Shows
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E48S8E48 went out live from the TSORR Studio on Myoli Beach on 27 November 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. This was the first time I did The Story of Rock and Roll 3-hour Radio Show on Bulldogs Radio, so this is a landmark. Normally, I do the Turbo 1-hour edition on Friday, and the shows are quite different, so it was great to be on air in a new slot. I had a great interview with Vaughn Prangley live from Dubai, and we got the scoop on his brand new track ‘Monsters Den’. Other than that, it was the us...
2025-11-273h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E24S8E24 went out live from the TSORR Studio on Myoli Beach on 12 June 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. The Twisted Twins featured tracks called "Midnight Rider," "Rock and Metal Time Machine," had a look at Metallica, Rolling Stones, Skid Row, and contributions from the guys at Woodstock and The Immortals was from Grand Funk Railroad, and for the Diabolical Challenge we had a look at One On One Studios. Running order of artists featured: ACDC, Wasp, Disturbed, Iron Allies, Adrenaline Mob, Whiskey Myers, Voice of Extreme, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Marilyn Manson, Greta Van Fleet, Mega...
2025-06-123h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E19S8E19 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio on 8 May 2025Running order = Accept, Deep Purple, KISS, Dee Snider, Florence Black, Joe Bonamassa, Airbourne, Massive Wagons, Dave Hause, John Mellencamp, Metallica, Megadeth, Rainbow, Grateful Dead, Dark Tranquility, Marilyn Manson, Quiet Riot, Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses, LIVE, Bruce Springsteen, Great white, The Doors, Led Zep, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Rammstein, Tom Petty, Volbeat, Juluka, SlashThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E18S8E18 went out live from the TSORR Myoli Beach Studio on 1 May 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. The show was dedicated in loving memory of Jaxxy. RIP, my boy, thanks for everything. Running order of artists featured: My Chemical Romance, Nazareth, Leslie West, Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foo Fighters, Mötley Crüe, Five Finger Death Punch, Amon Amarth, Hellsmoke, Red Dragon Cartel, Wings, David Bowie, Face to Face, Def Leppard, Megadeth, Electric Mary, Monster truck, Ricky Warwick, The Eagles, van Halen, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Poison, Mastodon, Manowar, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, U2, The Bea...
2025-05-013h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E17 TurboApologies to everyone who listens regularly. I had a family emergency this week and was not able to do or record the usual 3-hour show. Here is one of the TSORR Turbo one-hour shows from the previous week. This is a special little high energy show that goes out at 18h00 every Friday on Rebel Rock Radio and Bulldogs Radio. It's lighthearted and high energy. I hope it will tide you over until next week. Apologies again. The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E16S8E16 went out live from the TSORR Myoli Beach Studio on 17 April 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. Running order of artists featured: Great White, Dave Hause, Little Steven, Edguy, Black Star Riders, Electric Mary, ACDC, Arapaho, Journey, Anti-Flag, Joe Jackson, LIVE, Marilyn Manson, Five Finger Death Punch, Foo Fighters, Kid Rock, Smith/Kotzen, Molly Hatchet, Oasis, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, , KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, Twisted Sister, LA Guns, Poison, Mötley Crüe, Disturbed, Judas Priest, Hellsmoke, Arch Enemy, Killswitch Engage, Sepultura, The Darkness, Tom Petty The Story of Rock and Roll...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E15S8E15 went out live from the TSORR Myoli Beach Studio on 10 April 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. Running order of artists featured: Airbourne, Dirty Honey, Hellfighter, Manowar, Halestorm, Alice Cooper, Def Leppard, Five Finger Death Punch, Girish & the Chronicles, Smith/Kotzen, Massive Wagons, The Color Blew, Mark Haze, L.A. Guns, Mammoth WVH, Metallica, Korn, Pearl Jam, The Beatles, ACDC, Black Sabbath, Foo Fighters, The Color Blew, The Jam, Black Star Riders, Marilyn Manson, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Slayer, Marvelous3, James Reyne, Judas Priest, Mastodon, Arch Enemy, The Halo Effect, Architects, Parkway Drive, My Chemical Romance
2025-04-103h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E14S8E14 went out live from the TSORR Myoli Beach Studio on 3 April 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. Running order of artists featured: Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Clutch, ACDC, Electric Mary, Goodbye June, Motor Sister, Sixx A.M., Therapy? Queen, Rory Gallagher, Nirvana, Junkyard, Kid Rock, Ratt, Rex Brown, Marilyn Manson, Alice in Chains, The Clash, Sheron, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica, Anthrax, Black Star Riders, Steel Panther, Stone Sour, Guns N’ Roses, Judas Priest, Arch Enemy, The Halo Effect, Overkill, Bon JoviThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E13S8E13 went out live on 27 March 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio from the TSORR Myoli Reach Studio in Sedgefield. Enjoy. Running order of artists featured: Leslie West, Massive Wagons, Michael Monroe, Hell Yeah, Texas Hippie Coalition, Linkin Park, Dave Hause, Buckcherry, Sixx A.M., Creedence Clearwater Revival, Motor Sister, Storace, Ricky Warwick, Ian Hunter, twisted Sister, Saxon, Parkway Drive, Steely Dan, Jethro Tull, The beatles, Judas Priest Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Motörhead, Threshold, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, KISS, Peter Frampton, Green Day, Judas Priest, In Flames, The Halo Effect, Shadow Storm, Arch...
2025-03-273h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E12Running Order: ACDC, Beastie Boys, Girish & the Chronicles, Kickin’ Valentina, Michael Schenker Group, Fozzy, The L.A. Maybe, The Lazys, John Mellencamp, Smith/Kotzen, Florence Black, Walter Trout, KISS, Ricky Warwick, Cross Bone Skully, The Police, Pearl Jam, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Krokus, Molly Hatchet, Saxon, Megadeth, Accept, Arch Enemy, Junkyard, The Halo Effect, Killswitch Engage, Architects, Marvelous3, Tom PettyThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E11S8E11 went out live on 13 Mar 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. I'll sort out the playlist later, for now it's more important that you get the music. Roy Thomas Baker was the producer in The Diabolical Challenge, Oasis were in The Immortals slot. Artist Featured: Godsmack, Free. Creedance Clearwater Revival, Stone Sour, Tremonti, Jethro Tull, Texas Hippie Coalition, Ian Hunter, Motörhead, Onslaught, ACDC, Dirty Honey, Florence Black, Aerosmith, Chickenfoot, Green Day, FFDP, Soundgarden, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Metallica, Deep Purple, Mammoth WVH, Bon Jovi, Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Journey, Queen, Smith...
