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Album review: QUEEN – On Air

Virgin EMI [Release date 04.11.16] Queen have always given the fans a treat around Christmas time in recent years with live releases and now we have the complete BBC radio sessions. There is this, the standard 2CD version and a 6CD … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BBC, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, On Air, Queen, radio, review, Roger Taylor, Virgin EMI
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Album review: JORN – Heavy Rock Radio

Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 03.06.16] Jorn is back with…another covers album. In the past few years he has been doing various re-recordings of his older work or covers, plus last years rather good ‘Dracula – The Swing Of Death’ with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Covers, Frontiers, Heavy Rock Radio, John Farnham, Jorn, Journey, Kate Bush, melodic, Queen, review, rock, Trond Holter
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Interview: CATS IN SPACE

Cats In Space are a new band featuring band members who’ve played with the Sweet, T’Pau, Ian Gillan and Arena. They release their debut album, ‘Too Many Gods’ on October 30th via Cargo Records and we catch-up with Greg Hart … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions
Tagged 10CC, 70s, Andy Scott, Cats In Space, debut album, ELO, Greg Hart, interview, melodic, Paul Manzi, Paul Manzi (Arena), pop, power pop, Queen, review, rock, soft rock, Sweet, Too Many Gods
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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Too Many Gods

Harmony Factory www.catsinspaceband.com [Released 30.10.15] Cats In Space are a new band who have a serious love of all things 1970′s soft rock/power pop. You can tell this from the band’s various members who are from bands with a 70′s … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 70s, Andy Scott, Cats In Space, debut album, ELO, Greg Hart, melodic, Paul Manzi, Paul Manzi (Arena), pop, power pop, Queen, review, rock, soft rock, Sweet, Too Many Gods
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Album review: ONE THOUSAND YEARS – Get Your Rabbit’s Foot And Run

Arguably, the only two reasons you will ever have heard of Fremantle, Western Australia (population 25,000) are that AC/DC’s spiritual leader, Bon Scott, grew up there (in the sense that it was there that he got older, though perhaps not wiser) and … Continue reading
Gig review: QUEEN & ADAM LAMBERT – 02 Arena, London, 18 January 2015

The benchmark for live rock performance was surely set by Queen in their heyday, the way they stole the show at Live Aid perhaps being conclusive proof. While there were many aspects to Queen’s success, the larger than life routine … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 January 2015, Adam Lambert, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, gig, London, O2 Arena, pop, Queen, review, rock, Roger Taylor
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News: QUEEN, TNT, HEART – Sunday 4 January 2015

Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ moves up to number 42 in the UK album charts this week following their New Year’s Eve gig with Adam Lambert. The album has now chalked up 501 weeks in the UK album charts. Vocalist Tony Harnell … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Band Entrees & Exits, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged Adam Lambert, classic rock, gigs, Heart, news, Queen, Tour
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Album review: FREAK KITCHEN – Cooking With Pagans

Thunderstruck [Release date – 09.09.14] When I saw the band’s name and album title I assumed it was a new Heston Blumenthal television series! It turned out that this is the second album release from Swedish rockers Freak Kitchen who … Continue reading
Quick plays: BEND SINISTER, GANDALF’S FIST, DAVID BRONSON, THE KORGIS

BEND SINISTER Animals FU:Music [Released 11.03.14] Canadian four piece whose album has been out since earlier this year and they create a massive wall of sound. Case in point being the eight minute epic opener ‘Best Of You’ that has … Continue reading
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Tagged A Forest Of Fey, album, Angel Air, Animals, Bend Sinister, David Bronson, Gandalf's Fist, Jackson Browne, pop rock, prog rock, Queen, review, The Korgis, West Coast
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Album review: QUEEN – Live At The Rainbow ‘74

Virgin/EMI [Released 09.09.14] Previously unreleased two live concerts from March and November 1974 recorded at the legendary Rainbow venue in London. These are available in numerous formats, from the single CD (of the November gig reviewed here) through to an … Continue reading
Gig review: EXTREME – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 5 July 2014

Extreme are a band who eluded me back at their peak. I had all the albums but never had a chance to see the band live, which I have always regretted, so a chance to see the guys playing the … Continue reading
DVD review: BRIAN MAY & KERRY ELLIS – The Candlelight Concerts: Live At Montreux 2013

Eagle Vision [Released 31.03.14] Queen’s Brian May and West End singer Kerry Ellis have been doing a series of well received concerts by candlelight (their 2012 UK tour makes up the CD part of this DVD/CD set) and they played … Continue reading
Album review: SPACE ELEVATOR – S/t plus interview with the Duchess

DY Music www.spaceelevatoronline.com [Released March 2014] Debut album by a band formed by guitarist David Young, who plays in the West End musical ‘We Will Rock You’ house band along with female vocalist called the Duchess. The band is completed … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Dr Who, DY Music, Fleetwood Mac, Gallifrey, Neil Murray, pomp rock, Queen, SPACE ELEVATOR, The Darkness, the Duchess, We Will Rock You
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