Category Archives: The Best of 2017

Gig review: THUNDER – Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 22 March 2017

Posted on March 23, 2017 by david.wilson
THUNDER – Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 22 March 2017

I have been a Thunder fan for more years than I care to remember, in fact I was a fan of the guys right back in the big trousered and big haired days of Terraplane, which is showing my age … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELIZA NEALS – 10,000 Feet Below

Posted on March 22, 2017 by petefeenstra
ELIZA NEALS – 10,000 Feet Below

E-H Records LLC [Release date 17.02.17] Eliza Neals’ brand of rock-blues shifts from hard edged noir narratives to emotive,  heartfelt and spontaneous moments that you might call blues expressionism. It’s an album full of hard hitting colourful lyrics, unique phrasing … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEPHEN PEARCY – Smash

Posted on March 20, 2017 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 27.01.17] “Smash” is the latest solo album from Stephen Pearcy and it really is hard not to draw comparison with Ratt as the band’s frontman is really back at his best here. The 13 track album opens … Continue reading →

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Album review: TOKYO MOTOR FIST – S/T

Posted on March 19, 2017 by andynathan
TOKYO MOTOR FIST

Release Date 24.02.17 Despite labouring under a rather ridiculous name, Tokyo Motor Fist (let’s just call them TMF) are actually a match made in heaven between two of the East Coast based melodic rock mafia in Trixter guitarist Steve Brown … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – ABC, Glasgow, 9 March 2017

Posted on March 14, 2017 by david.wilson
BLACK STAR RIDERS – ABC, Glasgow, 9 March 2017

The set list of tonight’s show spoke volumes about how Black Star Riders have developed over the last few years. The fact that it only contained one Thin Lizzy number shows that BSR have now thrown off the ‘band formally … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – The Acoustic Couch, Bracknell, 11 March 2017

Posted on March 12, 2017 by jason
The Darker My Horizon

The Acoustic Couch is a new live music venue in Bracknell, which it has to be said isn’t the easiest to find tucked away under a car park in a back street. Still once inside it is a fair sized … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FIREWIND – Manchester Academy, 16 February 2017

Posted on February 17, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
FIREWIND - Manchester Academy, 16 February 2017

You wonder: now that Ozzy has ended “The End”, in his dotage will he revive his solo career?  And does that mean there’s another job for Gus G?  The Greek guitarist was drafted in for the album ‘Scream’ in 2010 … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – Heavy Fire

Posted on February 10, 2017 by david.wilson
BLACK STAR RIDERS – Heavy Fire

Nuclear Blast [Release date 03.02.17] This is album number three from Black Star Riders and it is an album which does what is says on the tin as the old saying goes. ‘Heavy Fire’ is the heaviest record yet from … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST – Live Tokyo International Forum Hall A

Posted on February 6, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST - Live Tokyo International Forum Hall A

Inakustik [Release date 24.03.17] Surely, not another Michael Schenker live album and Bluray?  The propensity of live releases – including a focus on Japan where he remains popular -  is really a testament to Schenker’s great revival in recent years. … Continue reading →

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Album review: THUNDER- Rip It Up

Posted on February 6, 2017 by petefeenstra
THUNDER- Rip It Up

In this interview edit Pete Feenstra chats to Danny Bowes from Thunder  (3:10). Check out the full interview: earMUSIC [Release date 10.02.17] The claims that Thunder are bigger, better and harder than before are indeed born out by their new … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK – Butlins, Minehead, 27-30 January 2017

Posted on January 31, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
Steve Hackett - Giants of Rock, Minehead, January 2017

David Randall sets the scene… Giants of Rock.  Geriatrics of Rock?  It’s where we’ve ended up.  The bracing sea air, the faded resort town, the surfeit of hand-wash.   These events as much remind us of our own mortality as that … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE PRS BAND – Time To Testify (Paul Reed Smith)

Posted on January 26, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
THE PRS BAND - Time To Testify

Pete Feenstra chatted to Paul Reed Smith for his Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, first broadcast 5 March 2017. Favored Nations [Release date 10.02.17] www.prsband.com/music (hear samples) He’s been designing guitars for any number of name guitarists … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GLENN HUGHES – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 21 January 2017

Posted on January 23, 2017 by david.wilson
GLENN HUGHES - Islington Assembly Hall, London, 21 January 2017

In October 2016, Glenn Hughes chatted to Get Ready to ROCK! Radio about his music with tracks from ‘Resonate’ Keeping up a gruelling schedule that would break many a younger man, Glenn Hughes’ solo career, which took a bit of … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Totally Stripped

Posted on June 10, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
THE ROLLING STONES - Totally Stripped

Eagle Rock [Release date 03.06.16] CD/DVD/Bluray Originally recorded and released in 1995, The Rolling Stones’ “Stripped” album has been given an overhaul and is being re-released as “Totally Stripped”. The live recordings are more pared down than acoustic and have … Continue reading →

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