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Album review: MIDNITE CITY- Bite the Bullet
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Tag Archives: album
Album review: HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS – Capture The Sun
Deadline/Cleopatra [Release date 07.10.16] French multi-instrumentalist Steph Honde released a debut album in 2014 with Paul D’ianno and Vinny Appice in the ranks and ‘Capture The Sun’ continues the tradition. Albums that feature a roster of name artists – legends … Continue reading
Album review: ROTH BROCK PROJECT- s/t
Frontiers Records [Release Date 04.11.16] This rather unimaginatively titled release brings together two of melodic rock’s most respected figures. While Terry Brock has long been regarded as one of the genre’s finest vocalists, from his days in Strangeways to numerous … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, John Roth, melodic rock, revfiew, Roth Brock Project, Strangeways, Terry Brock, Winger
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Album review: BRYAN COLE – Sands Of Time
Melodic Rock Records Bryan Cole is a new name in melodic rock circles and hopefully this debut release will establish him as a name to watch out for from now on. Bryan sings and plays all the instruments on here, … Continue reading
Album review: BRIGITTE DEMEYER & WILL KIMBROUGH – Mockingbird Soul
BDM Music [Release date 17.02.17] Brigitte DeMeyer’s last ‘less is more’ Americana release – Savannah Road (2014) – an album that transported you deep into the southern heartlands to a balmy ramshackle porch, a rocking chair and the sound of … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Americana, Brigitte DeMeyer, country, folk, Mockingbird Soul, review, singer, songwriter, Will Kimbrough
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Album review: SIMON KIRKE – All Because Of You
David Randall chatted to Simon Kirke in October 2016 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. The hour special features Bad Company, Free, and other related tracks. BMG [Release date 10.02.17] It may come as a surprise that the hard-hitting Free/Bad … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All Because Of You, Bad Company, Free, interview, review, Ringo Starr, rock, Simon Kirke, singer, songwriter
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News: Popular Poll results announced Sunday 18 December – top rock album, live and breakthough act 2016
The results of Get Ready to ROCK!’s popular poll for ‘Best of 2016′ will be announced on Sunday 18 December at 22:00 GMT in a special show on the website’s dedicated radio station. At the end of November the website … Continue reading
Album review: AMON AMARTH – Jomsviking
Metal Blade [release date 25.03.16] You wouldn’t think prog rock legends Pink Floyd would have a lot in common with Swedish death metal gods Amon Amarth, however, there you’d be wrong – both bands have broken the boundaries with their … Continue reading
Album review: MIKKO JOENSUU – Amen 2
Svart Records [Release date 16.12.16] Mikko Joensuu is in the middle of releasing a trilogy based on hos own experiences of dealing with depression and loneliness, along with coming to terms with the idea that God did not exist in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amen 2, melodic, Mikko Joensuu, pop, review, Svart Records
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Album review: JOE LYNN TURNER – The Sessions
This is the first part of the three-part Joe Lynn Turner special broadcast by Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in March 2016. (Part 2 is also available at Mixcloud with a link to Part 3) Joe Lynn Turner is a … Continue reading
Album review: DARIO MOLLO’S CROSSBONES – Rock The Cradle
Frontiers [Release date 02.12.16] Italian guitarist Dario Mollo, who started his career in 1981 with the everlasting Crossbones, has re-established his musical career with the band on his new album ‘Rock the Cradle’. Mollo, who has worked with Tony Martin … Continue reading
Album review: MAGNUM – The Valley Of Tears – The Ballads
On Christmas Day, Sunday 25 December 2016 at 22:00 GMT David Randall presented a two-hour special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, chatting to Bob Catley and with tracks from the new album. More information SPV [Release date 06.01.17] In … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Barrow, album, Bob Catley, Harry James, Magnum, Mark Stanway, review, rock, The Ballads, The Valley Of Tears, Tony Clarkin
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Album review: METALLICA – Hardwired…To Self- Destruct
Blackened Records [Release date 28.11.16] Before I plunge into a review of Metallica’s latest opus I would like to offer up a cautionary tale to all aspiring bands, be afraid…. Once upon a time there were two snotty nosed teens … Continue reading
Album review: ALTAVIA – Kreosote
White Knight Records [Release date: 07.10.16] Following in the giant footsteps of all those great Rock Progressivo Italiano pathfinders such as PFM, Le Orme, Celeste and Finisterre come AltaVia with their own take on the genre. I say their own … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Altavia, Kreosote, Progressive Rock, review, Rock Progressivo Italiano
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Album review: ENUFF Z’NUFF – Clowns Lounge
Frontiers [Release date 02.12.16] Been awhile since any new material from Enuff Z’Nuff, 2010′s ‘Dissonance’ to be precise. This is not quite a new release, as the songs on here were first written back in 1988-89 by Chip Z’Nuff and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chip Z'nuff, Clowns Lounge, Donnie Vie, Enuff Z'Nuff, Frontiers, melodic, pop, pop rock, review, rock
