Tag Archives: prog

Album review: PALADIN – Paladin/Charge! (Remaster)

Posted on January 1, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
PALADIN - Paladin/Charge (Remaster)

BGO Records www.bgo-records.com [Release date 13.10.23] I have to say that I’ve only known Paladin from digging through crates of vinyl at record fairs and noting the Roger Dean artwork. It all looked a bit prog. Now the band’s only … Continue reading →

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Album review: DISTRICT 97 – Stay For The Ending

Posted on October 20, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
DISTRICT 97 - Stay For The Ending

Spirit Of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red [Release date 20.10.23] Now here’s something a little different. A prog metal band fronted by a female vocalist, an American Idol finalist to boot! I have been aware of District 97, not least when they … Continue reading →

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Book review: Decades – MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND in the 1970s by John Van der Kiste

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Davoski
Book review: Decades - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band in the 1970’s (John Van der Kiste)

SonicBond Publishing [Publication date: 27.01.23] After seeing the Earth Band live this Summer and being very pleasantly surprised, I found this book in my pile of review material and so I’m following up that excellent gig in Budapest with a … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE HACKETT – Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton

Posted on September 22, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
STEVE HACKETT - Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton

David Randall chatted to Steve Hackett in September 2023 as part of the GRTR!@20 promotion when Steve was the September “Grotto of Greatness” inductee.  This is an edited version of the radio show that will be broadcast in its entirety … Continue reading →

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Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – STEVE HACKETT (September 2023)

Posted on September 1, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

With the Genesis genie well and truly out of the bottle, Steve Hackett continues the legacy whilst topping up his own illustrious back catalogue.  Prog-tastic! Photo: Simon Dunkerley The ascent of GRTR! since 2003 coincides with the rise and rise … Continue reading →

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Album review: TRANCEND – Lilac

Posted on August 31, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
TRANCEND - Lilac

www.trancend.band [Release date 07.08.23] No matter what you might say, some good things did come out of Lockdown.  And whilst you scratch your head let me give you one positive: Trancend.  The musicians behind this album (the three Maurus brothers) … Continue reading →

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Album review: HANFORD FLYOVER – Source

Posted on August 31, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
HANFORD FLYOVER - Source

Fruits de Mer Records [Release date 11.10.23] We first came across Hanford Flyover on a sampler from the Fruits de Mer label who specialise in psych, prog and anything slightly leftfield.  Much of the label output harks back to the … Continue reading →

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News: STEVE HACKETT is the latest entrant in The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness (September 2023)

Posted on August 28, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

The latest entrant in the ongoing 20th anniversary promotion – “The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness” – is progmeister guitarist Steve Hackett. Hackett’s refashioning of classic Genesis seventies material coincides with the development of the website Get Ready to ROCK! (www.getreadytorock.com) … Continue reading →

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Album review : MAGNUM – The Great Adventure, The Jet Years 1978 – 1983 (6 CD Boxset)

Posted on August 18, 2023 by brianmc
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Cherry Red / HNE [Release date: 25.08.23] CD1 : Kingdom Of Madness (1978) CD2 : Archive (1976) CD3 : Magnum II (1979) CD4 : Marauder (1980) CD5 : Chase The Dragon (1982) CD6 : Eleventh Hour (1983) This Magnum 6 … Continue reading →

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Gig review: JON ANDERSON/MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND – Erkel Szinhaz, Budapest, Hungary, 9 July 2023

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Davoski
Gig review: JON ANDERSON/MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND – Erkel Szinhaz, Budapest, Hungary, 9 July 2023

A city break you won’t find on Expedia: the Queen of the Danube by day; prog rock royalty by night! Budapest is an amazing city and no surprise that the venue for this co-headline gig was a classy, plush, comfy-seated … Continue reading →

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Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – MARILLION (July 2023)

Posted on July 1, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

Photo: David Randall Self sufficient free spirits who keep getting better, and in spite of “Sugar Mice”… Marillion’s entry into our hallowed portal coincides with the period that they have been self-sufficient.  By 1998 ostracised by the likes of EMI … Continue reading →

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News: MARILLION enter The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness in July 2023

Posted on June 20, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

The latest inductees to “The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness” are prog rockers Marillion. A major retrospective tracing Marillion’s progress in the millennium will be published on 1 July by rock website Get Ready to ROCK! and throughout the month Get … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAZARUS HEIGHTS – Strangers

Posted on May 20, 2023 by petefeenstra
Lazarus Heights - Strangers

  Self release [Release Date 22.03.23] Lazarus Heights is an experienced Anglo-French quartet based in South West France, who put the emphasis on undulating melodies, memorable hooks and fine musicianship that always supports the song. The band comprises the rock … Continue reading →