2025-03-133h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E10S8E10 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio on 6 March 2025 at 19h00. It was a fun show, plenty of everything for someone. The Twisted Triplets was a track called ‘Quicksand’. We had new stuff from, Architects and Killswitch Engage. The Diabolical challenge featured Jimmy Iovine and the Rock and Metal Time machine was great but too much to explain here. And you never read this anyway Artists featured: Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Herman Frank. Joe Bonamassa, Volbeat, The Doors, The Cult, Airbourne, Those Damn Crowes, Great White, aKing, The Color Blew, David Bowie, Lit, Warrant, Mo...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E9S8E9 went out live from Sedgefield on 27 Feb 2025 at 19h00. It was a busy show with Twisted Triplets featuring 3 songs called Johnny, the continuation of the Evolution of Judas Priest and a Diabolical Challenge looking at 4 albums produced by Butch Vig. Artists featured: Black Stone Cherry, Crossbone Skully, Danko Jones, AMH, Black Sabbath, Ian Hunter, Greta Van Fleet, Deep Purple, Neil Young, Rammstein, White Zombie, The Answer, The Dead Daisies, Asylum Kids, Dan Patlansky, Image&Nation, Doomsday Outlaw, Black Smoke Trigger, Oliver Anthony, U2, Pink Floyd, Soundgarden, ACDC, Black Country Communion, Led Zeppelin, Iron maiden, L7, Nirva...
2025-02-273h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E8This episode went on air on 20 Feb 2025. Apologies up from the episode is about 4 min short due to a major technical glitch which caused the entire console to freeze 1/3 of the way through the show, Audacity was called in to help. See if you can spot the break. In the Diabolical Challenge, we featured Terry Date as our producer, and in the Rock and Metal Time Machine, we discussed Ozzy, Scorpions, Queensrÿche, and Metallica. Artists featured: Def Leppard, BlackØwl, Thunder, ZZ Top, The Temperance Movement, Seether, Springbok Nude Girls, The New Roses, The New Bla...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E7S8E7 went live from Sedgefield, Myoli Beach on 13 Feb 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. Artists featured: We Are Harlot, ACDC, Black Star Riders, Hinder, Nickelback, The Damned Things, The Saints, Texas Hippie Coalition, Nevada Beach, Buckcherry, Mr, Big, Nita Strauss, FFDP, Halestorm, Kenny Hughes, Mark Haze, Springbok Nude Girls, Skid Row, Deep Purple, David Bowie, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Running Wild, Anvil, Thin Lizzy, Bruce Dickenson, Gary Moore, Judas Priest, James & the Cold Gun, Tremonti, Tom Petty, Jack Hammer, Pantera, Bullet For my Valentine The Story of Rock and Roll...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E6S8E6 went out live from Sedgefield at 19h00 on 6 Feb 2025. It was great to be back doing a live show. We kicked off pretty chilled but that didn’t last, we got through Ryan Eagles and into Pantera pretty damn quick. There is something for everyone who loves guitars on this show. The Twisted Twins featured two tracks called ‘Black & White’ by U.D.O. and Saxon. The Rock and Metal Time Machine looked at 4 events: The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964, Jimi Hendrix on ToTP's, The Clash signing to CBS, and Bon Scott’s last-ever song with ACDC...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E5S8E5 went out live from Sedgefield at 19h00 on 30 Jan 2025. It was great to be back doing a live show. Last week's excursion to watch Green Day the Offspring and SA’s own Fokofpolisiekar was amazing, I thoroughly enjoyed the show. The Twisted Twins became Triplets at the last minute we had three tracks called ‘Ashes’ by Five Finger Death Punch, Black Tide, and Angra respectively. The Rock and Metal Time Machine looked at 4 events in history involving Green Day, Sid Vicious, The Rolling Stones, and Guns N’ Roses. We had Pink Floyd ‘Sheep’ in the Immortals slot and...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E4S8E4 was prerecorded on 22 Jan 2025 to allow me to attend the Green Day, Offspring, and Fokofpolisiekar gig live in Cape Town on 23 Jan the night this show went out on Rebel Rock Radio. And what a gig it was. It seems like forever since South Africa got International bands of that calibre. The last time I was out for a show was for Guns N’ Roses in 2018, and then Covid happened and KISS got cancelled and that was the last time I was at a live gig. So, it was amazing and one of the best shows I have e...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E3S8E3 went live from the new studio in Sedgefield on 16 Jan 2025 at 19h00. Things have settled since the last episode where I had just moved 1000 miles to my new home and my life was in boxes. This week I was able to stay awake and give you a show with all the usual features except The Diabolical Challenge. The new feature, which is the theme for the show ads for Season 8, is This Week in Rock and Metal. We checked out the nirvana on SNL incident, the release of led Zep 1 and Van Halen’s 1984, and the end of the...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E2Welcome to the second TSORR Radio Show for 2025 and the first from the new studio in Sedgefield. S8E2 went live from Sedgefield in the Western Cape at 19h00 on 9 Jan 2025. Artists featured: ACDC, Metallica, Rush, Sixx AM, Tesla, Marvelous3, Greenday, The Offspring, Shinedown, ACDC, Def Leppard, Motörhead, Golden Earring, Dave Haus, Iron Maiden. Judas Priest, Van Halen, John Mellencamp, Guns N’ Roses, Hinder, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, The Longshot, Bullet For My Valentine, The Pretty Reckless, In Flames, Vended, Volbeat, Dio, Thin Lizzy, Buckcherry, Seether, The Jam, Blink 182, Accept, In Flames, Overkill, Avenged Sevenfold.Th...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S8E1Welcome to the first TSORR Radio Show for 2025. S8E1 went out live from Benoni in Gauteng for the last time at 19h00 on 2 Jan 2025. As of next week, we will be LIVE from the Garden Route in the Western Cape. The Story of Rock and Roll is blowing this paddy and moving to the coast. Great things are planned for 2025 so please keep listening and spread the word. This show was all about moving on, heading south, hitting the highway, living at the coast, going through changes, that sort of thing. Artists featured: Thin Lizzy, Gr...
