Get Ready to ROCK! » Mick Underwood https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:55:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: STRAPPS – Bound For Glory (Complete Recordings 1976-1979) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-strapps-bound-for-glory-complete-recordings-1976-1979/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-strapps-bound-for-glory-complete-recordings-1976-1979/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2025 09:42:22 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=104659 STRAPPS - Bound For Glory (Complete Recordings 1976-1979)Cherry Red Records [Release date: 19.09.25] Strapps were a late 70s band with a wonderful straight ahead rock sound, and a raunchy (some said misogynistic) image. They formed in 1975 when former Episode 6 and Quatermass drummer Mick Underwood teamed … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-strapps-bound-for-glory-complete-recordings-1976-1979/feed/ 0 Album review: GILLAN – Future Shock, Magic https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-gillan-future-shock-magic/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-gillan-future-shock-magic/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:53:49 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102209 GILLAN - Future ShockDemon Music Group [Release date 25.04.25] To coincide with Demon’s recent 7-CD Gillan box, they have released these two wonderful albums in expanded format, and just to behold, wonderful they are too. Led by then former and again now current … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-gillan-future-shock-magic/feed/ 0 Gig review: BENEFIT FOR MICK UNDERWOOD- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 18 April 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-benefit-for-mick-underwood-the-cavern-raynes-park-london-18-april-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-benefit-for-mick-underwood-the-cavern-raynes-park-london-18-april-2025/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:00:38 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102150 BENEFIT FOR MICK UNDERWOOD- The Cavern, Raynes Park, 18 April 2025Mick Underwood had a long and distinguished career in that most physically punishing of roles in a rock band. In the sixties he was not only drummer with Episode Six but recommended their singer Ian Gillan for Deep Purple, so … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-benefit-for-mick-underwood-the-cavern-raynes-park-london-18-april-2025/feed/ 0 Album review: GILLAN – 1978-1982 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-gillan-1978-1982/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-gillan-1978-1982/#comments Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:04:56 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=100959 tGILLAN 1978-1982 (Box set)Edsel/Demon Music Group [Release date 28.02.25] Formed by Ian Gillan, former Deep Purple vocalist, in 1978, Gillan were a solid energetic and successful rock band, albeit for a short period. And despite successful tours, albums, hit singles, the band’s lack … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-gillan-1978-1982/feed/ 0 News: Rest In Peace – MICK UNDERWOOD https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/news-rest-in-peace-mick-underwood/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/news-rest-in-peace-mick-underwood/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:30:04 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=97121 underwood1GRTR!’s Joe Geesin penned a tribute to musician and friend Mick Underwood… Drummer Mick Underwood, best known for his work with Ian Gillan in Gillan, died on 28 July, after a long illness. Pictured left to right: Pete Robinson, John … Continue reading →

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