Get Ready to ROCK! » Samson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:32:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : TORME – The Bernie Torme Archives 1985-93 (5 CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-torme-the-bernie-torme-archives-1985-93-5-cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-torme-the-bernie-torme-archives-1985-93-5-cds/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:04:14 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96648 TORME Vol 2 150Cherry Red [Release date : 26.07.24] A second volume of remastered material taken from Bernie Torme’s extraordinary career. He was a guitarist and a songwriter whose personality and positivity affected everyone he worked with. A musician with “lightning in his … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-torme-the-bernie-torme-archives-1985-93-5-cds/feed/ 0 Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Lockdown https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/album-review-thunderstick-lockdown/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/album-review-thunderstick-lockdown/#comments Sun, 29 Oct 2023 10:13:10 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=91957 THUNDERSTICK - LockdownRoulette [Release date 20.10.23] Renowned Samson (and former Iron Maiden) drummer is not one to rest on his laurels, and since resurrecting his eponymous band in 2017, he’s kept rocking and entertaining. And this new album has kept the standards … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/album-review-thunderstick-lockdown/feed/ 0 Album review: MICK WHITE – Something’s Got To Give https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/05/album-review-mick-white-somethings-got-to-give/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/05/album-review-mick-white-somethings-got-to-give/#comments Tue, 03 May 2022 07:10:04 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=80400 MICK WHITE - Something's Got To GiveEnghardt Media/The Metal Society [29.04.22] Now here’s a blast from the past. I first encountered vocalist Mick White in the late 80s when he was working with Paul Samson, and later when he fronted First Strike (that Just Another Night album … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/05/album-review-mick-white-somethings-got-to-give/feed/ 0 Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Came, Live In France https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-thunderstick-something-wicked-this-way-came-live-in-france/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-thunderstick-something-wicked-this-way-came-live-in-france/#comments Thu, 21 May 2020 07:07:48 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66493 THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Came, Live In FranceIndie [Release date 20.03.20] Thunderstick the man is a drummer who, having already played with Iron Maiden in their early daze, made his name replacing Clive Burr in Samson. As the masked and caged mad man, and a bloody good … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-thunderstick-something-wicked-this-way-came-live-in-france/feed/ 0 Gig review: THUNDERSTICK – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, 28 July 2018 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/07/gig-review-thunderstick-leos-red-lion-gravesend-28-july-2018/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/07/gig-review-thunderstick-leos-red-lion-gravesend-28-july-2018/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:58:27 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=54176 THUNDERSTICK - Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, 28 July 2018Back in the early 80s after a three-album stint with Samson, masked drummer and NWOBHM pioneer Thunderstick (Barry Graham Purkis) formed a band of the same name. Female-fronted, first with Ana Marie Borg then with Jodee Valentine, it allowed Purkis … Continue reading →

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