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Monthly Archives: June 2022
News: BIG BIG TRAIN, JELLYFISH, TONY WRIGHT (July 2022)
Lee Aaron plans to release her new album ‘Elevate’ before the end of the year. A-Ha release their new album ‘True North’ on October 21. Big Big Train release ‘Summer Shall Not Fade – Live At Loreley’ through English Electric Recordings … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, Books, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/News, Re-issues/special editions, RIP
Tagged Big Big Train, classic rock, folk, gigs, Jellyfish, Jimi Hendrix, metal, New releases, news, punk, rock, Terrorvision, Tony Wright, tours
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Single review: THE AMBER QUILLS – Chords And Candles
Empreint Cordialle [Release date 07.07.22] Prodigious musician Michael Burdett, leader of The Little Death Orchestra, formed The Amber Quills in 1982. The tapes of the band’s recordings were thought to have been destroyed by flood, but Burdett has had them … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews
Tagged Divine Comedy, Michael Burdett, Pulp, review, single, The Little Death Orchestra
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Album review: ARDOURS – Anatomy Of A Moment
Frontiers [Release date: 08.07.22] A merger of two musical forces who once crossed paths, Ardours are Mariangela (Tristania) Demurtas, who sings and writes. And Kris Laurent, who writes, plays all instruments and produces. Their album, Anatomy Of A Moment, frames … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Electronic Rock, Kris Laurent, Mariangela Demurtas, pop, review, symphonic, Tristania
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Gig review: QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – 02 Arena, London, 20 June 2022
Nearly 50 years since they first emerged, there seems to be an endless appetite for the music of Queen- just look at your Freeview channel schedules packed with documentaries or archive concerts. Indeed public interest in them reached arguably its … Continue reading
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Tagged 02 Arena, 20 June 2022, Adam Lambert, Brian May, gig, London, Queen, review, Roger Taylor
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Quick plays: LIPS TURN BLUE, O’KANE & BLOCK, CTP
LIPS TURN BLUE MIG Music [Release date 04.05.22] Lips Turn Blue feature Don Mancuso (a former member of Black Sheep which featured Lou Gramm who guests on this album), keyboardist Eric Bieber, bassist Mike Mullane, drummer Roy Stein and vocalist … Continue reading
Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) January 2022 – June 2022
Compiled by Jason Ritchie October-December 2021 July 2022 – December 2022 To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on the keyboard. The “F” stands … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, NEWS, Re-issues/special editions
Tagged 2022, album, blues rock, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, hard rock, heavy rock, melodic rock, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, reissue, singer songwriter
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Gig review: DAUGHTRY – Islington Assembly Hall, London – 13 June 2022
Though not as big as in the USA, former American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry and his eponymous band have gradually built a following in the UK, to the extent that previous London shows had been at the Roundhouse and Hammersmith … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Daughtry, DAUGHTRY, gig, Josh Steely, melodic rock, modern rock
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Single review: DYNAZTY – Natural Born Killer
AFM Records [Release date: 26.08.22] Always underrated, Dynazty is one of the best metal bands around right now. On this single teaser, ‘Natural Born Killers’, they create a keyboard heavy, symphonic/melodic metal concoction that just bursts with energy and invention. … Continue reading
Single review: STRYPER Rise To The Call
Frontiers Records [Release date: 24.06.22] Mining the motherlode of Classic Metal (with an extra melodic twist) seems to come easy to Stryper nowadays. You might say that on this single release, ‘Rise To The Call’, a trailer for their forthcoming … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews
Tagged Heavy Metal Melodic Rock, Michael Sweet, review, single, Stryper
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Album review: CHRISTINE McVIE – Songbird: A Solo Collection
Rhino/Warner [Release date 24.6.22] This is the first release to bear Christine McVie’s name since her excellent 2017 collaboration with Lindsey Buckingham (which was essentially a Fleetwood Mac album without Stevie Nicks). “Songbird” contains a remixed selection from her 1984 … Continue reading
Album review: WAX ON WATER – The Drip
Howling Tempest Records [Release date 24.06.22] Wax On Water are a three-piece led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maya Damaris, and completed by drummer Garren Orr and guitarist Steven Blessing. They have already released two EPs this year under ‘The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, concept album, electronica, indie, review, The Drip, Wax On Water
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Gig review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, Donington Park, Leicestershire, 10-12 June 2022
A year ago a special pilot event at Download pointed the way for live music to return: now in 2022 the UK’s biggest rock and metal festival was back in a recognisable format. It was the biggest sign yet that … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged AIRBOURNE, Dirty Honey, Donington, Download, festival, gig, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Kris Barras Band, Legacy of the Beast, Massive Wagons, metal, Monster Truck, Myles Kennedy, powerwolf, Shinedown, Tempt, The Darkness, Theory, Those Damn Crows, Tremonti, VOLBEAT, Wayward Sons
