…their second shot at the big time. Now greying and balding, their endearing enthusiasm is undimmed while Steve Hawkins remains an engaging frontman despite a worrying facial resemblance to Graham Norton. Their comeback album Gunpowder Diplomacy formed the lion’s share of the set, more metallic than their original material but also unafraid to tackle different lyrical themes with ‘Million Dollar Heart Attack’ and ‘Corporation… Continue reading
Sunday 9 March, 22:00 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio In this week’s ‘Assume The Position’, David Randall chats to Anette Olzon about her new album, and plays tracks from ‘Shine’. GRTR! Reviewer Pete Whalley described the album as a contender for album of the year and Anette will be giving the background to this first solo offering, as well as her earlier history and departure from symphonic metallers Nightwish. ‘Assume The Position’ featu… Continue reading
…tists who need your attention Saturdays 18:00 Stuart Hamilton Profiles 8 March Foreigner/Europe 15 March Magnum 22 March Purple People Sundays 14:00 Soundscapes Paul Baker and Ralph Rea explore the world of prog. 17:00 Progressive Fusion Hours Presented by Peter Muir Sunday 9 March 22:00 Assume The Position In the first hour, David Randall chats to Anette Olzon about her new solo album Sunday 16 March 21:00 In Session for GRTR! Singer songwriter… Continue reading
Photo: Noel Buckley Sunday 2 March, 22:00 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio The new Magnum album, ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ is released on 24 March. In this week’s ‘Assume The Position’, David Randall plays tracks and chats to Tony Clarkin about his songwriting and the new album. ‘Assume The Position’ features a mix of new and classic rock and is broadcast every Sunday at 22:00 (repeated Monday and Friday… Continue reading
…ed up by the fans. Wrong-footed by that rampant plagiarism at the start, it would be easy to dismiss this as “just another Magnum album”. Yes, the band have mellowed in their more advanced years and whilst standards are high there is a dearth of the really memorable (like the song ‘Brand New Morning’ for example), save perhaps for ‘Crying In The Rain’ and ‘Wisdom Had It’s Day’. And there is… Continue reading
…and extract some decent answers to those all-important questions we all have. Well, on the early evening of the 22nd of January I could easily have gone for a coffee and left my recorder running – that’s exactly how engaged and passionate guitar virtuoso Adrian Vandenberg was in describing the process through which his latest studio album “Vandenberg’s Moonkings” came to life and what the next few months holds for the young and pretty fired… Continue reading
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
…e Barton on vocals and bass has a fantastic rock-blues voice shown to full effect on the likes of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ‘I Put A Spell On You’. Gallagher’s Hammond organ spiraled and twirled, bouncing off the guitar to deliver that classic, rich Animals sound. The hits flowed. ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’ had everyone yelling “Wooaaoohh Lord…” back at the stage early in the set. ‘Bring It On Home To Me’ saw Pete shaking his feather cut mane t… Continue reading
…end remarked, the lights are spotlighted only on him. It was one of many ways in which I was reminded of Justin Hawkins’ role in the Darkness. The favourites from their debut album continue to delight live, ‘Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast’, ‘Diamond In The Rough’, ‘Cheap Wine and Cheaper Women’ and ‘Stand Up for Rock n Roll’ being simple pleasures that induced a huge moshpit and do what they say on the tin, or more specifically the sticker on my C… Continue reading
…e’, not to mention the Noddy Holder and Jim Lea penned ‘Shooting Me Down’, which singer Steve Hawkins reminded us could have been their big breakthrough but for record company politics. His larger than life stage persona gradually won over a sceptical crowd, including getting a singalong going to ‘Thanks for the Angst’, amongst newies ‘Billion Dollar Heart Attack’ and ‘Corporation Fear’, both… Continue reading
…I stayed at the party a little too long’. If the above is almost a frivolous opener, the following cover of Ted Hawkins’s ‘I Gave Up All I Had’ is contrastingly heartfelt song evoked by three part harmonies and gospel bv’s And it’s that carefully percolated style that infuses a funky, soulful album full of the kind of inspired lead and harmony vocals they’ve become famous for. It’s also an album that flows seamlessly over deep grooves and subtle… Continue reading
…s going to be a special night, back in Manchester for the first time since The Temperance Movement (TTM) won “Best New Band” at the planet rock awards and also the last night of their current tour. What we didn’t realize was that this was also their 100th show of an extremely success year which Phil (Campbell) announced during their set and to top it all they were filming parts of the show so hopefully we will all get to see it… Continue reading
…ongwriters – Maggie Reilly A brand new interview/feature on the eve of Maggie’s London date. Sunday 22 December 18:00 The Songwriters – Joey Tempest The Europe frontman talks about the return of the band and recent renaissance 21:00 The Best of In Session for GRTR! 2013 Highlights from the early sessions including Magenta, Martin Barre and Dani Wilde. 22:00 Assume The Position: Best of 2013 Favourite tracks of the year as featur… Continue reading
…t will be issuing ¡RELEASED! – a major six-disc DVD box-set and four companion CD sets of the historic “Human Rights Concerts” presented by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization Amnesty International in the years 1986-1998. Net proceeds from sales of the DVD set and CDs benefit Amnesty. The release coincides with the 25th anniversary this autumn of the most high-profile of all the concerts in the series –… Continue reading
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
…ned with ‘Start The Party’. Sean spinning his mic like a bullwhip and Gavin jumping on the monitors shouting “let’s have some f**king fun!” and “make some f**king noise!” to which the crowd duly responded. Halfway through the song Sean jumped into the crowd, made his way to the middle and continued his performance with the help of the crowd, dancing and getting them to join in chorus vocals. The whole place rocked as… Continue reading
…the early eighties such as Heavy Metal Love and Dirty Dog and fists were punched to closer Rock You (did Justin Hawkins pinch the ‘Gimme an R, Gimme an ‘O’ off them?) Platinum Blonde are a Canadian band who were popular in the early eighties who have recently reformed, although I was surprised to hear singer Mark Holmes speak with an English accent. Dressed all in white and with guitarist and bassist sporting peroxide mops a la LA-phase Rod Stewa… Continue reading
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
…t) Wed – Indie (unsigned, upcoming and independent artists) 17:00 Classic Rock (Monday) 19:00 Progressive 22:00 Assume The Position (repeat) (Tuesday) 19:00 Pete Feenstra/ Blues-rock 21:00 Blues Rock (Wednesday) 19:00 Heavy Metal Marathon 22:00 Pete Feenstra Rock & Blues (repeat) 00.00 Close Thursday As Mon-Wed plus 16:00 Classic Rock 19:00 Progressive Metal 21:00 New to GRTR! Latest playlist additions (repeat) 22:00 The Eclectic Mix (r… Continue reading
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
…old fashioned rock spectacle back right back into the pop mainstream. On the other, those turned off by Justin Hawkins’ falsetto and ridiculous costumes and antics, thinking they had heard it all before, dismissing them as a flash in the pan and wondering why they had succeeded where more deserving bands had failed. The pop world moved on, as it does, to the next big thing, and the multi-million selling Permission to Land became a fixture in eve… Continue reading
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
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…p; Ear Music (Release date – 25.02.13) Gunpowder Diplomacy is the first album release by Chrome Molly in 22 years and has been made to celebrate the fact that it is 30 years since the band’s first album ‘You Can’t Have It All’. The 2013 incarnation of the band still retains three original members, Steve Hawkins on vocals, John Antcliffe on guitar and Nic Wastell on bass. The line-up is completed by ‘new boy’ Greg Ellis on drums who joined… Continue reading
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