Tag Archives: Thin Lizzy

Album review: VARIOUS – Oh! You Pretty Things Glam Queens And Street Urchins

Posted on February 18, 2021 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 26.02.21] Oh! You Pretty Things is a 3 disc, 66 track Glam (and more) boxfest, which disappointingly, despite its title, doesn’t feature the late David Bowie song. And ironically, nothing from Hermans Hermits, who turned it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: ON TRACK (every album, every song…) – IRON MAIDEN (by Steve Pilkington) and THIN LIZZY (by Graeme Stroud)

Posted on November 20, 2020 by andynathan

Sonic Bond Publishing The ‘On Track’ series is a new one to me, but glancing at GRTR!’s recent book reviews it seems to be a rapidly growing collection. While more critically acclaimed artists such as the Beatles and Bruce Springsteen … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, BOOK REVIEWS | Tagged book, Every Album Every Song, Graeme Stroud, Iron Maiden, On Target, Steve Pilkington, Thin Lizzy | Leave a comment

Album review: NINE BELOW ZERO – Live At Rockpalast 1981 &1996

Posted on October 27, 2020 by david.wilson

MiG Records [Release date 30.10.20] As a latecomer to the Nine Below Zero party having only caught them live in the last couple of years at the Butlins Rock and Blues Festival, this set is the ideal package to explore … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts | Tagged 1981, 1996, Band Of Friends, Brian Robertson, Butlins, CD, Dennis Greaves, DVD, live, Mark Feltham, MiG Records, NINE BELOW ZERO, Rock And Blues Festival, Rockin Robin, Rockpalast, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy | Leave a comment

Album review: ADAM’S CURSE – What The Ancients Knew About Us

Posted on October 25, 2020 by jason

In this audio showcase, first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Bat Kinane talks us through his musical influences, his musical journey, and featuring his new band Adam’s Curse. Bad Reputation [Release date 10.11.20] Adam’s Curse is a new … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions, Interviews/Rising Stars, Radio interview | Tagged Adam’s Curse, album, Bad Reputation, Bat Kinane, classic rock, folk, Gylder, hard rock, interview, review, rock, Thin Lizzy, What The Ancients Knew About Us | 1 Comment

Film review: PHIL LYNOTT – Songs For While I’m Away

Posted on October 15, 2020 by andynathan

Break Out/ Eagle Rock Productions [Release Date 30.10.20] Autumn 2020 is one of those times when the Thin Lizzy legacy is getting one of its periodic dusting downs. Alongside a bumper budget compilation and a 6 CD box set of … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, DVD REVIEWS, FILM REVIEWS | Tagged DVD, film, hard rock, Phil Lynott, review, Songs For While I'm Away, Thin Lizzy | Leave a comment

Feature: Albums that time forgot – 21 GUNS – Nothing’s Real

Posted on May 5, 2020 by GRTR! HQ

Z Records [1997] The 1990s was a hard time for melodic hard rock bands feeling the chill wind from Seattle. Joey Tempest from the band Europe told me that they also succumbed to the prevailing trend, and that when visiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums that time forgot, All Posts, FEATURES | Tagged 21 Guns, album, feature, hard rock, interview, melodic, Mike Sturgis, Nothing's Real, Phenomena II, review, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy | Leave a comment

Album review: CHANTEL McGREGOR – Bury’d Alive

Posted on November 20, 2019 by petefeenstra

Tis Rock Music Ltd [Release date 24.09.19] ‘Bury’d Alive’ is an album that celebrates honesty, integrity and intensity. It’s honest because what you hear is what went down on the night. It’s full of integrity because Chantel McGregor champions new … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BRIAN DOWNEY’S ALIVE AND DANGEROUS – Underworld, Camden, London, 7 November 2019

Posted on November 13, 2019 by andynathan

While Phil Lynott was the public face and voice of Thin Lizzy and the twin lead guitars their identifiable sound, the contribution of drummer Brian Downey throughout the band’s original existence should never be underestimated. He was even tempted back … Continue reading →

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Album review: GRAND SLAM – Hit The Ground

Posted on November 5, 2019 by jason

Marshall Records [Release date 22.11.19] Great things should have happened for Grand Slam when they emerged in 1984 from the dust that settled after the tangled and anti-climactic end of the great Thin Lizzy, who themselves were just seeing a … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – Another State Of Grace

Posted on September 19, 2019 by david.wilson

Nuclear Blast [release date 06.09.19] Black Star Riders are back with album number 4 and it is the first to feature both drummer Chad Szeliga and newest recruit Christian Martucci on guitar. Martucci took over from the departed Damon Johnson who has been an integral part of the … Continue reading →

