Tag Archives: Rainbow

Album review: VOODOO CIRCLE – Raised On Rock

Posted on February 23, 2018 by jason

AFM Records [Release date 09.02.18] Inspired by the likes of Rainbow and Deep Purple, Germany’s Voodoo Circle have been delivering melodic hard rock for a decade now. Recently, Voodoo Circle underwent a metamorphosis that both of those aforementioned bands have had … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEAVEN & EARTH – Hard To Kill

Posted on January 4, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

Quarto Valley Records [Release date 13.10.17] It would be cruel to say that ‘Heaven & Earth’ is Rainbow-by-numbers but, cripes, bandleader – UK-born Stuart Smith - looks like Ritchie (check the CD booklet!!) and apparently was mentored by him. The … Continue reading →

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Album review: COZY POWELL – The Polydor Years

Posted on September 3, 2017 by jason

Caroline International [Release date 25.08.17] Drummer extraordinaire Cozy Powell is one of the biggest hitters in the hard rock word, making his name with Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Whitesnake, MSG, Black Sabbath, and Brian May; just before he died in 1998 … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, Reissues, The Best of 2017 | Tagged album, Bernie Marsden, box set, Cozy Powell, Don Airey, drummer, ELP, Jack Bruce, MSG, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Solo, The Polydor Years, Whitesnake | Leave a comment

News: GRAHAM BONNET – interview (August 2017) and UK dates (November 2017)

Posted on August 25, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

GRAHAM BONNET BAND – The Tivoli, Buckley, 30 July 2017

In this exclusive edit Graham tells Get Ready to ROCK!’s David Randall about his current activities and band. (15:02) The hour special is broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 27 August at 18:00 GMT. Graham Bonnet starts work … Continue reading →

Posted in Album News, All Posts, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview | Tagged album, Alcatrazz, August 2017, gigs, Graham Bonnet, Graham Bonnet Band, interview, Michael Schenker Group, news, radio, Rainbow, Tour | Leave a comment

Album review: GRAHAM BONNET – Anthology

Posted on August 25, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Graham Bonnet about his career for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This special feature was first broadcast on 27 August 2017. (59:20) HNE Recordings/Cherry Red [Release date 28.04.17] Graham Bonnet is enjoying something of a revival … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – To The Moon and Back

Posted on August 21, 2017 by jason

David Randall chatted to Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore in October 2015 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. The hour special gives background to the formation of the band along with selected tracks from their 20 year-history. Minstrel Hall Music … Continue reading →

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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 1 – Mote Park, Maidstone, 28 July 2017

Posted on August 7, 2017 by david.wilson

RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR –Mote Park, Maidstone, 28 July 2017

The Ramblin’ Man Fair is now in its third year and is going from strength to strength. It is situated in Mote Park right in the centre of Maidstone in Kent, it is a bit bizarre passing a children’s playpark … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GRAHAM BONNET BAND – The Tivoli, Buckley, 30 July 2017

Posted on July 31, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Posted in GIG REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview, The Best of 2017 | Tagged 30 July 2017, Alcatrazz, Buckley, gig, Graham Bonnet Band, hard rock, heavy rock, Impellitteri, interview, Michael Schenker, North Wales, Rainbow, review, The Tivoli | 2 Comments

Quick plays: EZOO, KAI HANSEN & FRIENDS

Posted on June 19, 2017 by jason

EZOO Feeding the Beast earMUSIC [Release date 02.06.17] Graham Bonnet has been very busy of late with his own Graham Bonnet Band releasing a studio and live album and now this, Ezoo which features guitarist Dario Mollo (Voodoo Hill/Tony Martin). … Continue reading →

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Gig review: INGLORIOUS – Islington Academy, London, 19 May 2017

Posted on May 21, 2017 by david.wilson

Inglorious’ star is rising nicely – little over a year after their debut album had them voted best newcomers in many end of year polls, and after a series of high profile touring opportunities, they have swiftly followed up with … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE LYNN TURNER – The Sessions

Posted on December 13, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

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 →

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Gig review: GRAHAM BONNET – Boston Music Rooms, London, 8 November 2016

Posted on November 15, 2016 by andynathan

Graham Bonnet has always been one of rock’s most singular characters. The man with the short hair, Hawaiian shirts and musical background far removed from your traditional metal belter who gave Rainbow their commercial breakthrough. The man whose self-destructive tendencies … Continue reading →

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Album review: GRAHAM BONNET BAND – The Book

Posted on November 7, 2016 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 04.11.16] Graham Bonnet has had a busy past year or so, going on tour with his band, having his solo albums re-issued plus ones from his days in Alcatrazz and Blackthorne. Now we have this double CD … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACKTHORNE – Afterlife/Don’t Kill The Thrill (Graham Bonnet, Bob Kulick)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Hear No Evil [Release date 02.09.16] Cherry Red have embarked on a fairly extensive trawl through Graham Bonnet’s back pages, ahead of some UK dates and a generally higher profile. We’ve reviewed some of his solo material which is frequently … Continue reading →

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Album review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Memories In Rock – Live In Germany

Posted on October 23, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Records [Release date 18.11.16] If Ritchie Blackmore’s arena comeback this summer is a one-off, an estimated 60,000 fans will have been left happy men (or women). Even better now they have a 2-CD souvenir, plus DVD and Bluray versions. … Continue reading →

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Album review: GRAHAM BONNET – Reissues

Posted on July 23, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Hear No Evil Recordings/Cherry Red [Release dates March-May 2016] The Graham Bonnet “backstory” before his tenure with Rainbow is highlighted by these reissues. It was clearly evident in 1979 that Bonnet came from the pop mainstream – coming to wider … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, Reissues | Tagged album, Alcatrazz, Back Row In The Stalls, Graham Bonnet, line-up, Michael Schenker, Micky Moody, MSG, No Bad Habits, pop, Rainbow, reissue, review, rock, soul | 2 Comments

Quick plays: LISA WEINT, AVI ROSENFIELD

Posted on July 22, 2016 by jason

LISA WEINT Vurbei Three piece band from Austria who formed in 2012 and who consist of Markus Baumgartner (vocals) , Ronald Wintersteiner (synths/vocals) and Tomasz Ploszajski (guitar). The band have an interesting mix of the lighter metal moments of say … Continue reading →

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Gig review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Genting Arena, Birmingham, 25 June 2016

Posted on June 28, 2016 by andynathan

For us rock fans of a certain age – perhaps from early forties to sixty-ish – Ritchie Blackmore sits in the pantheon of rock royalty. As guitarist and songwriter in both Deep Purple and his own band Rainbow, he pushed … Continue reading →

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News: WIN tickets to RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW, Genting Arena, Birmingham – 25 June 2016

Posted on June 24, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

One of the most influential and versatile guitarists, Ritchie Blackmore will take to the stage to celebrate the era-defining music of Rainbow and Deep Purple in a one-off UK Tour show on Saturday 25 June 2016 at the Genting Arena … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBOW – Boston 1981

Posted on May 22, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 20.05.16] At the end of every Rainbow there is a pot of gold. This is surely what labels must be thinking as Ritchie Blackmore plays his Strat in anger (allegedly) this summer. Following the release … Continue reading →