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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: 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 Romance2025-04-103h 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...2025-02-202h 56
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...2025-02-133h 01
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...2025-01-233h 00
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...2024-12-263h 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...2024-12-053h 01
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...2024-11-283h 01
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...2024-08-223h 01
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...2024-08-153h 02
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...2024-08-013h 00
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...2024-07-113h 01
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: 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...2024-06-063h 01
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...2024-05-233h 00
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...2024-03-283h 00
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: 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: S6E48S6E48 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio on 30 Nov 2023. All last week’s technical problems were sorted and we had a hassle-free show other than the fact that I forgot to turn on the inverter before load shedding which took us off air for 5 min. The podcast is fine but that’s what that was about when I mentioned it. The show kicked off and closed off with KISS. This amazing band are largely responsible for my love for rock and metal. As detailed in the Book The Story of Rock and Roll, once I heard KISS for the f...2023-11-303h 01
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...2023-11-163h 01
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 Shadows2023-11-022h 59
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 Rock2023-09-241h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E37Episode 37 of Season 6 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 14 September 2023. Once again, the airwaves were cooking thanks to The Rock Doctor’s Rock Power Hour Turbo edition that precedes The Story of Rock and Roll radio Show. We kicked off with Kiss, basically the band most responsible for TSORR as it was the band that melted my brain 12-year-old brain and changed everything. That story is in the book The Story of Rock and Roll which you can find on Amazon as a Kindle edition. We had a good selection as always, pretty much s...2023-09-143h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E34S6E34 went out live on 24 Aug 2023 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. Broadcasting out of Benoni, east of Johannesburg in the sinking pit of corruption and incompetence formally known as South Africa. Ok, it’s not that bad, just having a laugh, sort of. The show kicked off with Bad Company and a classic track called 'Movin’ On'. We stayed with the classic rock for a while and then built in some US Punk, a bit of ‘80s metal and some grunge. We had SA rock, Aussie rock, US and European rock, there is pretty much something for every rock...2023-08-243h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E33Episode 33 of Season 6 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 17 Aug 2023. It was a ripper due to me having a great day and a lot of people tuned in. We started off with the ‘No Lullaby’ the opening track off Jethro Tull’s incredibly strong live album Bursting Out. The show had plenty of variety this week, check out the artists featured below, you should find something you dig, hopefully, a lot. The Immortals this week featured a track called 'Battle Hymns' by the mighty Manowar. This was the title track off their 1982 release, an album th...2023-08-173h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E31Episode 31 of Season 6 went out live at 19h00 sharp on Rebel Rock Radio on 3 August 2023. Picking up where the Rock Doctor left off, we started with ‘Living On The Edge’, off one of Aerosmith’s finest albums. Check out the artists featured to get the rest of the show. The Immortals this week featured a track released in 1977 called 'Bat Out Of Hell', you may have heard it lol. It was and remains an absolute classic. Todd Rundgren's finest work. We also featured the year 1977 in this week's Diabolical Challenge, the 4 albums we took a listen to were The Str...2023-08-033h 03
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: S6E27S6E27 went out live at 7 pm on Thursday 76 July 1023 on Rebel Rock Radio. It was a pleasure to pick up from where the Rock Doctor left off. It is a great pleasure to welcome Mario to Rebel Rock Radio and he set a perfect platform for the show. This week’s Ultimate Challenge was from the year 1974, the albums were Queen – Queen II, David Bowie – Diamond Dogs, UFO – Phenomenon, and The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock and Roll We had new tracks from Mammoth WVH and Therapy? Wolfgang Van Halen apparently used Eddies original Frankenstr...2023-07-063h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E21Welcome to episode 21 of Season 6. The show went out on Rebel Rock Radio on 25 May 2023. It was pre-recorded as I was away in a wonderful little town called Sedgefield somewhere along the Garden Route in the Western Cape. I listened in and chatted to the people and it was a very cool show. We kicked off with Orange Goblin, they made their TSORR debut with ‘Save Me From Myself’. I will be playing much more Orange Goblin in the future, Ben Ward and the lads know how to rock. From there it was all slash-and-burn up-tempo stuff like Jørn, L.A. G...2023-05-263h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E20S6E20 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 18 May 2023. There is plenty to get your teeth into here. We have all the greatest rock and roll in the world, see artists featured below. The show starts off pretty fast-paced and delivers the goods via, Poison, Thin Lizzy, Stone Sour and a good mix of new and old. We had a new track called ‘I Come From The Dirt’ from Texas Hippie Coalition. The album is called The Name Lives On and is well worth your time if you haven't heard it.We had a short...2023-05-193h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E19S6E19 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 7 pm on 11 May 2023. The show kicked off with Herman Frank and we settled into a hour of uptempo, driving rock and roll from the likes of Quiet Riot, Seether, Buckcherry and Rival Sons. These last two bands mentioned had new tracks released so we took a listen to get a feel for the forthcoming albums. Later in the show we continued with the goal of bringing you new SA artist releases. This week we had a short interview with Liaan Horten of The Color Blew and we took a list...2023-05-123h 03
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E17S6E17 or Season Six Episode Seventeen of The Story Rock and Roll Radio Show went out live at 7:00 PM on the 27th of April 2023 on Rebel Rock Radio. We kicked off with ACDC and a track off Back in Black called 'Shoot to Thrill'. It was Freedom Day in South Africa so we celebrated our freedom from electricity, water, and roads without potholes. We listened to stuff like Badlands 'Streets Cry Freedom' and Tesla ‘Freedom Slaves’ to stay in the moment. The Immortals track this week, (that’s a track over 7 minutes long that is fully representa...2023-04-273h 01
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...2023-03-243h 02
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...2023-03-103h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E7Episode 7 of season 6 aired on Rebel Rock Radio at 7 pm on 16 Feb 2023. We eased in with The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, and a track called 'Last To Die'. From there we heard Damageplan, the band that arguably cost Dimebag Darrell his life. Red Dragon Cartel gave us a track called 'Big Mouth' featuring Maria Brink on vocals. From there we were cruising, ACDC, Bush, and stuff like that. TSORR is working with Devographic and getting all the brand-new SA releases as they come out, or in our case about 12 hours before. I don’t like to lose music time on...2023-02-163h 01
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...2023-02-033h 06
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E3Episode 3 of Season 6 launched promptly at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio and then crashed back to earth like a failed rocket launch. It was restarted and got back on the air at 19h17. The joys of internet radio. This was the first episode going out on fibre. While podcast people have not been affected, listeners to the live show have had a really rough ride of late thanks to load shedding in South Africa. Since late 2022 it has either been my cell towers collapsing (Telcom) or if mine are up then the guys trying to listen have no power. It is...2023-01-203h 04
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S6E1Welcome to 2023 and Season 6 of the Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show. Episode 1 got going on 5 Jan 2023 on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 with a track called 'Emaheeval' by Desperado. Desperado was a post-Twisted Sister band comprising Dee Snider, Bernie Tormé, Clive Burr, and Marc Russell. It's an excellent album that was shelved in a nasty bit of spite by Bob Krasnow and it’s a pity because if it had been released at the time it would have done well. Dee has done OK though. Next up Aerosmith with Walk This Way, what a riff!! Joe Perry at his fi...2023-01-063h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E52Finally, we reached the end of Season 5. The final show, episode 52 went out live at 19h00 on 29 Dec 2022 on rebel Rock Radio. At the risk of boring you all I just have to say that once again it all happened under really trying circumstances. I hope you all appreciate the lengths I have to go through to get this show out. The Wi-Fi has been non-existent all day, I can’t even upload the MCR Rock Review. We have more load shedding in an hour's time and I can’t get onto the Rebel Rock Site so I am flying bl...2022-12-303h 01
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...2022-12-233h 47
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E50S5E50 aired on 15 December 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio. December is usually quiet on the station but for TSORR it is always very special, this particular show celebrated the official start of the December holidays. Next week TSORR turns 5 and the week after that Episode 52 the season closer takes you through all the rock and metal highlights of 2022. But more of that later. This episode kicked off with White Lion and a track off the Fight To Survive called ‘In the City’. From there we went to the USA and a band called Motor Sister, and Scotland for a bit of Na...2022-12-163h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E49Episode 49 of Season 5 aired on 8 December 2022 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. It began with the very track that started me on this 40-plus-year journey down Rock and Roll Road i.e. ‘Detroit Rock City’, the opening track from Kiss’s Destroyer. That album changed my life, and may have changed yours too. If you get yourself a copy of The Story of Rock and Roll you may find some parallels. From Kiss, we went to The Clash and the title track of the London Calling album. Next, we got a deluge of guitar from Jake E. Lee and Ivan Ivanko...2022-12-093h 04
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E48Episode 48 of Season 5 aired at 19h00 on 1 Dec 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio. It was a tricky show because of the wifi signal jumping in and out. The podcast is 100% so that is a small mercy I am thankful for. We kicked off with a double header in the form of the first two tracks on W.A.S.P’s magnum opus The Crimson Idol. From there is was a bit of Southern Rock from Whiskey Myers and then over to Ireland for some Therapy? and a track called ‘Unbeliever’ off the critically acclaimed Troublegum. We stayed with the late ‘80s t...2022-12-023h 03
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: S5E45Episode 45 of Season 5 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 10 Nov 2022. The show kicked off with ACDC and a track off Let There Be Rock called ‘Overdose’. From there we continued with Black Stone Cherry, Def Leppard, and White Zombie. We went into the ‘00s and cranked the Nu Metal with Drowning Pool and the title track off the Sinner album, the one that gave the world 'Bodies' and 'Broken Home' off Papa Roach’s Infest album. Strangely enough, we went from that into some mellow blues, courtesy of Popa Chubby and ZZ Top with Trouble and Blue Jea...2022-11-112h 59
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: S4E37Episode 36 kicked off on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 15 Sept 2022. We are into the last 15% of Quarter 3 and then that is 2022 in its P. Amazing, time really does fly. We kicked off the show with 'The Longest Day' by Iron Maiden. At over seven minutes it was a nice way to give everyone a chance to settle in. From there we went to Mötley Crüe for a bit of ‘Power To The Music’, and that’s what TSORR is all about. That track features John Corabi on vocals, John has just released his biography so I will let yo k...2022-09-163h 01
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...2022-09-023h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E34Episode 34 of Season 5 kicked off on 25 August 2022 at 7 pm on Rebel Rock Radio. ACDC got us out the blocks with a track off Power Age called ‘Gone Shooting, We stayed in that style of rock and checked out The LA Maybe, a band out of the Carolinas, and an awesome track called 'Sucker Punch'. In recognition of the fact that the world is pretty fucked at the moment we took a listen to ex-Hanoi Rocks and glam icon Michael Monroe with a track called ‘Junk Planet’. Then we got heavy with Burn The Priest, the band that were Lamb of God be...2022-08-263h 00
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...2022-08-123h 02
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...2022-08-052h 59
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E29Episode 29 of Season 5 kicked off live on Rebel Rock Radio at 7 pm on 21 July 2022. I reckon this was one of the coolest starts ever and featured a little clip of Tom Petty telling the audience in Inglewood to clear the aisles. The original idea to have a mellow start was blown to Smithereens by Therapy with ‘Trigger Inside’ followed by Scorpions and UFO with ‘Blackout’ and Lights Out’ respectively. Punches were being swung at the government and all was good. We took a listen to Trivium, Matt Heafy’s band and they have really grown on me. This week is based on last...2022-07-223h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E27Episode 27 of season 5 aired on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 7 July 2022. The show kicked off with a live track from Volbeat called 'Maybellene I Hofteholder'. It was a nice way to start actually and it sort of set the tone for a mellow (by TSORR standards) beginning. From there we had a band called Austin Gold with the title track off their debut album Before Black Clouds. Next up California Breed, that’s half of Black Country Communion, plus Ozzy Osbourne producer Andrew Watt. After that, we smashed some of that Southern Rock action with Blackfoot and Rhino Bucket...2022-07-083h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E24Episode 24 of season 5 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 16 June 2022. It was workers' day and being a Thursday most people took the gap and the long weekend. It was incumbent on TSORR to provide the soundtrack to the jol. With that mission in mind, the show kicked off with the Thin Lizzy classic ‘Cowboy Song’. From there it was time for some Clutch off the wonderful Blast Tyrant album and a track dedicated to the Gupta Brotherc called 'Subtle Hustle'. From there we ended in a weird little bit where every song was about Moving On. George Thorogood...2022-06-173h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E23Episode 23 of season 5 aired on 9 June at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. First up we had 1000 Homo DJs. Basically, that is Al Jorgenson of Ministry fame with a few buddies, people like Jello Biafra. From there we had a 'Poisoned heart' by Black Star Riders. Classic rock from Def Leppard, Krokus, Journey, and Whitesnake off the Love Hunter album moved us along nicely. Korn took us into the 2000s and we stayed there with 21st-century bands The Temperance Movement and a solo album by ex-Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell. Jaques called in to ask if there were any dr...2022-06-103h 01
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: S5E19Episode 19 was a ton of fun. It aired on 12 May 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio and we kicked off with Mel Gibson's son-in-law Kenny Wayne Shepherd and a track called 'Any Way the Wind Blows', that sentiment pretty much guided the show as we moved through Southern Rock with Jimmy Van Zant and Kid Rock all the way through to show closer Cradle of Filth with 'Death Magick For Adepts'. We took a listen to another two tracks off what I have been referring to as the Phil Wright tapes, this week it was Deep Purple with 'King of...2022-05-133h 03
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E17Episode 17 of season 5 aired on 28 April 2022. It seemed to fly by. We started with the one song that is most responsible for The Story of Rock and Roll, 'Detroit Rock City' by Kiss. This song changed my life, once I heard it on an old black and gold Pye cassette tape in about 1978, I was never the same. Next up was another band that had a huge influence on me Led Zeppelin with 'What Is And What Should Never Be'.We had a bit of commercial rock in the form of Loverboy and Bon Jovi, two excellent ban...2022-04-293h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E16S5E16 aired on 21 Apr 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio. Load shedding had been suspended so the amount of distraction and chaos was reduced significantly from last week. We kicked off with a track titled 'Washed Away' by Craig Goldie, and Vinnie Appice of Dio fame's outfit Resurrection Kings. Sadly we are currently experiencing a lot of Natal being washed away so it's relevant to our troubled times. Next up, some Deep Purple, a track called Spanish Archers off their 1987 effort titled House of Blue Light. This features the classic Mark II line-up and the album has been overlooked by many...2022-04-223h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E14Episode 14 of season 5 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 7 April 2022. For the first time we clocked in with 39 tracks. The show was light on '70's classic rock, blues and SA content for some reason. There just seemed not to be enough time. Things just work out that way sometimes, very little of TSORR is planned. The show did showcase a track called 'South' off the new EP Vocabular Vacation from Deangersmith. It made sense to feature his work in Odyssey while we were at it. We also took in a bit of Agro an...2022-04-083h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E12Episode 12 of Season 5 aired on 24 Mar 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio. The show kicked off with Saxon and a track off their latest album Carpe Diem called 'All For One'. Next up Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown with a most excellent track called 'Without You'. Tyler was widely hailed pre-Covid as the next big thing and there is no doubt he's got a lot to offer, awesome guitarist, great voice, and rock star looks. We took another track off the new Tony Martin album Thorns. It is a great album, well worth checking out. We spent some time with the classi...2022-03-253h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E11Season 5 Episode 11 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio on 17 Mar at 19h17. Yep, you read that right, 17 min late because the laptop did an upgrade and reset all the broadcast codes. We started off with Guns ‘n’ Roses version of The Rolling Stones classic ‘Sympathy For The Devil. Next up a bit of Airbourne out of Australia. and a band called Dirty Honey with ‘It's All For Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and ‘Scars’ respectively. Next up was a fantastic track called ‘Winters Call’ off the Badlands debut album with Jake E. Lee and Ray Gillan on guitar and vocals. This album is one you really...2022-03-173h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E9Episode 9 of the 2022 season kicked off at 19h00 on 3 March on Rebel Rock Radio. We started with ACDC to get the blood pumping and then followed with a fairly laid-back Wolfmother track called 'Mind's Eye'. The whole show was pretty diverse, and included some heavy moments with Testament and Killswitch Engage then all the way back to the early 1969 ad 1976 for MC5 and UFO respectively. We took a listen to 'Motor City is Burning' which was actually a John Lee Hooker song before Wayne Kramer fixed it up. There was a nice little bit showcasing the talents of Al...2022-03-043h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S5E5Episode 5 of Season 5 took to the airwaves on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 3 Feb 2022. It was thoroughly enjoyable and flowed really nicely. I felt like I didn't have enough time right from the very start which is unusual and a good sign. We kicked off with an instrumental track from In Flames called 'Man Made God'. That early '2000s period was where I fell in love with In Flames and this track off the deluxe edition of Colony shows exactly why. From there it was a bit of Audioslave and some Godsmack and we hit stride with L.A...2022-02-043h 02
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: S4E48We are near the end of Season 4 now, as the season closes and we build to the 2021 wrap up we have episode 48 as a bitter-sweet reminder of how this year has gone. The episode aired on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 2 Dec 2021. The show kicked off with Thin Lizzy's 'Are You Ready' and was followed by a whole host of tracks off albums released in '84 / '85. These included Dokken, Qr, Deep Purple, and Hanoi Rocks with a track called 'Underwater World' off the brilliant Two Steps From The Move album. I have most of these albums on vinyl...2021-12-033h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E42S4E42 aired on Rebel Rock Radio on 21 Oct 2021. I was in Clarens with my band the Bunk Girls Motorcycle Club on a guitar clinic with the most amazing Dan Patlansky so the episode felt a bit different from normal. Having people around changes what you play and consequently, it's the first show that doesn't have something really heavy, no Slipknot, No Trivium, no Killswotch, sorry about that. We kicked off in the usual way with some upbeat rock and roll from Buckcherry of the new album Hellbound, Avenged Sevenfold's 'Girl I Know' off Diamonds in the Roug...2021-10-203h 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: S4E36Episode 36 aired on 9 Sept 2021 on Rebel Rock Radio. The episode was prerecorded because I was traveling at the time and not sure if I would have connectivity. The first hour was live from a show I did on Bulldogs Radio on Friday 3 Sept and then I continued for the next two hours. Consequently, the first 60 min is fast-paced balls to the wall rock and roll featuring the likes of Kiss, Van Halen, Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath, and mainly '70's classic rock bands. The new stuff came from Springbok Nude Girls who have had a major retu...2021-09-103h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E34Episode 34 of Season 4 went live on Rebel Rock Radio on 26 August 2021. It was a great episode, one of my favorites, mainly because there is so much going on in life and with Rebel Rock Radio that I didn't even have time to think about this show. The station is growing and we have some seriously good shows being added to the line-up. Ep 34 flowed because of the number of new bands I have been listening too and the sad passing of Charlie Watts. The amount of love being handed out on social media for the passing of this rock star...2021-08-273h 03
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E31Episode 31 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 7 pm on 5 August. We kicked it off with ACDC and ' Kicked in the Teeth', the finest song ever started by vocals alone. with the vocals before the band kick in. Just to check that we took a listen to another vocal-only start in the form of Led Zeppelin's Black Dog. Some of you might say that there is some instrumentation before Rober Plant starts singing but the answer to that is it has nothing to do with the song, it is just the sound of a band waiting for their...2021-08-063h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E29Episode 29 of season 4 aired at 7 pm on Thursday 22 July 2021. It was a difficult show to be honest, as you may well know there is a lot of trouble specific to South Africa at the moment, and like everyone, we are battling Covid. This insidious virus claimed the life of Leon Economides on Monday this week. Leon was a mentor to all of us on Rebel Rock Radio, it was Leon who got me on to Mix 93.8 FM and you can say that without Leon you may not be listening to this podcast. Leon was respected throughout the world for his...2021-07-233h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S4E24Episode 24 of Season 4 went live on air at 7 pm on 17 June 2021, kicking off with Billy Balloon Head' by Massive Wagons, which is guaranteed to get you into a good mood. Next up some Iced Earth and a follow up on the Jon Schaeffer situation before we hit some indie type stuff in the form of Walking Papers and We Are Augustines, As promised there was a lot of SA music on the show to make up for the last episode where SA music was a bit short-changed. We had LA Cobra, Sugar Drive, Deadline, The Fismits, Springbok Nu...2021-06-183h 02
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: S3E18We're close to the end of Season 3 now, episode 18 of 20 aired at 7 pm on 17 Dec 2020. It was a pretty smooth sailing affair. Listenership was lower than normal, I suspect because of the festive season. Low listenership on the night, however, always drives the podcasts which incidentally hit 10 000 this week so thank you all. I am most appreciative of the support that TSORR is getting and especially to those of you who download it as soon as it lands. A reminder to you all that the TSORR Facebook page is the best way to contact the team if you have any c...2020-12-183h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowRock Review: Iron MaidenHere's a little bonus for frequent listeners of The Story of Rock and Roll. The Rock Review is a feature I present monthly on day time radio for Rebel Rock Radio. The RRR presenters take turns to pick an artist and then present a quick one-hour overview of that artist every week which means my turn comes round once a month. My first one was The Stranglers, then Van Halen (before Eddie passed away), Queensrÿche, and Iron Maiden. Here's the Iron Maiden Rock Review and if it gets some interest I'll put up the others. It's...2020-12-141h 02
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S3E13TSORR Season 3 Episode 13 got off to a not so great start on 12 Nov 2020. It’s funny because I am reading Matthew McConaughey’s book Greenlights and that is exactly what I didn’t get, the show said ‘connected’ but no green light so I had to start again. You won’t hear that because I have cut it out but I’m just telling you for interest sake and to explain the reference to an aborted start. After that, it was plain sailing all the way other than some niggle with the microphone clipping a bit, but it’s only on the first t...2020-11-132h 58
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S3E6Season 3 Episode 6 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show aired from behind the bar at 7 pm on 24 September 2020 on Rebel Rock Radio. It was Heritage Day in South Africa and so there were numerous celebrations of many cultural traditions going on around the country. My heritage is rock and metal from around the world so it was a great opportunity to celebrate a couple of bands that fed directly into this heritage, bands like Judas Priest, Nazareth, Led Zeppelin, Queen, ACDC, Boston, Van Halen, and Ozzy Osbourne. We also heard from two SA bands that were very muc...2020-09-263h 00
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S3E4Season 3 Episode 4 of TSORR went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 7pm on 10 September 2020. Technically it was the best yet of the Rebel Rock Radio shows, other than the small issue of the system crashing in the middle of Bullet Holes by Bush. You won’t get the 3 minutes gap the live listeners suffered through on the podcast though, that’s been fixed. On the plus side the microphone quality is way better and now its just a bit more fine-tuning on the music to voice volume balance. The show kicks off with Judas Priest’s ‘All Guns Blazing’ and...2020-09-113h 03
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S3E1Its a brand new Season, welcome to Season 3 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show. It marks the brand new chapter where I left the radio station and together with 3 other presenters from Mix FM started our very own Rebel Rock Radio. Its a streaming site and TSORR is now exclusive to Rebel Rock Radio every Thursday from 7 pm until 10 pm. There are obvious advantages here, firstly you get an extra hour, secondly I am part of a really good team, thirdly I have pretty much no restrictions on what I say or play. My comm...2020-08-212h 52
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S2E16Recorded at behind the bar in Planet Rock on 31 July 2020 this is the 3rd episode away from the radio station. Consequently, it has one of those little parental guidance stickers we used to use to look for to help us choose great records back in the '80s. The sound problems are pretty much sorted out, the only niggle is that the mic seems to have a small delay before the volume settles. I am not worrying too much, I am sure you are here for the music, not the chatter.This week we had a mixed bag...2020-08-012h 07
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S2E15Season 2 Episode 15 of The Story of Rock and Roll was recorded on Friday 25 July 2020 and then re-recorded on Saturday 26 July. Since the demise of the Rockfest shows on Mix FM, TSORR has been recorded from Planet Rock my bar in the dark lands of Benoni. Its challenging but incredibly liberating, to be honest, and it feels like I can finally give you the show the way its meant to be. The reason for the re-record was the voice parts which distorted badly and all had to be scrapped and redone. It's all about getting the levels right but each reco...2020-07-252h 01
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S2E9Welcome to Season 2 Episode 9 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show, it took place at exactly midnight on 28 February 2020. There were a lot of broadcast and steaming problems from the radio station this week and technicians were working on it throughout the week. It should be resolved soon but it did have an effect on the live listenership and makes this podcast all the more important. We kicked off with an energetic little ball of rock to get you in the mood courtesy of The Defiants and then went straight into some ZZ Top Live From Around the...2020-02-282h 10
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: S2E7Shortly after midnight on 14 February 2020 Season 2 Episode 7 aired from the Mix 93.8 FM studios deep in the heart of Midrand, South Africa. As always it was great fun and, to put it in its historical context, we had the State of the Nation address and Valentine’s Day as a backdrop. There were a couple more technical glitches than normal but the show still hangs together OK, you may not even notice. One track started again and then later two tracks stopped rather abruptly and I had to deal with that. In the spirit of good rock radio, it’s better t...2020-02-142h 05
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 Rock2019-12-3140 min
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: Episode 50Episode 50, the final chapter of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show for the second decade of the 21st century aired at 21h00 on 26 Dec 2019. The show was in an earlier timeslot so it's about an hour longer than normal, the music was great, but I struggled a bit to find the rhythm. There are good reasons for this but I won't go into them here, let's just call it a year. For TSORR it's been a steep learning curve, it's been exciting and really interesting. Thank you all for the incredible support and for listening. I learned a lot...2019-12-272h 54
The Story of Rock and Roll Radio ShowThe Story of Rock and Roll: Episode 47Episode 47 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show aired at midnight on 6 December 2019. It was a cold, wet, rainy night and fairly early in the show, all the lights went out as the Mix 93.8 FM fell victim to load shedding. The music never stopped. For the next hour or so, Midrand was subjected to a generator driven little beacon of light in the form of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show, blasting rock and metal into the powerless night. It was sort of like a scene from Stephen King’s masterpiece, ‘The Stand’. The music was...2019-12-062h 05
The 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 33Episode 33 of The Story of rock and Roll Radio Show aired at midnight on 23 August 2019. This show marked the introduction of the ‘Long Live The Loud’ feature. It takes place at 1 am i.e. halfway through the podcast and it’s a feature where I have 10 minutes of metal in the form of two songs suggested by the legendary Marq Vas. Marq and I met in around 1990 and for a few years, we were inseparable on weekends. Together we painted the town blood for a few years and even developed the concept behind his amazing band Metalmorphosis. Some of the mad shi...2019-08-232h 00
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