Get Ready to ROCK! » Iron Maiden https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:52:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : BUDGIE – Running From My Soul (3 CDs) The MCA Years 1973-75 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/09/album-review-budgie-running-from-my-soul-3-cds-the-mca-years-1973-75/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/09/album-review-budgie-running-from-my-soul-3-cds-the-mca-years-1973-75/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:07:48 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=110668 budgie 150 runningCherry Red [Release date : 25.09.26] The seventies have always been considered to be the hard rock and heavy metal years. Welsh band Budgie was at the epicentre. Their songs were covered by Soundgarden, Metallica, Van Halen and Iron Maiden. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/09/album-review-budgie-running-from-my-soul-3-cds-the-mca-years-1973-75/feed/ 0 Album review: PAUL DI’ANNO’S BATTLEZONE – Children Of Madness https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-paul-diannos-battlezone-children-of-madness/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-paul-diannos-battlezone-children-of-madness/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:51:12 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=110241 BattleZoneCargo/Deko Entertainment [Release date 23.10.26] Singer Paul Di’Anno found fame as Iron Maiden’s frontman on their first two albums, before recording the more AOR Di’Anno LP, and working with the supergroup Gogmagog. Then in 1986 he returned to a more … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-paul-diannos-battlezone-children-of-madness/feed/ 0 Album review : MATTADOR – III https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-mattador-iii/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-mattador-iii/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:03:18 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=109196 MATTADOR - IIIFrontiers Music [Release date : 19.06.26] Mattador are a Puerto Rican melodic rock band who were on the up and up, 1988 to 1995. They released two albums and toured with top bands like Aerosmith and Iron Maiden. Then they … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-mattador-iii/feed/ 0 Album review : VON GROOVE – Born To Rock https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 12:35:28 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108558 VON GROOVE 150 Born imageFrontiers Music [Release date : 15.05.26] There can be few more explosive opening tracks than Von Groove’s ‘Once Is Not Enough’ from their self titled debut, 1992. 30 years later : they’ve got the band back together – Michael Shotton, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/feed/ 0 Gig review: SMITH KOTZEN – Bristol Academy, 20 February 2026 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/gig-review-smith-kotzen-bristol-academy-20-february-2026/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/gig-review-smith-kotzen-bristol-academy-20-february-2026/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:33:02 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107333 SMITH KOTZEN - Bristol Academy, 20 February 2026It’s a band and promoters nightmare. Towards the end of a relatively short UK tour the special guests Kris Barras Band had to pull out due to Kris’ throat infection. Shame as I was looking forward to seeing Barras live … Continue reading →

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