S7E17 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, Motörhead, and Dirty Honey did the honours.     Immortals this week came from Bon Jovi off the Keep The Faith album.  Clocking in at 9:52 we listened to ‘Dry County’.   The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘Q’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: Quiet Riot – Metal HealthQ5 – Steel the LightQueen – Queen IIQueensrÿche - Empire Artists Featured: Raveneye, Sons of Liberty, Dead City Ruins, Suicide, Bombers, Brave Rival, the Doors, The Who, Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, Massive Wagons, Saxon, Led Zeppelin, Motörhead, Dirty Honey, Pearl Jam, Seether, Papa Roach, The Offspring, Creed, Hinder, Mastodon, Newsted, Wolf, Wolfmother, mammoth WVH, Bon Jovi, Quiet Riot, Q5, Queen, Queensrÿche, Arno Carstens, Johnathan Martin, Die Toten Hosen, Böhse Onkelz, Kerry KingThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E16 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 a triplet.  Five Finger Death Punch, Sinner, and Paul Stanley.       Immortals this week came from Alter Bridge and the track was of course ‘Blackbird’.  Everything about it is perfect, from the way it builds all the way through to Tremonti’s masterful solo and Myles hitting all those high notes. The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘P’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: The Pretty Reckless – Light Me UpPearl Jam – Vs.Pantera – Far Beyond DrivenParkway Drive – Vice Grip Artists Featured: Butchering the Beatles, Raven Eye, ACDC, Free, The Screaming Jets, Rose Tattoo, Warrant, Thin Lizzy, KISS, Fifth Angel, Brave Rival, Joe Bonamassa, Burn Halo, Blue Scream, Five Finger Death Punch, Sinner, Paul Stanley, rush, U2, Pixies Danzig, Rob Zombie, Paradox, Paragon, Judas Priest, Texas Hippie Coalition, Alter Bridge, The Pretty Reckless, Pearl Jam, Pantera, Parkway Drive, Tom Morello, Windowpane, Massive Wagons, Zakk Wylde, Kerry King, Chaos Doctrine, David Bowie, Accept.  The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E15 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 – Jagger and Taylor.     Immortals was courtesy of Avenged Sevenfold, the title track off The Stage, the last good album they made before they went mental and served up the biggest turd in the history of metal.  off the Born to Run album, we took a listen to ‘Jungleland’.  Springsteen is at his finest on this groundbreaking album but it’s Clarens Clemons’ sax solo that really makes it Immortal.     The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘O’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: Oasis – What’s The Story Morning GloryOzzy Osbourne – The Ultimate SinThe Offspring – Killboy PowerheadOver Kill – The Grinding Wheel Artists Featured: King Kobra, Mötley Crüe, Phil Campbell & the Bastard Sons, Mick Mars, Airbourne, Doll Skin, Loverboy, Pat Benatar, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metal Church, KISS, W.A.S.P., Crash Car Burn, The Rolling Stones, System of a Down, The Winery Dogs, Thunder, Warrant, Judas Priest, Keel, Foo Fighters, Guns ‘n Roses, Massive Wagons, Phillip Sayce, The Pretty Reckless, Avenged Sevenfold, Over Kill, The Offspring, Ozzy Osbourne, Oasis, Green Day, Anti-Flag, Y&T, Triumph, Children of Bodom, Arch Enemy, In Flames, ConilThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E14 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.   The new TSORR Newsletter # 3 is out, check out the website if you want to watch it or join the mailing list.  The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘M’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: Nirvana – NevermindNight Ranger – Midnight MadnessNazareth – No mean CityNeal Young – Freedom The trick is to think about the whole album not just the track, it’s easy to forget that the whole of Nevermind is not Smells Like Teen Spirit 😊 Artists Featured: Those Damn Crows, Five Finger Death Punch, The Lazys, Sammy Hagar, Scorpions, Black Tide, Blue Öyster Cult, Clutch, Hammer Fall, Butch Walker, Supertramp, Megadeth, Metallica, Suicide Bombers, The Donnas, Trivium, My Chemical Romance, Judas Priest, Thunder Mother, Bruce Dickinson, Joel Hoekstra’s 13, The Clash, The Damned, The Stranglers, The Who ACDC, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Nirvana, Night Ranger, Nazareth, Neil Young, Annhilator, Testament, Electric 6, Palaye Royale, Claymorean, Sepultura, The Halo Effect. The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E13 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 looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘M’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: Metallica – MetallicaMotörhead – OrgasmatronMegadeth – Rust in PeaceMy Chemical Romance – The Black Parade Artists Featured: Ozzy Osbourne, Grand Funk Railroad, James Jared Nichols, Accept, Overdrivers, McAuley Schenker Group, Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds, Airbourne, Bad Company, Thunder, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Buckcherry, Godsmack, Skid Row, Halestorm, Dan Patlansky, Philip Sayce, Judas Priest, Wolf, Bruce Dickinson, U2, The Doors, Metallica, Motörhead, My Chemical Romance, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Seether, Cutting Jade, Foo fighters, Dark Tranquillity, Machine Head.  The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E12 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.   This weeks Twisted Twins featured a song called 'Lost in Hollywood'.  The new Judas Priest is out so obviously we continued to rave about that.    This week’s Immortals feature was incredible.  Mark Knopfler has assembled 60 musicians, mostly guitarists (he’s got Ringo and his son Zak on drums and Sting on Bass), and it is a veritable who’s who of guitar.  The track has been recorded by Mark Knopfler and Friends to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust.  It’s a new version of 'Going Home' (Theme from Local Hero) and, it includes contributions from among others Joe Bonamassa, Slash, Springsteen, Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, John Mc Laughlin, Brian May, the list goes.  Incredible.       This week's Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘L’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: Loverboy – Get LuckyLed Zeppelin – Over the Hills and Far AwayLynyrd Skynyrd – Second HelpingLive – Throwing Copper Artists Featured: Dio, Chickenfoot, Phil X & the Drills, ACDC, ZZ Top, Saxon, Motörhead, The Union Underground, Overkill, Black Tide, Alice Cooper, Doomsday Outlaw, Michael Schenker Group, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Volbeat, Rainbow, System of a Down, Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, Bullet For My Valentine, Machine Head, Green Day, The Offspring, Fokofpolisiekar, Loverboy, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Live, Metallica, Megadeth, Vended, Piet Botha & Jackhammer, Joe Bonamassa, Dan Patlansky, Pink Floyd. The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E11 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 we have great news!  Green Day, The Offspring and Fokofpolisiekar coming to SA in January 2025.   This week's Immortals feature – a track over 7 min that showcases an artist in a way that typical  On The  Diabolical Challenge, we looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘K’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: King Diamond – AbigailKrokus – One Vice At a TimeKiss – Lick It UpKid Rock – Rebel Soul Artists Featured: Nazareth, Mustasch, Buckcherry, Accept, Ratt, Iron Maiden, Volbeat, Green Day, The Offspring, Fokofpolisiekar, Great White, Jelusick, Cold Chisel, Airbourne, Mark Haze, Butch Walker, Tool, Pearl Jam, The Clash, The Stranglers, Annihilator, Burning Witches, Infanteria, Metal Church, Pink Floyd, King Diamond, Krokus, Kid Rock, KISS, Rush, Velvet Revolver, Elton John, The Beatles, Judas Priest, Saxon, Arch Enemy, Circus of Power.  The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E10 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 Bonamassa – Driving Through the Daylight Artists Featured: Def Leppard, Pearl Jam, Danko Jones, ACDC, Slade, Riley’s LA Guns, Massive Wagons, Dan Patlansky, Philip Sayce, Riot, Accept, Axel Rudi Pell, Kid Rock, Blackberry Smoke, Son of Liberty, Motorhead, Green Day, Fokofpolisiekar, Audioslave, Slash, AMH, BlackØwl, Five Finger Death Punch, Texas Hippie Coalition, Suicide Bombers, Hinder, Paradox, Jimmy Barnes, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Satriani, Judas Priest, Reef, Tom Petty, Burning Rain, Helloween, Voices of Extreme, KISS, Parkway Drive.   The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Season 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 called 'Happy Returns / Ascendant Here On'.    