Get Ready to ROCK! » eighties https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:29:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : VARIOUS ARTISTS – No Static At All : A Journey Into AOR (3CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/09/album-review-various-artists-no-static-at-all-a-journey-into-aor-3cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/09/album-review-various-artists-no-static-at-all-a-journey-into-aor-3cds/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:16:55 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=110520 NO 150 STATIC ImageCherry Red [Release date: 18.09.26] No Static At All is a 3 CD, 60 tracks journey through the halcyon days of AOR. It’s a tip of the hat to Steely Dan’s movie (FM) music hit of the same title. And … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/09/album-review-various-artists-no-static-at-all-a-journey-into-aor-3cds/feed/ 0 Album review : CHEZ KANE – Reckless https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-chez-kane-reckless/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-chez-kane-reckless/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:14:19 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107825 CHEZ KANE – RecklessFrontiers Music [Release date : 27.3.26] We’re cranking the machine back to 1986. Yes, sounding like every Desmond Child Holly Knight/Diane Warren penned AOR hit 40 years ago, the album launches with the title track, ‘Restless’. Only this time with … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-chez-kane-reckless/feed/ 0 Album review : UFO – Misdemeanour Live At The Oxford Apollo 1985 (CD+DVD) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-ufo-misdemeanour-live-at-the-oxford-apollo-1985-cddvd/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-ufo-misdemeanour-live-at-the-oxford-apollo-1985-cddvd/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:37:17 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=103671 UFO 150 Live OxfordCherry Red [Release date : 22.08.25] The early eighties were a turbulent time for UFO. Judging by the band’s poorly received Making Contact album in 1982, it looked like they were a spent force. Members left, most notably, Pete Way … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-ufo-misdemeanour-live-at-the-oxford-apollo-1985-cddvd/feed/ 0 Album review : CRUZH – The Jungle Revolution https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-cruzh-the-jungle-revolution/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-cruzh-the-jungle-revolution/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2024 09:39:18 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94355 CRUZH Jungle image 150Frontiers [Release date : 22.03.24] Welcome to The Jungle Revolution, third album on the Frontiers label from Swedish band, Cruzh, and their second with vocalist, Alex Waghorn, winner of Idol Sweden in 2017 (singing Journey’s ‘Faithfully’). Among their admitted influences … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-cruzh-the-jungle-revolution/feed/ 0 Album review : LIPZ – Changing The Melody https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-lipz-changing-the-melody/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-lipz-changing-the-melody/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:26:02 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94297 LIPZ 2 JPEG 150Frontiers [Release date : 15.03.24] Debut album from young Swedish quartet, Lipz, in which they attempt to breathe life into a dying genre, Glam Rock. We’re told. But how do you define “Glam Rock”? Would that be the early eighties, … Continue reading →

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