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 about an hour and 20 minutes into the show, somewhere between Joe Bonamassa and Iron Maiden, there was a technical hitch on the mic, and it goes quiet for about 15 seconds.  ..read more

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 League.  They couldn’t be more different.         In the evolution of the Foo Fighters, we have the second last release Medicine at Midnight which was recorded ..read more

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's a good mix of everything.    This week we went with a Twisted Triplet and had three tracks called ‘Bad Habits’.  Thin Lizzy, Thundermother, and The Monks did ..read more

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 called ‘Forever Young’.  Overdrivers, Def Leppard and of course Bob Dylan gave us their songs by that name.    Immortals this week came from Jethro Tull, a track ..read more

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 evolution of the Foo Fighters, this week's track was ‘Learning To Fly’.   The Twisted Twins featured tracks called ‘The Reckoning’.  The first one came from Dee S ..read more

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.        Immortals this week came from The Doors.  This one is special, ‘The End’ is one of the most atmospheric pieces of music ever committed to vinyl and showcases Ji ..read more

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 Fighters' second album The Color and The Shape.      Just to reiterate please NOTE that if you listen to TSORR on Google Podcasts they are shutting it down and forcing podcaster ..read more

S7E18 went out on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 25 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 tracked the evolution of the Foo Fighters.  I will do a track per week and then we’ll do the Evolution of the next band after that.    Note that if you listen to TSOR ..read more

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 featured tracks called ‘Heartbreaker’.  As happened last week we turned it into a Twisted Triplets with tracks called ‘Heartbreaker’.  Led Zeppelin, Motörhe ..read more

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 featured tracks called ‘Bulletproof’.  We could have had Twisted Quintuplets as there were 5 different tracks with that name but we settled on a triplet.  F ..read more