The Diabolical challenge this week looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘I’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: Iggy & The Stooges – Raw PowerIan Hunter – You’re Never Alone With a SchizophrenicIron Maiden – Somewhere In TimeIn Flames – Clayman Artists Featured:  The Answer, KISS, Saxon, Accept, Black Sabbath, Papa Roach, Newsted, Nevada Beach, The Dead Daisies, Cold Chisel, Hollywood Vampires, Nita Strauss, Sixx AM, The Rods, Black Bone Nation, Jack Hammer, Sugar Drive, Rumboat Chili, Sons of Liberty, Judas Priest, Paradise Lost, The Stranglers, The Jam, Metallica, Steven Wilson, Ian Hunter, Iggy pop, Iron Maiden, in Flames, Hinder, Sheryl Crowe, Hell Yeah, Slayer, Augustines, The Gaslight Anthem, Parkway Drive, Five Finger Death Punch, Bullet For My Valentine The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E8 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 version and they have indeed made it famous, but it all started here.  I went into the story in a bit of detail because it is one of the best examples of a win–win ever.  Everyone involved scored because of this track and it really is iconic.   The Diabolical challenge this week looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘G’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: Halestorm – American BoysHinder – Homecoming QueenHell Yeah – Hell YeahHanoi Rocks – Two Steps From the Move Artists Featured:  ACDC, Bullets & Octane, Danko Jones, Mötley Crüe, Desolation Angels, Great White, Foreigner, The Eagles, ZZ Top, Theory of a Deadman, Palaye Royale, Iron Maiden Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Dio, Dire Straits, Jethro Tull, Green Day, Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders, Yngwie Malmsteen, Burning Rain, Diamond Head, Hanoi Rocks, Hell Yeah, Hinder, Halestorm, Saxon, Sakis Tolis, The Rolling stones, Suicide Bombers, Volbeat, Neil Young, Tom Petty.   The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Welcome 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. The track is called Bad Weather Blues and showcases just what a great player he is.  Next week I hope to play you a short interview Dan and I are planning regarding his new album Movin’ On.   The Diabolical challenge this week looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘G’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums and you can only pick one.  This week we had: Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American BandGolden Earring – MoontanGreat White – HookedGuns ‘n’ Roses – Use Your Illusion II Artists featured:  Saxon, Volbeat, Thunder, Burn the Priest, Five Finger Death Punch, KK’s Priest, Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, The Angels, Cold Chisel, Rose Tattoo, Mother Love Bone, Junk Yard, Warrant, Suicide Bombers, Joel Hoekstra’s 13, Motörhead, Buckcherry, ACDC, Machine Head, Burning Rain, The Winery Dogs, Green Day, Blink 182, Stone Temple Pilots, Faith No More, Dan Patlansky, Grand Funk Railroad, Golden Earring, Great White, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Cadillac Sun, 12th Avenue, Seether, Rammstein, The Pretty Reckless, Arch enemy, Powder Finger.  The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Welcome 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 letter ‘F’.  As with last week's 'E', this one was not easy either, not a lot of bands starting with ‘F’.  Foreigner got bumped for Fokofpolisiekar which may not make sense to international listeners.  All I can say is that if you read the book, The Story of Rock and Roll, things will be clearer.  Fokofpolisiekar were a legendary live band and a huge part of my life in the early ’00s.   We looked at the following albums and played a track off each: Free – Fire and Water Five Finger Death Punch – American CapitalistFokofpolisiekar – LugsteuringsFoo Fighters – Wasting Light Artists featured:  The Jam, Motörhead, Night Ranger, the Temperance Movement, Phil Campbell, Roan Van As, Tom Petty, Iced Earth, hell Fire, Kiss, L.A. Guns, Massive Wagons, Circus of Power, Doomsday Outlaw, Halestorm, The Distillers, The Wildhearts, Iron maiden, Judas Priest, Nevada beach, Tokyo Blade, Tony Martin,  Roadkill Ghost Choir, Volbeat, W.A.S.P., Blue Öyster Cult, Free, Five Finger Death Punch, Fokofpolisiekar, Foo Fighters, Extreme, Deep Purple, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Avenged Sevenfold, ACDC The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Welcome 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 letters of the alphabet and not as easy to find artists as it is with ‘M’ and ‘A’ and ‘S’.  