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Welcome 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 for the Evolution of the Foo Fighters was ‘Rescued’ off their 2023 release dedicated to their friend and drummer Taylor Hawkins But Here We Are.   

Immortals this week came from Audience and a track called ‘House on the Hill’ off the album of the same name.  Released in 1972 it is a wonderful track.      

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

Coheed & Cambria – No World For Tomorrow

Cinderella – Long Cold Winter

Cold Chisel – East

Children of Bodom – Follow the Reaper 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Billy Valentine & The Forest Rangers – Along the Watchtower and David Bowie - I’m Afraid of Americans’

 We ended heavy with some Indian metal and an Awesome track from Swedens The Halo Effect

Artists Featured:  Tom Morello, ACDC, The Lazys, Van Halen, Mammoth WVH, Dee Snider, Elegant Weapons, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, The Angels, The Saints, Dirty Honey, Massive Wagons, Soundgarden, The Sweet, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Foo Fighters, The Color Blew, Jasper Dan, Goodbye June, Audience, Coheed & Cambria, Cinderella, Cold Chisel, Children of Bodom, Sum 41, Exciter, Manowar, Rob Zombie, Billy Valentine & the Forest Rangers, David Bowie, Bloodywood, W.A.S.P., The Halo Effect

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Welcome to another episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Show.  S7E26 went out live from my studio in Benoni on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 27 June 2024.  It's hard to believe we are halfway through the year already, time flies when you are rockin’ out.   

On this week's Twisted Triplet, we had three tracks called ‘Animal’ and took versions from Pearl Jam, Def Leppard, and Anti-Nowhere League.  They couldn’t be more different.        

In the evolution of the Foo Fighters, we have the second last release Medicine at Midnight which was recorded during the Covid con and we took a listen to 'Shame Shame'.        

Immortals this week came from Accept and a track off Stalingrad titled 'Galley’.    

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

Buckcherry – Time Bomb

The Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker

Bush – Sixteen Stone

Bullet for My Valentine – The Poison 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Bruce Springsteen’s ‘If I Was The Priest’ and Linkin Park’s ‘By Myself’.   

Artists Featured:  Guns ‘n’ Roses, Joel Hoekstra’s 13, W.A.S.P., ZZ Top, Candlebox, Extreme, Biters, Dee Snider, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Wolfmother, Triumph, Pearl Jam, Def Leppard, Anti-Nowhere League, The Rolling Stones, Motörhead, Santana, Grandfunk Railroad, Foo Fighters, Goodbye June, Desolation Angels, Saxon, Iron maiden, The Jam, Accept, Buckcherry, The Black Crowes, Bush, Bullet For My Valentine, Roan Ash, Springbok Nude Girls, The Uninvited, Linkin park, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Sebastian Bach, Thundermother  

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Welcome to another episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Show.  S7E25 went out on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 20 June 2024.    This week the show came to you from Sedgefield in the Western Cape.  There is a very different vibe down here, nothing like the madness and dysfunctionality of Johannesburg, I could live here.  Anyway,  back to the show, we had a ton of good stuff as we always do, it's a good mix of everything.   

This week we went with a Twisted Triplet and had three tracks called ‘Bad Habits’.  Thin Lizzy, Thundermother, and The Monks did the honours.      

 In the evolution of the Foo Fighters we have reached the Sonic Highways album, we listened to ‘In The Clear’.    

Immortals this week came from Iron Maiden, specifically the title track off 1988’s Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.    

The Diabolical Challenge has started again at the beginning of the alphabet.  We looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘A'.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: 

Airbourne – Runnin’ Wild

Arapaho – Wicked Wonder

Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies 

Arch Enemy – Sunset Over the Empire 

Finally, Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s Picks of the Week were Bob Dylan’s ‘Tombstone Blues’ for Bomb Croc and Slow Panda chose System of a Down’s ‘Sugar’.
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Artists Featured:  Ratchet Dolls, Royal Blood, Texas Hippie Coalition, Michael Schenker Fest, Ozzy Osbourne, Shinedown, Kickin’ Valentina, Mötley Crüe, Mick Mars, Danko Jones, Bullets & Octane, Nirvana, David Bowie, Thin Lizzy, Thunder Mother, The Monks, Joe Jackson, the Jam, Sumerlands, Ignite, Bring me the Horizon, In This Moment, Dio, Judas Priest, Volbeat, Saxon, Iron Maiden, Airbourne, Arapaho, Arch Enemy, Steel Panther, UDO, Bob Dylan, System of a Down, Kerry King, Vader.  