2025-01-023h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E52TSORR Radio Show S7E52 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 26 Dec 2024. It’s the final show of the year and as per TSORR tradition, we look at all the best rock and metal releases we had in 2024. Clearly, anyone telling you Rock is Dead is talking kak. If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X or Instagram. Please feel free to check out the website on www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips and more. You wil...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E51TSORR Radio Show S7E51 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 19 Dec 2024. It’s the 7th Anniversary of the Show so we just went off script and played bands and songs that make the show what it is. Plenty was going on, but I am not writing a big story here because I have come to believe no one reads it, and rightfully so, the music is what we are here for. If anyone is missing the show notes let me know and I will continue, for now, I’ll let the music do the talking. If you...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E50TSORR Radio Show S7E50 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 12 Dec 2024. The theme of the show was moving on. TSORR's days of broadcasting from the wastelands of ANC-run Johannesburg are drawing to a close, and once the relocation is complete in January, we have huge plans for 2025. There is something for everyone here: rock, metal, ballads, and blues, and as always, it’s all about the guitars. On the Twisted Triplets, we had three tracks called ‘Move On’. The three contributing artists were Paul Stanley, Walter Trout, and David Bowie. In the Evolution of Judas Pries...
2024-12-123h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E49TSORR Radio Show S7E49 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 5 Dec 2024. We continue where we left off last week with some excellent new releases and fists full of rock and metal. There is something for everyone here: rock, metal, ballads, and blues. As always, it’s all about the guitars. On the Twisted Triplets, we had three tracks called ‘Ball & Chain’. The 3 contributing artists were Badlands, Poison, and Social Distortion. In the Evolution of Judas Priest, we are still in 1978 because they put out two albums that year. Last week's Stained Class was in Feb and this w...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E48TSORR Radio Show S7E48 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 28 November 2024. Thank you all very much for a record-breaking week for TSORR podcast downloads. Your support is greatly appreciated. This week’s show featured some great new music. Check out the tracks from Crossbone Skully, Storace, and Opeth. There is something for everyone here: rock, metal, ballads, and blues. As always, it’s all about the guitars. On the Twisted Triplets, we had three tracks called ‘Ugly’, Therapy?, and Soil, and of course, The Stranglers did the honours. In the Evolution of Judas Priest, we are in 1978...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E47TSORR Radio Show S7E47 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 21 Nov 2024. We are on the downhill run to the end of Season 7. As always the show is drenched in guitars and features some of the greatest bands in the world and some that maybe new to you. Enjoy. On the Twisted Triplets, we had three tracks called ‘Cold Day in Hell’, one each from Keel, Tom Keifer, and Gary Moore. In the Evolution of Judas Priest, we listened to a track from album number three, released in 1977 and titled Sin After Sin. The Immortals slot was award...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E46TSORR Radio Show S7E46 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 14 November 2024. The show was jam-packed with rock and metal. It featured all the usual features PLUS an interview with South African death metal merchants The Falling Prophets. On the Twisted Twins, we had two tracks called ‘Holy Roller’, one from Nazareth and the other from Mother Love Bone.In the Evolution of Judas Priest, we listened to a track from Sad Wings of Destiny. The Immortals slot was bluesy this week, we got to hear Eric Clapton showing us where his reputation comes fro...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E45TSORR Radio Show S7E45 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 7 Nov 2024. We were celebrating on TSORR. The US election is over and we got through it without a third world war. This episode’s Twisted Twins featured two tracks called ‘Eye of the Storm’. These are totally different songs; only the name is common, and in this case, they both come from German bands. We started a new cycle of Evolutions. For the next 19 weeks, we will follow the evolution of the mighty Judas Priest. George Thorogood cracked the Immortals slot with ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E44TSORR Radio Show S7E44 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 31 Oct 2024. Halloween already, that means 8 more shows until 2025. Wow!!!! This show was jam-packed with tons of Rock and Metal and we had a great time live the TSORR Central chat. There was a lot of new music from bands like Doomsday Outlaw, The New Roses, and Jelusic. This episode’s Twisted Triplets had 3 different tracks called ‘Dead Man Walking’. We had a choice of 5 but decided to stick with 3: Onslaught, Elegant Weapons, and The Confession. We finished the Evolution of Iron Maiden with a track off their...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E43TSORR Radio Show S7E43 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 24 Oct 2024. The 'artists featured' list at the bottom of the post is in order of play if you are jumping around. We said cheers and RIP to Iron Maiden’s first vocalist Paul Di Anno, we checked out new releases from Michael Schenker Group, Massive Wagons, Myles Kennedy, and The New Roses and chatted with South African guitar hero Jackson Colt. His latest track, 'Monsoon', produced by Mark Haze, is amazing as you will hear. The Twisted Triplets featured 3 different tracks titled ‘Never Surrender’. We heard fro...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E42TSORR Radio Show S7E42 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 17 October 2024. The show was dedicated to the memory of Athol Curtis, who was a big part of TSORR and sadly passed away a year ago to the day. This show was a celebration of the rock and roll spirit of this uniquely special human being. He lives on through the awesome music that we both love so much. The artists featured (see below) are in order of play so you can find anything you are looking for with ease. This week’s highlig...
