Category Archives: INTERVIEWS

Video interview: STEVE CROPPER – Stax legend, guitarist and producer – 18 October 2014

Posted on October 23, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

The term legend or legendary is used perhaps too flippantly in the context of music, but the term can be firmly applied to Steve Cropper. Steve was a member of the Stax Records house band from the early-1960s and lent … Continue reading →

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Album review: JESSE DAMON – Damon’s Rage

Posted on February 16, 2020 by jason

AOR Heaven [Release date 28.02.20] Jesse Damon will be best remembered by many 80s rock fans as he was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Silent Rage. Silent Rage rose to fame in 1989 when signed by Gene … Continue reading →

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Backstage Hero Interview: MARTIN DAVID PORTER

Posted on February 15, 2020 by jason

Photographer Martin David Porter gives us an insider view form the other side of the photographer’s lens. You can view his work on his website and the Mart’s Arts Photography Facebook page. How did you become interested in photography? I’ve … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE KENDALL CONNECTION – The Kendall Connection

Posted on February 14, 2020 by petefeenstra

The Kendall Connection by The Kendall Connection

Pete Feenstra chatted to Nick Kendall for his Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 15 March 2020. Vibratown Music Records [Release date 10.01.20] Nick Kendall is a UK based South African session guitarist and a contemporary of … Continue reading →

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Album review: BIFF BYFORD – School Of Hard Knocks

Posted on February 9, 2020 by jason

Silver Lining Music [Release date 21.02.20] One of British heavy metal’s finest icons, vocalist (and occasional bassist) Biff Byford has fronted Saxon since the mid 70s, when they were called Son Of A Bitch. And after talk of a solo … Continue reading →

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Interview: JEFF GAUTIER

Posted on January 9, 2020 by petefeenstra

This is the audio version of Pete Feenstra’s interview with French drumming legend Jeff Gautier including music from his band Bars On Fire and other examples from a 40 year career. The English translation is below. (58:26) Interview: JEFF GAUTIER … Continue reading →

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Rising Stars: INDYA

Posted on January 4, 2020 by jason

Paul Monkouse interviews Natalie “Indya” West of rising stars INDYA… ‘’He hit me so hard I actually blacked out and when I came around, I could actually see stars’’. Natalie ‘Indya’ West is used to hard knocks but this one … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARY FLETCHER – River Keeps Flowing

Posted on January 3, 2020 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted with Gary Fletcher for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 22 March 2020. Repertoire records [Release date 13.12.19] Gary Fletcher’s ‘River Keeps Flowing’ is all about mood, feel and a musical aesthetic that … Continue reading →

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Album review: STORM FORCE – Age Of Fear

Posted on December 28, 2019 by jason

Escape Music [Release date 25.01.20] Storm Force hail from Canada and although a new band they have a familiar name in their ranks, Brighton Rock founder and guitarist Greg Fraser. Joining him are vocalist Patrick Gagliardi, drummer Brian Hamilton and … Continue reading →

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Album review: RODNEY MATTHEWS & JEFF SCHEETZ – Trinity

Posted on November 17, 2019 by jason

Rodney Matthews Studios [Release date 13.12.19] Renowned fantasy artist Rodney Matthews, illustrator of over140 album covers, is also a jazz/rock/prog drummer of note, and has previously recorded solo and with guitarist Jeff Scheetz. Here he teams up again with Scheetz … Continue reading →

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Album review: NINE BELOW ZERO – Avalanche

Posted on October 24, 2019 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Dennis Greaves for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in October 2019. Absolute [Release date 04.10.19] ‘Avalanche’ is the first self penned album by Nine Below Zero in big band mode and it’s a revelation. The pivotal … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE HACKETT – Genesis Revisited: Band And Orchestra

Posted on October 21, 2019 by alanjones

This interview with Steve Hackett was broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on the eve of his UK orchestral tour. The hour special includes tracks from several albums included in the retrospective box set released in October 2018. Steve … Continue reading →

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Album review: FOREST FIELD – Seasons

Posted on October 20, 2019 by jason

Rock Company [Release date 18.09.19] Forest Field are the brainchild of Peter Cox, who plays all the instruments, songwriting and production, with Phil Vincent on vocals and guitarist Vince O’Regan guests on two songs. ‘Seasons’ is a concept piece, based … Continue reading →

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Interview: GARY MOAT (Burnt Out Wreck)

Posted on October 13, 2019 by jason

On the day Burnt Out Wreck’s new album ‘This Is Hell’ is released Darren Johnson caught up with the band’s front-man and former Heavy Pettin’ drummer, Gary Moat. So the new Burnt Out Wreck album is released today. Tell us … Continue reading →

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Album review: SAYER & JOYCE – Makes You Stronger

Posted on October 10, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

Pete Feenstra chatted to Ron Sayer Jr. and Charlotte Joyce about the album ‘Makes You Stronger’. This interview was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in November 2019. Gulf Coast Records [Release date 04.10.19] When Pete Feenstra reviewed … Continue reading →

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Interview: PETE WAY

Posted on October 5, 2019 by jason

Ahead of his UK tour Darren Johnson talks to the former UFO bass supremo Pete Way. It wasn’t that long ago that the only news we’d be reading about Pete Way was in connection with his various ongoing health battles. … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLUES CARAVAN 2019 (Katarina Pejak, Ina Forsman, Ally Venable)

Posted on September 28, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Katarina Pejak in November 2019 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special includes tracks from her earlier albums as well as the latest – ‘Roads That Cross’ – and the Blues Caravan 2019 live … Continue reading →

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Album review: 4TH LABYRINTH – Better

Posted on September 16, 2019 by jason

Pete Feenstra chatted to Marcel Kunkel for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in October 2019. Pete has been a champion of 4th Labyrinth and comments on the latest album: 4th Labyrinth’s ‘Better’ is a marvellous rock album that fulfils the … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAN McCAFFERTY – Last Testament

Posted on September 7, 2019 by jason

In June 2014 Dan McCafferty chatted to David Randall for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio before the release of Dan’s swansong Nazareth album ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Telephone’. In this hour special they discuss his career spanning 50 years and including … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND – Brighter Days

Posted on September 4, 2019 by petefeenstra

This interview with Robert Randolph was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 1 September 2019. Robert discusses the new album with Pete Feenstra (32:23) Provogue Records [Release date: 23.08.2019] Robert Randolph is a man on a … Continue reading →

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Backstage Hero: RICK PALIN

Posted on August 22, 2019 by jason

Rick Palin runs Skyfire Promotions and is organising another Cancer On The Rocks festival later this year on the 23 and 24 November at the Bush Hall, London. He gives us the lowdown on Cancer On The Rocks, why Gene … Continue reading →