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DEMON DUDE’S REVENGE – An Adolescent Fantasy Volume 1
www.demondudesrevenge.com Steve Watts was the keyboards player in Demon between 1985 and 1991 and co-wrote much of the band’s output in those years along with vocalist Dave Hill. After leaving Demon he all but disappeared from the … Continue reading
PETER GABRIEL – So: Classic Albums
Eagle Vision www.eagle-rock.com The latest in the ‘Classic Albums’ series looks at Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album ‘So’. This album really catapulted Peter Gabriel into the big time and was a massive selling album with four hit singles lifted off the … Continue reading
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Tagged Classic Albums, Eagle Vision, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, So
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BLEAK ANGEL – Reborn
http://www.bleakangel.com/ Second album by this UK folk rock band, who are currently down to a duo of Tim Balmford (songwriter/vocals) and Daisy O’Halloran (vocals) although former member Steve Morse (not the Deep Purple one!) plays 12 string … Continue reading
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Tagged Bleak Angel, Daisy O'Halloran, folk rock, Reborn, Tim Blamford
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WALTER TROUT BAND – gig review
The Jazz Café, Camden, Tuesday 16th October 2012 Armed with a chunky new blues platter, Walter Trout has completely overhauled his live show since last year’s shows. Incredibly, ‘Blues for the Modern Daze’ is Mr Trout’s 21st solo album. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, gig review, Jazz Cafe, Mitch Laddie, WALTER TROUT BAND
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GEOFF TATE – Kings & Thieves
Inside Out www.insideout.de (Released 05.11.12) It has certainly been an eventful year for Geoff Tate after being dismissed by his former band Queensryche (be interesting to see how they progress as regards new material) and now he has a new … Continue reading
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Tagged GEOFF TATE, Inside Out, Kings & Thieves, Queensryche
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If You Like Led Zeppelin… by Dave Thompson
If You Like Led Zeppelin… by Dave Thompson Backbeat Books www.backbeatbooks.com Another in the series of ‘If You Like…’ which takes a big name band and then suggests other music, books and films you may like based on the artist … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, classic rock, Dave Thompson, Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin, Roy Harper
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Quick Play: BLUE ORIGIN, BROWNSVILLE STATION
KATTAH Eyes Of Sand www.kattah.net Formed in Brazil in 2006, this album tells a story based around Arabian culture mixing Brazilian rhythms and heavy metal. So the PR goes. From the outset it’s solid if rough’n’ready trad metal. A touch … Continue reading
CHRIS SINGLETON & THE DISTRACTIONS gig review
Wilmington Arms, Islington Wednesday 17th October 2012 Chris Singleton and his band the Distractions were playing their first gig in two years as in-between times he has become a proud dad. The band are the same as when I last … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Singleton, Lady Gasoline, piano, pop rock, The Distractions, Twisted City, Wilmington Arms
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FOCUS – X
Eastworld Recordings (2012) One of the great rejuvenations of recent years has been the Thijs van Leer version of Focus, things seemed to click with the arrival – in 2006 – of original drummer Pierre van der Linden and they’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dutch, Focus, Holland, music, Netherlands, Pierre van der Linden, prog, progressive, review, rock, Thijs van Leer, X
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STEVE HACKETT Video Interview – 10 October 2012
Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 October 2012.Genesis Revisited II, guitar, guitarist, interview, prog, progressive, rock, Steve Hackett, video
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TRAIL OF MURDER – Shades Of Art
Metal Heaven www.aorheaven.com (Release date 29th October) A new name but the band’s members have some real musical pedigree as you have vocalist Urban Breed (what a great name for a metal singer!) formerly of Tad … Continue reading
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Tagged Evergrey, melodic metal, Morgana Lefay, power metal, Tad Morose, Trail Of Muder
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DISTRICT 97 – Trouble With Machines
Laser’s Edge This album shouldn’t work. In the blue corner we have a bunch of post-prog instrumental experimenters from Chicago. In the red corner is an American Idol Top 10 Female Finalist with a slightly nasal twang. However, the resulting … Continue reading
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Tagged American Idol, DISTRICT 97, Leslie Hunt, prog rock, Trouble With Machines
