The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show

S8E7 went live from Sedgefield, Myoli Beach on 13 Feb 2025 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio.    Artists featured:  We Are Harlot, ACDC, Black Star Riders, Hinder, Nickelback, The Damned Things, The Saints, Texas Hippie Coalition, Nevada Beach, Buckcherry, Mr, Big, Nita Strauss, FFDP, Halestorm, Kenny Hughes, Mark Haze, Springbok Nude Girls, Skid Row, Deep Purple, David Bowie, The Clash, Led Zeppelin,...

S8E6 went out live from Sedgefield at 19h00 on 6 Feb 2025.  It was great to be back doing a live show.  We kicked off pretty chilled but that didn’t last, we got through Ryan Eagles and into Pantera pretty damn quick.  There is something for everyone who loves guitars on this show.   The Twisted Twins featured two tracks called ‘Black & White’  by U.D.O. and Saxon.   The Rock and Metal Time Ma...

S8E5 went out live from Sedgefield at 19h00 on 30 Jan 2025.  It was great to be back doing a live show.  Last week's excursion to watch Green Day the Offspring and SA’s own Fokofpolisiekar was amazing, I thoroughly enjoyed the show.      The Twisted Twins became Triplets at the last minute we had three tracks called ‘Ashes’ by Five Finger Death Punch, Black Tide, and Angra respectively.  The...

S8E4 was prerecorded on 22 Jan 2025 to allow me to attend the Green Day, Offspring, and Fokofpolisiekar gig live in Cape Town on 23 Jan the night this show went out on Rebel Rock Radio.   And what a gig it was.  It seems like forever since South Africa got International bands of that calibre.  The last time I was out for a show was for Guns N’ Roses in 2018, and then Covid happened and KISS got ca...

S8E3 went live from the new studio in Sedgefield on 16 Jan 2025 at 19h00.  Things have settled since the last episode where I had just moved 1000 miles to my new home and my life was in boxes.  This week I was able to stay awake and give you a show with all the usual features except The Diabolical Challenge.  The new feature, which is the theme for the show ads for Season 8, is This Week in Rock a...

Welcome to the second TSORR Radio Show for 2025 and the first from the new studio in Sedgefield.  S8E2 went live from Sedgefield in the Western Cape at 19h00 on 9 Jan 2025.    Artists featured:  ACDC, Metallica, Rush, Sixx AM, Tesla, Marvelous3, Greenday, The Offspring, Shinedown, ACDC, Def Leppard, Motörhead, Golden Earring, Dave Haus, Iron Maiden. Judas Priest, Van Halen, John Mellencamp, Guns N...

Welcome to the first TSORR Radio Show for 2025.  S8E1 went out live from Benoni in Gauteng for the last time at 19h00 on 2 Jan 2025.  As of next week, we will be LIVE from the Garden Route in the Western Cape.  The Story of Rock and Roll is blowing this paddy and moving to the coast.  Great things are planned for 2025 so please keep listening and spread the word.    This show was all about moving...

TSORR Radio Show S7E52 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 26 Dec 2024.  It’s the final show of the year and as per TSORR tradition, we look at all the best rock and metal releases we had in 2024.  Clearly, anyone telling you Rock is Dead is talking kak.   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....

TSORR Radio Show S7E51 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 19 Dec 2024.  It’s the 7th Anniversary of the Show so we just went off script and played bands and songs that make the show what it is.  Plenty was going on, but I am not writing a big story here because I have come to believe no one reads it, and rightfully so, the music is what we are here for.  If anyone is missing the show notes let...

TSORR Radio Show S7E50 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 12 Dec 2024. The theme of the show was moving on. TSORR's days of broadcasting from the wastelands of ANC-run Johannesburg are drawing to a close, and once the relocation is complete in January, we have huge plans for 2025. There is something for everyone here: rock, metal, ballads, and blues, and as always, it’s all about the guita...

TSORR Radio Show S7E49 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 5 Dec 2024. We continue where we left off last week with some excellent new releases and fists full of rock and metal. There is something for everyone here: rock, metal, ballads, and blues. As always, it’s all about the guitars.       On the Twisted Triplets, we had three tracks called ‘Ball & Chain’.  The 3 contributing artists were...

TSORR Radio Show S7E48 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 28 November 2024. Thank you all very much for a record-breaking week for TSORR podcast downloads. Your support is greatly appreciated. This week’s show featured some great new music. Check out the tracks from Crossbone Skully, Storace, and Opeth. There is something for everyone here: rock, metal, ballads, and blues. As always, it’s all a...

TSORR Radio Show S7E47 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 21 Nov 2024.  We are on the downhill run to the end of Season 7.  As always the show is drenched in guitars and features some of the greatest bands in the world and some that maybe new to you.  Enjoy.         On the Twisted Triplets, we had three tracks called ‘Cold Day in Hell’, one each from Keel, Tom Keifer, and Gary Moore.  In the Ev...

TSORR Radio Show S7E46 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 14 November 2024. The show was jam-packed with rock and metal. It featured all the usual features PLUS an interview with South African death metal merchants The Falling Prophets.       On the Twisted Twins, we had two tracks called ‘Holy Roller’, one from Nazareth and the other from Mother Love Bone. In the Evolution of Judas Priest, we...

TSORR Radio Show S7E45 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 7 Nov 2024.  We were celebrating on TSORR.  The US election is over and we got through it without a third world war.    This episode’s Twisted Twins featured two tracks called ‘Eye of the Storm’. These are totally different songs; only the name is common, and in this case, they both come from German bands. We started a new cycle of Evolu...

TSORR Radio Show S7E44 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 31 Oct 2024.  Halloween already, that means 8 more shows until 2025.  Wow!!!!  This show was jam-packed with tons of Rock and Metal and we had a great time live the TSORR Central chat.    There was a lot of new music from bands like Doomsday Outlaw, The New Roses, and Jelusic.   This episode’s Twisted Triplets had 3 different tracks call...

TSORR Radio Show S7E43 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 24 Oct 2024.  The 'artists featured' list at the bottom of the post is in order of play if you are jumping around.  We said cheers and RIP to Iron Maiden’s first vocalist Paul Di Anno, we checked out new releases from Michael Schenker Group, Massive Wagons, Myles Kennedy, and The New Roses and chatted with South African guitar...

TSORR Radio Show S7E42 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 17 October 2024. The show was dedicated to the memory of Athol Curtis, who was a big part of TSORR and sadly passed away a year ago to the day. This show was a celebration of the rock and roll spirit of this uniquely special human being. He lives on through the awesome music that we both love so much.     The artists featured (see below)...

TSORR Radio Show S7E41 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 10 Oct 2024.  There was a lot of new stuff out so we listened to all of it.     The artists featured (see below) are in order of play so you can find anything you are looking for with ease.    This week’s highlights include The Twisted Triplets where we listened to 3 different songs all called ‘Better Man’.  We had Pearl Jam, Praying Man...

TSORR Radio Show S7E40 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 3 Oct 2024.  This means there are 12 shows left until the end of the year!  Time flies when you are having fun!!!  The artists featured (see below) are in order of play so you can find anything you are looking for with ease.    This week’s highlights include: The Twisted Twins turned out to be quadruplets with four songs called ‘’One Mor...

TSORR Radio Show S7E39 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 26 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...

TSORR Radio Show S7E38 aired on 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 19 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 i...

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...

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 yo...

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 subs...