Get Ready to ROCK! » Rocky Newton https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: GRAND SLAM – Wheel of Fortune https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/06/album-review-grand-slam-wheel-of-fortune/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/06/album-review-grand-slam-wheel-of-fortune/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:20:46 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95855 Grand Slam - Wheel of FortuneSilver Lining Music [Release date 07.06.24] Grand Slam co-founding member Laurence Archer, and front man Mike Dyer, make it extraordinarily clear that theirs has been a true journey of destiny, one where early unions ended up leaving unfinished business on … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/06/album-review-grand-slam-wheel-of-fortune/feed/ 0 Gig review: AIRRACE – London Borderline, 19 April 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/04/gig-review-airrace-london-borderline-19-april-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/04/gig-review-airrace-london-borderline-19-april-2019/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:42:15 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=59195 Airrace’s stop-start career seems to have been characterised by support slots, whether with Queen back in 1984, or since they reformed a decade ago, a periodic set of shows consisting mainly of high profile support slots to the likes of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/04/gig-review-airrace-london-borderline-19-april-2019/feed/ 0 Gig review: LIONHEART/AIRRACE- Camden Underworld, London, 2 December 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/12/gig-review-lionheart-airrace-camden-underworld-london-2-december-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/12/gig-review-lionheart-airrace-camden-underworld-london-2-december-2017/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2017 23:03:24 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=50265 Lionheart - Camden Underworld, London, 2 December 2017Picture a brief point of time in the early to mid-eighties. With the New Wave of British Heavy Metal running out of steam, many of its more enlightened musicians turned their ears westwards to the more AOR sounds that then … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/12/gig-review-lionheart-airrace-camden-underworld-london-2-december-2017/feed/ 0 Album review: HOUSE OF X – S/t https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/album-review-house-of-x-st/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/album-review-house-of-x-st/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:22:32 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=24046 House of XEscape Music www.escape-music.com [Released 27.10.14] Not some dodgy gentleman’s club but a group where three of its members, namely Danny Peyronel (vocals), Clive Edwards (drums) and Laurence Archer (guitars), have all at one time be members of legendary British hard … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/album-review-house-of-x-st/feed/ 0 Gig review: X-UFO – Merton Manor Club, 29 June 2013 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/07/gig-review-x-ufo-merton-manor-club-29-june-2013/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/07/gig-review-x-ufo-merton-manor-club-29-june-2013/#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:37:32 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=11646 When is a tribute band not a tribute band? Well, X-UFO make no pretence to be a rival to Phil Mogg’s evergreen UFO, but the collective pedigree of the members exceeds many bands who trade under a  name with only … Continue reading →

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