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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 2 – Mote Park, Maidstone – 20 July 2019

Posted on August 2, 2019 by david.wilson

Andy Nathan writes: Saturday at the Fair saw the full range of stages. When Ramblin’ Man started they had a dedicated prog stage attracting such heavy hitters as Marillion and Family, but that genre has been steadily marginalised. Saturday was … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 20th July 2019, Allman Betts Band, Black Stone Cherry, blues, Cheap Trick, Collateral, festival, Grand Slam, Gregg Allman, Jimmy Barnes, Kent, Lawrence Archer, Maidstone, Mote Park, Outlaw Orchestra, Phil Lynott, Ramblin' Man, Ramblin' Man Fair, Raven Eye, Robert Jon And The Wreck, rock, Ryders Creed, Scardust, The Temperence Movement, Thin Lizzy, Toby Jepson, UGLY KID JOE, Wayward Sons | Leave a comment

Album review: TIM STAFFELL – aMIGO

Posted on June 2, 2019 by jason

Moscodisc [Release date 12.07.19] Tim Staffell’s 2006 solo album ‘aMIGO’ gets a timely re-issue, given the ongoing success of the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ film, plus Tim Staffell released his latest solo album ‘Two Late’ last year (the title a nod to … Continue reading →

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News: STEELHOUSE – Thunder and Thin Lizzy headline Welsh classic rock festival (26-28 July 2019)

Posted on April 24, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

Thunder - STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL - Ebbw Vale, South Wales, 23 July 2016

This preview of Steelhouse was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 5 May. It features tracks from Hollowstar, Those Damn Crows and Thin Lizzy. (14:49) Melodic hard rockers Thunder and Thin Lizzy top the two-day Welsh … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Festivals & Large Events, NEWS | Tagged 26-28 July 2019, classic rock, Ebbw Vale, festival, Gun, hard rock, Living Colour, Massive Wagons, Steelhouse, The Temperance Movement, Thin Lizzy, Thunder, Uriah Heep, Wales | Leave a comment

Gig review: GREAT BRITISH ROCK & BLUES FESTIVAL – Butlins, Skegness, 18 – 20 January 2019

Posted on January 29, 2019 by david.wilson

Butlins in Skegness opened its doors to the holidaying masses back in 1936 and since then it has been serving up summertime fun and thrills as Billy Butlin intended. But during the cold winter months the site is mostly deserted, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: (Ricky) WARWICK (Damon) JOHNSON – Audio, Glasgow, 12 October 2018

Posted on October 14, 2018 by david.wilson

Ricky Warwick - Audio, Glasgow, 12 October 2018

Audio isn’t the biggest venue in the world but on this particular Friday night had you been passing you would have been given to think that it was TARDIS like and contained thousands such was the volume of the crowd. … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL DAY 3 – 29 July 2018

Posted on August 6, 2018 by david.wilson

Black Star Riders - STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL DAY 3 - 29 July 2018

There was a tentative start to Sunday as the dreadful weather continued with what can only be described as monsoon rains decided to throw in some 40mph gusts for good measure. The organisers opened the arena early so those in … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEATH BY UNGA BUNGA – So Far, So Good, So Cool

Posted on April 9, 2018 by jason

Jansen [Release date 06.04.18] I reviewed Norway’s Death By Unga Bunga’s last album ‘Pineapple Pizza’ back in 2016, which was an enjoyable mix of Cheap Trick meets garage rock. Now on the band’s fifth album they bounce back with another … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEAD CITY RUINS – Never Say Die

Posted on February 19, 2018 by jason

AFM Records [Release date 13.04.18] Now here’s something of a novelty, a rock band from Australia who actually don’t sound like AC/DC – meet Dead City Ruins from Melbourne and their third offering Never Say Die. Built on very solid … Continue reading →

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Album review: AUDREY HORNE – Blackout

Posted on January 1, 2018 by jason

Napalm Records [Release date 12.01.17] Norwegian hard rockers Audrey Horne return with their sixth album and first in three years since 2014′s ‘Pure Heavy’. Now that album and its predecessor, ‘Youngblood’ had some real first pumping anthems, however ‘Blackout’ lacks … Continue reading →

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Album review: SKID ROW – Skid/34 Hours (reissues)

Posted on December 7, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

BGO [Release date: 21.07.17] 2 on 1 CD “I remember Paris in ‘49” … five words guaranteed to cue the leery lads of the night to grab and clinch their squeezes for that last, up close smooch in the smoke … Continue reading →