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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – London Palladium, 13 November 2024
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Gig review: HRH XVII, Great Yarmouth, 7-9 November 2024
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Gig review: WHEN RIVERS MEET, CHANTEL MCGREGOR, XANDER AND THE PEACE PIRATES – Dingwalls, London, 7 November 2024
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 6 November 2024
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024
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Yearly Archives: 2024
Book review: Rock Classics – MEAT LOAF – BAT OUT OF HELL by Geoffrey Feakes
Sonicbond Publishing (Publication date: 26.04.24) Having issued numerous tomes in their two series of ‘On Track’ song by song analysis, and looking at a band in a particular decade, Sonicbond take this to a fresh level of detail with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bat Out Of Hell, book, Geoffrey Feakes, Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf
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Album review: BETH HART – You Still Got Me
Provogue [Release date 25.10.24] Beth Hart is back with a powerful restatement of who she is, on an album that digs deep for emotion and is illuminated by her subtle phrasing. ‘You Still Got Me’ is her 11th album, and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, beth Hart, blues, Eric Gales, jazz, review, rock, singer, Slash, songwriter, vocal, You Still Got Me
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Album review : POUR A LITTLE SUGAR ON IT – The Chewy Chewy Sounds of American Bubblegum 1966-71
Cherry Red [Release date 27.09.24] Born In The USA, Bubblegum Pop was a late sixties phenomenon. If you only listen to one of the 91 tracks (yes, 91) on this 3 CD anthology, let it be the Boxtops’ million seller, … Continue reading
Album review: TONY IOMMI featuring GLENN HUGHES – The 1996 Dep Sessions, Fused
BMG [Release date 04.10.24] The two albums guitar legend and Black Sabbath founder Tony Iommi recorded with bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes get a well deserved reissue, as well as a first time release on vinyl. Marvellous. The Dep Sessions, so called … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Dep Sessions 1996, Fused, Glenn Hughes, hard rock, metal, modern metal, review, Tony Iommi
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Album review: BOSTON MANOR – Sundiver
SharpTone Records [Release date 06.09.24] Sundiver marks Boston Manor’s fifth album. Hailing from the seaside town of Blackpool, the five piece have been busy bashing out bangers since their first EP in 2013. I was first introduced to Boston Manor … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Boston Manor, Deftones, Henry Cox, punk, punk pop, review, Sundiver
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Album review : SINNER’S BLOOD – Dark Horizons
Frontiers [Release date : 27.09.24] On their second full studio album on the Frontiers’ label, Sinner’s Blood ramp up the menacingly brooding rhetoric on their new recording, Dark Horizons. Chilean duo, Nasson – songwriter, producer, guitars, and James Robledo – … Continue reading
Album review: SkoR – Mess You Up
Facebook [Release date 18.09.24] Stockholm based SKoR’s new album is out for streaming, and a very limited hand numbered CD, and what a pleasure it is to listen to. I’ve known singer Emil Gammeltoft for over 30 years, sharing a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan McCafferty, Emil Gammeltoft, hard rock, Mess You Up, metal, Nazareth, review, SkoR
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Rising Star interview: PETCH
Hot off the heels of her acclaimed performances opening for Placebo at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in July and international festivals, 14-year-old Thai rock sensation Vimolwan Saisathit a.k.a. PETCH has release her latest single, ‘Ultraviolet’ listen here We caught up with Petch to find out … Continue reading
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Tagged alt rock, interview, melodic, metal, Petch, Rising Stars, rock
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Album review : ECLIPSE – Megalomanium II
Frontiers [Release date : 20.09.24] Eclipse vocalist Erik Martensson and guitarist, Magnus Henricksson, with help from the Crusner rhythm section, have created an enviable reputation over the years. And no doubt fans of this high performing Swedish melodic hard rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Eclipse, Erik Martensson, HEAT, Magnus Henriksson, Megalomanium 2, melodic hard rock, review, Sweden
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Album review: LAZARUS HEIGHTS – Papillon
Pete Feenstra chatted to Dick Grisdale for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from ‘Papillon’. First broadcast 20 October 2024. Self release [Release date: 06.09.24] Lazarus Heights new ‘Papillon’ album is a melodic, song driven 12 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Bashung, album, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, Dick Grisdale, Jacky Leven, Jacques Brel, Jeff Gautier, Jim Morrison, Lazarus Heights, Led Zeppelin, Manfred Mann, Nick Cave, Papillon, Paul Mouradian, review, Scott Walker, Simon Pearson
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Interview: BLOOD FEAST (CJ Scioscia)
When I decided to approach Hells Headbangers in order to arrange an interview with the New Jersey based Thrash Metal legends Blood Feast, little did I know that in guitarist CJ Scioscia I would end up finding a musical kindred … Continue reading
Gig review: LAZARUS HEIGHTS & Ken Barrett & Friends – Le Bistrot Gourmand, Bars, SW France, 7 Sept 2024
Every gig has a context, and this one is billed as triple anniversary show plus an album launch. There was also an ambitious plan for an outdoor gig under the stars, which was scuppered at the last minute by a … Continue reading
Album review: SYLVAN – Back To Live
