Get Ready to ROCK! » The Stranglers https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:29:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: KIDS ON THE STREET, UK POWER POP AND NEW WAVE 1977-81 (3 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/album-review-kids-on-the-street-uk-power-pop-and-new-wave-1977-81-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/album-review-kids-on-the-street-uk-power-pop-and-new-wave-1977-81-3-cd-boxset/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:29:22 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=84598 KIDS-ON-THE-STREET-PACKSHOT-minCherry Red [release date: 25.11.22] Kids On The Street is a great title for this 3 CD, 77 track compilation, emphasising the uncomplicated vitality of that era’s popular music. The better informed will know it’s from The Stiffs’ song of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/album-review-kids-on-the-street-uk-power-pop-and-new-wave-1977-81-3-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review: LAST OF THE MISFIT HEROES – Hope For The Hopeless https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-last-of-the-misfit-heroes-hope-for-the-hopeless/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-last-of-the-misfit-heroes-hope-for-the-hopeless/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:09:04 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=73752 The Last Of The Misfit Heroes - Hope For The HopelessSelf release [Release date 26.03.21] South London trio Last Of The Misfit Heroes confidently tap into rock’s pre-corporate ability to channel anger and frustration into socially conscious and meaningful songs with enough intensity and frisson to bottle the excitement. As … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-last-of-the-misfit-heroes-hope-for-the-hopeless/feed/ 0 Gig review: BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL – Escot Park, Devon, 16-18 August 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/gig-review-beautiful-days-festival-escot-park-devon-16th-to-18th-august-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/gig-review-beautiful-days-festival-escot-park-devon-16th-to-18th-august-2019/#comments Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:57:16 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=61545 Beautiful Days festival, in it’s 17th year, is held in the grounds of Escot Park in Devon and is a festival I’ve attended every year since 2011, with good reason.  Founded by punk folk rockers, Levellers, they always offer a high calibre line-up.  A smorgasbord … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/gig-review-beautiful-days-festival-escot-park-devon-16th-to-18th-august-2019/feed/ 0 Gig review: REWIND SCOTLAND – Scone Palace, Perth, 20 – 21 July 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-rewind-scotland-scone-palace-perth-20th-21st-july-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-rewind-scotland-scone-palace-perth-20th-21st-july-2019/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2019 22:21:12 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=60913 I am sure every generation will lay claim to having all the best music. The music being played on TV and radio during your formative years is what you absorbed and, by default, sticks with you through life. For me and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-rewind-scotland-scone-palace-perth-20th-21st-july-2019/feed/ 0 News: WIN weekend camping tickets to REWIND SCOTLAND,19-21 July 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/news-win-weekend-camping-tickets-to-rewind-scotland-july-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/news-win-weekend-camping-tickets-to-rewind-scotland-july-2019/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:28:22 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=60096 FOREIGNER - Manchester Apollo, 12 May 2018This year’s Rewind Scotland festival takes place 19-21 July at Scone Palace, Perth. Headliners Bryan Ferry and Foreigner will be joined by Lulu, Paul Young, The Stranglers, Lisa Stansfield and many others. On the Comedy stage veteran stand-ups Phill Jupitus … Continue reading →

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