Tag Archives: Rick Springfield

News: RICK SPRINGFIELD, QUEEN, PHIL VINCENT (June 2023)

Posted on May 30, 2023 by jason

Aerosmith release a 44 track ‘Greatest Hits‘ on August 18 on various formats including 3CD and 4LP sets. Albany Down release their new album ‘Born In The Ashes’ on September 1. They have released the first single off the album … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEN – Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted on January 17, 2023 by brianmc
ten something

Frontiers [Release date: 20.01.23] Here’s another Ten album title that will again appeal to the literati or the cinephiles among the band’s fans. It’s their sixteenth studio release since 1996. Ever present founder/ writer/ singer, Gary Hughes has gathered a … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: BADFINGER, CACTUS

Posted on May 3, 2021 by GRTR! HQ
BADFINGER No Matter What Revisiting The Hits

BADFINGER No Matter What Revisiting The Hits  Cleopatra Records [Release date 02.04.21] Badfinger were one of our greatest pop rock bands with a criminally short life-span, not least due to the sad demise of the band’s two main movers and … Continue reading →

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Feature: Gigs of the Millennium – ROCK FEST 2003, Wisconsin, USA

Posted on July 30, 2020 by andynathan
Gigs of the Millennium- ROCK FEST 2003, Wisconsin, USA

Andy Nathan has caused much teeth-gnashing and fist-clenching amongst the GRTR! team with his enviable sorties to the States sometimes taking in a couple of festivals in one visit.  These include Summerfest and Moondance Jam.  Here he recounts a particularly … Continue reading →

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Album review: RICK SPRINGFIELD- The Snake King

Posted on March 19, 2018 by andynathan

Release Date 26.01.18 You have to admire Rick Springfield’s determination to keep pushing himself explore new musical avenues. A year away from 70, and over 35 years since his commercial heyday, he has followed the country influenced ‘Rocket Science’, with … Continue reading →

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Album review: RICK SPRINGFIELD – Stripped Down

Posted on March 11, 2015 by jason
Rick Springfield - Stripped Down

Loud and Proud Records/ear Music [Released 09.03.15] CD/DVD Rick Springfield is amazingly 65 years old having started in the music business back in the late 1960′s. He certainly doesn’t look his age and when you watch the DVD the predominately … Continue reading →

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Gig review: RICK SPRINGFIELD – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 4 June 2013

Posted on June 9, 2013 by andynathan

Of all the acts big on American radio in the eighties who were no more than cult figures over here, Rick Springfield has been one of the most elusive. Despite the odd trip to Europe for the likes of Sweden … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAVE GROHL & Others – Sound City Real To Reel

Posted on April 1, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
Sound City - Real To Reel

Sony Music Hot-housing for 24 hours in a studio using a legendary Neve 8028 mixer sounds like musical nirvana.  And indeed it was during the making of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album that Dave Grohl was introduced to the desk.  He bought … Continue reading →

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Quick Plays: AEROSMITH, ZZ TOP, MAGNUM, FREEDOM CALL

Posted on December 19, 2012 by jason

LOVER UNDER COVER – Set The Night On Fire (Escape Music) Lover Under Cover is a new band emerging from Sweden, providing rock aficionados with another slice of Scandi rock. Mikael Erlandsson from Last Autumn’s Dream and Salute fame has … Continue reading →

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RICK SPRINGFIELD – Songs For The End Of The World

Posted on November 20, 2012 by jason
Rick Springfield - Songs ForThe End Of The World

(Frontiers) www.frontiers.it Rick Springfield’s apparent youth has always been deceptive. As the heart throb of American teenagers in his early eighties heyday he was already well into his thirties , and now despite appearances to the contrary he is an … Continue reading →

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VARIOUS ‘Working Class Dogs – A Tribute To Rick Springfield’

Posted on May 23, 2012 by jason

Melodic Rock Records 2012 www.melodicrockrecords.com This tribute album has been through some hoops to finally get a release but at last it will see the light of day. The album was compiled in two different stages, with the original tracks … Continue reading →

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