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S7E24 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 13 June 2024.   The show was packed with great music, from Hendrix and Zeppelin to Kerry King and Dark Tranquillity.   

The evolution of the Foo Fighters, continued, this week’s track was ‘Walk’ off the most excellent Wasting Light.  This track was used to great effect at the end of Marvels Thor. 

Twisted Twins this week, came courtesy of The First Lady of Rock and featured tracks called ‘Blue Highway’.  We had versions by Billy Idol and by George Thorogood & the Destroyers.     

Immortals this week came from W.A.S.P., the title rack off 2015’s Golgotha.    

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

Y&T – Black Tiger

Yngwie J. Malmsteen – Rising Force

Zakk Wylde – Book of Shadows

ZZ Top – La Futura

 Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Rise Against – Hero of War and In Flames – Save Me. 

Artists Featured:  Brownsville Station, Black Tide, Warrior Soul, Social Distortion, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Those Damn Crows, Iron Allies, Five Finger Death Punch, Rammstein, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Greta Van Fleet, Black Star Riders, Joe Bonamassa, Billy idol, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Judas Priest, Metallica, Sebastian Bach, Sophie Lloyd & Blackstone Cherry, The Fistmits, The Clash, W.A.S.P., Y&T, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, ZZ Top, The L.A. Maybe, Megadeth, ACDC, In Flames, Rise Against, Kerry King, Dark Tranquillity.  

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S7E23 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 Tull, a track off Aqualung called ‘My God’   

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

Warrant – Cherry Pie

Wolfmother – Wolfmother

Whitesnake – 1987

W.A.S.P. – W.A.S.P. 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Journey – Don’t Stop Believing and Black Sabbath – You Won’t Change Me.

Between all of this, there was a whole lot of amazing rock and metal.   

Artists Featured:  Joe Walsh, Buckcherry, Chickenfoot, Walter Trout (feat Dee Snider), Thundermother, Deep Purple, UFO, Accept, Scorpions, Dave Hause, Matthew Goode band, Cold Chisel, Airbourne, Bullet Boys, Def Leppard, Overdrivers, Bob Dylan, Queensrÿche, Angra, Claymorean, Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Dog Detachment, Petite Cheval, No Friends of Harry, The Clash, Kid Rock, Jethro Tull, Warrant, Wolfmother, Whitesnake, W.AS.P., Sebastian Bach, Sixx AM, Black Sabbath, Journey, Piet Botha, the Uninvited

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S7E22 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 30 May 2024.  South Africa is a buzz with the sound of election results being counted so while we wait for that we rocked out with all the best Rock and Metal we could squeeze into 3 hours.  I hope you enjoy the show.     

The evolution of the Foo Fighters, continued, this week's track was ‘All My Life’ off the One By One album released in 2002. 

This week's Twisted Triplets featured tracks called ‘The Reckoning’.  The Cult, Judas Priest, and Brides of Destruction did the honours. 

Immortals this week came from Great White and a wonderful track, clocking in at 7:23, off their Psycho City album.  The track was ‘Old Rose Motel’ and it was a pleasure to listen to Mark Kendall wailing away, such a great guitarist. 

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

Van Morrison – Moonlight

Venom – At War With Satan

Volbeat – Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood 

Van Halen - 5150 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were KISS – Strutter (Live) and Rise Against – Swing Life Away.’ 

