Get Ready to ROCK! » Paul Quinn https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: SAXON- Hammersmith Apollo, London, 29 January 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/gig-review-saxon-hammersmith-apollo-london-29-january-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/gig-review-saxon-hammersmith-apollo-london-29-january-2022/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:19:51 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=78314 P1220381 - CopySaxon’s 40th anniversary show was a case of deferred pleasure even by current standards. It was actually first scheduled as long ago as October 2019 but delayed when singer Biff Byford underwent heart surgery, and subsequently rescheduled at least twice … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/gig-review-saxon-hammersmith-apollo-london-29-january-2022/feed/ 0 Feature: What SAXON mean to me… https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-saxon-mean-to-me/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-saxon-mean-to-me/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:42:57 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=65951 130420_saxon2Saxon have been a life-long passion for Joe Geesin who has followed the band since the mid-1980s.  More recently he has contributed sleeve notes and curation to several re-issues.  And now he’s ready to write the band’s biography… Barnsley born … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-saxon-mean-to-me/feed/ 0 Album review: SAXON – Decade Of The Eagle https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/album-review-saxon-decade-of-the-eagle/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/album-review-saxon-decade-of-the-eagle/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:41:03 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=49056 SAXON - Decade Of The EagleBMG [Double CD/4 vinyl 180gm LPS Release date 17.11.17] British metal legends Saxon, still going strong, released what is considered the first album of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal genre. Originally called Son Of A Bitch, the band formed … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/album-review-saxon-decade-of-the-eagle/feed/ 0 Album review: THE BLUE HORIZON – Volume1 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/03/album-review-the-blue-horizon-volume-1/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/03/album-review-the-blue-horizon-volume-1/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:07:29 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=36765 THE BLUE HORIZON – Volume 1 Self Release [Release date 01.04.16] The Blue Horizon is a power trio from the Weston-Super-Mare, UK. Their wide musical sweep is a breath of fresh air on the current rock/blues scene. The band sparkles on the soulful, melodic  funk and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/03/album-review-the-blue-horizon-volume-1/feed/ 0 Album review: SAXON – The Complete Albums 1979-1988 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/04/album-review-saxon-the-complete-albums-1979-1988/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/04/album-review-saxon-the-complete-albums-1979-1988/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:32:53 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=19035 SAXON - The Complete Albums 1979-1988Parlophone/Warner Music [Release date 17.03.14] Saxon get the “complete albums” treatment with a 10-disc set, essentially the 2009/2010 remasters in facsimilie sleeves. All of Saxon’s albums have appeared on CD before, some on different labels, including the strange 2-on-1 packages … Continue reading →

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