Get Ready to ROCK! » Japan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 02 May 2026 14:15:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : PRAYING MANTIS – The Official Bootleg Boxset Vol 1 – Live In Japan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-praying-mantis-the-official-bootleg-boxset-vol-1-live-in-japan/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-praying-mantis-the-official-bootleg-boxset-vol-1-live-in-japan/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:46:22 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108247 praying 150 mantis boxsetCherry Red [Release date : 24.04.26] CD1 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1993 Part One. CD2 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1993 Part Two CD3 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1998 … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/album-review-illusion-force-halfana/feed/ 0 Album review : TAK MATSUMOTO GROUP – TMG II https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/album-review-tak-matsumoto-group-tmg-ii/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/album-review-tak-matsumoto-group-tmg-ii/#comments Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:33:34 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=99393 TAK MATSUMOTO GROUP – TMG IIFrontiers [Release date : 06.12.24] Through one of those close encounters you read about, Tak Matsumoto, guitarist and founder of leading Japanese rock band, B’z met up with Jack (Night Ranger) Blades and Eric (Mr Big) Martin in LA, in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/album-review-tak-matsumoto-group-tmg-ii/feed/ 0 Album review: CLASSIX NOUVEAUX – Battle Cry https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-classix-nouveaux-battle-cry/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-classix-nouveaux-battle-cry/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:53:31 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92330 Classix Nouveaux - Battle CryCherry Red [Release date 17.11.23] And suddenly it’s the 1980’s and the New Romantics all over again, as Classix Nouveaux reform for the first album in 40 years. Except that it’s not. The world has mercifully moved on and the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-classix-nouveaux-battle-cry/feed/ 0 Album review: LOVEBITES – Judgement Day https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/album-review-lovebites-judgement-day/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/album-review-lovebites-judgement-day/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2023 22:57:18 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86580 LOVEBITES - Judgement DayJPU Records [Release date 24.02.23] I first became aware of Lovebites a few years back when they opened for Dragonforce. Not knowing the band’s musical leanings, I was very surprised that night at their blend of power and thrash metal … Continue reading →

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