Artists Featured: Dave Hause, Megadeth, Iron Allies, Badlands, Chickenfoot, ACDC, Ratchet Dolls, Slash (feat Chris Stapelton), Thin Lizzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Nickelback, Extreme, Kid Rock, The Cult, Judas Priest, Brides of Destruction, Cold Chisel, The Gaslight Anthem, Foo Fighters, Angra, Coheed & Cambria, Claymorean, Sebastian Bach, Risingfall, Great White, Van Morrison, Venom, Volbeat, Van Halen, Tom Petty, Tool, Hellfighter, KISS, Rise Against, Kerry King, Death

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S7E21 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 from Dee Snider and the second one came from Halestorm.       

Immortals this week came from Deep Purple, the track was ‘Mistreated’ off the Burn album.  I doubt anyone will argue about its Immortal status.  Richie Blackmore wrote it just before he left the band and David Coverdale sang it on the Burn album where this version comes from.  Blackmore took it with him to Rainbow and Ronnie James Dia did it justice for many years.  I had the pleasure of hearing Glenn Hughes do it solo on acoustic guitar with Kings of Chaos at Sun City.   

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

Ugly Kid Joe – America’s Least Wanted

UFO – Lights Out

Uriah Heep – Look at Yourself

U2 – Achtung Baby 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Dave Hause’s ‘Pedal Down’ and Dire Straits with ‘Sultans of Swing’. 

Good news on the Google Play Podcast issue if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down and forcing podcasters onto YouTube Music.  I got a message from them kindly telling me that I could transfer all my Podcasts including The Story of Rock and Roll to the YouTube Music platform.  It was dead simple it all moved across in about 30 seconds.  All the TSORR shows are there and it all works great.  You should get one too if you use Google for TSORR Podcasts.  Just follow the steps.  If you have problems you can find us on plenty of other sites.  The TSORR website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com will always be able to help.  You can also always contact TSORR on Facebook, X or Instagram.     

Artists Featured: Corey Taylor, Dangerous Toys, Firehouse, Metallica, BlackØwl, Fastrack, The Saints, Brave Rival, Joe Bonamassa, Laura Cox, Girish & the Chronicles, Kickin’ Valentina, Dee Snider, Halestorm, Sebastian Bach, Dokken, Bod Dylan, Tom Petty, Foo Fighters, Black Star Riders, Five Finger Death Punch, System of a Down, Tank, Edguy, Kerry King, Slipknot, Deep Purple, Ugly Kid Joe, UFO, Uriah Heep, U2, My Chemical Romance, Nickelback, Dire Straits, Dave Hause, Wolf Hoffman, The Uninvited

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S7E20 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 16 May 2024.  Gary Moore kicked us off with Friday on my Mind.   

In Evolutions we continue to look at the evolution of the Foo Fighters, this week's track was the acoustic version of Everlong.  

Twisted Triplets featured tracks called ‘Change of Heart’.  Tom Petty, Bruce Dickinson and Jimmy Barnes all had tracks with that name.       

Immortals this week came from The Doors.  This one is special, ‘The End’ is one of the most atmospheric pieces of music ever committed to vinyl and showcases Jim Morrison at his best.  One is tempted to say they don’t make ‘em like this anymore.  They do, but the times have changed and you had to be there I guess.   

The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘T’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: 

Texas Hippie Coalition – Pride of Texas

Testament – Dark Roots of the Earth

Thin Lizzy – Cold Sweat

Tesla – Don’t De-Rock Me 

Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda’s picks of the week were Bullet For My Valentine ‘All These Things I Hate (revolve around me) and Korn ‘Blind’.    

Please NOTE that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down and forcing podcasters onto YouTube Music.  You can find us on plenty of other sites if this happens (Buzzsprout, Apple, Castbox, Deezer).  The TSORR website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com will always be able to help.  You can also always contact TSORR on Facebook, X or Instagram.     

