The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show

TSORR Radio Show S7E37 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 12 Sep 2024.  If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X or Instagram.  Please feel free to check out the website at www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips, and more.  You will find the monthly newsletter there and you can subscribe if you want to receive it as it comes out.  You can email us at [email protected], it’s always great to hear from people around the world who support the show.   

The artists featured (see below) are in order of play so you can find something you are looking for with ease.  

This weeks highlights include: The Twisted Twins two songs about the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’, one from Accept and one from Anvil.  

Rush were back for the third time in the Immortals slot.  This time with the live version of their instrumental track 'La Villa Strangiato'.  

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.  

Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals

Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell

Mötley Crüe – Dr Feelgood

Michael Schenker Group – Built To Destroy 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Lost in the Flood’ and In Flames – ‘All For Me’ 

Artists Featured:  Jethro Tull, Aaron Keylock, Chickenfoot, Girish & the Chronicles, Doomsday Outlaw, The L.A. Maybe, Loverboy, The Jam, The Clash, Joe Jackson,  System of a Down, Rammstein, RisingFall, Warrior Soul, Accept, Anvil, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Texas Hippie Coalition, We Are Harlot, Iron Maiden, Todd La Torr, Queensrÿche, Voices of Extreme, Thin Lizzy, Rush, Mötley Crüe, Marilyn Manson, meatloaf, Michael Schenker Group, Linkin Park, The Distillers, The Gaslight Anthem, Bruce Springsteen, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Judas Priest, Fit For Rivals.  

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TSORR Radio Show S7E36 aired from Myoli Beach on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 5 Sep 2024.  If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X or Instagram.  Please feel free to check out the website on www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips, and more.  You will find the monthly newsletter there and you can subscribe if you want to receive it as it comes out.  You can email us at [email protected], it’s always great to hear from people worldwide who support the show.   

The artists featured (see below) are listed in order of play so you can easily find what you are looking for.   

This week's highlights include: The Twisted Twins x 2 i.e. Twisted Quadruplets, four songs called ‘Hell or High Water’. This was probably the most enjoyable Twisted Twins yet, four amazing songs, one each from Kiss, Skid Row, Junkyard, and Y&T.  

 This week we gave Greta Van Fleet the opportunity to fill the Immortals slot.  Their track ‘The Weight of Dreams’ ticked all the boxes.   

The 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.   

Leslie West – Unusual Suspects

The Lazy’s – Tropical Hazards

The L.A. Maybe – Dirty Rotten Tricks

Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were: Amanda Palmer – Oasis and Black Sabbath – Paranoid 

Artists Featured:  Nevada beach, Monster Truck, Dead City Ruins, Mick Jagger, The Pretty Reckless, Headpins, Kickin Valentina, Ozzy Osbourne, ACDC, Bruce Dickinson, Jelusick, Kiss, Skid Row, Y&T, Junkyard, Saxon, Scorpions, Rose Tattoo, The Saints, The Distillers, Iron Maiden, Tyr, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Greta Van Fleet, The Lazys, The L.A. Maybe, Linkin Park, Leslie West, Wolf, Jack Hammer, Amanda Palmer, Black Sabbath, Gojira, Dark Tranquillity, Parkway Drive, Kerry King, Valiant Swart.

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TSORR Radio Show S7E35 aired live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 29 Aug 2024.  If you are new to TSORR you can find us on Facebook, X, or Instagram.  Please feel free to check out the website at www.thestoryofrockandroll.com there is a huge amount of amazing content on the site with plenty of articles, interviews, video clips, and more.  You will find the monthly newsletter there and you can subscribe if you want to receive it as it comes out.  You can email us at [email protected], it’s always great to hear from people worldwide who support the show.   

The featured artists (see below) are in order of play so you can quickly get to the stuff you like. 

