Tag Archives: hard rock

Album review: BLUES IMAGE feat. MIKE PINERA – Timeless

Posted on April 8, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 31.03.17) Perhaps best known for his stint in Blues Image, Mike Pinera was also for a time a member of seminal heavy metallers Iron Butterfly. Unsurprisingly, a version of the classic ‘In A Gadda Da Vida’ … Continue reading →

Album review: HOUSE OF LORDS – Saint Of The Lost Souls

Posted on April 4, 2017 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 24.03.17] House Of Lords return with their eleventh studio album and a new bassist, Chris Tristram, who replaces the departing Chris McCarvill, who has been in the band since 2005. The other thing to note is that … Continue reading →

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EP reviews: WAITING FOR TITOR, BEYOND RECALL, MALLEN

Posted on March 24, 2017 by jason

MALLEN Jack Of Cards Mallen released their debut ‘Ignition’ back in 2015 and have toured with the likes of Motley Crue on their UK farewell dates, plus Toseland and Funeral For A Friend. This new song was produced by David … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SOTO – Camden Underworld, London, 17 February 2017

Posted on February 19, 2017 by andynathan

Prolific vocalist Jeff Scott Soto’s well-travelled career has seen him spend brief spells with big names like Yngwie Malmsteen and Journey, participate in supergroups like Soul Sirkus and W.E.T., release albums under his own name and lend his pipes to … Continue reading →

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Album review: HELLBOUND HEARTS – Film Noir

Posted on February 16, 2017 by jason

[Release date 07.04.17] Hellbound Hearts are a three-piece hailing from Yorkshire and consist of Danny Lambert (lead vocals/guitar), Craig McLaren (bass/vocals) and Lee Brook (drums/vocals). They have produced a number of EPs and singles previously before releasing, this their debut … Continue reading →

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News: DAN REED NETWORK UK Tour starts 1 March 2017

Posted on February 15, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Dan Reed Network, London, 15th June 2016

In this interview edit Dan Reed chats about the forthcoming UK tour starting 1 March. (2:56) This is extracted from a recent interview for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in its ‘Favourite Tracks from Favourite Artists’ series. Dan chooses a … Continue reading →

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News: THUNDER – New album, tour and radio interview (February 2017)

Posted on February 5, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Melodic hard rockers Thunder release a new studio album ‘Rip It Up’ on 10 February via earMUSIC. The band’s eleventh studio album follows the successful ‘Wonder Days’ and last year’s performances at Ramblin’ Man and Steelhouse Festivals. The band ‘s … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE WILD! – Wild At Heart

Posted on January 29, 2017 by jason

SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 17.02.17] Jailhouse tattoo sleeves, Jack Daniels, skanky birds, drag cars, chainsaws, yobbish football-terrace choruses, drinking double-fisted, whacking beer bottles with baseball bats, Powerage-era riffagery, setting fire to…anything, reckless frat-boy behavior, blue denim cut-offs, trailer-park trash attitude and I’m guessing, way out of date … Continue reading →

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Gig review: TNT – Union Scene, Drammen, Norway – 14 January 2017

Posted on January 17, 2017 by david.wilson

When first informed about Norwegian band TNT’s upcoming 30th anniversary tour of ‘Tell No Tales’ featuring the return of the U.S. born Tony Harnell on vocals following his brief stint in Skid Row, I realised the only way I would … Continue reading →

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News: GLENN HUGHES UK tour dates 20 January-2 February 2017

Posted on December 29, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Glenn Hughes in October 2016 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and the sequence includes tracks from ‘Resonate’. Glenn Hughes plays a series of dates in the UK – rearranged from November 2016 – in January/February. … Continue reading →

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Album review: HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS – Capture The Sun

Posted on December 22, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Deadline/Cleopatra [Release date 07.10.16] French multi-instrumentalist Steph Honde released a debut album in 2014 with Paul D’ianno and Vinny Appice in the ranks and ‘Capture The Sun’ continues the tradition. Albums that feature a roster of name artists – legends … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE LYNN TURNER – The Sessions

