Get Ready to ROCK! » synth pop https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: MEN WITHOUT HATS – On The Moon https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-men-without-hats-on-the-moon/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-men-without-hats-on-the-moon/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:38:28 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105531 MEN WITHOUT HATS - On The MoonWebsite [Release date 14.11.25] Men Without Hats, perhaps best known by many for their 1982 hit ‘The Safety Dance’, first formed back in 1977, split in 1993, before returning briefly in 2002-03 and returned full time in 2010. Since then, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-men-without-hats-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 Album review : CLIMIE FISHER – Coming In For The Kill (4CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-climie-fisher-coming-in-for-the-kill-4cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-climie-fisher-coming-in-for-the-kill-4cd-boxset/#comments Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:29:27 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94002 CLIMIE FISHER Coming In 150Cherry Red [Release date 23.02.24] Climie Fisher’s 1988 hit single ‘Love Changes Everything”, taken from their debut album, truly was a pop classic. Still is. None of the songs on Coming In For The Kill replicated its considerable chart success. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-climie-fisher-coming-in-for-the-kill-4cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Book review: On track…THE BEAT, DEPECHE MODE https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/book-review-on-track-the-beat-depeche-mode/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/book-review-on-track-the-beat-depeche-mode/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:37:11 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92814 the beatOn Track…The Beat, General Public & Fine Young Cannibals by Steve Parry Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.06.23] A fascinating read into how the Beat led to the creation of General Public (who many may ask and they once supported Queen!) … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/book-review-on-track-the-beat-depeche-mode/feed/ 0 Album review: FURY WEEKEND – Afterglow https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-fury-weekend-afterglow/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-fury-weekend-afterglow/#comments Mon, 29 May 2023 21:18:46 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=88669 FURY WEEKEND - AfterglowFiXT Music [Release date 25.05.23] Presenting ‘New to GRTR!’ each week for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio I have become aware of the increasing number of bands combining electronica and rock.  I have to say the FiXT label has much … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-fury-weekend-afterglow/feed/ 0 Gig review: HOWARD JONES TRIO – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 16 October 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/gig-review-howard-jones-trio-the-apex-bury-st-edmunds-16-october-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/gig-review-howard-jones-trio-the-apex-bury-st-edmunds-16-october-2022/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:43:12 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83628 hjones_ac2022“I just want to reassure you that we are actually here, not holograms.” It’s an usual way to open a show, but, having seen the technological marvel that is ABBA Voyage a few days previously, Howard Jones wants to emphasise … Continue reading →

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