: STYX- Circling From Above
Alpha Dog 2T/UMe (Release Date 18.07.25) While many ‘heritage’ classic rock acts on both sides of the pond have chosen to give up on writing new material and rely on their legacy catalogue, in recent years Styx have proved a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, James 'JY' Young, Lawrence Gowan, melodic rock, pomp rock, Styx, Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
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Album review: ALIEN – When Yesterday Comes Around
Pride and Joy Music (Release Date 21.03.25) Its nearly five years since Alien’s last album, ‘Into The Future’, an attempt at a heavier sound that was a major disappointment – reviewing for GRTR! my verdict was ‘the experiment with a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alien, AOR, Jim Jidhed, melodic rock, Tony Borg
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Gig review: MELISSA ETHERIDGE- Union Chapel, London, 17 June 2025
It is fair to characterise Melissa Etheridge as a pioneer and all-American icon. One of the first female rock stars to come out publicly. A chequered life which includes over 20 years as a breast cancer survivor. And an artist … Continue reading
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Tagged gig, heartland rock, Melissa Etheridge, Niall McNamee, roots rock, singer songwriter
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Gig review: ELECTRIC BOYS – Water Rats, London, 10 June 2025
Sweden’s Electric Boys must be among the most Anglophile of bands as they constantly seem to be on tour here. They were last in London only last November playing the Camden Club, and I missed that, but have always enjoyed … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Marsden, Conny Bloom, Electric Boys, funk rock, gig, melodic rock, Slim Martin, The Spangles
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Gig review: DEL BROMHAM- Thames Side Brewery, Staines, 1 June 2025
At a time of life when others may be taking things a bit easier, the evergreen Del Bromham made two trips down from Buckinghamshire on the M1 and M25 in the space of four days, first in Putney with Stray … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Colin Kempster, DEL BROMHAM, gig, Karl Randall, Stray, Thames Side Brewery
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Gig review: BLUE OYSTER CULT- London Palladium, 25 May 2025
With each passing tour Blue Oyster Cult somehow seem a hotter ticket. The days of struggling to fill places like the Mean Fiddler are long gone as they are packing larger venues, on this occasion a prestige show at the … Continue reading
Gig review: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND – Co-Op Live, Manchester, 20 May 2025
This side of the pond, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band gigs in arenas rather than stadia are as rare as hen’s teeth. My only previous one was at the 02 Arena soon after it opened back in 2007, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band, gig, heartland rock, Jake Clemons, Max Weinberg, Nils Lofgren, review, rock, Steve Van Zandt
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Gig review: MAYHEM ROCK FESTIVAL- 229 Club, London, 16 May 2025
The first ever Mayhem Festival was a showcase for the 21st century generation of Swedish glam bands, both new and with a longer pedigree. The format was that the three co- headliners would all play sets of equal length, though … Continue reading
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Tagged Crashdiet, Crazy Lixx, gig, glam rock, melodic rock, sleaze rock, Smoking Snakes, Sweden, The Cruel Intentions, Toxic Rose
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Gig review: BRYAN ADAMS – 02 Arena, London, 15 May 2025
After last year’s second set of Albert Hall residencies, it was back to a more conventional tour for Bryan Adams. Considering he hasn’t had a hit in years and it has been his photography if anything that has kept him … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Adams, Gary Breit, gig, Keith Scott, melodic rock, Pat Steward, Roll With the Punches
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Hampton Hub, London, 1 May 2025
Over the past two years Brave Rival have been one of my very favourite new bands, and judging by the various awards they have received (including ‘Fight Or Flight’ being GRTR!’s joint classic rock album of the year for 2024!) … Continue reading
Gig review: HAREM SCAREM – Camden Underworld, London, 28 April 2025
In the melodic rock world few bands enjoy as high a reputation as Canadians Harem Scarem for a consistent career of high quality releases- 16 albums at the last count. Hardly surprising then that they have been a big draw … Continue reading
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Tagged Cassidy Paris, Darren Smith, gig, Harem Scarem, Harry Hess, melodic rock, Mike Vassos, Pete Lesperance, Seventh Crystal
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Gig review: LEAFHOUND – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 24 April 2025
The chequered history of Leafhound is now into its long awaited third act. The original band’s sole 1971 album ‘Growers of Mushroom’ became a cult classic with original LP’s going for many thousands of pounds. Then in the mid-2000s lead … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Cabbage Patch, Dominic French, Eel Pie Club, gig, hard rock, Leafhound, Luke Rayner, Pete French, Peter Herbert
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Album review: H.E.A.T. – Welcome To The Future
EarMusic [Release Date 25.04.25] H.E.A.T’s new album shows the benefits of a stable line up. 2022’s ‘Force Majeure’, which marked the return of original singer Kenny Leckremo surprised many with its heaviness given that the first two albums with him … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dave Dalone, Don Crash, H.E.A.T., Jona Tee, Kenny Leckremo, melodic rock
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Gig review: ROGER DALTREY – London Palladium, 21 April 2025
Roger Daltrey may have retired from heading up the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts but at 81 is showing no sign of putting his feet up. Not long after the Who’s Royal Albert Hall performances (and the notorious in/out saga of … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Billy Nicholls, folk rock, Geraint Watkins, gig, Katie Jacoby, review, Roger Daltrey, Simon Townshend, THE WHO
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Gig review: BENEFIT FOR MICK UNDERWOOD- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 18 April 2025
Mick Underwood had a long and distinguished career in that most physically punishing of roles in a rock band. In the sixties he was not only drummer with Episode Six but recommended their singer Ian Gillan for Deep Purple, so … Continue reading
Gig review: JOHN REILLY AND LEWIS NITIKMAN – Crazy Coqs, London, 16 April 2025
John Reilly and Lewis Nitikman are a partnership of talented musicians, one born and raised in Liverpool and the other a Canadian, who met in Toronto and are now domiciled in Sheffield. Both are original songwriters, with John the lead … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Taupin, Elton John, gig, John Reilly, Lewis Nitikman, review, Two Rooms
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