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- Rock It Real Radio Show 08-01-2026 Radio Rats Interview - One Rocking Show!!!!Here's the recording of the first Rock It Real show of 2026!!!!!!:
DJ Squeek interviewed Jonathan Handley from iconic South African 🇿🇦 band, Radio Rats!!! (They have just released their brand new album "Vampire Weekends"!) - We played 3 Radio Rats tracks and also be spun tracks from Georgetown Band, Cindy-Louise, Jan Blohm, MARENE, MaxX & Love, Cantrel, The Stremes, Halvar, Twenty One Children and more!!!
Next week we'll be interviewing Danny De Wet.... drummer of iconic bands Evoid, Petit Cheval, Electric Petals and Wonderboom!!!!
💥🐀🎤🎧🎸📻
The show goes out LIVE every Thursday at 8pm SAST... Expect to hear lots and lots of cool South African music!
Listen live here: https://zeno.fm/radio/rock-it-real-ktjj/4 hr 27 min - Rock It Real Radio Show 18-12-2025 - LAST LIVE SHOW FOR 2025!Here's the recording of last night's Rock It Real show! This was the last "Live" show of 2025 with DJ Squeek!
https://www.spreaker.com/.../rock-it-real-radio-show-18...
Don't worry.... We'll be back in 2026 with more South African music and MORE cool "behind the scenes" Rock It Real stuff!!!!
In the meantime... on the 25th December and 1st January we will be playing some LIVE playlists of the coolest "Best Of Rock It Real...." South African music... Please send us your favorite South African music tracks to play!!!!
This show was a humdinger!!!! Songs from Riaan Smit, Gareth James Music, The Kiffness, @Lonehhill Estate, Jack Parow, Lionel Bastos, Koos Kombuis, Neil Nachtrein, L.A. COBRA, Infiltrate Neutralize Govern - ING, The Narrow, Seether and more!!!!!!4 hr 16 min - Rock It Real Radio Show 11-12-2025Here's the replay of last night's Rock It Real radio show. Four hours of pure South African
🇿🇦 Music!!!! 💥🎤🎧🥁 hosted by DJ Squeek!!!!
We played tunes from LunÆ Lane, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys, Mazula (Mazula - Original Music), Jack Atlantic, YESTERDAY'S PUPIL, Megalodon, DOOMTRIGGER, Corpse Fortress , A Million Ways to Die and more!
DJ Squeek will also played a special "Rewind The SA Classics" feature where he included tracks from Lesley Rae Dowling (Lesley Rae Dowling Recordings), Dealians and Mickie Most & His Playboys!
This week's SA Gig Guide tells you about all the cool live music happening around the country!
Listen LIVE here: https://zeno.fm/radio/rock-it-real-ktjj/4 hr 21 min - Rock It Real Radio Show 04-12-2025 Crowmaster InterviewOn THIS Rock It Real South African music radio show:
DJ Squeek interviewied Greg Mckewan (ex Voice Of Destruction) and Johan De Jager (ex Voice Of Destruction Arcana XXII, Soul Vertigo) from Crowmaster!
We will also played tracks from Radio Kalahari Orkes, Ard Matthews, Louise Carver, AC/ES, Hellcats, GOODLUCK, The Color Blew and more!
We'll also be played tracks from Clout and Hotline as a tribute to late guitarist Alistair Coakley.
We started a Rock It Real Gig Guide group!
If you are a South African artist, band, promoter or venue.... Please feel free to post your gigs on this group so we can include them on our Rock It Real radio show gig guide!
The only criteria we ask is that you MUST include the following: band/artist name, venue name and address, date and time of event...
If you are a South African band or artist doing a tour abroad, you are most welcome to post those event dates as we have an international audience!
The Rock It Real radio show goes out EVERY Thursday evening from 8pm till midnight SAST and is hosted by DJ Squeek!!!!4 hr 9 min - Rock It Real Radio Show 27-11-2025 - Tim Parr interview!!!Here's last night's recording Rock It Real South African music radio show (Thursday 27th November). DJ Squeek had a really amazing interview with South African music legend Tim Parr (founder of iconic bands Baxtop, Ella Mental, and Zap Dragons!). We chat about Tim's brand new EP "Malachi's Dream"!
We started a Rock It Real Gig Guide group (Facebook)! so if you are a South African artist, band, promoter or venue.... Please feel free to post your gigs on this group so we can include them on our live Rock It Real radio show gig guide!