2024-10-173h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E41TSORR Radio Show S7E41 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 10 Oct 2024. There was a lot of new stuff out so we listened to all of it. The artists featured (see below) are in order of play so you can find anything you are looking for with ease. This week’s highlights include The Twisted Triplets where we listened to 3 different songs all called ‘Better Man’. We had Pearl Jam, Praying Mantis, and Sixx AMThis week we had Michael Schenker Group with ‘Love to Love’ in the Immortals slot. Axl Rose on vocals and...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E40TSORR Radio Show S7E40 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 3 Oct 2024. This means there are 12 shows left until the end of the year! Time flies when you are having fun!!! The artists featured (see below) are in order of play so you can find anything you are looking for with ease. This week’s highlights include: The Twisted Twins turned out to be quadruplets with four songs called ‘’One More Time’, we heard from The Winery Dogs, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Jackson, and Queensrÿche. This week we had Dire Straits in on the Immor...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E39TSORR Radio Show S7E39 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 26 Sep 2024. If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Please feel free to check out the website at www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips, and more. You will find the monthly newsletter there and you can subscribe if you want to receive it as it comes out. You can email us at thestoryofrockandroll1@gmail.com, it’s always great to hear from people around the wo...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E38TSORR Radio Show S7E38 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 19 Sep 2024. If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X or Instagram. Please feel free to check out the website on www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips and more. You will find the monthly newsletter there and you can subscribe if you want to receive it as it comes out. You can email us at thestoryofrockandroll1@gmail.com, it’s always great to hear from people around the wo...
2024-09-193h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E37TSORR Radio Show S7E37 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 12 Sep 2024. If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X or Instagram. Please feel free to check out the website at www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips, and more. You will find the monthly newsletter there and you can subscribe if you want to receive it as it comes out. You can email us at thestoryofrockandroll1@gmail.com, it’s always great to hear from people around the wo...
2024-09-123h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E36TSORR Radio Show S7E36 aired from Myoli Beach on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 5 Sep 2024. If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X or Instagram. Please feel free to check out the website on www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips, and more. You will find the monthly newsletter there and you can subscribe if you want to receive it as it comes out. You can email us at thestoryofrockandroll1@gmail.com, it’s always great to hear from p...
2024-09-063h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E35TSORR Radio Show S7E35 aired live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 29 Aug 2024. If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Please feel free to check out the website at www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips, and more. You will find the monthly newsletter there and you can subscribe if you want to receive it as it comes out. You can email us at thestoryofrockandroll1@gmail.com, it’s always great to hear from people worldw...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E34TSORR Radio Show S7E34 aired live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 22 Aug 2024. This was a great show, it rocked right out the gate and didn’t quit for 3 hours. There should be something for everyone here. You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, just search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites. Check out the website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com and sign up for the monthly newsletter for more content about previous shows. It includes articles, interviews, video clips, and more. The featured artists (see below) are in order of pl...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E33TSORR Radio Show S7E33 aired live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 15 Aug 2024. Check it out we’ve got three hours of rock, metal, ballads, and blues. You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, just search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites. Check out the website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com and sign up for the monthly newsletter for more content about previous shows. It includes articles, interviews, video clips, and more. The artists featured (see below) are listed in order of play, so you can quickly access the stuff you...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E32TSORR Radio Show S7E32 aired live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 8 Aug 2024. We had some new tracks from Massive Wagons, Deep Purple, Arch Enemy, an old track from The Beatles, and some very heavy stuff and a bit of lighter stuff. You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, just search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites. Check out the website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com and sign up for the monthly newsletter for more content about previous shows. It includes articles, interviews, video clips, and more.The artists featu...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E31S7E31 of TSORR Radio Show went out live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 1 Aug 2024. In a world gone mad (Trump assassination attempt, little children stabbed to death in the UK, and men beating up women in the Olympics to name just a few travesties) we took some respite in the music. As always the show is full of Rock and Metal, both old and new, and from all around the world. You can follow us on Facebook, X or Instagram, just search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites. Check out the w...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E30S7E30 of TSORR Radio Show went out live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 25 July 2024. The show was jam-packed with your favourite features: Twisted Triplets, The Evolution of Iron Maiden, Immortals, The Diabolical Challenge, and a 5-minute chat with Basson Laas. The rest of the show was made up of rock and metal. You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, just search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites. The artists featured (see below) are in order of play, so you can get to the stuff you like quickl...
2024-07-253h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E29Welcome to another episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Show. S7E29 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 18 Jul 2024. You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, just search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites. The episode is choc-a-bloc with Rock and Metal, and we had a great time. Please also note that the artists featured are in order of play. Also, note that at about an hour and 20 minutes into the show, somewhere between Joe Bonamassa and Iron Maiden, there was a technical hitch on the mic, and i...
2024-07-183h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E28Welcome to another episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Show. S7E28 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 11 Jul 2024. You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites it's always great to hear from you guys. This show is an awesome mix of rock and metal from the late ‘60s to the albums released this month. As always, loud guitars take center stage. Please also note that the artists featured are in order of play so you will see that the show's end had...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E27Welcome to another episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Show. S7E27 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 4 Jul 2024. It’s traditional on TSORR to celebrate Independence Day in honour of the USA and all that awesome Rock music that has come out of the US, the stuff I, and many other listeners grew up on. I took the opportunity to use the week's Twisted Triplet to thank the USA with three different songs called 4th of July. We heard from The Sweet, Soundgarden, and of course Bruce Springsteen. The final track fo...
