Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)

Album review: BRYAN ADAMS – Wembley 1996 Live

Posted on July 12, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
BRYAN ADAMS - Wembley 1996 Live

Eagle Rock [Release date 30.06.17 ] Back in 1996 Bryan Adams was riding the crest of a wave, some might say a tsunami.  The placement of ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’ in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves … Continue reading →

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Album review: FICTION SYXX – Tall Dark Secret

Posted on July 12, 2017 by jason

MeldodicRock Records [Release date 21.08.17] Fiction Syxx is the brain child of songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Mark Allen Lanoue who has had these musical ideas for some time now. To help him realise his musical vision he is joined by guitarist JK Northrup (King … Continue reading →

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Album review: NICOLE ATKINS – Goodnight Rhonda Lee

Posted on July 12, 2017 by jason

Single Lock Records [Release date 21.07.17] Nicole Atkins returns with her fourth album and one recorded against a backdrop of personal issues as she stopped drinking and finding out her dad as lung cancer. Often such life changing events can … Continue reading →

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Album review: PICTUREHOUSE – How Do I Explain How This Came To Be?

Posted on July 10, 2017 by jason
PICTUREHOUSE - How Do I Explain How This Came To Be?

Vinyl/digital release This album is not so much a best of more a collection of songs, some previously unreleased, that PictureHouse recorded between 1995 and 1998. There are twelve songs in all, with a couple drawn from the ‘Shine Box’ (1996) and ‘Karmarama’ … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: SNAFU, BELL XI, ADRENALINE MOB

Posted on July 10, 2017 by jason
SNAFU Live Nottingham 1976

SNAFU Live Nottingham 1976 Angel Air www.angelair.co.uk [Release date 04.08.17] Snafu featured vocalist Bobby Harrison and guitarist Micky Moody amongst their ranks, although Micky Moody left the band shortly after the tour this gig was recorded from and joined Whitesnake. … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIONHEART – Second Nature

Posted on July 8, 2017 by jason
LIONHEART - Second Nature

AOR Heaven [25.08.17] Blimey, it has been a few years since Lionheart last released an album – over thirty to be precise! Their sole studio album to date was 1984′s ‘Hot Tonight’, rightly revered among many rock fans. They split-up in 1986 with Dennis … Continue reading →

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Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted on July 8, 2017 by jason
THUNDERSTICK - Something Wicked This Way Comes

[Release date 28.07.17] There are few musicians as iconic in image as Barry Graham Perkis, aka Thunderstick, who originally found fame as the masked and caged drummer for NWoBHM band Samson. Previously a short lived drummer for Iron Maiden, he … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Live (Ladies And Gentlemen, Some Girls, Muddy Waters)

Posted on July 7, 2017 by jason
THE ROLLING STONES - Ladies and Gentlemen

Eagle Records [Release date 16.06.17] Eagle Records are releasing several live CD’s from The Rolling Stones, each following their successful release on DVD. Each is taken from a different point in the band’s history and finds them at a high … Continue reading →

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Album review: TODD ANTHONY JOOS AND THE REVELATORS – The Burden

Posted on July 6, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
TODD ANTHONY JOOS AND THE REVELATORS - The Burden

[Release date 18.04.17] Depending on what publicity shots – past or present – you’re looking at, Todd Anthony Joos looks like one scary sort of a guy – either Breaking Bad Walter White’s crazed, bad ass, alter-ego Heisenberg in ‘don’t … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEDERSLEBEN – Orbit

Posted on July 6, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
HEDERSLEBEN - Orbit

Cleopatra Records [Release date 19.05.17] There’s a time and place in everyone’s life for a little space rock.  For many of us, that was around 1971 to 1973, but if you fancy reliving your youth (or indeed, were too young … Continue reading →

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Album review: KENDRA GALE BAND – Kicking And Screaming

Posted on July 6, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
KENDRA GALE BAND - Kicking And Screaming

[Release date 01.04.17] Kicking and screaming is a pretty apt summation of this self-released release from Canadian duo Kendra Gale (guitar/vocals) and Warren Beatteay (drums). With five previous albums under her belt, this being the third under the ‘Band’ banner, … Continue reading →

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Album review: SUSAN CATTANEO – The Hammer & The Heart

Posted on July 6, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
SUSAN CATTANEO - The Hammer & The Heart

Jersey Girl Music [Release date 25.08.17] Now that’s something you don’t see many of these days – a double album!  Although, in truth The Hammer and The Heart (the two ‘albums’) would have fitted on a single CD!! Cattaneo’s fifth … Continue reading →

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Album review: STACKRIDGE – The Final Bow, Bristol 2015

Posted on July 3, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
STACKRIDGE - The Final Bow, Bristol 2015