 This week's highlights include The Twisted Twins, with songs called ‘Safe As Houses’ by Stiff Little Fingers, and Aking. Aking is a South African band featuring the multi-talented Laudo Liebenburg and two members of Fokofpolisiekar. We followed up with Fokofpolisiekar just to drive it home.       

I could not believe I had not played this track in the Immortals slot yet.  This marks a huge correction, the track played was ‘Red Arm Blues’, an incredible track by the Waterboys, if you know your history you should get goosebumps here.    

The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘K’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.   

Korn – Follow the Leader

Kansas - Leftoverture

Kiss - Destroyer

The Killers – Sam’s Town 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were: Seether – Judas Mind and Foo Fighters – The Sky is a Neighbourhood.   

Artists Featured:  Five Finger Death Punch, Cathedral, Burning Witches, Alice Cooper, Foreigner, W.A.S.P., King Kobra, All Them Witches, BlackØwl, Def Leppard, Ace Frehley, Faith No More, Ministry, Stiff Little Fingers, Aking, Fokofpolisiekar, Herman Frank, Hammer King, Sabaton, Iron maiden, We Are Harlot, Savage, Butch Walker, Blink 182, The Waterboys, Kiss, Kansas, The Killers, Korn, Anthrax, John Mellencamp, Seether, Foo Fighters, Dark Tranquillity, Killswitch Engage, Sebastian Bach.  

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TSORR 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.       

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The featured artists (see below) are in order of play so you can quickly get to the stuff you like (if you are in a hurry).  

This week's highlights include The Twisted Twins feature, with a song called ‘I Need a Woman’.  We heard from Black Stone Cherry and a South African band called The Diamond Dogs. The Dogs were huge on the SA live scene in the late 80s. If you saw them at 2 a.m. in Dylan's in Rocky Street back in the day, you will never forget it.          

Immortals this week came from Smith / Kotzen and was off the eponymous album released in 2021.  The track was called ‘You Don’t Know Me’.

The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘J’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.   

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – I Love Rock n’ Roll

John Cougar – American Fool

Journey – Escape

Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were: Cold Chisel – Bel-A-Versailles and Bob Dylan – Knocking On Heavens Door.   

Artists Featured:  Sophie Lloyd, Badlands, Skid Row, Goodbye June, Pride & Glory. Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, System of a Down, Metallica, ACDC, Beautiful Creatures, Deep Purple, Black Stone Cherry, The Diamond Dogs, Jack Hammer, Rory Gallagher, Philip Sayce, The Jam, the Stranglers, Iron Maiden, Accept, Bush Thunder, Doomsday Outlaw, Category 7, Smith / Kotzen, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, John Cougar, Journey, Jimi Hendrix, Buckcherry, Judas Priest, Cold Chisel, Bob Dylan, Dark Tranquillity, Metal Church, Arch Enemy, Vended

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TSORR 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.    

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The artists featured (see below) are listed in order of play, so you can quickly access the stuff you like.  

This week's highlights include:

The Twisted Triplets featured songs called ‘Hell on Wheels’ – we heard from Bruce Dickinson, Cinderella, and King Kobra.         

Immortals this week came from Y&T, the track titled I Believe in You was released in 1981 and was the final track on Side Two of their Earthshaker album.  

The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘I’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.   

Icon – Icon

Infanteria – Patriach

In This Moment – Blood

Iron Maiden – Fear is the Key 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were: The Wildhearts - "Remember These Days and Viagra Boys - 'Punk Rock Loser'.   

Artists Featured:  Alice Cooper, Vandenberg, Beasto Blanco, Motörhead, Wolfmother, Bullet For My Valentine, Godsmack, Rory Gallagher, Joe Bonamassa, Rammstein, Ozzy Osbourne, Sixx AM, Mama’s Boys, Bruce Dickenson, Cinderella, King Kobra, Tesla, Hinder, Sex Pistols, The Professionals, The Jam, Rush, Doomsday Outlaw, Category 7, Y&T, Icon, In This Moment, Infanteria, Iron Maiden, Jasper Dan, van Coke Kartel, The Wildhearts, Viagra Boys, Judas Priest, The Halo Effect, Slayer

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TSORR Radio Show S7E32 aired live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 8 Aug 2024.  We had some new tracks from Massive Wagons, Deep Purple, Arch Enemy, an old track from The Beatles, and some very heavy stuff and a bit of lighter stuff.   

