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Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – WALTER TROUT (May 2023)

Posted on May 1, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

Photo: John Bull/Rockrpix Walter Trout has consolidated his solo career, overcome major health issues, and remained relevant at the forefront of blues rock… Damn right Walter’s got the blues! But he’s thrown out the clichés, blown away the cobwebs, and … Continue reading →

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News: WALTER TROUT enters The Grotto of Greatness in May 2023

Posted on April 24, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
GRTR!@20

The latest inductee to “The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness” is blues/rock guitarist Walter Trout. A major retrospective following Trout’s career in the millennium will be published on 1 May by rock website Get Ready to ROCK! and throughout the month … Continue reading →

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Eclectic – Primer

Posted on October 31, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
GRTR!@20 Anniversary - Eclectic - Primer

Over two decades Get Ready to ROCK! has demonstrated that it is a broad church and not just featuring the usual classic rock and metal.  The website content reflects the very wide tastes of the review team and so folk, … Continue reading →

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Singer Songwriter – Primer

Posted on October 31, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
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 →

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Melodic Rock – Primer

Posted on October 31, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
GRTR!@20 Anniversary - Melodic Rock - Primer

Melodic Rock Editor Andy Nathan witnesses the melodic revival… When GRTR! started in late-2002 traditional melodic rock and AOR was still in something of a prolonged hangover from the years of grunge which swept away the genre, and indeed much … Continue reading →

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Still Rocking – Primer

Posted on October 31, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
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 →

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News: MAGNUM Month at Get Ready to ROCK! – 50 Years, New Album, UK and European Tour (March 2022)

Posted on February 4, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
Magnum Month @GRTR!

Ahead of their UK and European tour in late March/April 2022, Get Ready to ROCK! will be celebrating the band Magnum throughout the month of March. Magnum celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2022.  They developed from a band playing cover … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARTIN BARRE – 50 Years Of Jethro Tull (2-CD)

Posted on September 26, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
MARTIN BARRE - 50 Years Of Jethro Tull

On Sunday 18 October, Martin Barre chatted to Pete Feenstra for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, about his time in Tull and beyond. (40:33) The Store For Music [Release date 16.10.20] The first thing to say is that the cover, … Continue reading →

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News: RORY GALLAGHER celebrated in virtual festival – Sunday 14 June

Posted on June 12, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
Rory Gallagher - Isle Of Wight Festival 1970

Sunday 14 June will mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the legendary musician Rory Gallagher. In the absence of this year’s four-day celebration in Ballyshannon the day will be marked by Rory followers around the world. WDR TV, … Continue reading →

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News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio jock celebrates 400th show on Sunday 7 June

Posted on June 6, 2015 by GRTR! HQ
Get Ready to ROCK! Radio - David Randall

On Sunday 7 June at 22:00 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio presenter David Randall presents his 400th show. Since June 2007 David has been presenting ‘Assume The Position’ a weekly mix of new and classic rock and signposting current and … Continue reading →

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Gig review: PARADISE LOST, Lacuna Coil, Katatonia – London, The Roundhouse, 3 November 2013

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Yiannis

My introduction to the chromatic world of Death Metal took place exactly twenty three years ago and one of the albums responsible for my immediate conversion was Paradise Lost’s debut “Lost Paradise”. It was not at all surprising, then, that … Continue reading →

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Gig review: 5 Years Of Kscope – The Garage, London, 25 July 2013 featuring Anathema

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Yiannis
Leafblade

Main Act: Anathema Support Acts: North Atlantic Oscillation, Mothlite & Leafblade Another gig, another evening drenched in sweat. I moaned about the poor ventilation at the Garage in Highbury and Islington when I was there ten days ago for Wintersun’s … Continue reading →

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