Get Ready to ROCK! » James Martin https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 02 May 2026 00:21:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : THE SWITCH – No Way Out https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-the-switch-no-way-out/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-the-switch-no-way-out/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:48:40 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=104259 THE S153 WITCH No way coverFrontiers [Release date 12.08.25] It’s in some way inspiring to hear a band embracing the past wholeheartedly. Pretty well everywhere you scratch the paint on No Way Out, you’ll find the 1980s underneath. The Switch was formed by identical twin … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-the-switch-no-way-out/feed/ 0 Album review: ISSA – Lights Of Japan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-issa-lights-of-japan/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-issa-lights-of-japan/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:47:27 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86011 issa lightsFrontiers [Release date: 20.01.23] Issa Oversveen is married to James Martin, ex of Vega. With his brother Tom, he’s written the bulk of the material here. And you can tell. Even with the best efforts of guitarist Simone Mularoni and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-issa-lights-of-japan/feed/ 0 Gig review: VEGA – Camden Underworld, London, 9 October 2021 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-vega-camden-underworld-london-9-october-2021/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-vega-camden-underworld-london-9-october-2021/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:00:45 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=76107 P1200808 - CopyVega are one of those bands with a lot of lost time to make up as live music resumes. Since the beginning of the pandemic one of the UK’s premier melodic rockers have recorded not one but two albums, with … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-vega-camden-underworld-london-9-october-2021/feed/ 0 Album review: VEGA – Grit Your Teeth https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-vega-grit-your-teeth/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-vega-grit-your-teeth/#comments Mon, 11 May 2020 12:29:56 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66317 VEGA- Grit Your TeethFrontiers [Release date 12.06.20] Vega have made a series of quality albums in the 2010’s, deserving full credit for perseverance as,  despite dynamic live shows,  they have yet to break into the big time for reasons unknown. Their sixth album … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-vega-grit-your-teeth/feed/ 0 Gig review: VEGA – University of London Union, 23 September 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/09/gig-review-vega-university-of-london-union-23-september-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/09/gig-review-vega-university-of-london-union-23-september-2017/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:11:21 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=48334 VEGA - University of London Union, 23 September 2017Having boasted GRTR!’s album of 2016 with ‘Who We Are’, Vega continue to work hard to bring their modern brand of melodic rock to the masses. After touring with Dan Reed Network in the Spring, Autumn has brought this headline … Continue reading →

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