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Tag Archives: 2003-2023
News: Get Ready to ROCK! reviewers name their Best of 2003-2023 – Top Albums and Live Acts

As part of the rock website Get Ready to ROCK! 20th Anniversary year, the review team has named their favourite albums and live acts. An extensive feature is published on 5 April which reflects the interests and insight of the … Continue reading
Feature: GRTR!@20 – Top Albums, Top Live Acts – reviewer choices 2003-2023

Get Ready to ROCK! celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023. Since 2003 it has been at the forefront of online rock music review and is one of the most visible and enduring rock websites. The review team is one of … Continue reading
Posted in FEATURES, GRTR!@20
Tagged 2003-2023, albums, best of, blues rock, classic rock, live acts, melodic rock, Progressive Rock, review, singer songwriter
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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Singer Songwriter – Primer

Singer-songwriter editor Pete Whalley gives his considered view on 20 years of the genre with the emphasis on female performers … Long considered a ‘folk’ rooted domain, the boundaries of the singer songwriter genre have blurred over the GRTR! decades, … Continue reading
Posted in FEATURES, GRTR!@20, The Primer
Tagged 2003-2023, anniversary, classic rock, Eleanor McEvoy, Hannah Aldridge, Judie Tzuke, Missy Higgins, primer, singer, songwriter, summary, Thea Gilmore, Tina Dico
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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Still Rocking – Primer

Who remembers MySpace? By 2010 social media had taken over as the main online marketing tool for bands. Managing Editor David Randall surveys two decades of rock which brought great opportunity but also riven by world recession and pandemic… By … Continue reading
Posted in FEATURES, GRTR!@20, The Primer
Tagged 2003-2023, anniversary, history, rock music, summary, survey
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News: Rock music website Get Ready to ROCK! celebrates 20th anniversary (October 2022)

Popular rock music website Get Ready to ROCK! will be celebrating its 20th anniversary from October 2022. The website soft-launched in October 2002 and since that time has become a popular destination online for authoritative music reviews and interviews. In … Continue reading