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Book review: AC/DC In Full Flight – by Alan Perry

Posted on October 8, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
AC/DC In Full Flight - by Alan Perry

Wymer Publishing [Publication date: November 2016]  www.wymeruk.co.uk This 128 page, A4-landscape coffee table tome documents the Aussie rockers during the years 1978-82.  Photographed by Alan Perry – and with his own comments putting the gigs in context – this becomes … Continue reading →

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Album Review: – SOLUTION .45 – Nightmares In The Waking State – Part II

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Phil Berisford

AFM Records [release date 26.08.16] Nightmares In The Waking State – Part II is Solution .45’s third studio release and is the follow up to Part I released back in November 2015 (though recorded at the same time). Solution .45 … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LEVEL 42 – The Lowry, Salford, 4 October 2016

Posted on October 5, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
LEVEL 42 - The Lowry, Salford, 4 October 2016

David Randall chatted to Mark King for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in July 2016. This hour long special traces the rise of Level 42 in the 1980s and their subsequent reformation. Part 2 of this feature showcases some of … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: REDLINE MESSIAH, OPERATION: MINDCRIME, SEVENTH WONDER

Posted on October 5, 2016 by jason
Redline Messiah

REDLINE MESSIAH Buzzbomd Records Redline Messiah hail from the Mid-West and are made up from a melting pot of Chicago and California punk and metal veterans. Having formed only last year, the band’s debut album is a punk laced melodic … Continue reading →

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Album review: DIRKSCHNEIDER – Back To The Roots

Posted on October 5, 2016 by jason
DIRKSCHNEIDER - Back To The Roots

AFM Records [Release date 28.10.16] If you don’t know who Udo Dirkschneider is, you’re either really young or not a metal fan. Former singer for legendary German metal band Accept, Udo has one of the most distinctive voices in the … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEY HELLO! – Hey Hello! Too!

Posted on October 4, 2016 by david.wilson
HEY HELLO! – Hey Hello! Too!

Round Records [Release date 23.09.16] I am sure that everyone is aware of the legend concerning blues man Robert Johnson meeting the devil at the crossroads and signing his soul away in return for his musical ability. I always imagine … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE QUIREBOYS – Twisted Love

Posted on October 4, 2016 by david.wilson
THE QUIREBOYS – Twisted Love

Off Yer Rocka [Release date 16.09.16] Twisted Love is the tenth studio album release by Spike and co. and it reinforces the fact that the band are still in fine form and as relevant as ever. The album was recorded … Continue reading →

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Album review: AIRBOURNE – Breakin’ Outta Hell

Posted on October 4, 2016 by david.wilson
AIRBOURNE – Breakin’ Outta Hell

Spinefarm Records [Release date 23.09.16] AC/DC are no more. Regardless of what Angus Young may say with the departure of Macolm Young, Brian Johnson and now Cliff Williams, the AC/DC we know and love are dead. This then throws down … Continue reading →

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Gig review: CATS IN SPACE, SPACE ELEVATOR – Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, 29 September 2016

Posted on October 3, 2016 by andynathan
SPACE ELEVATOR - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, 29 September 2016

Quite apart from the similarity in names, the pairing of Cats In Space and Space Elevator was a perfect match. Both are new acts, albeit with seasoned musicians who have been on the scene a while, trying to do something … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – The Warehouse, Falkirk, 30 September 2016

Posted on October 2, 2016 by david.wilson
BIG COUNTRY – The Warehouse, Falkirk – 30 September 2016

Big Country, like many classic rock bands at the moment, are going through a bit of a golden period. Every year is throwing up another significant anniversary to be celebrated, last year it was 30 years since the release of … Continue reading →

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Album review: RICHARD SHINDELL – Careless

Posted on October 2, 2016 by alanjones
RICHARD SHINDELL - Careless

Continental Song City [Release date: 9.09.16] Richard Shindell is one of those enigmas whose talent is in reverse proportion to his commerciality. A native New Yorker now residing in Buenos Aries, he is a contemporary singer-songwriter of the highest order … Continue reading →

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Album review: CURE FOR GRAVITY – s/t

Posted on October 1, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
CURE FOR GRAVITY

[Release date 14.10.16] www.cureforgravity.net California-based trio Cure For Gravity describe their influences as traditional prog (Genesis, King Crimson) prog with a more experimental edge (Radiohead, God Is An Astronaut) This should give you an idea of the band’s musical range … Continue reading →

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Album review: HOME SERVICE – A New Ground

Posted on October 1, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
HOME SERVICE - A New Ground