Artists Featured: Gary Moore, Baton Rouge, Dead City Ruins, Ozzy Osbourne, Ted Nugent, Steve Jones, Green Day, Smith / Kotzen, Rachet Dolls, Sebastian Bach, Accept, Wolfmother, The Angels, Foo Fighters, Oasis, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Tom Petty, Jimmy Barnes, Bruce Dickinson, Sixx AM, Hatebreed, Danzig, Black Sabbath, The Doors, Texas Hippie Coalition, testament, Thin Lizzy, Tesla, Pearl Jam, The Answer, Bullet For My Valentine, Korn, Diverted Disorder, Exhorder, Annihilator

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S7E19 went out Live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 9 May 2024.  Winter is coming to Johannesburg so this show helped to warm up the airwaves.  We kicked off with Blackfoot of Tomcattin’ and a track called 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme'.  From there on out it was all the rock and metal we could squeeze in from the last 55 years.   

Continuing with Evolutions we took in a track off The Foo Fighters' second album The Color and The Shape.     

Just to reiterate please NOTE that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down and forcing podcasters onto YouTube Music.  The problem with that is you just can’t get through the red tape and the shows get blocked due to the convoluted licencing structures.  You can find us on plenty of other sites if this happens.  The TSORR website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com will always be able to help.  You can also always contact TSORR on Facebook, X, or Instagram.     

This week's Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘Reason to Believe’.  Bruce Springsteen and Arch Enemy did the honours.    

 Immortals this week came from Gary Moore and a track called 'Blood of Emeralds'.  It was tempting to give ‘Parisienne Walkways’ a go but traditionally we stay more obscure with immortals.  Maybe next time.     

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

Scorpions – Love At First Sting

Saxon – Wheels of Steel

Seether – Gasoline

Skid Row – Skid Row

We also had Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda's Picks of the Week featuring birthday boy Joe Bonamassa and Spiritbox.

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Artists Featured: Blackfoot, Badlands, Theory of a Deadman, Boston, Van Halen, Massive Wagons, Kickin’ Valentina, Backyard Babies, Patti Smith, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, John Cougar, Last In Line, Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen, Arch Enemy, Nirvana, Mick mars, Daughtry, Disturbed, Foo Fighters, Godsmack, Karen Zoid (feat Dan Patlansky), Dan Patlansky, The Black Cat Bones, Springbok Nude Girls, Gary Moore, Scorpions, Saxon, Skid Row, Seether, The Clash, The Stranglers, the Fismits, Joe Bonamassa, Spiritbox, Ghost Brigade, Billy idol

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S7E18 went out on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 2 May 2024.  It was nice to be back doing a live show and chatting to all the wonderful people on TSORR Central.  We kicked off with Metallica and ‘The Struggle Within’ and the rock didn’t stop for the next 3 hours. 

This week we played the first track in a 10-week series called Evolution.  This was inspired by an article I read and a playlist that tracked the evolution of the Foo Fighters.  I will do a track per week and then we’ll do the Evolution of the next band after that.   

Note that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down and forcing podcasters onto YouTube Music.  The problem with that, is you just can’t get through the red tape, and the shows get blocked due to the convoluted licencing structures.  You can find us on plenty of other sites if this happens.  The TSORR website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com will always be able to help.  You can also always contact TSORR on Facebook, X, or Instagram.     

This week's Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘Rain’.  Once again, we had triplets, it turns out that The Cult, Dead City Ruins and Candlebox all had kids called ’Rain’.   

Immortals this week came from Iron Maiden.  We listened to the title track off 1983’s Powerslave.  Adrian Smith told a great story about his guitar solo on the track which was worth retelling.   

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

Rammstein – Mutter

Rush – Moving Pictures

The Rolling Stones – Voodoo Lounge

Rodriguez – Cold Fact

Artists Featured: Metallica, Nazareth, ZZ Top, Alice Cooper, Dave Hause, Kickin’ Valentina, Thin Lizzy, ACDC, Slash feat Iggy Pop, Pebbleman, 12th Avenue, Pearl Jam, Accept, The Cult, Dead City Ruins, Candlebox, Theory of a Deadman, Buckcherry, Probot, Tom Petty, Foo Fighters, Live, Rob Halford, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Rush, The Rolling Stones, Rodriguez, Thundermother, Grand Funk Railroad, Megadeth, Exhorder, Halestorm, Zakk Wylde, Arch Enemy.  

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