Gentle Art Of Music/Soulfood [Release date: 12.07.24] Sylvan, alongside label stable-mates RPWL, have been at the forefront of German progressive rock since the release of their debut album ‘Deliverance’ in 1999 and have raised the bar with every subsequent … Continue reading
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Tagged Back To Live, Johnny Beck, Marco Gluhmann, Progressive Rock, review, RPWL, Sylvan
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Gig review: JOHNNY HATES JAZZ – Waterside, Sale, 7 September 2024
David Randall chatted to Clark Datchler for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio following an earlier interview tracing his early career with Johnny Hates Jazz. He discusses the band, his solo career, and the 2024 tour dates. First broadcast 14 April … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 September 2024, Clark Datchler, gig, Johnny Hates Jazz, pop, pop rock, review, Sale, Waterside
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Album review: THE NAIL The Nail
Frontiers [Release date: 13.09.24] Well, this is interesting. The Nail are a trio of young musicians… Girish Pradhan, a vocalist being mentored by the label, last fronting George Lynch’s End Machine. And two guitarists, brothers Efe and Reis Ali Eroglu, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cenk Eroglu, End Machine, Frontiers, George Lynch, Girish Pradham, hard rock, review, The Nail, Winger
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Album review : FIND ME – Nightbound
Frontiers [Release date : 13.10.24] With imaginative cover art that could be taken from a John Connolly novel, Find Me – Robbie LaBlanc and Daniel Flores – deliver their fifth studio album. And it’s reassuringly familiar. It’s good to hear … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Flores, Find Me, Frontiers, Harem Scarem, melodic rock, Nightbound, review, Robbie LaBlanc, Signal, Styx, Unruly Child
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Album review: AUSTIN GOLD – Ain’t No Saint
TMR Rock Records [Release date 18.10.24] Austin Gold have made the Breakthrough Act category in successive years in our reviewer poll, most recently in 2022. That year’s album – ‘Those City Lights’ – saw the Cambridgeshire-based crew providing more distance … Continue reading
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Tagged Ain't No Saint, album, Austin Gold, classic rock, hard rock, review
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Album review : STRYPER – When We Were Kings
Frontiers [Release date : 13.09.24] When We Were Kings is Stryper’s 12th studio album. The line up remains Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet, Oz Fox and Perry Richardson, solid for nearly seven years now. When we reviewed their last two albums, … Continue reading
Album review: GEOFF EVERETT – The Crow Hill Roadsters
Facebook [Release date 16.07.24] These hallowed GRTR! pages have been crowing about English blues treasure, Geoff Everett, for years and he keeps coming up with the goods, as evidenced by this latest collection of blistering blues rock cuts on newly-released album, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Geoff Everett, guitarist, Mellencamp, review, rock, The Crow Hill Roadsters
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Gig review: STONEDEAD FESTIVAL – Newark Showground – 23,24 August 2024
Since the first Stonedead (or Stonedeaf as it was back then) the festival has gone from strength to strength driven by word of mouth and a very active Facebook group. Each year has sold out that bit sooner than the … Continue reading
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Tagged 24th August, Biff Byford, blues, Bonafide, Chris Sumby, Doro, Ecilipse, festival, KK Downing, KK's Priest, Krusher, Lemmy, live, metal, Motorhead, Newark Showground, Paul Di'Anno, rock, Saxon, Scarlet Rebels, Spike, Stonedead, Tailgunner, The Bites, The Hot One Two, The Quireboys, Warlock
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Album review : VICTORY – The Circle Of Life
AFM Records [Release date : 13.09.24] Battle hardened bands like Victory know that treading the boards for 30+ years teaches you stuff. You learn to map new paths to the same destinations. In reality, there is no substitute for experience. … Continue reading
Interview: DEATH COURIER
Thirty seven years ago, a trip into the world of extreme Metal started for the author of this Interview which you are about to read. One of the bands whose music was responsible for shaping the musical taste of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill, Death Courier, Death Metal, Demise, interview, metal, Perimortem
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Album review: SUSY WALL – The Spaces In Between
Bandcamp [Release date 27.09.24] The Spaces In Between, the debut album from Susy Wall, has been in the pipeline for a couple of years. Although Susy has been singing from an early age, it is only in the past couple … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Gordon Giltrap, pop, review, singer songwriter, Susy Wall, The Spaces In Between
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Album review: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 2
Provogue [Release date: 20.09.24] Multi-Grammy-winning blues-rock star Kenny Wayne Sheppherd has been busy again. This time with older material. The two Dirt On My Diamonds volumes date back to recording/writing sessions at the famed Muscle Shoals studios in 2019. The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Dirt on My Diamonds, funk, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, KWS, Noah Hunt, review, soul
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Gig review: CASSIDY PARIS – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 7 August 2024
Australian singer Cassidy Paris is almost a veteran at 21, having recorded her first EP at 16, and chalked up a fair few air miles since including to the UK. She’s played at various festivals and support slots but summer … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 August 2024, Alex Rogowski, Cassidy Paris, gig, London, melodic rock, Raynes Park, review, Steve Janevski, The Cavern, Tom Rogowski
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