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The artists featured (see below) are in order of play so you can get to the bands you like quickly if you want to. 

This week's highlights include: The Twisted Triplets with songs called ‘Eye of the Storm’ – we heard from Saxon, Killswitch Engage, Godsmack and then we decided to make it Twisted Quadruplets by adding Kadavar.       

Immortals this week came from Led Zeppelin, (no it wasn’t Stairway) and a track off Houses of the Holy called ‘No Quarter’.     

The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘H’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  You had to know a bit for this one, Hell Fire and The Horrible Crowes are very worthy contestants if you have heard them.   

Headpins  – Turn it Loud

The Horrible Crowes – Elsie

Helloween – The Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II

Hell Fire - Mania 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were: Sepultura – ‘Dead Embryonic Cells’ and The Beatles – ‘Don’t Let Me Down’.   

Artists Featured:  Fastrack, Girish & the Chronicles, Nita Strauss & Dorothy, ACDC, Cinderella, Brave Rival, The Black Cat Bones, Fifth Angel, Beasto Blanco, Lord of the Lost, Zakk Wylde, Therapy?, Sum 41, Peter Frampton, Godsmack, Killswitch Engage, Saxon, Kadavar, Judas Priest, KK’s Priest, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Category 7, Massive Wagons, Iced Earth, Led Zeppelin, Headpins, The Horrible Crowes, Helloween, Hell Fire, Thunder, Sheryl Crow, The Pretty Reckless, The Beatles, Sepultura, Arch Enemy, Jinger, Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart

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S7E31 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. 

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The artists featured (see below) are in order of play so you can get to the stuff you like quickly if you want to.  

This week's highlights include: The Twisted Twins featuring two songs called  ‘Raise Your Horns’ – we heard heavy from Amon Amarth, and softer from Halestorm.     

Immortals this week came from Green Day and a track called ‘Homecoming/The Death of St Jimmy/East 12th Street/ etc.  'White' off their album ceremony.     

The Diabolical Challenge 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: 

Giant – Last of the Runaways

Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy

Godsmack – Awake

Gary Moore – Wild Frontier 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Sheryl Crow – ‘A Change Will Do You Good’ and Mastodon - ‘Oblivion’ 

Artists Featured:  Junkyard, Seether, Jelusick, U.D.O., The Four Horsemen, Madness, Nita Strauss, Motörhead, Newsted, Scorpions, Pearl Jam, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Amon Amarth, Halestorm, Sham 69, The Clash, The Stranglers, The Gaslight Anthem, ACDC, Beasto Blanco, Iron Maiden, W.A.S.P., Slash & Brian Johnson, King Kobra, Linkin Park, Metallica, Green Day, Giant, Godsmack, Guns N’ Roses, Gary Moore, Category 7, Sheryl Crow, Mastodon, In Flames, Richard O’Brien, Five Finger Death Punch  

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S7E30 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 quickly if you want to.  

Regarding the above-mentioned, I interviewed Basson Laas, a singer-songwriter who has just released a new track called “Worth Loving”.  We chatted for about 8 minutes and played the track.  Check out the video on YouTube, it is really cool.  It will be the next TSORR newsletter (contact me if you want to be on the TSORR mailing list for the monthly Newsletter).     

This week on the Twisted Triplets we had three tracks called “Million Miles Away” from Stanley June, Rory Gallagher, and Hanoi Rocks.  Stanley June is a South African artist out of Johannesburg.  Rory’s track is actually called ‘A’ Million Miles Away, but it seemed a shame to gong him out for that,  let’s just say one of the triplets had a slight genetic defect.   

