Get Ready to ROCK! » Decades https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:49:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Book Review: DECADES – Free and Bad Company in the 1970s by John Van der Kiste https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/book-review-decades-free-and-bad-company-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/book-review-decades-free-and-bad-company-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2022 20:40:48 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=81953 DECADES- Free and Bad Company in the 1970s by John Van der KisteSonicbond Publishing (Publication Date 29.04.22) The latest in the Decades series, that delves in detail into the most productive phase of a band’s career, is one with a difference.  It spans the activity of two separate bands,  Free and Bad … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/book-review-decades-free-and-bad-company-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/feed/ 0 Book review: DECADES- MOTT THE HOOPLE & IAN HUNTER IN THE 1970s by John Van der Kiste https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/book-review-decades-mott-the-hoople-ian-hunter-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/book-review-decades-mott-the-hoople-ian-hunter-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:17:14 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=80330 DECADES- MOTT THE HOOPLE & IAN HUNTER IN THE 1970s by John Van der KisteSonic Bond Publishing (Publication date 11.02.22) Mott the Hoople would be high on the list of bands that have influenced other higher profile musicians, ranging from Queen to The Clash to Def Leppard. When they reformed in 2009, grown men … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/book-review-decades-mott-the-hoople-ian-hunter-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/feed/ 0 Book review: On track – Decades – ERIC CLAPTON, PORCUPINE TREE, LED ZEPPELIN, GENESIS, YES https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/book-review-on-track-decades-eric-clapton-porcupine-tree-led-zeppelin-genesis-yes/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/book-review-on-track-decades-eric-clapton-porcupine-tree-led-zeppelin-genesis-yes/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:28:47 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=77118 On track...ERIC CLAPTON SOLOSonicbond Publishing The On Track series continues unabated and this – and the companion series ‘Decades’ – to a large extent reflects the enthusiasm of the publisher Stephen Lambe and his band of individual authors. Whilst we are frequently critical … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/book-review-on-track-decades-eric-clapton-porcupine-tree-led-zeppelin-genesis-yes/feed/ 0 Book review: Decades – THE SWEET in the 1970s by Darren Johnson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/book-review-the-sweet-in-the-1970s-by-darren-johnson/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/book-review-the-sweet-in-the-1970s-by-darren-johnson/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2021 10:51:33 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=74403 The Sweet in the 1970s DecadesSonicbond Publishing [Publication date 20.07.21; 24.09.21 US only] Reviewing a book by a fellow GRTR! writer, ooh tricky one but luckily Darren Johnson has written a short, concise, informative and entertaining book on 70s glam rock icons the Sweet. Sweet … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/book-review-the-sweet-in-the-1970s-by-darren-johnson/feed/ 0 Book review: Decades – FLEETWOOD MAC in the 1970s by Andrew Wild https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/07/book-review-decades-fleetwood-mac-in-the-1970s-by-andrew-wild/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/07/book-review-decades-fleetwood-mac-in-the-1970s-by-andrew-wild/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:43:45 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=74118 Decades- Fleetwood Mac in the 1970sSonicBond Publishing [Publication date 14.05.21] No band survived the seventies with a more spectacular transformation than Fleetwood Mac. They began it as a successful British blues band who were about to be left reeling by the departure of their founder … Continue reading →

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