Monthly Archives: November 2014

News: Family man ROGER CHAPMAN chats about his new album Peaceology, 16 November 2014

Posted on November 15, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Photo: Mark Hughes Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 17 November, 19:00 GMT Roger Chapman is perhaps best-known as the frontman of Family, a staple on the touring circuit in the early 1970s and who had several hit singles. The … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MONSTER TRUCK – O2 Academy, Islington, London, 7 November 2014

Posted on November 14, 2014 by jason

Band names are a funny thing these days. From sublime classics such as Iron Maiden and Cradle of Filth to the utterly ridiculous like W**k for Peace – you’re never quite sure what to expect. Thank God then for Monster … Continue reading →

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10 Questions: VEGA interview, November 2014

Posted on November 14, 2014 by jason

Here we catch up with Vega members Tom Martin and Nick Workman, as they discuss their new album ‘Stereo Messiah’ (out now on Frontiers) and touring as they get ready to support Down ‘N’ Outz… Tom Martin… What have you got … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LEVELLERS, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 13 November 2014

Posted on November 14, 2014 by jason

Levellers are currently on their Greatest Hits tour and played to a packed crowd at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire. There were two support acts, first up a female singer performing under the name of She Makes War. It was an … Continue reading →

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Album Review: NEWMAN – S/T

Posted on November 13, 2014 by andynathan

[Release Date 22.10.14] After over 15 years of hard graft and a series of quality albums, Steve Newman has established himself as a respected name among the AOR cognoscenti, now happily getting the message out through more regular gigging. A lot of … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MOTORHEAD – Manchester Apollo, 4 November 2014

Posted on November 13, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

“We are Motorhead and we play Rock and F***n’ Roll”- a line I have heard so many times thunder from the PA over the years but none more welcome than tonight. The current tour has been postponed and cancelled twice … Continue reading →

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Album review: FREAK KITCHEN – Cooking With Pagans

Posted on November 12, 2014 by david.wilson

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 →

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Album review: JESUS JONES – Reissues

Posted on November 11, 2014 by david.wilson

Edsel Records [Release date – 17.11.14] Jesus Jones, for me, were always the acceptable face of electronic music in the ‘90’s. There were others doing similar things at the time, EMF and Pop Will Eat Itself to name but two, … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Z2

Posted on November 11, 2014 by jason

Inside Out [Release date 27.10.14] Ziltoid the Omniscient is back! Yes he’s back on one disc of this double album, the more melodic side of Devin Townsend is on the second disc ‘Sky Blue’. Also back is former Gathering vocalist … Continue reading →

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Album review: KAIPA – Sattyg

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Yiannis

Inside Out [Release date 10.11.14] Even though it has been a good forty years since the Swedish sextet Kaipa first appeared on the music scene, it was only back in 2012 and through exposure to their then latest studio album … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LIVE, Koko, London, 5 November 2014

Posted on November 10, 2014 by jason

Pennsylvania alt-rock giants Live made an emphatic return to London on Wednesday night to perform their first overseas show with new singer Chris Shinn. The picturesque Koko in Camden provided the backdrop to fans curious to see whether Shinn (previously … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE – The Complete Epic Recordings Collection

Posted on November 10, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE - The Complete Epic Recordings Collection

Sony/Legacy [Release date 03.11.14] Of all the blues rock superstars of the last 30 years the figure of Stevie Ray Vaughan looms large and casts a shadow over a generation. Sadly his life was cut short in 1990 at the … Continue reading →

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Album review: CORRUPTION – Devil’s Share

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Davoski

Metal Mind Productions [Release date 09.06.14] This record has been out for a little while and I can only apologise to connections that it has just emerged into the thin Autumn daylight at the top of my review pile. Unforgiveable. … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE BLACKOUT – King Tut’s, Glasgow, 5 November 2014

Posted on November 9, 2014 by david.wilson

I last saw The Blackout in action at this venue back at the start of the year. Since then the band have been through a lot of trials and tribulations ending with the band splitting from their record company and … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: BEND SINISTER, GANDALF’S FIST, DAVID BRONSON, THE KORGIS

Posted on November 9, 2014 by jason

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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Album review : DODSON AND FOGG – In A Strange Slumber

Posted on November 8, 2014 by petefeenstra

Wisdom Twins [Release date 26.09.14] Despite sounding like a dodgy estate agent Dodson And Fogg is actually the ambient musical brain child of singer-song writer Chris Wade. ‘In A Strange slumber’ is an evocative title as befits an album with … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE SIDNEY GREEN STREET BAND – The Sidney Green Street Band

Posted on November 8, 2014 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date 03.07.14] The Sidney Green Street Band is a decent New Jersey based, bar room band with a fine musical pedigree. The band comprises top notch muso’s with a CV that includes Ian Hunter, John Cale, Gary … Continue reading →

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Album review : A.C.MYLES – Reconsider Me

Posted on November 8, 2014 by petefeenstra

Daf [Release date 31.05.14] ‘Reconsider Me’ is a gloriously retro, soulful and at times funky, rock-blues crossover album with 7 carefully chosen covers and 4 originals, all glued together by A.C.’s vocal tour-de-force which gives him his signature sound. ‘Reconsider … Continue reading →

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DVD review: GENESIS – Sum Of The Parts

Posted on November 7, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Vision [Release date: 17.11.14] It’s difficult to know who this documentary was made for. Early Genesis fans would feel short changed. Later ones wouldn’t learn that much. If you then factor in several lesser known talking heads and a … Continue reading →

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DVD review: JEFF BECK – Live In Tokyo

Posted on November 7, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date: 24.11.14] When I reviewed Jeff Beck’s gig in Birmingham in May this year – only a month or so after this Tokyo gig – the main criticism was the lack of audience interaction. Beck didn’t engage … Continue reading →

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DVD review: – OTWAY THE MOVIE: Rock & Roll’s Greatest Failure

Posted on November 7, 2014 by petefeenstra

Self Release [Release date 29.09.14] I previously reviewed the original movie premier of ‘Otway the Movie’ and this DVD is a welcome reprise of Otway’s unique vision, wild performances, eclectic musical output and his insatiable search for a hit on … Continue reading →

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Album review: CRAZY LIXX – s/t

Posted on November 6, 2014 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 10.11.14] www.frontiers.it With a name that hints at glam or sleaze rock, Sweden’s Crazy Lixx are much more than that and deliver decent, polished melodic rock on fourth album “Crazy Lixx”. The album builds upon the path … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE BUNNY GANG – Thrive

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Davoski

Hardline/Membran [Release date 17.11.14] The Bunny Gang are fronted by Flogging Molly bassist Nathen Maxwell. However, the musical style of his side project is very different from Flogging Molly’s boisterous and defiant Irish punk drive. ‘Thrive’, the band’s second album, … Continue reading →

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News: Interviews on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 9 November – GERRY McAVOY (Rory Gallagher) and CARL DIXON (Coney Hatch)

Posted on November 6, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Photo: Noel Buckley Gerry McAvoy picks his favourite tracks Long-serving Rory Gallagher bass player Gerry McAvoy chooses the music in the ‘Favourite Tracks from Favourite Artists’ sequence on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 9 November at 17:00 GMT. … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEART & FRIENDS – Home For The Holidays

Posted on November 6, 2014 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 10.11.14] www.frontiers.it I am not normally a fan of these seasonal type efforts, particularly if they have been recorded in June, and even worse if it is somewhere warm and sunny like the Bahamas (a la most … Continue reading →