Get Ready to ROCK! » Iron Butterfly https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:52:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: CAPTAIN BEYOND – Lost And Found 1972–1973 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/album-review-captain-beyond-lost-and-found-1972-1973/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/album-review-captain-beyond-lost-and-found-1972-1973/#comments Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:50:56 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=46151 Cleopatra [Release date 02.06.17] Somewhat of a trans-Atlantic supergroup in their day, Captain Beyond formed in 1971 and originally featured guitarist Larry Rhino Reinhardt and bassist Lee Dorman (both of Iron Butterfly), original Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans (wanting to … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/album-review-captain-beyond-lost-and-found-1972-1973/feed/ 0 Album review: BLUES IMAGE feat. MIKE PINERA – Timeless https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-blues-image-feat-mike-pinera-timeless/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-blues-image-feat-mike-pinera-timeless/#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2017 21:53:01 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=44780 BLUES IMAGE feat. MIKE PINERA - TimelessPurple 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 →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-blues-image-feat-mike-pinera-timeless/feed/ 0 Album review: IRON BUTTERFLY – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (reissue) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/album-review-iron-butterfly-in-a-gadda-da-vida/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/album-review-iron-butterfly-in-a-gadda-da-vida/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:41:52 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=23484 IRON BUTTERFLY - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (reissue)Salvo [Release date 27.10.14] In terms of psychedelic rock heavyweights of the late-1960s, they don’t come much heavier than Iron Butterfly.  Sometimes even credited for inventing the heavy metal idiom -  as epitomised by the 17 minute title track.  The … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/album-review-iron-butterfly-in-a-gadda-da-vida/feed/ 0 Album review: MATT SCHOFIELD – Far As I Can See https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/02/album-review-matt-schofield-far-as-i-can-see/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/02/album-review-matt-schofield-far-as-i-can-see/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:57:06 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=17223         Provogue [Release date 17.02.14] ‘Far As I Can See’ could be the breakthrough album for Matt Schofield, a major Brit blues talent who has teetered on the brink of success for some time. This is an … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/02/album-review-matt-schofield-far-as-i-can-see/feed/ 0 Album Review: THE IT*MEN – Greatest Hits https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/11/album-review-the-itmen-greatest-hits/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/11/album-review-the-itmen-greatest-hits/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:44:35 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=14814 Stow House Records [Release Date 2013] Such is the unlikely life story and desperate pun off the album title, that you do start to wonder if the whole The It* Men thing is a spoof, or a thinly disguised reference … Continue reading →

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