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Album review: TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT – Day By Day
Timothy B. Schmit chatted to David Randall about his music with tracks from the new album. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 3 July 2022 [Release date: Digital - 06.05.22; CD/Vinyl 02.09.22] Best known as one of the … Continue reading
Book review: On track…JIMI HENDRIX – every album, every song (Emma Stott)
SonicBond Publishing [Publication date 27.05.22] It was my childhood friend Colin Cheesman who introduced me to Jimi Hendrix’s music c.1970. I was particularly impressed with the screen print he’d made of a classic image used on the Voodoo Chile picture … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, book, classic rock, Emma Stott, guitar, guitarist, heavy rock, Jimi Hendrix, On Track, Psychedelic Rock, review
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Book review: On track… OPETH, PETER HAMMILL, LITTLE FEAT, LAURA NYRO
SonicBond Publishing [Publication dates February-May 2022] You tend to think of Opeth as one of the “newer” prog metal outfits and then you realise they started out in the late 1980s. Since that time they’ve released 13 studio albums. Jordan … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged book, classic rock, Laura Nyro, Little Feat, On Track, OPETH, Peter Hammill, Progressive Rock, review, singer songwriter, Sonicbond
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Album review : TYGERS OF PAN TANG – 1985-87 (3 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red / HNE [Release date 24.06.22] Arguably there are two Tygers Of Pan Tang. This boxset features Tygers 2.0. CD1: The Wreck-age (1985) CD2: Burning In The Shade (1987) and CD3: The Wreck-age Demos and the Burning In The … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged 1985-87, albums, boxset, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, John Tucker, melodic hard rock, Mutt Lange, NWOBHM, review, Saxon, Steely Dan, Tygers Of Pan Tang
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Album review: PAUL DI’ANNO’s BATTLEZONE – Killers in The Battlezone (3CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [release date: 24.06.22] The career of the currently wheelchair bound singer, Paul Di’Anno has been a journey of detours, dead ends, drug addiction and detainment. His public profile as a musician began with heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. … Continue reading
Album review: JORN – Over The Horizon Radar
Frontiers Music [Release date 17.06.22] Jorn Lande has worked with guitarist Tore Moren since The Snakes in 1998. These two have been in each other’s company for so long that they must by now have developed some kind of musical … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alessandro DelVechio, Coverdale, Dio, Eurovision, heavy rock, review, The Snakes, Tore Moren
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Album review: HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – The Confidence Trick
Bandcamp [Release date 29.07.22] Here at GRTR! we are big fans of Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, enjoying what the band use to describe themselves as genre defying music. They have a prog rock basis but then wander off down … Continue reading
Album review: BUBBLEROCK IS HERE TO STAY VOLUME 2 (3 CD set)
Grapefruit/Cherry Red [Release date : 17.06.22] To give this 3 CD Boxset its full title: Bubblerock Is Here To Stay: Volume 2: The British Pop Explosion, 1970-73. In the world of sixties and seventies pop, the single was the king. … Continue reading
Album review: THE BLACK FEATHERS – Angel Dust & Cyanide
www.theblackfeathers.com [Release date 08.07.22] The Black Feathers, made up of Ray Hughes (vocals, guitars, keys) and Sian Chandler (vocals), have been touring and recording since 2012. The pandemic put a temporary halt on their regular touring, although they have performed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Angel Dust & Cyanide, country, mellow, melodic, Portishead, review, THE BLACK FEATHERS
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Interview: THE NOMADIC
New York based Australian guitarist and singer/songwriter Robert Gaylard a.k.a. lead singer-songwriter in alternative indie band The Nomadic brings a unique perspective and vision when it comes to creating music by fusing alternative rock-tinged blues and electronic pop. The band’s … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rising Stars
Tagged interview, melodic, My Mind Is Racing, pop, Rising Stars, Robert Gaylard, rock, singer songwriter, the Nomadic
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Gig review: STEVE VAI – London Palladium, 7 June 2022
Let’s just start by saying one thing: Steve Vai isn’t of this world. Throughout his long and varied career, the six-stringer has displayed the sort of skills that are beyond the comprehension of most mere mortals. From his time with … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Lee Roth, Frank Zappa, fusion, gig, guitarist, jazz, London Hippodrome, review, rock, Steve Vai, Tuesday 7 June 2022, Whitesnake
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Album review: MY SOLILOQUY – FU3ION
Rare Artist Music [Release date 11.07.22] Third album from My Soliloquy, which is the brainchild of former Threshold guitarist Pete Morten. On this album he is joined by Threshold’s drummer Johanne James – Morten plays all the other instruments on … Continue reading
Album review: CHAOS MAGIC – Emerge
Frontiers [Release date 17.06.22] Underwhelming Symphonic Metal from Timo Tolkki “discovery”, Caterina Nix. This new release,Emerge, is a second collaboration between Nix and one of Frontiers’ South American songwriter/producer wunderkind, Nasson. The first, Furyborn, was released in 2019. Nasson’s production … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Caterina Nix, Chaos Magic, Emerge, Frontiers, Nasson, review, Stratovarius, symphonic metal, Timo Tolkki
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