The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show

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.        You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, just search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites.  Check out the website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com and sign up for the monthl...

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.     You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, just search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites.  Check out the website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com and sign up for the monthly newsletter for more content about previous shows.  It inc...

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.    You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, just search for T he Story of Rock and Roll on those sites.  Check out the website www.thestoryofrockandroll.com and...

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.  You can follow u...

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 Ro...

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 ab...

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 guita...

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 w...

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...

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&apos...

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 Fi...

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 ca...

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 2...

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 ev...

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.        Immor...

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 Fighter...

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 tr...

S7E17 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 25 April 2024.  As always it was a mixed bag of new and old, heavy and not so heavy.  Listeners rated it the most fun ever.    Note that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down.  You can find us on plenty of other sites if this happens.  The TSORR website will always be able to help.    This week's Twisted Twins f...

S7E16 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 18 April 2024.  As always it was a mixed bag of new and old, heavy and not so heavy.  Listeners rated it the most fun ever.    Note that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down.  You can find us on plenty of other sites if this happens.  The TSORR website will always be able to help.    This week's Twisted Twins f...

S7E15 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 11 April 2024.     TSORR was on Myoli Beach in Sedgefield for this episode so the view was great.    This week's Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘Winter’.  We looked to a local band called Crash Car Burn for the first track and then went back to the amazing Goats Head Soup album for a Rolling Stones song called Winter.  It’s interesting...

S7E14 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 4 April 2024.       This week's Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘Take It Off’.  The Donnas and Suicide Bombers did the honours.    Immortals, a track over 7 minutes showcasing an artist's brilliance, came off the Born to Run album.  It is a track called ‘Jungleland’.  Springsteen is at his finest on this groundbreaking album but it...

S7E13 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 28 March 2024.  It's hard to believe we are a quarter of the way through the year already!  As always TSORR is a celebration of guitar-driven Rock Music and the artists that make this wonderful music.   This week's Twisted Twins featured Godsmack, Buckcherry, and Skid Row.    The Immortals feature was a track called ‘When The Music’s Ov...

S7E12 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 21 March 2024.  It was full throttle out of the gate with Dio and ‘Evil Eyes’.  We had some new music from Dan Patlansky, Judas Priest and Bruce Dickenson.  Most interesting is a new single from Vended.  I am really digging Vended a lot, sons of Slipknot, literally, Griffin Tayor and Simon Crahan doing their parents proud.    To remind you to get...

S7E11 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 14 March 2024.  Last week we invented a new feature which, thanks to some audience participation, has become known as Twisted Twins.  It involves playing two songs with the same name but by different bands.  We continued with Twisted Twins on this show as well as the usual favourites The Diabolical Challenge and The Immortals.  The new Judas Prie...

S7E10 went out live on Rebel Rock radio at 19h00 on 7 March 2024.    This weeks' Immortals feature – a track over 7 min that showcases what an artist went to a band called Paradox.    The track was called 'Manhunt' off the Pangea album  The Diabolical challenge this week looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘J’.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one...