2024-07-043h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E26Welcome to another episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Show. S7E26 went out live from my studio in Benoni on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 27 June 2024. It's hard to believe we are halfway through the year already, time flies when you are rockin’ out. On this week's Twisted Triplet, we had three tracks called ‘Animal’ and took versions from Pearl Jam, Def Leppard, and Anti-Nowhere League. They couldn’t be more different. In the evolution of the Foo Fighters, we have the second last release Medicine at Midnight which was recorded during the Covid c...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E25Welcome to another episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Show. S7E25 went out on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 20 June 2024. This week the show came to you from Sedgefield in the Western Cape. There is a very different vibe down here, nothing like the madness and dysfunctionality of Johannesburg, I could live here. Anyway, back to the show, we had a ton of good stuff as we always do, it's a good mix of everything. This week we went with a Twisted Triplet and had three tracks called ‘Bad Habits’. Thin Lizzy, Thundermother, and The Monks...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E24S7E24 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 13 June 2024. The show was packed with great music, from Hendrix and Zeppelin to Kerry King and Dark Tranquillity. The evolution of the Foo Fighters, continued, this week’s track was ‘Walk’ off the most excellent Wasting Light. This track was used to great effect at the end of Marvels Thor. Twisted Twins this week, came courtesy of The First Lady of Rock and featured tracks called ‘Blue Highway’. We had versions by Billy Idol and by George Thorogood & the Destroyers. Immortals this week came from...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E23S7E23 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 6 June 2024. South Africa is a buzz with the sound of election results being counted so while we wait for that we rocked out with all the best Rock and Metal we could squeeze into 3 hours. Hope you enjoy the show. The evolution of the Foo Fighters, continued, this weeks track was the ‘Best of You'. Twisted Triplets featured tracks called ‘Forever Young’. Overdrivers, Def Leppard and of course Bob Dylan gave us their songs by that name. Immortals this week came from Jethro Tul...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E22S7E22 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 30 May 2024. South Africa is a buzz with the sound of election results being counted so while we wait for that we rocked out with all the best Rock and Metal we could squeeze into 3 hours. I hope you enjoy the show. The evolution of the Foo Fighters, continued, this week's track was ‘All My Life’ off the One By One album released in 2002. This week's Twisted Triplets featured tracks called ‘The Reckoning’. The Cult, Judas Priest, and Brides of Destruction did the honours. Immortals t...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E21S7E21 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 23 May 2024. It was busy as always, something for everyone. Just a note, 4 min from the end when I say goodnight the mic cuts out for some reason so there is a short gap before the outro track, Imagine someone saying who the previous tracks were, and thanks for listening, and be careful out there. In Evolutions we continue to look at the evolution of the Foo Fighters, this week's track was ‘Learning To Fly’. The Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘The Reckoning’. The first one came f...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E20S7E20 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 16 May 2024. Gary Moore kicked us off with Friday on my Mind. In Evolutions we continue to look at the evolution of the Foo Fighters, this week's track was the acoustic version of Everlong. Twisted Triplets featured tracks called ‘Change of Heart’. Tom Petty, Bruce Dickinson and Jimmy Barnes all had tracks with that name. Immortals this week came from The Doors. This one is special, ‘The End’ is one of the most atmospheric pieces of music ever committed to vinyl and showcases Jim Morr...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E19S7E19 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 9 May 2024. Winter is coming to Johannesburg so this show helped to warm up the airwaves. We kicked off with Blackfoot of Tomcattin’ and a track called 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme'. From there on out it was all the rock and metal we could squeeze in from the last 55 years. Continuing with Evolutions we took in a track off The Foo Fighters' second album The Color and The Shape. Just to reiterate please NOTE that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting i...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E18S7E18 went out on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 2 May 2024. It was nice to be back doing a live show and chatting to all the wonderful people on TSORR Central. We kicked off with Metallica and ‘The Struggle Within’ and the rock didn’t stop for the next 3 hours. This week we played the first track in a 10-week series called Evolution. This was inspired by an article I read and a playlist that tracked the evolution of the Foo Fighters. I will do a track per week and then we’ll do the Evolution of the next b...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E17S7E17 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 25 April 2024. As always it was a mixed bag of new and old, heavy and not so heavy. Listeners rated it the most fun ever. Note that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down. You can find us on plenty of other sites if this happens. The TSORR website will always be able to help. This week's Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘Heartbreaker’. As happened last week we turned it into a Twisted Triplets with tracks called ‘Heartbreaker’. Led Zeppelin, Motö...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E16S7E16 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 18 April 2024. As always it was a mixed bag of new and old, heavy and not so heavy. Listeners rated it the most fun ever. Note that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down. You can find us on plenty of other sites if this happens. The TSORR website will always be able to help. This week's Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘Bulletproof’. We could have had Twisted Quintuplets as there were 5 different tracks with that name but we settled on...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E15S7E15 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 11 April 2024. TSORR was on Myoli Beach in Sedgefield for this episode so the view was great. This week's Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘Winter’. We looked to a local band called Crash Car Burn for the first track and then went back to the amazing Goats Head Soup album for a Rolling Stones song called Winter. It’s interesting to note that this is one of the few Rolling Stones that Keith Richard did not play on. The song was written and recorded by the two Mick’s – J...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E14S7E14 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 4 April 2024. This week's Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘Take It Off’. The Donnas and Suicide Bombers did the honours. Immortals, a track over 7 minutes showcasing an artist's brilliance, came off the Born to Run album. It is a track called ‘Jungleland’. Springsteen is at his finest on this groundbreaking album but it’s the late Clarens Clemons’ sax solo that really makes it special. And the lyric! Never forget the lyrics when it comes to The Boss. The Fake Feud featured Pete Townshend and ACDC. Th...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E13S7E13 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 28 March 2024. It's hard to believe we are a quarter of the way through the year already! As always TSORR is a celebration of guitar-driven Rock Music and the artists that make this wonderful music. This week's Twisted Twins featured Godsmack, Buckcherry, and Skid Row. The Immortals feature was a track called ‘When The Music’s Over’ by The Doors, I do not doubt that if you were at the gigs where they did this you would be forever altered. The Diabolical Challenge looke...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E12S7E12 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 21 March 2024. It was full throttle out of the gate with Dio and ‘Evil Eyes’. We had some new music from Dan Patlansky, Judas Priest and Bruce Dickenson. Most interesting is a new single from Vended. I am really digging Vended a lot, sons of Slipknot, literally, Griffin Tayor and Simon Crahan doing their parents proud. To remind you to get tickets for next year's Green Day, The Offspring, and Fokofpolisikar concert in Cape Town and JHB we again took a quick track from each of them. Th...
2024-03-213h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E11S7E11 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 14 March 2024. Last week we invented a new feature which, thanks to some audience participation, has become known as Twisted Twins. It involves playing two songs with the same name but by different bands. We continued with Twisted Twins on this show as well as the usual favourites The Diabolical Challenge and The Immortals. The new Judas Priest is out so obviously we continued to rave about that. There is also a new Pearl Jam album coming and we took a listen to the title track 'Dark Matter. Plus w...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E10S7E10 went out live on Rebel Rock radio at 19h00 on 7 March 2024. This weeks' Immortals feature – a track over 7 min that showcases what an artist went to a band called Paradox. The track was called 'Manhunt' off the Pangea album The Diabolical challenge this week looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘J’. The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one. This week we had: Judas Priest – Screaming For VengeanceJimmy Barnes – Freight Train HeartJoe Satriani – Surfing With The AlienJoe Bona...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E9Season 7 Episode 9 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 29 Feb 2024. We had a full house in TSORR Central and the show was an absolute pleasure to do. It was a good mix of classics, brand new tracks, heavy, not so heavy, something for everyone. For this week’s Immortals feature – a track over 7 min that showcases what an artist is all about, we gave the multi-talented Steven Wilson the slot. Wilson is well known for his work as a solo artist as well as with Porcupine Tree released Hand. Cannot. Erase in 2015. We listened to a track...
2024-02-293h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E8S7E8 went out live on Rebel Rock radio at 19h00 on 22 Feb 2024. It was touch and go with a fiber failure an hour before the show, big well done to the guys at Vodacom Fibre for sorting it out in time. We started with a bit of ACDC and ‘Overdose’ off the Let There Be Rock album and just kept on building from there. This week's Immortals feature – a track over 7 min that showcases what an artist is all about was the original version of Am I Evil by Diamond Head. You may only know the Metallica...
2024-02-223h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E7Welcome to S7E7 of The Story of Rock and Roll radio Show. This one went out on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 15 Feb 2024. I was in Clarens with master guitarist Dan Patlansky and a whole lot of guitar maniacs so the show deals with that a bit, but for the main, it is straight down-the-line Rock and Metal, as you would expect. This week's Immortals feature – a track over 7 min that showcases what an artist is all about features the man himself, Mr Dan Patlansky with a track recorded back in 2006 on an album called Real...
2024-02-153h 03
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E6Welcome to The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show. Season 7 episode 6 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 8 Feb 2024. As always, the show consisted of 3 hours of Rock and Metal and covered all sorts of artists from late 1960 through to albums released this week. You should find something amongst this lot, see 'Artists featured' below (in order of appearance). The Immortals track this week came from Blue Öyster Cult, a track called Shooting Shark off The Revolution By Night album. Buck Dhara on guitar never disappoints. The Diabolical Challenge this week looked at the lette...
2024-02-033h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E5Welcome to The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show. Season 7 episode 5 aired live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 1 Feb 2024. As always, the show consisted of 3 hours of Rock and Metal and covered all sorts of artists from late 1960 through to albums released this week. You should find something amongst this lot, see artists featured below (in order of appearance). The Immortals track this week came from W.A.S.P., a track called ‘The Tool’ off First Blood…..Last Cuts. The Diabolical Challenge this week looked at the letter ‘E’. This is one of the skinnier...
2024-02-013h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E4Welcome to Episode 4 of Season 7. S7E4 went out live at 19h00 on 25 Jan 2024 on Rebel Rock Radio. Amazing to think that the first month of 2024 is done, where does the time go? We started gently with some Iron Maiden and the show progressed from there. We had new releases from Green Day, Saxon, Judas Priest, and Ryan Adams. The year is starting off well. The Immortals slot, a track over 7 min long, went to Deep Purple’s ‘Knocking at Your Back Door' off their 1984 Perfect Strangers album. This album was the reunion of the celebrated Mk II line-up an...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S7E3S7E3 aired live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 18 Jan 2024. It ended up being one of my favourite shows ever. The end was gloriously spontaneous, and the people tuned in were just awesome. Going round the world in 40 min at the end of the show was amazing, unplanned and a great way to say goodnight. The Immortals track in the episode was Rainbow’s ‘Light in the Black’. This comes off the Rising album, one of the greatest albums to come out of the ‘70s This weeks Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands begin...
2024-01-183h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E52Well, we made it, welcome to the end of 2023 and the last episode of Season 6. As has become traditional on TSORR we use the last show of the season to review the year and listen to as much of the music released as time allows. It was a good year for Rock Music and you will hear that there has been a serious resurgence in classic metal. Last year I had new 64 albums so this year is 30% down, I guess that may be linked to Covid, bands can tour again and many of them recorded during lockdown. Anyway, there was...
2023-12-283h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E51This is a special episode. The Story of Rock and Roll turned Six. On 12 Dec 2017, the first-ever TSORR aired from the Mix 93.8 FM Studios in Midrand Johannesburg. Six years later to the day, S6E51 aired live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 12 Dec 2023. The world has changed, and my life has changed so it is good to know that the music has not. The episode was a celebration of the bands and the songs that make the show what it is. Thank you all for your support, wherever you are and whoever you are I am deeply gratef...
2023-12-213h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E46S6E46 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 16 Nov 2023. We kicked off with Megadeth and that strange coincidence whereby both Metallica and Megadeth independent of each other used the children’s rhythm “Now I lay me down to sleep”. Check out 'Artists featured' to see who was played and whereabouts in the show. It was a pretty chaotic show, just like the old days, with lots of technical problems and lots of laughs. The Immortals track was a toss-up between Judas Priest and Joe Bonamassa The Diabolical Challenge this week looked at 4 albums f...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E44S6E44 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 2 November 2023. It was nice to be broadcasting live again after a week away. It was one of those shows where we just ran out of time. Highlights included new tracks by Green Day and Blink 182. We also looked at John Corabi’s work and I discussed his awesome Biography ‘Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. This episode's Diabolical Challenge looked at 4 albums from 1996: Marilyn Manson – Antichrist SuperstarIn Flames – The Jesters RaceSoundgarden – Down on the UpsideZakk Wylde – Book of Shadows
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowRock Review: Sixx A.M.One of the most enjoyable Rock Reviews I have done. Also one of the most commented on. I really got deeply into what Sixx A.M. has done and listened to a lot of interviews and watched the documentary mentioned in the review. James Michael and DJ Ashba add their talent to the charisma and drive of Nikki Sixx. Sixx A.M. contrasts the light and the dark in a way that few artists can do. Check it out. The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E28Episode 28 of Season 6 went out live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 13 July 2023. Following on from The Rock Doctor’s Rock Power Play Turbo show it was necessary to keep the pace. It has been freezing in Johannesburg this week with Temperatures getting down below zero and we actually had snow which happens about once every 20 years. It made sense to kick off with The Boomtown Rats ‘Wind Chill Factor Minus Zero’. The big news this week was an interview with the multitalented SA Rock legend Mark Haze. Mark had some kind words to say about the old day...
