Get Ready to ROCK! » GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 19 May 2026 23:45:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: COLIN BLUNSTONE – The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 14 May 2026 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/gig-review-colin-blunstone-stroud-sub-rooms-14-may-2026/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/gig-review-colin-blunstone-stroud-sub-rooms-14-may-2026/#comments Fri, 15 May 2026 13:30:59 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108707 COLIN BLUNSTONE - The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 14 May 2026Colin Blunstone represents that rare and sadly dying breed of consummate performer, with six decades of trial and tribulation in the music industry.  A real trooper. As Colin recounted tonight his period of chart activity with The Zombies was short … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/gig-review-colin-blunstone-stroud-sub-rooms-14-may-2026/feed/ 0 Album review: HARDLINE – Shout https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-hardline-shout/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-hardline-shout/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:42:34 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108466 HARDLINE - ShoutSPV/Steamhammer [Release date 17.04.26] It’s some 34 years since Hardline’s classic album ‘Double Eclipse’ with a line-up that boasted Neal Schon in its ranks. Whilst it might have seemed like a last gasp for hair metal in 1992, Hardline’s frontman … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-hardline-shout/feed/ 0 Album review: XTASY – Phoenix https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-xtasy-phoenix/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-xtasy-phoenix/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:14:25 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108278 XTASY - PhoenixArt of Melody Music / Burning Minds Music Groups [Release date 10.04.26] Now here’s a thing. Melodic rock that’s not from Scandinavia! Spain’s Xtasy formed in 2011 and have been building a following in their home country and in Continental … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-xtasy-phoenix/feed/ 0 Album review: HOKKA – Via Miseria IV https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-hokka-via-miseria-iv/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-hokka-via-miseria-iv/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:35:30 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108274 HOKKA - Via Miseria IVNuclear Blast Records [Release date 24.04.26] There is a lot of good stuff coming out of Finland at the moment, always underpinned by the Nordic/Scandi talent for melody (and a fair helping of darkness). Lovers of The Rasmus are going … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-hokka-via-miseria-iv/feed/ 0 Album review: ARGOVIA – Primal Repetition https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-argovia-primal-repetition/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-argovia-primal-repetition/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:32:25 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108266 ARGOVIA - Primal RepetitionPresagio Records [Release date 10.04.26] One of the enlightening features of our “New to GRTR!” radio show is the range of music from all four corners of the planet. Colombia doesn’t feature that regularly but when it does. Wow! Argovia … Continue reading →

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