In late-June 2017 David Randall chatted to James Warren for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  This hour special features Stackridge highlights and tracks from James’ solo career.  First broadcast 25 June 2017. (58:12) Angel Air Records [Release date 14.07.17] Stackridge … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: UNISONIC, RON POPE

Posted on July 3, 2017 by jason
UNISONIC Live at Wacken

UNISONIC Live at Wacken earMUSIC [Release date 21.07.17] Unisonic are the band formed by ex-Helloween members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen (of Gamma Ray fame), joined by Denis Ward (Pink Cream 69 and many production credits), Mandy Meyer (Asia/Krokus) and … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOHN OTWAY – Montserrat

Posted on June 30, 2017 by petefeenstra
John Otway - Montserrat

Red Bowler Records [Release date: 01.05.17] There will surely always be a place for John Otway in the rock & roll firmament, as only an anarchic character such as him could have conceived of an album like this in 2017. … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Time And Emotion

Posted on June 29, 2017 by petefeenstra
ROBIN TROWER – Time And Emotion

Manhaton [Release date: 04.08.17] Imagine those moments when you are at the water’s edge as the tide comes in, and for a passing moment your footprint leaves a lasting impression as the waves recede. Robin Trower’s musical style is very … Continue reading →

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Album review: DON BARNES – Ride The Storm

Posted on June 29, 2017 by jason

MelodicRock Records [Release date 20.06.17] Hats off to MelodicRock Record’s Andrew McNeice who finally got this long lost album released. Don Barnes, of southern rockers .38 Special fame, recorded this album back in 1989, however due the time honoured label … Continue reading →

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Album review: THEA GILMORE – The Counterweight

Posted on June 27, 2017 by alanjones
THEA GILMORE - The Counterweight

WMW/Cooking Vinyl  [Release date 02.06.17] So what’s a girl to do? She’s got bills to pay just like the rest of us, so is this the moment that Thea Gilmore drifts into the mainstream? From the release of the bile-spitting … Continue reading →

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Album review: ORDEN OGAN – Gunmen

Posted on June 27, 2017 by jason
ORDEN OGAN - Gunmen

AFM Records [Release date 07.07.17] Orden Ogan are back with their new studio album ‘Gunmen’ which follows hot on the heels of last year’s ‘The Book of Ogan’ compilation. They have already released a well received western themed video on … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOHNNY LIMA – Johnny Lima/Made In California

Posted on June 27, 2017 by jason
JOHNNY LIMA - Johnny Lima/Made In California

MelodicRock Records [Release date 01.03.17] These two albums by Johnny Lima – his self-titled debut from 1996 and 2003′s ‘Made In California’ – have been made available again by MelodicRock Records and not before time I say! Johnny Lima’s debut … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: ABACU5, DANIEL TRIGGER, IVORY TOWER PROJECT

Posted on June 27, 2017 by jason
ABACU5 A Long Way To Begin

ABACU5 A Long Way To Begin [Release date 25.04.17] Abacu5 is a four-piece band from Dallas, Texas consisting of Randy White (vocals), Samuel Holder (guitar), Adam Manning (bass/vocals) and Eric Petrinowitsch (drums/vocals). Abacu5 have a great ear for a melody and hook … Continue reading →

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Album review: TREAT – The Road More or Less Traveled

Posted on June 25, 2017 by andynathan
TREAT - The Road More or Less Traveled

Release Date 21.04.17 On paper the release of Treat’s live set at the 2016 Frontiers Rock Festival in Italy is was a release I was looking forward to. Not only were Treat- alongside bands like Fate and Skagarack- one of … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRENT HUTCHINSON BAND – Smoke And Mirrors

Posted on June 25, 2017 by petefeenstra
BRENT HUTCHINSON BAND – Smoke And Mirrors

Self release [Release date: 01.04.17] There’s nothing deceptive about ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ or the expressive inner voice at the core of both the lyrics and melodies of 11 well written songs. The Brent Hutchinson Band impressively avoid obvious clichés with … Continue reading →

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Album review: VOODOO SIX – Make Way For The King

Posted on June 25, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
VOODOO SIX - Make Way For The King

Cadiz Music [Release date 08.09.17] It seems an age since we caught up with Voodoo Six at a gig in Crewe in 2008.  At that time their vocalist was Henry Rundell and current album ‘First Hit For Free’ a reworking … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE FILL INS – The Time Is Now

Posted on June 25, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
THE FILL IN

Hallelujah brothers and sisters! The Fill Ins are back!!! Charlotte NC’s fantastic rock and roll combo have been slugging it out in the studio, hammering out a brand new album and it is finally approaching its release date, and as … Continue reading →

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