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REDLINE – Vice
Escape Music www.escape-music.com UK five piece whose debut album ‘Vice’ has a classic metal sound with an 80′s leaning and is not your normal fare of Escape Music. This is a strange album as the first … Continue reading
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DEATH ANGEL + THREAT SIGNAL gig review
Charlotte, you disappoint me. I realize that Death Angel isn’t the level of a Slayer or Megadeth, but this band is truly legendary in its status of thrash metaldom. And the fact that they were playing their entire debut album, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonded By Blood/Wretched, Death Angel, Potential Threat, SkinKage, Threat Signal
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DEKE LEONARD Video Interview – 13 October 2012
Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Deke Leonard, guitar, guitarist, Iceberg, interview, Man, Twang Dynasty, video
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CATUVOLCUS – Gergovia
Deathbound Records (Release Date – Out Now) History tends to be littered with battles and brutality, especially where the Roman Legions are concerned, so the retelling of the Gauls’ battle against the Romans was never going to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Catuvolcus, Gergovia
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VORPAL NOMAD – Hyperborea
Metalodic Records (Out Now ) The accompanying biog provided with this disc contains the lofty claim ‘ the best power metal CD you will ever hear’, so does it meet these high standards ? No is the simple … Continue reading
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Tagged Hyperborea, Vorpal Nomad
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THE GATHERING – Disclosure
I have to confess I’ve never tripped over The Gathering – a Dutch band who started out in 1989 pedalling death/doom metal, but who like the rest of us have mellowed with the passing years and evolved into something quite … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Disclosure, Dutch, electronica, Holland, prog, progressive, review, rock, The Gathering
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HEART – Fanatic
What the hell are Heart sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson on? The Lance Armstrong performance enhancement programme? It must be something with one hell of a kick, because they just aren’t sticking to the script. Artists who’ve been treading boards … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, Fanatic, Heart, music, Nancy Wilson, review, rock
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ROSCO LEVEE & THE SOUTHERN SLIDE – Final Approach To Home
Rosco Levee is only twenty eight but listen to this album with his band Southern Slide and you’d think he has been around much longer. What’s more amazing is that he is British yet the album sounds like a real … Continue reading
MOSTLY AUTUMN – The Ghost Moon Orchestra
Mostly Autumn are one of those bands who seem to consistently top the Championship, but never quite make promotion to the Premier League. Constant squad changes, and player rotation has perhaps not helped their cause, and there’s also that Pink … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bryan Josh, Iain Jennings, Mostly Autumn, music, Olivia Sparnen, prog, progressive, review, rock, The Ghost Moon Orchestra
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JON LORD – Concerto For Guitar And Orchestra
earMusic Rock and Classical music have long been awkward bed fellows. And while it’s over four decades since John lord first dipped his toes into the water to meld his Deep Purple organ licks with orchestral music, his ‘Concerto For … Continue reading
JEFFERSON STARSHIP – Roswell UFO Festival 2009
HST051CD Sprawled around a nebulous concept of a ‘Sci-Fi Extravaganza’ this overblown 4-CD set was recorded at the UFO Festival, Rosswell, New Mexico, and is a case of never mind the quality, feel the width. The Jefferson Starship line-up is … Continue reading
Album Review: SKINNY MOLLY – Haywire Riot
Ruf 1184 Skinny Molly’s ‘Haywire Riot’ is the album they have always threatened to make. It’s an excellent southern rock album with a bluesy feel, some lovely guitar tones, fine harmony singing and above all Mike Estes’s excellent songs. And … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Haywire Riot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mike Estes, review, Skinny Molly
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND – The Lost Broadcasts
HST112DVD There are two ways of looking at his DVD. Either you buy into a fascinating, but all too short glimpse of Beefheart and his Magic band at their best, or you bitch about the fact that there’s less than … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Club, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, DVD, German, review, The Lost Broadcasts, TV
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