Get Ready to ROCK! » Praying Mantis https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:08:47 +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/2026/04/album-review-praying-mantis-the-official-bootleg-boxset-vol-1-live-in-japan/feed/ 0 Album review: NO FAVORS – The Eleventh Hour https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-no-favors-eleventh-hour/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-no-favors-eleventh-hour/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:11:55 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=98562 No Favors - Eleventh HourPride & Joy Music [Release date 22.11.24] Can’t not give No Favors a listen as they hail from my home town of Stoke-on-Trent! No Favors were formed in the ’80s, which included rhythm guitarist Carl Ogden, who remained a constant … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-no-favors-eleventh-hour/feed/ 0 Album review: PRAYING MANTIS – Katharsis https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-praying-mantis-katharsis/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-praying-mantis-katharsis/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:08:50 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=78234 PRAYING-MANTIS-katharsis-COVER_600x600Frontiers [Release date: 28.02.22] Only occasionally since their debut have Praying Mantis registered a decent sized blip on the radar of rock music in the UK. It was in Japan – where NWOBHM labelling was less meaningful – that the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-praying-mantis-katharsis/feed/ 0 Gig review: PRAYING MANTIS – Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore, 7 October 2021 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-praying-mantis-arlington-arts-centre-snelsmore-7-october-2021/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-praying-mantis-arlington-arts-centre-snelsmore-7-october-2021/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2021 08:00:56 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75937 pm4A mere 581 days since I last attended an indoor concert – Jon Boden in Didcot back in March 2020. Since then live music as we know has been decimated with the fall out from the pandemic, however, you can’t … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-praying-mantis-arlington-arts-centre-snelsmore-7-october-2021/feed/ 0 Album review: VARIOUS – NWOBHM Thunder 1978-86 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/07/album-review-various-nwobhm-thunder-1978-86/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/07/album-review-various-nwobhm-thunder-1978-86/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:08:19 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=67431 VARIOUS - NWOBHM Thunder 1978-86Cherry Red Records [Release date 31.07.20] (3 CD set) 1978 to 1986. Those 9 years were the Golden Age of NWOBHM. They were the years that spanned the birth, working life and eventual demise of a significant sub genre in … Continue reading →

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