This week, Immortals came from The Cult, and a track called “White”, taken off their album Ceremony.     

The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘F’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: 

Fozzy – Chasing the Grail

Faith No More – Album of the Year

Fall Out Boy – From Under the Cork Tree

Foreigner – Double Vision

 Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were David Bowie – “Move On” and Gorira – “Our Time Is Now”. 

Artists Featured:  Rammstein, Airbourne, Foo Fighters, Coheed & Cambria, The Answer, Texas Hippie Coalition, Marilyn Manson, Nightwish, Thundermother, Therapy?, The Clash, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Stanley June, Rory Gallagher, Hanoi Rocks, System of a Down, Black Label Society, Iron Maiden, Basson Laas, Robin Auld, Parkway Drive, Sixx AM, The Cult, Fozzy, Faith No More, Fall Out Boy, Foreigner, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Butch Walker, David Bowie, Gojira, Resurrection Kings, Manowar, Machine Head, Linkin Park.  

The Story of Rock and Roll.  TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Welcome 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 it goes quiet for about 15 seconds.  Hang in there it all comes right.  

I had a great interview with the guys from Jasper Dan, we got a scoop on their brand new track "Mama Voodoo" which was released the following morning.   

This week on the Twisted Twins we had two tracks called “Speed of Light’.  The first from Iron Maiden and the second from The Cult off their Beyond Good and Evil Album.  

Immortals this week came from Guns ‘n’ Roses with “Breakdown”, a most amazing track off Use Your Illusion II.  Axl Rose, at this stage of his career, was probably the biggest rock star in the world.  One thing that he doesn’t get enough recognition for in my view is his incredibly good lyrics.  This track is a great example.   

The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘E’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: 

Eagles – One of These Nights

Europe – The Final Countdown

Eminem – The Eminem Show

Exodus – Person Non Grata 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Machine Head – “Bastards” and Karnivool – Eidolon 

Artists Featured:  Korn, Great White, Rainbow, ACDC, Metallica, Foghat, Cold Chisel, The Black Cat Bones, Asylum Kids, Megadeth, Jelusik, Dire Straits, Rammstein, Iron Maiden, The Cult, Joe Bonamassa, Laura Cox, Iron Maiden, Accept, Jasper Dan, Danko Jones, Rachet Dolls, Guns ‘n' Roses, Eagles, Europe, Eminem, Exodus, Bush, Machine Head, Karnivool, Piet Botha & Jack Hammer, Judas Priest

The Story of Rock and Roll.  TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Welcome 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 some awesome heavy stuff if that is what you are here for.   

This week on Twisted Twins we had twins instead of triplets for the first time in a while.  We checked out two songs called ‘Little By Little’.  We had Alice Cooper (feat Joe Satriani on the solo) and Oasis doing the honours.   

Immortals this week came from Walter Trout and his good friend Joe Bonamassa.  This title track off his 2017 release 'We’re In This Together' is wonderful.    

The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘D’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: 

David Lee Roth – Eat ‘Em and Smile

Danko Jones – We Sweat Blood

Deep Purple – In Rock

Dire Straits – Dire Straits 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Loverboy - 'Working For the Weekend' and Five Finger Death Punch – 'The Way of the Fist'

Artists Featured:  Badlands, Seether, Fozzy, Mötley Crüe, Blue Öyster Cult, Sinner, Dropkick Murphys, Cinderella, The Rolling Stones, Warrior Soul, Godsmack, Sex Pistols, Stiff Little Fingers, Angra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Oasis, Sammy Hagar and the Wabos, Rose Tattoo, Phil Rudd, ACDC, Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson, Sepultura, Hinder, Walter Trout (Feat Joe Bonamassa), David Lee Roth, Danko Jones, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Children of Bodom, Butch Walker, Loverboy, Five Finger Death Punch, Overkill, Annihilator, Bullet For My Valentine.  

The Story of Rock and Roll.  TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock