Get Ready to ROCK! » What a Band/Artist means to me… https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:49:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Feature: Magnum Month @GRTR! – What Magnum Means To Me https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/feature-magnum-month-grtr-what-magnum-means-to-me-the-fans/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/feature-magnum-month-grtr-what-magnum-means-to-me-the-fans/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:58:41 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=79549 Magnum Month @GRTR!Introduction The Studio Albums The Live Albums Singles Reissues Collections Memorabilia What Magnum Means To Me… As part of our month long promotion “Magnum Month @GRTR!” in March 2022 we invited fan recollections and stories.  Some have followed the band … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/feature-magnum-month-grtr-what-magnum-means-to-me-the-fans/feed/ 0 Feature: What FREEDOM CALL mean to me https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/feature-what-freedom-call-mean-to-me/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/feature-what-freedom-call-mean-to-me/#comments Thu, 21 May 2020 19:43:22 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66505 Freedom CallJoe Geesin recounts an enduring 20 year passion, cultivated after a few drinks and an introduction to the German metallers Freedom Call… After a decade of writing features and sleevenotes, (I first starting writing reviews for Record Collector magazine in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/feature-what-freedom-call-mean-to-me/feed/ 0 Feature: What FREE mean to me… https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-free-mean-to-me/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-free-mean-to-me/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:17:47 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66075 FreeAlan Jones on a woman in a diaphanous dress, a wailing Les Paul, and a T-shirt that said it all… It could have gone either way. In the late sixties my musical experiences were limited to my mother’s meagre collection … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-free-mean-to-me/feed/ 0 Feature: What SAXON mean to me… https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-saxon-mean-to-me/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-saxon-mean-to-me/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:42:57 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=65951 130420_saxon2Saxon have been a life-long passion for Joe Geesin who has followed the band since the mid-1980s.  More recently he has contributed sleeve notes and curation to several re-issues.  And now he’s ready to write the band’s biography… Barnsley born … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-saxon-mean-to-me/feed/ 0 Feature: What GILLAN mean to me https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-gillan-means-to-me/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-gillan-means-to-me/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:09:32 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=65667 Gillan in 1978Gillan (the band) made an impression on a young Joe Geesin but he maintained his interest interviewing band members and writing their sleevenotes.  Here he recounts an enduring hard rock and collecting passion. Gillan in 1978 (left to right) Liam … Continue reading →

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