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News: ALICE COOPER, OASIS, TRIUMPH, (May 2023)

Posted on May 2, 2023 by jason
BLACK STONE CHERRY- Royal Albert Hall, London, 29 September 2021

Bryan Adams has released a new anti-war song titled ‘What if There Were No Sides at All.’ Black Label Society are starting work on their next studio album. Black Stone Cherry (pictured) release their latest album ‘Screamin’ At The Sky’ on … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE HAYLEY GRIFFITHS BAND – Melanie

Posted on February 16, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
THE HAYLEY GRIFFITHS BAND - Melanie

Posh & Rock Records [Release date 20.01.23] We first came across Hayley Griffiths when she fronted Karnataka for a time, including one studio album in 2015.  Her departure (with others) from that band was apparently acrimonious but she has dusted … Continue reading →

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Album review: TANGERINE DREAM – The Bootleg Box Set Vol.2 (7 CDs, Remastered)

Posted on December 31, 2022 by brianmc
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Cherry Red [Release date 13.01.23] As the instigators of sequenced electronica, and pioneers of German ‘Kosmische’ music, Tangerine Dream have no equal. Add to that their 60 plus movie scores – cultural statements as well as music to match the … Continue reading →

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News: MR BIG, TREVOR RABIN, PINK FLOYD (January 2023)

Posted on December 29, 2022 by jason
Fleetwood Mac - Manchester Phones 4U Arena, 1 October 2013

A.C.T. release a new six song EP ‘Falling’ on March 3. Bryan Adams releases a live version of his 2022 Royal Albert Show, where he played all of his ‘Cuts Like A Knife’ album, on February 3. MVD Marquee Collection … Continue reading →

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News: METALLICA, POWER WOLF, KHYMERA (December 2022)

Posted on November 29, 2022 by jason

Ace Frehley is finishing off his new album for a planned release in early 2023. The Balladmongrels is a new band featuring Dogs D’amour frontman Tyla J. Pallas and  singer songwriter Matty James Cassidy. Their debut album, ‘Trouble’, is set … Continue reading →

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Progressive Rock – Primer

Posted on November 29, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
GRTR!@20

There has been a resurgence of interest in prog in the millennium.  Alan Jones chronicles some of the artists and bands who continue to fly the flag for the genre.  Warning: Steven Wilson looms large … Back in the day, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: TEIGER – Strongroom Bar, London, Thursday 10 November 2022

Posted on November 16, 2022 by jason
teiger

It’s a mark of just what a buzz there is around Teiger that, despite transport strikes hitting the Capitol, people had seemingly made their way by planes, trains and automobiles to Central London’s Strongroom Bar and packed the place out. … Continue reading →

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Album review: 25 YARD SCREAMER – Nemesis

Posted on October 22, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
25 YARD SCREAMER - Nemesis

White Knight Records [Release date 07.10.22] Welsh trio 25 Yard Screamer, now it seems a duo, captured our attention in 2007 with their magnum opus ‘Cassandra”.  That year they appeared on our Rising Stars stage at Cambridge Rock.  Since that … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MARILLION – Hammersmith Apollo, 30 September 2022

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Davoski
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Late 2021’s Hammersmith gigs gave a taster of what Marillion had in store for 2022 when they played a sneak preview of the ‘Be Hard On Yourself’ suite. Nine months later the band is back at the venue to play … Continue reading →

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EP review: EYES OF ALBION – Temple Noise

Posted on October 4, 2022 by petefeenstra
Eyes of Albion - Temple Noise

Bandcamp[Release date 17.12.21] Any band that describes itself as: “We are stranger than fiction, more intense than realism…” immediately has my attention, if only for a Kurt Vonnegut take on rock music. Eyes Of Albion actually formed in 2018 and … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow – 23rd Sept 2022

Posted on September 25, 2022 by david.wilson
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Many classic rock bands are now in the position where every year is either the 40th or 50th anniversary of something, formation, landmark tours, album releases, you name it. What this does is allow bands the opportunity to cash in … Continue reading →

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Album review: SENDELICA – One Man’s Man…

Posted on September 24, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
SENDELICA - One Man's Man...

Fruits de Mer Records [Release date 28.11.22] www.fruitsdemerrecords.com For several years now Keith Jones from Fruits de Mer Records has kindly supplied us with samplers, singles and albums from his eclectic and enterprising label.  Keith seeks out obscure bands from … Continue reading →

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