Get Ready to ROCK! » Bowie https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:09:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : HANOI ROCKS – The Days We Spent Underground (1981-84) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-hanoi-rocks-the-days-we-spent-underground-1981-84/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-hanoi-rocks-the-days-we-spent-underground-1981-84/#comments Wed, 10 May 2023 14:45:06 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=88330 HANOI ROCKS - The Days We Spent Underground (1981-84)Esoteric Records/Cherry Red [Release date: 26.05.23] CD1 Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981) CD2 Oriental Beat (1982) CD3 Destruction Blues (1982) CD4 Back To Mystery City (1983) CD5 All Those Wasted Years (1984) In the 4 short years from … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-hanoi-rocks-the-days-we-spent-underground-1981-84/feed/ 0 Album review: CLIMB ABOARD MY ROUNDABOUT (British Toytown Sounds, 1967-1974) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:56:14 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83751 Climb-Aboard-front-cover-jpeg-minCherry Red [Release date: 28.10.22] The British Toytown Pop Sound of the late sixties was not a genre with staying power, but it was fun while it lasted. The very nature of its aesthetic – vaguely humorous songs describing mythical … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/feed/ 0 Album review: DIRTY WHITE BOY – Bad Reputation (Remaster with bonus track) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-dirty-white-boy-bad-reputation-remaster-with-bonus-track/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-dirty-white-boy-bad-reputation-remaster-with-bonus-track/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2022 18:22:06 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=77834 dirty white boyBad Reputation Records [Released 16.12.21] Dirty White Boy originally released Bad Reputation in 1990. Melodic hard rock had entered the new decade unconvincingly, and was rapidly evolving into a bloated, corporate rock cliché. Bad Reputation was a significant exception. The … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-dirty-white-boy-bad-reputation-remaster-with-bonus-track/feed/ 0 Album review: JESSICA LEE MORGAN – Around The Block https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-jessica-lee-morgan-around-the-block/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-jessica-lee-morgan-around-the-block/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:51:32 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=44848 JESSICA LEE MORGAN - Around The Block[Release date 16.06.17] Another ‘next generation’ release – this time from the daughter of Mary Hopkin and Tony Visconti. I’ve yet to be convinced of the merits of following in the family footsteps’, although it has to be said Lisa … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-jessica-lee-morgan-around-the-block/feed/ 0 News: Rock journeyman JAMES STEVENSON plays first solo gig, Thursday 17 December (Water Rats, London) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/12/news-james-stevenson-plays-first-solo-gig-17-december-water-rats-london/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/12/news-james-stevenson-plays-first-solo-gig-17-december-water-rats-london/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:00:45 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=34881 James StevensonGuitarist/songwriter James Stevenson plays his first solo gig at Water Rats, King’s Cross, London on Thursday 17 December (19:15).  James Stevenson has been an in-demand session player since his earliest outings with punk/new wave band Chelsea in the late 1970s.  … Continue reading →

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