David presents 'Assume the Position', a weekly show signposting
new additions to the website, upcoming tours and playing the
best new and classic rock tracks.
The idea for a radio show developed from the first GRTR! podcasts launched in
early-2007 and in June that year - as a result of mutual involvement in the Cambridge Rock
Festival - GRTR! joined forces with UK City Radio.
The first programme was broadcast on 16 June 2007 (on a Saturday 19.00-20.00)
and in September the show moved to Sunday afternoons. The extra hour allowed us
to play longer album tracks and include special features.
With the demise of UK City Radio, David quickly set up Get Ready to ROCK's new
radio channel in June 2008. David was the Station Manager and broadcast on
Liverpool's main hospital radio station in the 1980's and this proved a good
basis for setting up the new venture which officially launched in September
2008.
David says: "As with the website, and reflecting the radio channel in
general, we like to give a voice to independent and
upcoming artists as well as the more mainstream and we take great pleasure in
searching out those who may have been overlooked or forgotten about over the
years but who nevertheless repay greater investigation."
"We also include interviews, and so far have featured
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy), James Grant, Linda Lewis, Bob Catley (Magnum), Todd
Rundgren, Ken
Hensley (Uriah Heep) amongst many others."
If you'd like to make your own suggestions for any of our features (see below)
or request a particular track please contact us.
David Randall and GRTR! Reviewer Mark Taylor at the FM 'Metropolis' Launch
Party, February 7
Photo: Noel Buckley
Sunday August 8, 22:00
Includes music from the High Voltage event and a chat with Europe's Ian
Haugland
Sunday August 1, 22:00
High Voltage special, including tracks from bands appearing at the London
event July 24-25. Mark Taylor chats to Ian Mosley (Marillion)
Sunday July 25, 22:00
Mark Taylor talks to Glenn Hughes about Black Country Communion
Sunday July 11, 22:00
David talks to legendary broadcaster Bob Harris about the new Old Grey
Whistle Test CD series.
"Bob won't remember, but our paths crossed briefly when I was interviewed for
Radio 210 in the early eighties. I think he was programme director then.
I was probably rubbish. He has been an inspiration, both in terms of the
music he plays and his broadcasting style and kindly wrote the foreword to my
book about Jan Akkerman and Focus published in 2003"
Two tracks featuring bands who are particularly renowned in the live context
Rock's Prime Cuts: Rare, Medium Rare and Well Done
Three tracks from an artist spanning the obscure to familiar
Featured in 2009
September 13: The Beatles
September 27: Marc Bolan
October 4: Rod Stewart
October 11: Foreigner
October 25: Yes
November 1: Fleetwood Mac
November 8: Alice Cooper
November 15: Jimi Hendrix
November 22: Bad Company
November 29: Marillion
December 6: Family
December 13: Jethro Tull
Featured in 2010
January 3: Focus
January 10: Magnum
January 24: Thin Lizzy
January 31: Europe
February 14: Roy Buchanan
February 21: Budgie
February 28: Wishbone Ash
March 7: Hawkwind
March 14: Todd Rundgren
March 21: Santana
March 28: Asia
April 4: Winger
April 11: Saxon
April 25: UFO
May 2 : Rory Gallagher
May 9: Blondie
"They Came To Rock"
Three tracks from artists who appeared at UK summer music festivals from the
seventies onwards.