2023-07-133h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E12Episode 12 of Season 6 went out live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 23 March 2023. Guns ‘n’ Roses were first up with 14 Years, closely followed by Great White and a track off Hooked called ‘South Bay Cities’. Megadeth’s ‘Victory’ off Youthanasia made it a bit heavier but them we mellowed out again with Free and a track called ‘Heartbreaker’. We stayed mellow with Gov’t Car's 'Kings Highway' and then picked up the pace with Danko Jones and Van Halen. We got heavy with Annihilator and spent some time discussing the guitarist Jeff Waters and marvelling at just how great and overlo...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E10S6E10 kicked off live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 9 Mar 2023. It was great to be back in Benoni after last week's sojourn to Clarens and we celebrated hard. First up was Motörhead and a track off Inferno called ‘In the Year of the Wolf’. From there some classic Led Zep and a track by Michael Monroe co-written by Lemmy called 'The Fine Art of Debauchery'. We had some Def Leppard and some Black Sabbath to keep the big names in the mix and then turned left into the world of Stoner Rock and Queens of the Stone...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E5S6E5 aired at 19h00 on 2 Feb 2023 live on Rebel Rock Radio. The opening track was by Warrior Soul, I have some good memories of this band. Marq Vas and I discovered them in the early ‘90s and their Last Decade, Dead Century album, where this track came from was always in heavy rotation. Next up, Thunder Mother with ‘Borrowed Time’ conjured up the image of thousands of lighters held aloft, and ‘Turn of the Screw' from Heaven & Hell again reminded us of the magnificence of Ronnie James Dio’s Voice. During the show, Tim sent me the list of 202...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E51Welcome to the second last show of Season 5, i.e. Episode 51. It marks the 5th birthday of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show. This episode went out live on 22 December 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 sharp. Sadly the cell phone towers did not play ball and the signal was a serious killjoy. The show however went out just perfectly on the podcast. I used the opportunity to showcase some of the tracks that make TSORR what it is. Some of these tracks are pretty deep and have backstories that are detailed in the book The Story of Roc...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E46Episode 46 of Season 5 aired on Rebel Rock radio at 7 pm on 17 Nov 2022. The show started a bit differently for a change. Instead of the usual full-throttle Rock ‘n’ Roll we eased in with the classic ‘Judas’ version of Bob Dylan's brilliant ‘Like a Rolling Stone’. From there we went with ‘Squealer’, one of the early ACDC tracks off Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. It was decided that if you could have a night on the town with one of the dead rock stars then Bon Scott would be a seriously good guy to pick. From there some Black Spiders off Sons of the North...
2022-11-183h 04
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E39Episode 39 of Season 5 went out live at 7 pm sharp on 29 Sept 2022. As usual, the show was hosted by Rebel Rock Radio. We got going with Jorn and a track called 'Some Day They Will Put Out the Sun’, it was agreed that if it was in Soth Africa it would have been out long ago, or broken, or lost. Next up Hell Fire out of San Fransisco, a truly wonderful band with a track called Cities Ablaze off their 2nd album called Free Again. From there a bit Sevendust with ‘Black’ and Last In Line with ‘Already Daed’ with Vivian Campbel...
2022-09-303h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E35Episode 35 aired on 1 Sept 2022, on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00. For once there were no technical problems on startup, everything connected and everything worked. First up we had Krokus with their classic track Long Stick Goes Boom, off 1982’s One Vice at a Time. Next up Biters with a track called ‘1975’ and then a quick track from Herman Frank before we shifted direction with some Faith No More. From there we checked out ‘Baptised in Muddy Water from Ayron Jones and a track off the Ronnie James Dio Tribute tiled This is Your Life. We spend a bit of time in...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E32Episode 32 of Season 5 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 11 August 2022. Actually, that isn’t quite true it eventually went out at 19h10 due to the all too familiar computer problems that plague internet radio. I am sure by 2025 all these stations will be a lot more reliable. We started off with Volbeat and ‘Step Into Light’, then changed direction and decided to go ‘Into the Pit’ with Halford instead. That track came off his Live Insurrection album. From there we had a flurry of Aussie Rock in the form of James Reynes performing ‘Boys Light Up, off the One N...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E31Episode 31 of Season 5 went out live on Rebel Rock radio on 4 August 2022. This show is as unprepared as it gets, let's see what happens. We kicked off with Bad Company and ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy, then into Dave Hause off one of my favourite albums of all time titled 'Bury Me In Philly'. The track we played was called ‘The Flinch’. From there we sped it up a bit with ‘Speed Demon’ from Keel, by now I was hating what I had in the playlist and desperately looking for a way out. By request, we took in some of Australia's finest...
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The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E20Episode 20 of Season 5 aired on Rebel Rock Radio on Thursday 19 May at 19h00. It was great to be back behind the mic after two hectic weeks in Clarens and then Cape Town. The show kicked off with hair metal heavyweights Slaughter and a track called 'Shake This Place'. That was the general intention from the start. From there we checked out the two Mot's, Mötley Crüe and Mott the Hoople, with 'Angela' and 'One of the Boys' respectively.We went to Australia with The Screaming Jets and James Reyne and then to Germany with Accept and a...
2022-05-203h 04
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E51Not sure what to say about this one, It went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 23 Dec 2021. I wasn't in a good space at all, I think that you'll hear that, in the words of Simon & Garfunkel "I am distracted and diffused". I get some mojo back about halfway. Another factor is that 2021 has been a fantastic year for good music and I have been very busy putting together next week's show which will be spectacular. I am looking forward to putting a knife into the heart of 2021 and I have an incredible soundtrack to do just...
