The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show

Find out why In Flames was such an important band for me and how the Gothenburg sound shaped everything going forward in my Metal world.  Known amongst those who know as Johnny's Gift, In Flames was the gateway band to 21st-century metal.   This 60 min rock review takes you through most of the albums and provides a good all-round introduction to the band for new comers and a blistering remind...

Episode 14 of Season 6 aired on 6 April 2023 live on Rebel Rock Radio.  We started with Nightwish and 'My Walden' and progressed to Mastodon and a track called ‘Teardrinker’.  We dabbled a bit in the funkier side of things which is unusual for TSORR, Ugly Kid Joe with ‘Same Side’ and Extreme with ‘Get The Funk Out’ did the honours there.  Nuno Bettencourt’s solo on that track is unbeliev...

S6E13 kicked off at 19h00 sharp on 30 March 2023 on Rebel Rock Radio.  The show started a bit differently with a track called ‘City Lights’ by Motionless In White, from there normality was restored with Scorpions and Motörhead.  We went back to Germany for 'Buck Dich' from Rammstein and then shifted to the USA for some Aerosmith, and a track on the Get a Grip album titled 'Walk on D...

Episode 12 of Season 6 went out live at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 23 March 2023.  Guns ‘n’ Roses were first up with 14 Years, closely followed by Great White and a track off Hooked called ‘South Bay Cities’.  Megadeth’s ‘Victory’ off Youthanasia made it a bit heavier but them we mellowed out again with Free and a track called ‘Heartbreaker’.  We stayed mellow with Gov’t Car's 'Kings H...

Season 6 Episode 11 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 16 March 2023.  Badlands with Jake E. Lee and the late Ray Gillan got us out the blocks with a track called ‘Devil’s Stomp’.  From there we had some more devils courtesy of Chickenfoot and a track called ‘Different Devil’ off Chickenfoot III.  It was pretty much full-bore rock and roll for the first hour with bands like Godsmack, St...

S6E10 kicked off live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 9 Mar 2023.  It was great to be back in Benoni after last week's sojourn to Clarens and we celebrated hard.  First up was Motörhead and a track off Inferno called ‘In the Year of the Wolf’.  From there some classic Led Zep and a track by Michael Monroe co-written by Lemmy called 'The Fine Art of Debauchery'.  We had some Def Lepp...

It is that time of year again, Dan Patlansky's guitar weekend down in Clarens.  This episode went out on Rebel rock Radio on 2 March 2023 at 19h00.  It was a bit messy, but messy is good, let me know if you disagree.  We kicked off with Fokofpolisiekar and their classic rock anthem, ‘Hemel Op Die Platteland, and followed up in quick succession with Airbourne, Grand Funk Railroad, and Mötley C...

Episode 8 of Season 6 went out live at 7 pm on Rebel Rock Radio on 23 Feb 2023.  23 2 23 what a day, what a week what a 26-month journey.  I am out of the game.  Long live Rock and Roll.  We kicked off this very unplanned show with Guns ‘n’ Roses and ‘Anything Goes’.  From there something brand new from Black Star Riders and something old from Badlands, an awesome track called ‘High Wire’.  Mike O...

Episode 7 of season 6 aired on Rebel Rock Radio at 7 pm on 16 Feb 2023. We eased in with The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, and a track called 'Last To Die'.  From there we heard Damageplan, the band that arguably cost Dimebag Darrell his life.  Red Dragon Cartel gave us a track called 'Big Mouth' featuring Maria Brink on vocals.  From there we were cruising, ACDC, Bush, and stuff li...

We kicked episode 6 with a track called ‘Burning For You’ a cover of a great track by Blue Öyster Cult, very well done here by Iced Earth.  The show then got heavy with Killswitch Engage and Annihilator,  with ‘Desperate Times’ and 'Set the World On Fire’ respectively.   Both of these fall into the TSORR Songs that could be about South Africa category.  Accept and Sinner gave us a taste of Ge...

S6E5 aired at 19h00 on 2 Feb 2023 live on Rebel Rock Radio.  The opening track was by Warrior Soul, I have some good memories of this band.  Marq Vas and I discovered them in the early ‘90s and their Last Decade, Dead Century album, where this track came from was always in heavy rotation.  Next up, Thunder Mother with ‘Borrowed Time’ conjured up the image of thousands of lighters held aloft, and ‘...

Episode 4 of the brand new Season 6 kicked off at precisely 19h00 on 26 Jan 2023 on Rebel Rock Radio.  First up was a band who are no strangers to TSORR, Great White with ‘Never Trust a Pretty Face’.  We had a nice up-tempo start cycling through Motor Sister, and Accept and then took a huge step back into the past with the ever-fresh sound of Creedence Clearwater Revival and ‘Green River’, from th...

Episode 3 of Season 6 launched promptly at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio and then crashed back to earth like a failed rocket launch.  It was restarted and got back on the air at 19h17.  The joys of internet radio.  This was the first episode going out on fibre.  While podcast people have not been affected, listeners to the live show have had a really rough ride of late thanks to load shedding in South...

Season 6 episode 2 went out live on 12 January 2023 on Rebel Rock Radio, once again the live show was ruined by the load shedding issues we are suffering with in South Africa.  Power out for around 6 hours every 24 hours so the cell phone towers just cannot cope.  The show kicked off with Aaron Keylock and cool slow bluesy track called ‘Just One Question’.  The slowish start was kicked into touch...

Welcome to 2023 and Season 6 of the Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show.  Episode 1 got going on 5 Jan 2023 on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 with a track called 'Emaheeval' by Desperado.  Desperado was a post-Twisted Sister band comprising Dee Snider, Bernie Tormé, Clive Burr, and Marc Russell.  It's an excellent album that was shelved in a nasty bit of spite by Bob Krasnow and it’s a pit...

This Rock Review on My Chemical Romance focuses on why the band is so special to its legions of followers.   Formed in 2001 a few weeks after 9/11 MCR went on to sell millions of albums in a short 12-year career.  Seldom has a band had such an impact on its fans; hear how My Chem affected people's lives and what they consider special about them.  This Rock Review features songs from the band&...

Finally, we reached the end of Season 5.  The final show, episode 52 went out live at 19h00 on 29 Dec 2022 on rebel Rock Radio.  At the risk of boring you all I just have to say that once again it all happened under really trying circumstances.  I hope you all appreciate the lengths I have to go through to get this show out.  The Wi-Fi has been non-existent all day, I can’t even upload the MCR Roc...

Welcome to the second last show of Season 5, i.e. Episode 51.  It marks the 5th birthday of The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show.  This episode went out live on 22 December 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 sharp.  Sadly the cell phone towers did not play ball and the signal was a serious killjoy.  The show however went out just perfectly on the podcast.  I used the opportunity to showcase some o...

S5E50 aired on 15 December 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio.  December is usually quiet on the station but for TSORR it is always very special, this particular show celebrated the official start of the December holidays.  Next week TSORR turns 5 and the week after that Episode 52 the season closer takes you through all the rock and metal highlights of 2022.  But more of that later.  This episode kicked of...

Episode 49 of Season 5 aired on 8 December 2022 at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio.  It began with the very track that started me on this 40-plus-year journey down Rock and Roll Road i.e. ‘Detroit Rock City’, the opening track from Kiss’s Destroyer .  That album changed my life, and may have changed yours too.  If you get yourself a copy of The Story of Rock and Roll you may find some parallels.  From K...

Episode 48 of Season 5 aired at 19h00 on 1 Dec 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio.  It was a tricky show because of the wifi signal jumping in and out.  The podcast is 100% so that is a small mercy I am thankful for.  We kicked off with a double header in the form of the first two tracks on W.A.S.P’s magnum opus The Crimson Idol .  From there is was a bit of Southern Rock from Whiskey Myers and then over to...

Episode 47 of season 5 aired at 19h00 on 254 Nov 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio.  I was worried the wifi wouldn’t hold up with the load-shedding, but we made it.  The show kicked off with an old TSORR favourite called 'Tres Borrachos' by Left Lane Cruiser.  From there we took a listen to the perennial rock classic that is ‘Hair of the Dog.  Nevada Beach were up next with a track called ‘Hollyw...

Episode 46 of Season 5 aired on Rebel Rock radio at 7 pm on 17 Nov 2022.  The show started a bit differently for a change.  Instead of the usual full-throttle Rock ‘n’ Roll we eased in with the classic ‘Judas’ version of Bob Dylan's brilliant ‘Like a Rolling Stone’.  From there we went with ‘Squealer’, one of the early ACDC tracks off Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.  It was decided that if you c...

Another in Rock Review for you, this one on Ireland's finest band, Thin Lizzy.  The review picks up from the Gorham Robertson years and give you a super fast 60 min run through of all the essential material.  If this hits the spot then I suggest go deeper, there is plenty of material for a deep dive into this fantasic band.   The Story of Rock and Roll.  TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Episode 45 of Season 5 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 10 Nov 2022.  The show kicked off with ACDC and a track off Let There Be Rock called ‘Overdose’.  From there we continued with Black Stone Cherry, Def Leppard, and White Zombie.  We went into the ‘00s and cranked the Nu Metal with Drowning Pool and the title track off the Sinner album, the one that gave the world 'Bodies&apo...