June 6: Blind Faith (Hyde Park, May 1969), Atomic Rooster (Buxton, June
1970), Dr John (Bickershaw, May 1972)
June 13: The Groundhogs (Lincoln, May 1971), Uriah Heep (Kendal, August
1971), Family (Buxton, September 1972)
June 20: Eric Clapton (Knebworth, 1990), Traffic (Glastonbury, 1971),
Stone The Crows (Weeley, August 1971)
June 27: Bad Company (Charlton, May 1974), Steve Winwood
(Glastonbury, 1997), Mountain (Knebworth, June 1975)
July 4: Yes (Stoke on Trent, May 1975), Steve Miller (Knebworth, May
1975), Jimi Hendrix (Woburn, July 1968)
July 11: Thin Lizzy (Cardiff Castle, July 1975), Graham Parker (Blackbushe,
July 1978), Hawkwind (Isle of Wight, 1970)
July 18: Budgie (Great Western Express, May 1972), Golden Earring
(Crystal Palace Garden Party, September 1973), Caravan (National Jazz & Blues
Fest, August 1975)
July 25: Rainbow (Monsters of Rock, 1980), Magnum (Monsters of Rock,
1985), Whitesnake (Monsters of Rock, 1990)
August 8: Queen (Knebworth, August 1986), Juicy Lucy (Yorkshire, August
1970), Motorhead (Wrexham, 1982)
August 15: Dr Strangely Strange (Clitheroe, June 1970), Bridget St John (Clitheroe,
June 1971), Van Der Graaf Generator (Worcester Charter Festival, August 1971)
August 22: Alan Stivell (Reading, 1972), Camel (Reading, 1976), Pat
Travers (Reading, 1980)
August 29: Jimi Hendrix (Isle of Wight, August 1970), 10cc (Penwith,
1983), Faces (The Oval, September 1971)
AC/DC,
Michael Chapman, Alice Cooper, Allman Brothers Band, America, Argent, Asia, Atomic Rooster, Jeff Beck, Pat Benatar,
Black Crowes, Blue Oyster Cult, Joe Bonamassa, David
Bowie, Brinsley Schwarz, Jack Bruce, Budgie, Paul Butterfield, Roger Chapman, Eric Clapton, Cream,
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Deep Purple, Dio, The Doors,
Edgar Broughton Band, Europe, Fairport Convention, Fish, Fleetwood Mac, Focus,
Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Free, Rory Gallagher,
Gamma Ray, David Gilmour, Groundhogs, Steve Hackett, Richie Havens, Hawkwind, Jeff Healey, Heart,
Heaven And Hell, Jimi Hendrix,
Alan Hull, Humble Pie, Ian Gillan
Band, Iron Maiden, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, Janis Joplin, Judas Priest,
Richie Kotzen, Led Zeppelin, Lindisfarne, Linkin Park, Magnum, Man, Manfred
Mann's Earth Band, Marillion, John Martyn, Megadeth, Michael Schenker Group, Molly Hatchet,
Gary Moore, Mott The Hoople, Mountain, Nazareth, Nektar, The Nice, Ted Nugent,
Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Procol
Harum, Queen, Queensryche,
Rainbow, Todd Rundgren, Stone The Crows, Thin Lizzy,
Thunder, Toto, Pat Travers, Robin Trower,
Roxy Music, Rush, Santana, Saxon, The Scorpions, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Status Quo,
Supertramp, Taste, Ten Years After, Tesla, Thin Lizzy, Thunder, Toto, Traffic, Walter
Trout, The Tubes,
Twisted Sister, Tygers Of Pan
Tang,
UFO, Uriah Heep, Van Halen, Whitesnake, The Who, Wings, Johnny Winter, Wishbone
Ash, Neil Young, ZZ Top, Zzebra
Click the link below to reveal those artists that have featured in our Hair
Metal sequence, and then make your own suggestion!
Alice Cooper - House Of Fire (1989)
Aldo Nova - Fantasy (1981)
Blue Murder - Blue Murder (1989)
Bad English - Don't Walk Away (1989)
Bad English - When I See You Smile (1988)
Badlands - Seasons (1989)
Britny Fox - Hold On (1988)
Cinderella - Gypsy Road (1981)
Cinderella - Night Songs (2008)
Chrissy Steele - Two Bodies (1991)
Def Leppard - Women (1987)
Danger Danger - Boys Will Be Boys (1989)
Dokken - Mirror Mirror (1991)
Enuff Z Enuff - The Way Home/Coming Home (1991)
Firehouse - Love Of A Lifetime (1990)
Firehouse - All She Wrote (1990)
Giant - Stay (1991)
Hanoi Rocks - Malibu Beach Nightmare (1983)
Holy Water - I'm Not Worried (1991)
House Of Lords - Sahara (1990)
Hanoi Rocks - Up Around The Bend (1984)
Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation (1990)
LA Guns - Electric Gypsy (1988)
Lizzy Borden - Me Against The World (1987)
Lover Boy - Love Will Rise Again (1987)
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil (1983)
Night Ranger - Sister Christian (1983)
Odin - Shining Love (1990)
Phantom Blue - You're Free (1993)
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me (1993)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (2008)
Ratt - Round And Round (1984)
Ratt - Lay It Down (1985)
Saraya - When You See Me Again (1991)
Steelheart - Can't Stop Me Loving You (1990)
Stryper - Honestly (1986)
Tyketto - Wings (1991)
Tesla - What You Give (1991)
Vixen - Fallen Hero (1990)
Van Halen - Jump (1984)
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Back On The Streets (1986)
Winger - Headed For A Heartbreak (1990)
Winger - Battle Stations (1991)
Warrant - Cherry Pie (1990)
Y&T - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (1990)
Yngwie J Malmsteen - Heaven Tonight (1988)
