Get Ready to ROCK! » Ronnie Atkins https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: MALMO MELODIC – Plan B, Malmo, Sweden, 27-29 July 2024 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/gig-review-malmo-melodic-plan-b-malmo-sweden-27-29-july-2024/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/gig-review-malmo-melodic-plan-b-malmo-sweden-27-29-july-2024/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:43:45 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96893 P1130629 - CopyScandinavia, and Sweden in particular, is the undisputed epicentre of the melodic rock community with a seemingly endless stream of bands emerging. There have been festivals in Malmo pre-pandemic (Melodic Rock Fest and the Swedish AOR Convention) so when last … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/gig-review-malmo-melodic-plan-b-malmo-sweden-27-29-july-2024/feed/ 0 Album review: NORDIC UNION – Animalistic https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/08/album-review-nordic-union-animalistic/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/08/album-review-nordic-union-animalistic/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:50:15 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=82181 nordic-union-animalisticFrontiers [Release date 12.08.22] Nordic Union, as every melodic rock fan will know, is a musical marriage of two talented people. Songwriter, producer and guitarist, Erik (Eclipse, WET) Martensson, and vocalist, Ronnie (Pretty Maids) Atkins. Atkins’ advanced form of lung cancer, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/08/album-review-nordic-union-animalistic/feed/ 0 Album review: RONNIE ATKINS – Make It Count https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/album-review-ronnie-atkins-make-it-count/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/album-review-ronnie-atkins-make-it-count/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2022 17:47:38 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=79504 ronnie atkins makeFrontiers [release date: 18.03.22] When Denmark’s Paul Christensen founded the Pretty Maids with Ken Hammer, he changed his name to Ronnie Atkins. And this despite assurances that his birth name sounded pretty cool. None of this matters now, he lives … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/album-review-ronnie-atkins-make-it-count/feed/ 0 Album review: RONNIE ATKINS – One Shot https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-ronnie-atkins-one-shot/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-ronnie-atkins-one-shot/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:44:01 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=71560 ronnie atkins one shotFrontiers Records [release date 12.03.21] Ronnie Atkins, founding member of Denmark’s Pretty Maids, bows out with his one and only solo album, One Shot. Ronnie has recently been diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer. So the album title is … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-ronnie-atkins-one-shot/feed/ 0 Album review: PRETTY MAIDS – Maid In Japan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/album-review-pretty-maids-maid-in-japan/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/album-review-pretty-maids-maid-in-japan/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2020 11:14:35 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66760 PRETTY MAIDS – Maid In JapanFrontiers [Release date 22.05.20] Pretty Maids have been around since the early 80’s, with original members vocalist Ronnie Artkins and guitarist Ken Hammer joined by bassist Rene Shades, Chris Laney on keyboards, guitar and drummer Allan Sørensen (who left the … Continue reading →

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