Dotted Line [Release date 01.09.16] If you want a band that takes up where Ashley Hutchings and the Albion Band left off then Home Service is your saviour.  Completely understandable as, in 1980, the band formed with members out of … Continue reading →

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Album review: TILT – Hinterland

Posted on September 29, 2016 by jason
TILT - Hinterland

Tilt Music Some albums come out of nowhere with no expectations and simply blow you away musically. Tilt’s debut ‘Hinterland’ is one of those albums and I was hooked from the first playing of this album. The album itself has … Continue reading →

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Album review: THIRSTY – Albatross

Posted on September 29, 2016 by jason
THIRSTY - Albatross

Thirsty Music [Release date 07.11.16] A fine extension to 2015’s self-titled debut album, ‘Albatross’ finds Thirsty exactly as we left them. With 11 tracks coming in at bang on 33 minutes, the band are sticking to their formula of great … Continue reading →

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Gig review: KEE MARCELLO – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 21 September 2016

Posted on September 28, 2016 by andynathan
KEE MARCELLO - The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 21 September 2016

30 years ago, just as Europe’s The Final Countdown went stratospheric, John Norum left the band and it was Kee Marcello who went on to be the guitarist during their commercial heyday. However, while his erstwhile bandmates milk that milestone … Continue reading →

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Album review: AYNSLEY LISTER – Eyes Wide Open

Posted on September 27, 2016 by jason
AYNSLEY LISTER - Eyes Wide Open

www.aynsleylister.co.uk [Release date 07.10.16] Aynsley Lister seems to be forever on the road touring, however he does manage to get some recording in as this album is his eight studio album (plus three live albums). What attracts me to Aynsley … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MARION, HANA PIRANHA

Posted on September 27, 2016 by jason
MARION This World And Body/The Program

MARION This World And Body/The Program (reissues) Edsel [Release date 16.09.16] Marion were formed in Macclesfield in 1993 by then students Jamie Harding and Phil Cunningham, who had previously been in various bands together. The band’s first album, 1996’s This … Continue reading →

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Album review: PETE TOWNSHEND’s DEEP END – Face The Face

Posted on September 26, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
PETE TOWNSHEND

Eagle Rock [Release date 16.09.16] CD/DVD Back in 1985/86 Pete Townshend played a number of promotional/benefit gigs on the back of his 1985 solo concept album White City: A Novel – a bleak cultural observation of life on a West … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Reissues (2)

Posted on September 25, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - Trilogy

BMG [Release date 30.09.16] To many Emerson, Lake & Palmer represented the worst excesses of prog rock  – a genre that was destined to have its collective arse kicked in the late-1970s.  This latest tranche of remasters does demonstrate why … Continue reading →

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Album review: KONGOS – Egomaniac

Posted on September 24, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
KONGOS - Egomaniac

RCA [Release date 10.06.16] When your Dad is the hit single selling Lennon-lookalike John Kongos (He’s Gonna Step On You Again, Tolokoshe Man) there’s a double-edged sword to potentially fall on with your (third) album release.  Firstly unfair bunk up … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live At The Greek Theatre

Posted on September 22, 2016 by petefeenstra
JOE BONAMASSA – Live At The Greek Theatre

Provogue  [Release date 23.10.16] CD/DVD/Bluray The key element in Joe Bonamassa’s ‘Live at the Greek Theatre’ DVD/CD release is his integral role in ‘blues heritage’ music, as reflected in the DVD’s strap line ‘Keeping The Blues Alive’. The broad based … Continue reading →

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Album review: MECCA – III

Posted on September 22, 2016 by jason

MelodicRock Records [Release date 14.10.16] It seems ages since the last Mecca album came  out, ‘Undeniable’, although in fact it came out in 2011 and not that long in some bands eyes. However, this third album has been recorded over … Continue reading →

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Gig review: KIP WINGER – The Borderline, London, 17 September 2016

Posted on September 21, 2016 by andynathan
KIP WINGER- The Borderline, London, 17 September 2016

Kip Winger’s acoustic shows at the Borderline, now billed as the 5th Annual Evening with Kip Winger, have become legendary events, not just from an ever growing number of diehard fans, but from the artist himself, who bounded on stage … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE LIVESAYS – Hold On…Life Is Calling

Posted on September 21, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
THE LIVESAYS - Hold On...I

[Release date 03.10.16] This is a highly likeable album from a long-time sideman with Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen’s sax player. I half expected some reflected, fist-pumping material  in the All-American way.  But no, Billy Livesay follows his own path and, … Continue reading →

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