The Rock It Real radio show goes out EVERY Thursday evening from 8pm till midnight SAST and is hosted by DJ Squeek!!!!4 hr 19 min - Rock It Real Radio Show 20-11-2025 (Interview with SA metal band Seance Room)Here's the recording of last night's Rock It Real (20th November): we had an amazing interview with Dwanye and Wilhelm from SA metal band Seance Room - If you haven't heard of them, now is the time to check them out!!!!!. We go LIVE from 8pm SAST every Thursday for some great South African music!!!!! Next week (27th November) we will be chantting to South African music legend, Tim Parr!!!!!
I also be jammed tunes from Plush, Keanan Eksteen Live, Jackanory, SABRETOOTH, Jasper Dan ZA, Spoegwolf, Tian Nienaber, Dead Man Risen, Abbaddon and more!!!!!!4 hr 10 min - Rock It Real Radio Show 13-11-2025 Happy Symphonic Metal Day!!!!!!Here's the recording of last night's Rock It Real show! (world kindness day and world symphonic metal day!)
DJ Squeek played tunes from Anna Wolf, Kayla The Crow, Albert De Wet, Ike Moriz, Mr. Cat & the Jackal, Basson Laubscher, Sannie Fox, SkallaBrak, Jack Stone, Kenny Hughes, Urban Blues, Sonofold, Monstroid, Lower Hollow and many more!
Listen LIVE every Thursday from 8pm till midnight here: https://zeno.fm/radio/rock-it-real-ktjj/4 hr 15 min - Rock It Real Radio Show 06-11-2025Here's the recording of last night's (6th November) show! We played some wikkid South African music!!!!
DJ Squeek played tracks from Blynd Tyger, Louise Carver, The Parlotones, Cantrel, BLVD HVNNY, Chaos Doctrine, Betty's Nuklear, MoshMallow, The Medicine Dolls and many more!
Features on the show included The SA Gig Guide, Rewind The SA Classix and The Afrikaans Triple-Play to name a few!
Listen LIVE here every Thursday from 8pm till midnight SAST: https://zeno.fm/radio/rock-it-real-ktjj/4 hr 10 min - Rock It Real Radio Show 30-10-2025Here's last night's show!!!!! A whole four hours of fantastic South African music! 🇿🇦
We interviWed Lukin Joshua ahead of his performance opening for No Friends of Harry at the No Friends Of Harry LIVE - Halloween Party! in Cape Town! We talked about punk coffee, J-Bay and some other really cool stuff!
We'll also played tracks from John Wainwright, Crimson House, Robin Auld, Henry Ate, The Grimm Riddle, Congo Cowboys, Cindy-Louise, Betty's Nuklear, Scarlet Host, Sunken State, Runaway Nuns, Taxi Violence, Arno Carstens and quite a few more!!!!!
We also dropped the new No Friends of Harry track (it's only being officially released on Halloween!
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For the Cape Town peeps that want to attend No Friends Of Harry LIVE - Halloween Party! at Woodstock Brewery tonight... LISTEN UP....
This will be the LAST TIME that No Friends of Harry will be playing in the Mother City as this is their LAST South African tour 😿
Rock It Real and Wirelesscowgirl Events have released some extra "Late Bat" tickets 🦇online so be sure to head over to Quicket to get yours to avoid disappointment!
Quicket Link:
https://qkt.io/ZmkTld4 hr 6 min - Rock It Real Radio Show Re-launch 23-10-2025We had an AWESOME Rock It Real re-launch LIVE radio show on Thursday 23rd October!!! We added a whole extra hour so now you can listen in from 8pm till midnight SAST! 💥🎤🎧🥁🎸🪕
We will be chatted to Rob and Dave from No Friends of Harry and talked about their "Broken Generations" South African tour and, of course, played some old NFOH classics!
We also played tracks from: GAZ, Karen Zoid, Gareth James Music, Matthew Mole, Prime Circle, Jackson Colt, Refentse, Stephan Visagie, MARENE, John Battersby Band, The Color Blew, Jasper Dan ZA, SABRETOOTH and many more
WIN.... We gave away 2 sets of double tickets to the No Friends Of Harry LIVE - Halloween Party! Cape Town event LIVE on-air! Congratulations to Gary Wightman and Mark Morris!!!!!!
Listen live every Thursday from 8pm till midnight: https://zeno.fm/radio/rock-it-real-ktjj/4 hr 14 min
About Rock It Real
From the publisher's feed
DJ Squeek is passionate about South African music and has been in the industry since the late 80's. Rock It Real was specifically created as a platform to bring undiscovered SA talent to the forefront…
and showcase bands that would usually be passed over by mainstream channels.
Rock It Real has what the mainstream media lacks and it focuses on playing seriously good South African pop, rock, metal and alternative music.
Rock It Real is an SA music show on GQ Radio hosted by DJ Squeek and broadcast LIVE from Cape Town, South Africa every Thursday from 9pm to Midnight (SAST)… You can listen live here: https://gqradio.co.za
DJ Squeek presented the Western Cape gig guide every Tuesday Live on Barney Simon’s SA music show on Radio 2000 and then on Radio 2000’s 8 til’ Late with Nicole & Kamza. He co-presented the WTF (Wine, Travel & Food) show on 2oceansVibe Radio and co-hosted breakfast show on UCT Radio.
He was the music journalist for Cape Times’ “Top Of The Times” for 10 years and also wrote for magazines such as Your LMG, Stephen “Sugarman” Segerman’s SA Rock Digest.
DJ Squeek co-wrote and produced the Seven Day Story track, "Going Nowhere Slowly" for the TV series of the same name, compiled the music for 52 episodes and released a 32-track double CD set of music from the show. He was also the location sound engineer and travelled with the GNS crew for 40, 000 kilometres visiting places such as Lesotho, Mozambique, Transkei, Limpopo Province, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Swaziland and Namibia to mention a few!
He’s worked with bands such as Jack Parow, Black Cat Bones, Springbok Nude Girls, Shadowclub, Zebra & Giraffe, The Awakening, Johnny Clegg, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ard Matthews, Dave Ferguson, Crimson House and many more.
DJ Squeek has attended many shows and music festivals and interviewed many local and international artists including; Ed Kowalzcyk (+LIVE+); Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden); Graham Gouldman (10CC); Gary Brooker (Procul Harem); Sixto Rodriguez and Justin Hayward & John Lodge (Moody Blues), ), Ian Hill (Judas Priest), Will Turpin (Collective Soul), Martin Degville (Sigue Sigue Sputnik), Liz Mitchell (Boney-M) and more to name a few!!!
Interesting facts about DJ Squeek:
- His first stage appearance was in front of over 2500 people, supporting “No Friends Of Harry” at the University of Cape Town Yellow Level where he met Barney Simon for the first time.
- He has specialised in rigging sound in helicopters.
Rock It Real social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RockItReal
X: https://x.com/rockitrealsa
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/RockItReal
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/DJSQUEEK
Rock It Real has what the mainstream media lacks and it focuses on playing seriously good South African pop, rock, metal and alternative music.
Rock It Real is an SA music show on GQ Radio hosted by DJ Squeek and broadcast LIVE from Cape Town, South Africa every Thursday from 9pm to Midnight (SAST)… You can listen live here: https://gqradio.co.za
DJ Squeek presented the Western Cape gig guide every Tuesday Live on Barney Simon’s SA music show on Radio 2000 and then on Radio 2000’s 8 til’ Late with Nicole & Kamza. He co-presented the WTF (Wine, Travel & Food) show on 2oceansVibe Radio and co-hosted breakfast show on UCT Radio.
He was the music journalist for Cape Times’ “Top Of The Times” for 10 years and also wrote for magazines such as Your LMG, Stephen “Sugarman” Segerman’s SA Rock Digest.
DJ Squeek co-wrote and produced the Seven Day Story track, "Going Nowhere Slowly" for the TV series of the same name, compiled the music for 52 episodes and released a 32-track double CD set of music from the show. He was also the location sound engineer and travelled with the GNS crew for 40, 000 kilometres visiting places such as Lesotho, Mozambique, Transkei, Limpopo Province, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Swaziland and Namibia to mention a few!
He’s worked with bands such as Jack Parow, Black Cat Bones, Springbok Nude Girls, Shadowclub, Zebra & Giraffe, The Awakening, Johnny Clegg, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ard Matthews, Dave Ferguson, Crimson House and many more.
DJ Squeek has attended many shows and music festivals and interviewed many local and international artists including; Ed Kowalzcyk (+LIVE+); Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden); Graham Gouldman (10CC); Gary Brooker (Procul Harem); Sixto Rodriguez and Justin Hayward & John Lodge (Moody Blues), ), Ian Hill (Judas Priest), Will Turpin (Collective Soul), Martin Degville (Sigue Sigue Sputnik), Liz Mitchell (Boney-M) and more to name a few!!!
Interesting facts about DJ Squeek:
- His first stage appearance was in front of over 2500 people, supporting “No Friends Of Harry” at the University of Cape Town Yellow Level where he met Barney Simon for the first time.
- He has specialised in rigging sound in helicopters.
Rock It Real social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RockItReal
X: https://x.com/rockitrealsa
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/RockItReal
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/DJSQUEEK