We looked at: Elton John – Madman Across the WaterThe Eagles -Hotel CaliforniaExodus – Bonded By BloodExtreme – Pornograffitti Hotel California took it in the end, tough challenge. Artists featured:  Thin Lizzy, The Pretty Reckless, Those Damn Crows, Poison, twisted Sister, Adrenaline Mob, ZZ Top, Dan Patlansky, BlackØwl, Massive Wagons, Green day, Foo Fighters, Saxon, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Journey, Five Finger Death Punch, Texas Hippie Coalition, Frank Marino, Gary Moore, The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers, The Stranglers, Stone Temple Pilots, System of a Down, Queen,, W.A.S.P., Elton John, The Eagles, Extreme, Exodus, UFO, Union, Cindy-Louise, Kenny Hughes, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Rammstein, The Haunted.  The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Welcome 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 and did very well for them.   The Diabolical Challenge this week was 4 bands starting with the Letter ‘D’: Dio – The Last in LineThe Darkness – Permission to LandDavid Bowie – Scary Monsters and Super CreepsDef Leppard – On Through the Night Bowie was unstoppable here.  Artists featured: Iron Maiden, ACDC, Daughtry, Iron Allies, Accept, Pilgrim South, Mark Haze, Seether, POD, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Saxon, Massive Wagons, Megadeth, Halestorm, Pat Benatar, Samantha Fish, W.A.S.P., Ted Nugent, The Almighty, Thin Lizzy, Ace Frehley, Journey, Ignite, Judas Priest, Deep Purple, Dio, Def Leppard, The Darkness, David Bowie, The Rolling stones, Springbok Nude Girls, Buckcherry, Bob Dylan, Wolfmother , Volbeat, Ryan Adams, Kid Rock.   The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S7E3 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 beginning with the letter ‘C’.  The four albums were Chickenfoot III, London Calling, Blast Tyrant, and Electric: The tracks played were.  Chickenfoot – Alright, alrightThe Cult – Love Removal MachineThe Clash – London CallingClutch – The Mob Goes Wild   Artists featured:  Running Wild, Rob Zombie, Accept, great White, Fozzy, Gin Annie, Mötley Crüe, Dee Snider, Five Finger Death Punch, Led Zepplin, Journey, Rabbitt, Dire Straits, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sixx A.M., Nightwish, White Wizzard, The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers, Anti Nowhere League, Kenny Hughes, Dan Patlansky, Rainbow, The Clash, The Cult, Chickenfoot, Clutch, Die Toten hosen, David Bowie, Gojira, Girish & the Chronicles, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nickelback, Cold Chisel, Kid Rock, Johnathan MartinThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Episode 2 of Season 7 aired live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 11 Jan 2024.   The Immortals feature this week is from Rush, a track called By-tor and the Snow Dog off their second album Fly By Night.  This was the first album they made after Neal Peart joined the band after the resignation of John Rutsey.  The track consists of 8 parts and gave the world the first glimpse of the direction Rush were taking going forward.  There was a little technical glitch after Yngwie J. Malmsteen, it comes back after about 45 seconds so just jump it or wait it out, apologies for that.  The Diabolical Challenge checked out 4 bands found under ‘B’ in the record collection.  We took a listen to tracks off Mob Rules, Badlands, Nebraska, and Boston: Black Sabbath – Mob RulesBoston – Badlands – Dancing on the EdgeBruce Springsteen  - Reason to Believe Artists Featured:  Hanoi Rocks, Joe Bonamassa, Krokus, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, Ozzy Osbourne, Danko Jones, Halford, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Drowning Pool, Alice In Chains, Beartooth, Coheed & Cambria, Ryan Adams, Simon & Garfunkel, Black Star Riders, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Savage, Demon, David Bowie, The Clash, Rush, Boston, Black Sabbath, Badlands, Bruse Springsteen, Metallica, Arch enemy, Kid Rock, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Circus of Power, Buck Cherry, The Cult, Joe SatrianiThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Welcome to the 7th season of The Story of Rock and Roll radio Show.  S7E1 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 4 Jan 2024.  We kicked off with David Bowie and It’s No Game (Part 1) which feels like the perfect song for where we find ourselves in 2024.  The Diabolical Challenge has had a make-over.  In Season 6 I presented 4 albums from a specific year and listeners got to vote on which one they would choose if they could only take one.  Well with 52 shows in 2023, we ran out of years.  The new Diabolical Challenge looks at things alphabetically.  We will do two cycles A – Z to get us through to the end of Season 7.  Starting at 'A" we had: ACDC – Flick of the SwitchAvenged Sevenfold – City of EvilAccept – Balls to the Wall and Audioslave – Audioslave The Immortals track, a track over 7 minutes long that never gets airplay but is an amazing example of a band or artist at their best stays as is and we kicked off the year with Grand Funk Railroad and a track called ‘Inside Looking Out’ and that one was especially dedicated to Norman Roux.   Artists featured: David Bowie, Dee Snider, KK’s priest, Def Leppard, Iced Earth, Foghat, Hawkwind, Saxon, Scorpions, L,A. Guns, Skid Row, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Seether, Reef, Rammstein, Böhse Onkelz, Demon, Hellyeah, Dead Kennedys, The Clash, Girish & the Chronicles, Jelusick, Dio, Guns ‘n’ Roses. Grand Funk Railroad, Accept, Avenged Sevenfold, Audioslave, ACDC, Phil Campbell & the Bastard Sons, ZZ Top, Roan Ash, Warren Zevon, Fire Horses, My Chemical Romance, Bruce Springsteen.   The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Well, 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 some really good music.  Check it out.  And thank you for the support, see you in 2024 for Season7   Artists featured: Jared James Nichols, Phil Campbell & the Bastard Sons, Black Star Riders, Dirty Honey, Rival Sons, Girish & the Chronicles, Joel Hoekstra’s 13, Jelly Roll, Doomsday Outlaw, Corey Taylor, Sophie Lloyd, Nita Strauss, In Flames, Texas Hippie Coalition, The Winery Dogs, Mammoth WVH, Greta Van Fleet, Jelusick, Elegant Weapons, Overkill, Iggy Pop, Ian Hunter, Buckcherry, Foo Fighters, Danko Jones, Dave Hause, Extreme, KK’s Priest, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Vandenberg, Philistine, Metallica, The Rolling Stones, Marvelous 3The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

This 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 grateful for your support.  I will continue to make sure that the show delivers the music that you have come to know it for years to come.   We skipped the Diabolical Challenge this week due to the birthday bash.  There were just too many bands and songs to recognize.  I had 9 hours of music (123 songs) that somehow ended up in a 3 hour 34 song show.   We made up for it with the Immortals feature where we needed the time.  The number 2112 is sacred to the show so to celebrate the 6-year anniversary on the exact date the show started 12 December i.e. 21 12 we took a listen to the title track of Rush’s masterpiece ‘2112’ Artists featured:  Sixx A.M., John Paul Young, Van Halen, Cold Chisel, Deep Purple, James Reyne, Scorpions, KISS, Joe Bonamassa, Rory Gallagher, Judas Priest, Dokken, Iron Maiden, Joe Jackson, The Boomtown rats, Audioslave, Matthew Good Band, Buckcherry, Danko Jones, ACDC, Foo Fighters, The Stranglers, The Clash, Rush, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Megadeth, Mötley Crüe, Hinder, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Lyzyrd Kyngz, Mötorhead, The Uninvited.  The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

S6E50 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 14 Dec 2023.  People are winding down now, it has been a long tough year for most, so thanks very much for the support for Season 6 of TSORR and I wish you all an awesome festive season.   The Immortals Track tonight was something different.  Last week we played a track by Roger Kaye.  Roger was a very good friend of mine; I met him at high school and he was one of the most talented musicians I have ever known.  He was a multi-instrumentalist and did some amazing stuff.  All this can be found in my book The Story of Rock and Roll so I won’t go into any detail, but I mentioned a track he did for his father.  It is Prelude in Dm Symphony no 40 in Gm (K550), 1st movement Molto Allegro.  Music written by Mozart and interpreted by Roger on electric guitar.  He worked it all out instrument by instrument and the results are amazing.  This is a home recording that took him a few months to do.   The Diabolical Challenge featured 4 albums from 1999:Red Hot Chili Peppers – CalifornicationBlink 182 – Enema of the StateLive – The Distance to HereBuckcherry – Buckcherry Artists featured: Boston, Ratt, Dio, Steel Panther, ZZ Top, The Screaming Jets, Rose Tattoo, The Dead Daisies, Kid Rock, Metallica, Taylor Road, ACDC, Cold Chisel, Led Zeppelin, Greta Van Fleet, Rush, Threshold, The Stranglers, The Clash, Pixies, Phil Campbell & the Bastard Sons, Motörhead, Scorpions, Accept, Roger Kaye, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, LIVE, Blink 182, Buckcherry, Jelusick, Skid Row, Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, Piet Botha & Jack Hammer, The Burning, Temple of the DogThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock