The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show

Episode 44 of season 5 aired on 3 November 2022 at 7 pm sharp on Rebel Rock Radio.  It was a cracker of an episode with plenty of new albums and plenty of rock from around the world.  First out the blocks we had The Beatles' classic ‘Day Tripper’ off a tribute to The Beatles album called Butchering the Beatles.  This track featured Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw, and Doug Aldrich and it’s a guitar f...

Episode 43 kicked off at 19h00 on 27 Oct 2022 live on Rebel Rock Radio.  We got straight into it with a track off one of the best live albums ever released, Bruce Springsteen’s Live 1975 to ’85, and a track called ‘Spirit in the Night’.  From there it was time for some Thin Lizzy followed by Aussie rockers Airbourne and a track called ‘No Way But the Hard Way'.  It was good to hear  Kim Mitch...

Episode 42 of Season 5 kicked off at 19h00 on 20 Oct 2022.  The show was live on Rebel Rock Radio and made up for last week's disaster after the lightning strike.  Apologies again for that little abortion, it's nice to be back in control and with a new inverter to keep the load shedding at bay.  The show kicked off with Accept and a track called “What’s Done is Done’ off The Rise of Chao...

Well, this one did not go according to plan.  Apologies upfront, you are only going to get 2 hours of TSORR  and it gets more and more chaotic as we get closer to the end.  In the middle of the show the house got struck by lightning and as a result, I tried to hold it together and bravely do a "The show must go on" type jol but it was not to be, more and more problems appeared as I searc...

Episode 40 went out live on 6 Oct 2022 at 19h00 on rebel Rock radio.  We kicked off with The Who and 'I’m Free' which was fitting seeing as I have just finished nearly three years of study and now have a lot more time to dedicate to The Story of Rock and Roll .  It was a pretty laid-back start by TSORR standards featuring stuff by John Cougar, Black Stone Cherry, and Jimmy Barnes.  The p...

Episode 39 of Season 5 went out live at 7 pm sharp on 29 Sept 2022.  As usual, the show was hosted by Rebel Rock Radio.  We got going with Jorn and a track called 'Some Day They Will Put Out the Sun’, it was agreed that if it was in Soth Africa it would have been out long ago, or broken, or lost.  Next up Hell Fire out of San Fransisco, a truly wonderful band with a track called Cities Ablaze...

Episode 38 kicked off at 19h00 on Thursday 22 Sept 2022 on Rebel Rock Radio.  First up Guns ‘n’ Roses with ‘You could Be Mine’. from back in the day when G ‘n’ R were the hottest band in the world. Next up Rainbow, off Rising and the opening track 'Tarot Woman'.  It was pretty much hard rock with bands like Tesla and The Four Horsemen all the way through until some Jethro Tull which made...

Episode 36 kicked off on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 15 Sept 2022.  We are into the last 15% of Quarter 3 and then that is 2022 in its P.  Amazing, time really does fly. We kicked off the show with 'The Longest Day' by Iron Maiden.  At over seven minutes it was a nice way to give everyone a chance to settle in.  From there we went to Mötley Crüe for a bit of ‘Power To The Music’, and th...

Episode 36 kicked off with Journey and 'Anyway You Want It', live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 8 Sep 2022.  In quick succession, we heard from Mammoth WVH, Edguy and Blackfoot.  If any of you caught the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show you will probably have been suitably impressed with Mammoth WVH’s Wolfgang Van Halen, the kids got daddy’s chops that is for sure.  From there we went all m...

Episode 35 aired on 1 Sept 2022, on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00.  For once there were no technical problems on startup, everything connected and everything worked.  First up we had Krokus with their classic track Long Stick Goes Boom, off 1982’s One Vice at a Time.  Next up Biters with a track called ‘1975’ and then a quick track from Herman Frank before we shifted direction with some Faith No More....

Episode 34 of Season 5 kicked off on 25 August 2022 at 7 pm on Rebel Rock Radio.  ACDC got us out the blocks with a track off Power Age called ‘Gone Shooting, We stayed in that style of rock and checked out The LA Maybe, a band out of the Carolinas, and an awesome track called 'Sucker Punch'.  In recognition of the fact that the world is pretty fucked at the moment we took a listen to ex...

Episode 33 of season 5 aired finally at 19h18 on Rebel Rock Radio.  Same as last week I could not connect to the server but this time I found some gremlins in the system and was able to sort it out.  We kicked off with Guns ‘n’ Roses, with Accept and Herman Frank in hot pursuit.  Both those tracks featured Herman because back in 1984 when Restless and Wild was released he was on guitar with Wolf H...