Posted on December 13, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

This is the first part of the three-part Joe Lynn Turner special broadcast by Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in March 2016. (Part 2 is also available at Mixcloud with a link to Part 3) Joe Lynn Turner is a … Continue reading →

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Album review: PRETTY MAIDS – Kingmaker

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Phil Berisford

Frontiers Records [Release date 04.11.16] “Kingmaker” is Pretty Maids’ 15th studio album if you include 2014’s superb “Louder Than Ever” which contained re-recordings of old tunes plus 4 newbies and it continues their run of high quality releases. The Danish … Continue reading →

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Album review: KEE MARCELLO – Scaling Up

Posted on November 22, 2016 by andynathan

Frontiers [Release Date 14.10.16] Guitarist with Europe in their commercial heyday first time round, Kee Marcello’s solo career to date has been an unspectacular one, and even his otherwise enjoyable live shows made me inclined to check out his own … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEART – Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Posted on November 16, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Records [Release date 25.11.16] CD/DVD/Bluray Call me Mr. Cynical. Heart announced their first UK dates since 2004 and we all waited in eager anticipation. Come the actual tour, we saw them in Manchester and noted the criminally short one … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GRAHAM BONNET – Boston Music Rooms, London, 8 November 2016

Posted on November 15, 2016 by andynathan

Graham Bonnet has always been one of rock’s most singular characters. The man with the short hair, Hawaiian shirts and musical background far removed from your traditional metal belter who gave Rainbow their commercial breakthrough. The man whose self-destructive tendencies … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (September-November 2016)

Posted on November 14, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Albums of the Month (2016) September 2016 KISSIN’ DYNAMITE Generation Goodbye (AFM Records) …well played, well produced with well written, extremely catchy (but a little quirky) tunes…These guys don’t seem to know how to write a bad song! Kissin’ Dynamite … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (May-August 2016)

Posted on November 14, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Albums of the Month (2016) Every month we publish our Newsletter which signposts latest additions to the website(s) and flagging up forthcoming tours and gigs. We also include a selection of the month’s best albums, based on GRTR! reviewer ratings. … Continue reading →

News: Albums of the Month (February-April 2016)

Posted on November 14, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

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Album review: – LORDI – Monstereophonic – Theaterror vs. Demonarchy

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Phil Berisford

AFM Records [Release date 16.09.16] Finland’s masked melodic metal band Lordi, who will forever be widely known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, follow up 2014’s “Scare Force One” with their 8th studio release, the split “Monstereophonic – … Continue reading →

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Gig review: UFO – Alban Arena, St Albans, 25 October 2016

Posted on November 7, 2016 by andynathan

For a band whose musical quality is right up there with the best, UFO’s legacy in the classic rock hall of fame is not the most secure. Whether its the effect of the off stage shenanigans and constant personnel changes … Continue reading →

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Album review: GRAHAM BONNET BAND – The Book

Posted on November 7, 2016 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 04.11.16] Graham Bonnet has had a busy past year or so, going on tour with his band, having his solo albums re-issued plus ones from his days in Alcatrazz and Blackthorne. Now we have this double CD … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROCK WOLVES (Michael Voss, Herman Rarebell, Gudze)

Posted on November 3, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Steamhammer/ SPV [Release date 28.10.16] Here’s a collaboration of three significant melodic/hard rockers who in the past few years have worked mainly with others such as Michael Schenker. Michael Voss (Mad Max, Casanove) has produced many artists from his studio … Continue reading →

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News: SIMON KIRKE talks Bad Company, Free and a new solo album (Interview – 30 October 2016)

Posted on October 30, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Photo: Steve Goudie Bad Company, and one-time Free, drummer Simon Kirke releases a solo album ‘All Because Of You’ in early 2017. Simon describes it as a collection of 11 songs from all periods of his life. He’s just completed … Continue reading →

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Album review: GLENN HUGHES – Resonate

Posted on October 25, 2016 by petefeenstra

Frontiers Music Srl [Release date 04.11.16] To say that ‘Resonate’ lives up to its name is to understate Glenn Hughes’ pivotal role in hard rock related music. Both his music and his stage performance has always been about the twin pillars … Continue reading →