2021-12-243h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E39Episode 39 of Season 4 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio, incredible how the year is flying past! We kicked off with 'The Mob Rules' brilliantly covered by Adrenaline Mob. The track came off a tribute to Ronnie James Dio album called This is Your Life. It set the show off to a blistering start. It fell to Alice Cooper and Slash's Snakepit to pick up the pieces. Slash features on both tracks. From there we were into some Gospel music from Stryper and some not gospel music from Mötley Crüe. There was a bit of early '80s stuff t...
2021-10-013h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E16Episode 16 of season 4 started a bit differently as I was testing out the auto DJ function and instead of starting up the theme song for TSORR, it played Whitesnake. Normality was resumed quickly and we sped through some Black Sabbath and ACDC. I pointed out that 'Neon Knights' off Sabbath's Heaven and Hell is the song responsible for the world's greatest ever collective sigh. I am still deeply under the spell of the book Nothin' But a Good Time, the story of 80's hair metal so we checked out Girl and L.A. Guns. We took a lis...
2021-04-233h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E13Episode 13 did prove to be unlucky but it all got sorted out. The show was scheduled to T-off at 7 pm on 1 April 2021 but forces conspired against the gods of rock in a technological April Fools on me. Due to a scheduled system update, a key part of the software wasn't there to let TSORR connect to Rebel Rock Radio. I had to reboot everything and start again. We got going at about 19h12 so the show has two endings, one to say cheers to actual live listenership and another to say cheers to you, awesome podcast people.The...
2021-04-023h 04
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S2E4Season 2 Episode 4 played out at midnight on 24 January 2020 and it was great fun and pretty much seamless. The show kicked off with Queensrÿche and ‘Spreading the Disease’ and then straight into Dio with The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. From there it was balls to the wall through until 2 am. The Black Cat Bones and Fokofpolisiekar took care of the South African music, ACDC did the honours for Aussie, Accept represented Germany, Pink Floyd, and Billy Bragg were some of those from the UK, the USA was well represented as always and the colours were represented by Black Sabbath and...
2020-01-241h 59
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Burning: An Interview with James DaubeneyHere is an interview with East rand heavyweights The Burning. I was privileged to get Steve and Glenn into the studio to discuss their new album Headed To Hell. Bands like The Burning have been keeping SA Rock alive for years, take a listen to the interview and check out 4 songs off the album. It's available on all platforms and you can get the details in the interview. The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock
2019-12-3140 minThe Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: James Daubeney with KISS, the Tommy Thayer interviewIt was announced a few weeks back that KISS will be coming to SA in July 2020. I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to interview lead guitarist Tommy Thayer. It was actually my first ever radio interview so I am very proud to have started off by talking to him, nice to start in the deep end :-)What an amazing guy. Tommy has actually been the longest running lead guitarist, he's been in Kiss for 17 years. Ace did 9 and then came back 14 years later for another 6 and Bruce Kulick was there for 12. Tommy got invol...
2019-11-2814 min
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: Episode 42WARNING this show comes in hot with Pantera and Slayer, if you are not a fan then hang in there for two tracks there is a good reason for this aggressive start and for why it is followed by ‘I’m In a Bad Mood’ by Aussie legend Jimmy Barnes. Fear not, the healing power of Rock ‘n’ Roll soon kicks in and the show becomes its usual light-hearted, metal loving self. Welcome to the 42nd episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show. Things came undone from the moment I looked for the files which were supposed to h...
2019-11-012h 06
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: Episode 34Midnight 30 August 2019 marked the airing of Episode 34 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show. As always it was an interesting mix and included a few wonderful energy swings. I enjoyed the shift going from full tilt with the new Long Live the Loud feature into Neil Young's Thrasher. We listened to Boston and we listened to Slipknot and everything in between. Looking back the show was so jam-packed I realized it was the first time we haven’t had two punk tracks on TSORR so it was probably a bit more metallic than usual. You be the judge...
2019-08-302h 08
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: Episode 24Ep24 of TSORR Radio Show took to the air on a chilly winters night in Midrand Johannesburg on 21 June 2019. The thing I love about Radio is that things do not go as planned. The State of the Nation address by the President of South Africa took place earlier that night and I started the show mentioning that instead of blasting into full throttle R ‘n’ R it would be more fitting to start with Running To The Edge Of The World, Marilyn Manson’s apocalyptic slow burning anthem of death and destruction. The intro was great but it didn’t record so...
2019-06-211h 58
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: Episode 22Episode 22 went live from the Mix 93.8 FM studios at 00h00 on 7 June 2019. TSORR Radio Show rocked from start to finish, kicking off with fast paced ACDC and Iron Maiden and finishing off with Guns ‘n’ Roses and Pantera. In between we played songs from 8 countries and 6 decades. There was a quiet moment where we paid our respects to SA rock legend Piet Botha who sadly passed away this week. It was a special little part of the show featuring two songs, give that bit a deeper listen and focus on the words. Piet’s passing is a huge loss for SA musi...
2019-06-072h 04The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story Of Rock and Roll: Episode 13March 30, 2019 James DaubeneyThis episode took place at 00h00 on 29 March 2019. It featured among others Rainbow, Cinderella, Dokken, Springsteen, Queen, Metallica, Cold Chisel, Sepultura, Motorhead, Arapaho, Black Label Society, Foo Fighters and many more. Hidden within is the greatest radio save ever, see if you can spot it :-). Remember its the choice of songs that makes TSORR unique, you won't hear the overdone top 40 greatest rock hits of all time on this show. What you will hear is some amazing music and some reasons why. The Story of Rock...
2019-03-291h 58
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story Of Rock and Roll Episode 12March 29, 2019 James DaubeneyThis episode took place at 00h00 on 22 March 2019. It featured among others Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Dio, ZZ Top and Thin Lizzy. There was a short tribute to ax-man extrordinaire Berne Torme who sadly passed on 17 March 2019, check it out it, sad but magnificent. The show also features lesser known but no less impressive bands like Icon, Clutch, Skid Row, Jack Hammer, The Professionals, Badlands, Little Steven, Cutting Jade & NWOBHM band Demon, one of those who never got as far as they should have. On the a...
2019-03-261h 58