Episode 32 of Season 5 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 11 August 2022.  Actually, that isn’t quite true it eventually went out at 19h10 due to the all too familiar computer problems that plague internet radio.  I am sure by 2025 all these stations will be a lot more reliable.  We started off with Volbeat and ‘Step Into Light’, then changed direction and decided to go ‘Into the Pit’ w...

This was one of the most enjoyable Rock Reviews I have done.  It was made in a hurry due to some work pressure and it is all the better for it.  You could say I did Rush in a rush.  The beauty of Rock Review is that it often leads to a bit of an obsession with the band for a while, in this case, it worked and I am seriously Rush befok at the moment.  Check it out.   The Story of Rock and Roll.  TS...

Episode 31 of Season 5 went out live on Rebel Rock radio on 4 August 2022.  This show is as unprepared as it gets, let's see what happens.  We kicked off with Bad Company and ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy, then into Dave Hause off one of my favourite albums of all time titled 'Bury Me In Philly'.  The track we played was called ‘The Flinch’.  From there we sped it up a bit with ‘Speed Demo...

Season 5 Episode 30 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio on 28 July 2022.  Once again showcasing the more sophisticated start to the show we kicked off with ZZ Top off a newly released album called RAW.  This was the soundtrack to their Sam Dunn (Of a Headbangers Journey fame)produced 2019 Netflix rockumentary That ‘lil old band from Texas ’.  I haven’t seen it but will do so soon. It’s released as a...

Episode 29 of Season 5 kicked off live on Rebel Rock Radio at 7 pm on 21 July 2022.  I reckon this was one of the coolest starts ever and featured a little clip of Tom Petty telling the audience in Inglewood to clear the aisles.   The original idea to have a mellow start was blown to Smithereens by Therapy with ‘Trigger Inside’ followed by Scorpions and UFO with ‘Blackout’ and Lights Out’ respecti...

Episode 27 of season 5 aired on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 7 July 2022.  The show kicked off with a live track from Volbeat called 'Maybellene I Hofteholder'.  It was a nice way to start actually and it sort of set the tone for a mellow (by TSORR standards) beginning.  From there we had a band called Austin Gold with the title track off their debut album Before Black Clouds .  Next up...

Episode 26 marked the halfway through the year spot.  The show aired on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 30 June 2022.  I got a chance to adjust my pants and dance the good time dance with Clutch's 'The Mob Goes Wild’ by Clutch as the show opener.  Neil Fallon was in fantastic form on Blast Tyrant , my favorite Clutch album ever.  Then in quick succession, we had two tracks about mothers, ‘R...

Another fun episode of TSORR, this one went out on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 23 June 2022.  It was episode 25 so we are nearly halfway through Season 5 already.  Kicking off with Dee Snider and ‘Mask’, and then Lita Ford with ‘The Mask’ we symbolically said cheers to wearing masks in SA at last.  Or until the next pandemic in 2060 but I don’t think flu will be around by then anyway, or me for t...

An attempt at the impossible.  You can't do justice to the Stones in 60 min, but "Dink jy ek's bang huh"?   It's a pretty good look at some of their best stuff.  Check it out.   The Story of Rock and Roll.  TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

Episode 24 of season 5 aired at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio on 16 June 2022.  It was workers' day and being a Thursday most people took the gap and the long weekend.  It was incumbent on TSORR to provide the soundtrack to the jol.  With that mission in mind, the show kicked off with the Thin Lizzy classic ‘Cowboy Song’.  From there it was time for some Clutch off the wonderful Blast Tyrant albu...

Episode 23 of season 5 aired on 9 June at 19h00 on Rebel Rock Radio. First up we had 1000 Homo DJs.  Basically, that is Al Jorgenson of Ministry fame with a few buddies, people like Jello Biafra.  From there we had a 'Poisoned heart' by Black Star Riders.  Classic rock from Def Leppard, Krokus, Journey, and Whitesnake off the Love Hunter album moved us along nicely.  Korn took us into th...

Episode 22 nearly didn't happen, it became episode 23 for some reason.  It looks like the time travel theme that signals the start of every show moved me ahead a week. Fortunately, I was able to change all the S5E23s to the correct S5E22 before everything got uploaded and created an irreversible hole in time.  The show kicked off with The Doors and  'L.A. Woman' and it was like cool...

Episode 21 of Season 5 kicked off TSORR at 19h00 on Thursday 26 May 2022 with Chickenfoot's upbeat 'Oh Yeah'.  From there it was Kiss and The Answer out of Ireland with a track called 'Feel the Fear'.  This was one of the most enjoyable episodes I have ever done.  It felt a bit different but I am not sure why.  It had all the usual fare; Punk from The Stranglers and the Cl...