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Album review: HANOI ROCKS – Strange Boys Box
Cleopatra Records [Release date 21.10.16] Vastly underrated yet hugely influential, Finnish legends Hanoi Rocks are said to have sold one million albums back in the Eighties. That is not many when you consider that without them we would not have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy McCoy, box set, Cleopatra Records, glam, Hanoi Rocks, Michael Monroe, review, rock, sleaze, Strange Boys Box
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Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – A Stone’s Throw From The Line
English Electric Recordings www.bigbigtrain.com [Release date 02.12.16] Following on from their latest excellent studio album, ‘Folklore’, released earlier this year, Big Big Train deliver a live seasonal treat for their fans. This double CD was recorded from across the three … Continue reading
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Tagged A Stone's Throw From The Line, album, Big Big Train, folk, live, melodic, pastoral, prog, progressive, review, rock
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Album review: TYKETTO – Reach
Frontiers [Release Date 14.10.16] Four years ago, the much-anticipated release from Tyketto’s original line up, ‘Dig In Deep’ fell rather flat – it was not a bad album in its own right, but failed to live up to the impossible … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Green, Danny Vaughn, Ged Rylands, melodic rock, Michael Clayton Arbeeny, review, Tyketto
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Album review: PRETTY MAIDS – Kingmaker
Frontiers Records [Release date 04.11.16] “Kingmaker” is Pretty Maids’ 15th studio album if you include 2014’s superb “Louder Than Ever” which contained re-recordings of old tunes plus 4 newbies and it continues their run of high quality releases. The Danish … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allan Tschicaja, Frontiers, hard rock, Ken Hammer, Kim Olesen, Kingmaker, Pretty Maids, Rene Shades, review, Ronnie Atkins
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Album review: GUS MONSANTO – Karma Cafe
[Release date 05.09.16] Brazilian Gus Monsanto may not be a household name in terms of wider rock recognition, but since at least 2004 his name has cropped up repeatedly on other people’s albums, mainly metal-related. He’s worked with French band … Continue reading
Album review: PYMLICO – Meeting Point
Apollon Records [Release date 07.10.16] We’ve had an obsession with all things Scandinavian in recent years and the fourth album from Norwegian instrumentalists Pymlico contributes to this Nordic sense of intrigue. Wholly instrumental, prog/jazz fusion in approach, the band is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, instrumental, jazz fusion, Jazz rock, Meeting Point, Norway, Norwegian, Pymlico, review, rock
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Album review: KAIPA DA CAPO – Darskapens Monotoni
Foxtrot Records [Release date: 30.09.16] For all those progressive rock diehards out there who think that there has not been one note of music of any consequence written since the early seventies – prick up your ears, all your birthdays … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Darskapens Monotoni, Flower Kings, Kaipa Da Capo, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Roine Stolt, Sweden
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Album review: KEE MARCELLO – Scaling Up
Frontiers [Release Date 14.10.16] Guitarist with Europe in their commercial heyday first time round, Kee Marcello’s solo career to date has been an unspectacular one, and even his otherwise enjoyable live shows made me inclined to check out his own … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Darby Todd, Europe, hard rock, Kee Marcello, Ken Sandin, melodic rock, review, Scaling Up
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Quick plays: CIVIL WAR, STRATOVARIUS
CIVIL WAR The Last Full Measure Napalm Records [Release date 04.11.16] Civil War are back with a swift follow up to last year’s enjoyable ‘Gods And Generals’ release. They have trimmed down in size now down to two guitarists following … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Civil War, Destiny, metal, power metal, review, Stratovarius, The Last Full Measure, Visions Of Europe
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Album review: ELECTRIC SIX – Fresh Blood For Tired Vampyres
Metropolis Records [Release date 07.10.16] American oddballs Electric Six are back with their 12th album in as many years…the strangely titled “Fresh Blood for Tired Vampyres”. To be honest I didn’t know they were still active and only remember them … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blood for Tired Vampyres, Christopher Tait, Da Ve, Dave Malosh, Dick Valentine, Electric Six, John Nash, Johnny Na$hinal, Metropolis Records, Noah Appel, review, Rob Lower, Tait Nucleus?, Two-Handed Bob, Tyler Spencer
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Album review: CURVED AIR – Rarities Series Volume 2 – Curved Space and Infinity
Curved Air Records [Release date 04.11.16] 2-CD Volume 2 of a continuing series bring together a “then and now” of one of our treasured prog/psych bands. The first disc accommodates 1990s recordings with Francis Monkman on guitar and which evolved … Continue reading
