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Tag Archives: Pete Way
Album review: UFO – High Stakes And Dangerous Men / Lights Out In Tokyo (2 CD set)

Cherry Red [Release date 22/07/22] UFO’s Lights Out (1977) had been a huge album for the band in Japan. So when they toured the High Stakes And Dangerous Men album there in 1992, they would include a Lights Out set. … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged albums, Clive Edwards, hard rock, Japan, Lawrence Archer, live, Pete Way, Phil Mogg, review, studio, Tokyo
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Album review: WAYSTED – Vices

Rock Candy Records [Release date 12.02.21] In 1983, after an enduring love affair with UFO, a brief flirtation with Ozzy, and a frustrated liaison with Fastway, bass player extraordinaire Pete Way founded Waysted. Around him, he assembled a shit hot … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged album review, Fastway, Ozzy, Pete Way, remaster, Rock Candy Records, sleaze rock, UFO, Vices, Waysted
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Book review: On track…UFO (Every Album, Every Song) by Richard James

Sonicbond Publishing [Release date 26.02.21] It was a sad day when UFO announced their ‘Last Orders’ tour in 2018, even sadder when a couple of weeks after the UK leg long-standing keyboard/guitar player Paul Raymond died of a heart attack. … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged book, Every Album, Every Song, Michael Schenker, On Track, Pete Way, Phil Mogg, review, Richard James, UFO, Vinnie Moore
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Gig review: PETE WAY BAND – Camden Underworld, 24 October 2019

Everyone wants to be a lead singer these days. Burnt Out Wreck, who emerged to the bouncy theme music from the kids’ TV programme ‘Rhubarb and Custard’, are fronted by Gary Moat who used to be the drummer in Heavy Pettin’. … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 24 October 2019, Burnt Out Wreck, Camden Underworld, classic rock, Clive Edwards, Gary Moat, gig, Heavy Pettin', Laurence Archer, live, Pete Way, UFO
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Interview: GARY MOAT (Burnt Out Wreck)

On the day Burnt Out Wreck’s new album ‘This Is Hell’ is released Darren Johnson caught up with the band’s front-man and former Heavy Pettin’ drummer, Gary Moat. So the new Burnt Out Wreck album is released today. Tell us … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged Burnt Out Wreck, classic rock, Gary Moat, Heavy Pettin', interview, Pete Way, rock
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Album review: CATTAIL BREW – It’s A Bit Difficult Really

Capital City Music Factory/Cargo Records [Release date: 30.03.18] Welcome back Fin, all is forgiven. Those excruciating Rod Stewart tribute videos on You Tube can now safely be forgotten. Waysted’s gravel-throated front man returns with half of redneck metallers American Dog … Continue reading
Book review: PETE WAY – Fast Ride Out of Here: Confessions of Rock’s Most Dangerous Man

Constable Books [Publication date 11.05.17] It is about time that someone wrote a book that gives the life and times of UFO an objective and entertaining airing from the inside. For about two-thirds of Pete Way’s autobiography, I was bemoaning … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, book, Fast Ride Out of Here, Pete Way, review, UFO, Waysted
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DVD review: THE STORY OF UFO – Too Hot To Handle (1969-1993)

Wienerworld [Release date 29.09.14] One of the great mainstays of British hard rock for nearly 50 years, UFO have never been properly commemorated in terms of a video documentary. Some fans may complain that this 60 minute overview (really from … Continue reading
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Tagged concert, Danny Peyronel, documentary, DVD, gig, hard rock, Michael Schenker, Mick Bolton, Paul Raymond, Pete Way, Phil Mogg, review, The Story Of UFO, Too Hot To Handle, UFO
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Album review: UFO – The Complete Studio Albums 1974-1986

Chrysalis/Warner Music [Release date 17.03.14] A growing trend in recent times is for labels to re-package a band’s albums in facsimilie sleeves. Invariably these are fairly basic, with no bonus tracks, credits, or enlightening essay. As a quick fix, and … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged album, box set, Force It, heavy rock, Lights Out, Making Contact, Mechanix, Michael Schenker, Misdemeanour, No Heavy Petting, No Place To Run, Obsession, Paul Raymond, Pete Way, Phenomenon, Phil Mogg, review, The Complete Studio Albums 1974-1986, The Wild The Willing And The Innocent, UFO
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Book review: High Stakes & Dangerous Men – The UFO Story by Neil Daniels

Soundcheck Books www.soundcheckbooks.co.uk UFO have never been a massive band like say Deep Purple, although they have had periods in their history, most notably the 70’s Schenker years, when they easily sold out Apollo sized venues here in the UK … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Parker, book review, classic rock, Danny Peyronel, hard rock, High Stakes & Dangerous Men – The UFO Story, Michael Schenker, Neil Carter, Neil Daniels, Paul Raymond, Pete Way, Phil Mogg, Ron Nevison, Soundcheck Books, Strangers In The Night, UFO
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Quick plays: RUSH, BERNIE MARSDEN, WAYSTED

Bernie MARSDEN – And About Time Too ***1/2 Look At Me Now ****1/2 Cherry Red Best known as a founder member of Whitesnake, and with Micky Moody one of the two guitarists during the band’s classic era, Marsden has had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Marsden, Danny Vaughn, Pete Way, Rush, UFO, Waytsed, Whitesnake
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