The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show

S3E3 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show went on air at 19h00 on 3 Sept 2020.  Due to some technical issues, the first 40 minutes of the recording was lost so if you didn’t hear it live you’ll never hear that unique bit of radio history.  The show is getting smother and it’s just the microphone quality and level that is messing me around now.  The music is great no problem with that side of t...

Season 3 Episode 2 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show was broadcasted live on Rebel Rock Radio between 7 and 10 pm on Thursday 27 August 2020.  It took place from behind the bar in Planet Rock and it was one of the most enjoyable shows I have done in ages.  The music was really great we had everything from Slayer to Lita Ford.  Most of the technical problems have been resolved and the odd mi...

Its 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...

OK so this one is very different and a hell of a challenge.  I seriously considered not releasing it but it goes against what I have tried to do from the beginning which is to showcase great music and to present it warts and all.  The spirit of the show is such that I am looking for reality, not perfection.  If you listen regularly then you will probably be fine with that.  Here's what happen...

Recorded once again behind the bar in Planet Rock on 7 and 8 August 2020.  I should probably have started a new season to differentiate these shows from the ones recorded at Mix FM.  It's such a crazy year, basically a write off so it is as it is.  This show was a struggle to put together, not sure why but I just couldn't get my rhythm.  It will probably be one of the more popular ones b...

Recorded 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...

Season 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...

Well, this is something totally different.  You may or may now be aware that the Rockfest Radio shows on Mix FM have been shut down indefinitely due to Covid 19.  This is the first episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show to be recorded from my home studio or should I say bar.  It was a technical challenge of note but I have figured it out.  You may find some odd bits and pieces but it get...

Season 2, Episode 13 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show took place at midnight on 3 July 2020.  It kicked off with the stated intent of getting this place Hotter Than Hell.  I think we succeeded but you will have to be the judge.  Metallica set a blistering pace with a live version of Hit the Lights off Hard-Wired to Self-Destruct.  It was pretty much all fast, driving, rock and roll through...

Season 2: Episode 12.  After a 3 month hiatus, The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show resumed at Midnight on 26 June 2020.  It was a ripper, and although I felt a bit rusty the show went pretty well.  Apologies for saying that the opening track by Savage was ‘Loose ‘n’ Lethal’ instead of ‘Ain’t No Fit Place’, the album is of course Loose ‘n’ Lethal.  It was a full house on the WhatsApp line so clea...

Season 2 Episode 11 was recorded at midnight on Friday the 13th, March 2020.  The world was in the grip of widespread panic and fear induced by the Corona virus which is now a worldwide pandemic.  It was, therefore, fitting that the second song on the show was Disturbed’s Down With the Sickness.    The playlist looks like this:   Jump In the Fire | Metallica  Down With the Sickness | Disturbed  Sa...

Season 2 Episode 10 of The Story of Rock and Roll radio show aired at midnight on 6 March 2020.  I’d had a crap day so 2 hours of rock and metal which turned largely into Metal went down very well.  From the get-go the WhatsApp line was alive which always makes a huge difference to the energy.   A big thanks to all of those who “listen live”, it was technically flawless I might add.  The show felt...

Welcome 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 k...

Season 2 Episode 8 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show aired at midnight on 21 Feb 2020.  Technically it was flawless with no recurrence of last week’s minor technical glitches.  The biggest problem was the amount of load-shedding going on which affected the number of listeners who stay up to listen to the show.  It’s either Telkom signal affecting streaming or Eskom cutting power to areas du...

Shortly 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 not...

Season 2 Episode 6 happened at a few minutes past midnight on 7 Feb 2020.  We got straight into it with Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy.  The show was pretty much old school metal for the first half hour before we got a dose of Grunge via that bastion of mirth, cheer, and happiness, Kurt Cobain.    SA bands were represented by Pilgrim South a solid rock band out of Sekunda, I don’t know much about th...

Under a cloud of rain and the ever-present threat of load shedding, Season 2 Episode 5 took to the air at midnight 31 Jan 2020.  Incredible as it may be there are already only 11 months to Christmas!  The good news is that with The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show,  time stands still.  We kicked off with The Beatles (sort of) and a cover of The Magical Mystery Tour taken off a tribute album calle...

Season 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...

Season 2 Episode 3 went out live at midnight 17 Jan 2020.  The show started with a bit of The Offspring before the traditional Dr Who start-up theme that signals arrival of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show.  That was just a bit of fun to keep you on your toes, otherwise, it was pretty much a textbook show.  One thing I suggest you do when you listen to the show is Google the lyrics, it’s fasc...

Season 2 Episode 2 of the Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show was great fun indeed.  It aired at midnight 10 Jan 2020 and right from the start everything felt good.  Once again I was stuck by Time Dysplasia Panic Disorder i.e TDPD  at 01h06 when I realized I had 34 songs to play and enough time for only 13.          The show opened with a jolt of good times rock and roll courtesy of Sebastian Bach a...

The Story of Rock and Roll Season 2, Episode 1 went out live at midnight on 3 Dec 2020.  It was a great little show, a very decent way to start off the new decade.  God knows where we'll be in another 10 years, pretty sure podcasts like this will be like talking about cassette tapes.  It was great to be back in the midnight time slot, but it felt like it was over before we started.   The show...

Here 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...

Episode 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 TSO...

Episode 49 of The Sory of Rock and Roll Radio Show took to the air a few minutes past midnight on 20 Dec 2019.  It was the 2nd anniversary of the show even though the podcasts only started Q1 2019.  It was a nice opportunity to reflect on how far the show has come.  The maiden flight of TSORR was pretty rocky as I recall.  I was alone in the studio on air for the first time.  I got through it OK b...

Episode 48 of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show detonated at midnight on Friday the 13th, December 2019.  Not even Friday the 13th scares us at TSORR, the show was a cracker.  The front end was loaded with fast tempo rockers mainly by bands everyone knows, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Pantera & Def Leppard.  We took a break to listen to some blues with Danko Jones and South African Master Blues...