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Monthly Archives: October 2012
FAIR PLAY(Leif Carlsson/Mats Sannetorp) – Fair Play
(Leif Carlsson/Mats Sannetorp) ‘Fair Play’ is an excellent guitar driven instrumental album that is as delightful as it is unexpected. Swedish hard rock and blues guitarist Mats Sannetorp and producer Leif Carlsson who doubles on keyboards and guitar, have built … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Fair Play, fusionn, guitar, instrumental, Leif Carlsson, Mats Sannetorp, rock
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DEACON BLUE – The Hipsters
Edsel [Release date: 24.09.12] With Ricky Ross being a semi-permanent radio fixture it’s almost as if Deacon Blue have never been away. It’s something of a surprise therefore to discover that The Hipsters is only the band’s 6th studio album, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Deacon Blue, music, pop, review, Ricky Ross, The Hipsters
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ALICE COOPER Old School special edition set
Alice Cooper’s Old School: 1964–1974 Special Editionis the incredible true story of the Alice Cooper group. A career-spanning 4CD and eAlbum set taking you inside one of rock’s great bands in a unique full-length school yearbook and an array of … Continue reading
NANCY JOHNSON – funF
Rocketboy Recordings www.nancyjohnson.co.uk Punk has always been about the ethos of doing it yourself and not worrying about over producing or even the musicianship (as the early Damned recordings show!). So when reviewing this UK based punk band’s debut album … Continue reading
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Tagged funF, Nancy Johnson, punk, punk pop
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PAT TRAVERS Video Interview – 4 October 2012
Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook. Next session: Sunday 19 January Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 October 2012, blues, guitar, guitarist, interview, Pat Travers, rock, video
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JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Video Interview – 3 October 2012
Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook. Next session: Sunday 19 January Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 October 2012, Almost Always Never, blues, guitar, guitarist, interview, Joanne Shaw Taylor, rock, video
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THE DOORS – Live At The Bowl ’68
Eagle Vision Apparently a legendary concert, but I have to admit to not being a fan, finding the band overrated. But this show has been released before and is highly regarded. This release, however, restores the full original show with … Continue reading
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Tagged Eagle Vision, Live At The Bowl ’68, THE DOORS
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BLACK ROSE – Cure for Your Disease
Metalizer www.blackroseuk.co.uk NWoBHM band Black Rose released a number of classic metal singles in the early 80s, and an album or two too, and the band have gotten back together in recent years. This album was originally released as an … Continue reading
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SPIDER – The Complete Anthology
Lemon/Cherry Red (4CD Box) Early 80s boogie metal band produced some fine (some might say clichéd) tracks that really are well enjoyable and worth checking out. After a number of reissues and compilations of varied quality we now get the complete … Continue reading
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GLENN HUGHES Video Interview – 7 September 2012
Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook. Next session: Sunday 19 January Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to … Continue reading
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Tagged Afterglow, Black Country Communion, Glenn Hughes, interview, September 2012, video
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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – Afterglow
Mascot Records (Release date 29.10.12) ‘Afterglow’ is essentially is a Glenn Hughes solo album given extra impetus and depth by the band. Hughes claims to record in three’s, so we can probably assume this might be the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Afterglow, album, Black Country Communion, CD, Derek Sherinian, Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa, music, review, rock
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SON OF A BITCH – Victim You
Angel Air What you would expect from 3/5ths of Saxon is exactly what you get. No nonsense riffmongerous chunks of mainstream metal. That description could probably fit neatly into a copy of Kerrang! circa 1984 and so could this album. … Continue reading
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Interview with RHYS THOMAS
Rhys Thomas is a comedian (‘The Fast Show’ and ‘Down The Line’ to name but a few) and has directed the new documentary on Freddie Mercury, ‘The Great Pretender’. He is a massive Queen fan and was also involved in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Rhys Thomas, Roger Taylor, The Great Pretender
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BAD FOR LAZARUS, LIMOZINE, THE RETROSPECTIVES, THE BURNING OF ROME
BAD FOR LAZARUS – My Muddle Shit Chic ( Release Date – 7th Nov 2012) Bad For Lazarus describe their sound as ‘Motown Hell’ a mix of Motown and Richard Hell. If it sounds confusing on paper, it doesn’t really … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad For Lazarus, Limozine, The Burning Of Rome, The Retrospectives
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ASHENTIDE, ALL SHE WROTE, CIRCLE OF REASON
ASHENTIDE – Ashentide EP Self Release ( Release Date – Out Now) Ashentide are a symphonic metal band from Los Angeles who have been kicking about for 4 years now. Fronted by Lenore Young, the band are obviously heavily influenced … Continue reading
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Tagged All She Wrote, Ashentide, Circle Of Reason
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MOS GENERATOR – Nomads
Ripple Music (Release Date – 23rd Oct 2012) All the way from Port Orchard, Washington, Mos Generator have been delivering top class, doom laden stoner rock to the masses for the past 11 years. The guys released 4 … Continue reading
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DANKO JONES – Rock n Roll Is Black And Blue
Bad Taste Records (Release Date – Out Now) Danko Jones and crew are back for album number six and it’s a bit of a cracker. My first introduction to Danko Jones was many years ago at the Download … Continue reading
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Dylan Mondegreen – S/T
Folkwit/Division Records This is the third album from Norwegian singer-songwriter Børge Sildnes, but the first under his new and altogether more worldly moniker, Dylan Mondegreen. It’s also the first to be released in the UK and features former St Etienne … Continue reading
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Tagged Borge Sildnes, Dylan Mondegreen
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