Get Ready to ROCK! » John Payne https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:27:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: LANA LANE – Neptune Blue https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-lana-lane-neptune-blue/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-lana-lane-neptune-blue/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:56:24 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=78187 LANA LANE - Neptune BlueFrontiers [Release date: 28.01.22] Neptune Blue is Lana Lane’s first album release since 2012. The close knit band that surrounds her includes her husband/ producer/ keyboard player, Erik Norlander, with Jeff Kollman on guitar and John (Asia) Payne on vocals, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-lana-lane-neptune-blue/feed/ 0 Book review: On track…ASIA (Every album, every song) by Peter Braidis https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/book-review-on-track-asia-every-album-every-song-by-peter-braidis/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/book-review-on-track-asia-every-album-every-song-by-peter-braidis/#comments Tue, 25 May 2021 14:13:45 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=72984 On track...ASIA (Every Album, Every Song) by Peter BraidisSonicbond Publishing [Release date 14.05.21] Asia were formed in 1981, one of the enduring melodic rock “supergroups” of that decade and one of the most successful.  Many readers will only remember the “classic” original line-up (and debut album) but this … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/book-review-on-track-asia-every-album-every-song-by-peter-braidis/feed/ 0 Album review: DUKES OF THE ORIENT – Freakshow https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/08/album-review-dukes-of-the-orient-freakshow/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/08/album-review-dukes-of-the-orient-freakshow/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:16:38 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=67874 DUKES OF THE ORIENT - FreakshowFrontiers [Release date 07.08.20] Dukes Of The Orient – vocalist John Payne (ex-Asia, GPS) and keyboardist Erik Norlander (Last In Line, Lana Lane, Rocket Scientists) – return with their second album. Dukes Of The Orient has more of a band … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/08/album-review-dukes-of-the-orient-freakshow/feed/ 0 Album review: INTELLIGENT MUSIC PROJECT – Sorcery Inside/Life Motion https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/album-review-intelligent-music-project-sorcery-inside-life-motion/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/album-review-intelligent-music-project-sorcery-inside-life-motion/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:47:39 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66860 INTELLIGENT MUSIC PROJECT V - Life MotionIntelligent Music [Release date 12.02.20, 24.12.18*] There must be something in the Bulgarian water. One time Uriah Heep vocalist John Lawton has also used that country’s musicians in recent years and actually appears on the first two ‘Intelligent’ releases. This … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/album-review-intelligent-music-project-sorcery-inside-life-motion/feed/ 0 Album review: DUKES OF THE ORIENT https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/03/album-review-dukes-of-the-orient/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/03/album-review-dukes-of-the-orient/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:09:40 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=51833 DUKES OF THE ORIENTFrontiers [Release date  23.02.18] Dukes Of The Orient is centred around vocalist/bassist John Payne and keyboards player Erik Norlander, however they have their origins in Asia featuring John Payne. In that guise John Payne has worked with guitarists Guthrie Govan, … Continue reading →

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