Get Ready to ROCK! » 80′s pop https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:28:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Book review: On track…THE BEAT, DEPECHE MODE https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/book-review-on-track-the-beat-depeche-mode/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/book-review-on-track-the-beat-depeche-mode/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:37:11 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92814 the beatOn Track…The Beat, General Public & Fine Young Cannibals by Steve Parry Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.06.23] A fascinating read into how the Beat led to the creation of General Public (who many may ask and they once supported Queen!) … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/book-review-on-track-the-beat-depeche-mode/feed/ 0 Gig review: HOWARD JONES TRIO – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 16 October 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/gig-review-howard-jones-trio-the-apex-bury-st-edmunds-16-october-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/gig-review-howard-jones-trio-the-apex-bury-st-edmunds-16-october-2022/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:43:12 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83628 hjones_ac2022“I just want to reassure you that we are actually here, not holograms.” It’s an usual way to open a show, but, having seen the technological marvel that is ABBA Voyage a few days previously, Howard Jones wants to emphasise … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/gig-review-howard-jones-trio-the-apex-bury-st-edmunds-16-october-2022/feed/ 0 Book review: Please Please Tell Me Now – The Duran Duran Story by Stephen Davis https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/book-review-please-please-tell-me-now-the-duran-duran-story-by-stephen-davis/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/book-review-please-please-tell-me-now-the-duran-duran-story-by-stephen-davis/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:45:07 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=76079 Please Please Tell Me Now - The Duran Duran Story by Stephen DavisHachette Books [Publication date 15.07.21] Renowned American music biographer Stephen Davis is probably best known for the excellent “Hammer of The Gods” Led Zeppelin biography, but he has also written outstanding books on the likes of Aerosmith, Guns n Roses … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/book-review-please-please-tell-me-now-the-duran-duran-story-by-stephen-davis/feed/ 0 Album review: THE MOTELS – All Four One, Little Robbers https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/album-review-the-motels-all-four-one-little-robbers/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/album-review-the-motels-all-four-one-little-robbers/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:45:31 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=74878 THE MOTELS – All Four One, Little RobbersBGO Records [Release date 03.09.21] The Motels are an American new wave band fronted by Martha Davis. This Motels double CD re-issue features the band’s two US Top 30 albums from the early 1980s. ‘All Four One’ (1982) features the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/album-review-the-motels-all-four-one-little-robbers/feed/ 0 Album review: RADAR – Lost In The Atlantic https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/02/album-review-radar-lost-in-the-atlantic/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/02/album-review-radar-lost-in-the-atlantic/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:20:23 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=70881 RADAR – Lost In The AtlanticEscape Music [Release date 19.02.21] Escape Music have a knack of uncovering long lost albums, or in the case of Radar, one that has never had a proper release until now. Radar was formed in 1981 by David West (keyboards, … Continue reading →

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