The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show
You may well have internet radio fatigue, God knows there are thousands of sites trying to get your attention. The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show is different. It goes out live weekly on Rebel Rock Radio and Bulldogs radio but also as a Podcast so you can choose when you want to hear it. TSORR is not background music, it is a relationship. The show exists to introduce you to music you will like, play the music you want to hear, and give you some insight into the bands and the music. So, if Rock & Metal are part of your life, give The Story of Rock and Roll a listen. The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show or TSORR covers a vast range of Rock, Metal, Punk & Blues. It showcases guitar based-music from around the world. You will get music from the mid 60's all the way through to albums released this week. With TSORR it is all about the music. If you love guitars and loud rock and roll this is the show for you. Each week it features many of the top rock and metal bands in the world. There is always a healthy selection of ACDC, Priest, Maiden, Metallica, Rush, Kiss, Queen, ZZ Top, Rammstein, Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Rainbow, Dio, and all the bands that made Rock Music what it is today. The show also introduces you to many great bands that you may or may not have heard of. TSORR tends not to focus on the greatest rock hits of all time, it goes deeper and features tracks off classic albums that you won't hear elsewhere. TSORR is the place to pick up on something you like and then follow up and delve deeper into a band or song that struck a sweet chord with you. The show is always trying to bring you, in Bowie's words, that "One damn song that can make me break down and cry". You get the facts and the stories as well as some irreverent opinions and you can always contact TSORR for more info about something you heard. Give it a try, TSORR; it's all about the music \m/
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 164 minutes
- Episodes
- 339
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E35
Episode 35 of Season 4 went out live at 7 pm on 2 September 2021. The show featured a number of albums released in 2021 including one by a guy called Ayron Jones. I am quite blown away by this albu…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E34
Episode 34 of Season 4 went live on Rebel Rock Radio on 26 August 2021. It was a great episode, one of my favorites, mainly because there is so much going on in life and with Rebel Rock Radio that I…
Rock Review : Piet Botha & Jack Hammer
This Rock review is on SA legend Piet Botha and his band Jack Hammer. Piet passed away on 2 June 2019 and he is loved and remembered by a legion of rock fans in SA and around the world. Some of the…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E33
Episode 33 of Season 4 aired on 19 August 2021. We kicked off with my current favorites Chrome Division and then spent some time in the '70s with Grand Funk Railroad and Kiss. From there we got rig…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E32
Episode 32 of Season 4 aired on 12 August 2021. It was a pretty mixed show with a healthy dose of bands that don't get a lot of airtime. I am talking about bands like Chrome Division, The Hitchers,…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E31
Episode 31 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 7 pm on 5 August. We kicked it off with ACDC and ' Kicked in the Teeth', the finest song ever started by vocals alone. with the vocals before the ban…
Rock Review : David Bowie
This Rock Review went out live on Rebel Rock Radio on 27 and 29 July 2021. As always in 60 minutes it barely scratched the surface, it does, however, scratch a very rich vein. Bowie was amazing, h…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E30
Episode 30 of Season 4 went out live on 29 July 2021 at 7 pm. It was a tough show for me in many ways. My father passed away on 24 July and it was the first show since his passing. Inevitably his …
Rock Review : ZZ Top
I was sad to hear of the passing of Dusty Hill on 29 July 2021. I was expecting a new album so the news that he had died in his sleep at the age of 72 came as a surprise. Here is the Rock Review I …
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E29
Episode 29 of season 4 aired at 7 pm on Thursday 22 July 2021. It was a difficult show to be honest, as you may well know there is a lot of trouble specific to South Africa at the moment, and like e…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E28
Episode 28 of Season 4 was a strange beastie. It aired at 7 pm on 15 July 2021 and it marks the fact that South Africa was in the middle of a wave of, I can't say unprecedented violence because it's…
Rock Review: Ozzy Osbourne
Here is another Rock Review, this one went out on 6 July 2021 and gives a quick overview of Ozzy and his awesome guitarists. As always with the Rock Review it is impossible to do justice to an artis…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E27
Episode 27 of Season 4 aired at 7 pm on 8 July 2021. We kicked off suitably with 'Jailbreak' by ACDC and then kept it there with U.D.O. and Animal Drive. Next up we had a bit of vintage Def Leppar…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E26
Episode 26 of Season 4 is the high point of the year as far as I am concerned, it aired at 7 pm on 1 July 2021. E26 marks the halfway mark of the year and the joyous news of our ex-president's impen…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E25
Episode 25 of Season for aired at 7 pm on 24 June 2021. Kicking off with Airbourne, one of Aussies finest we kept the pace up about 30 min with Deep Purple, Def Leppard, and a few others before goin…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E24
Episode 24 of Season 4 went live on air at 7 pm on 17 June 2021, kicking off with Billy Balloon Head' by Massive Wagons, which is guaranteed to get you into a good mood. Next up some Iced Earth and …
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E23
To say that being in South Africa right now is difficult is an understatement. The continuous load shedding is playing havoc (hammock :-)) with the broadcasts, you never know when you are going to g…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E22
Episode 22 of season 4 was recorded at 7 pm on 3 June 2021. It did not air due to the collapsing infrastructure in South Africa. A continuous spate of load shedding, almost 12 hours in my area , in…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E21
Episode 21 of Season 4 kicked off on Rebel Rock Radio at 7 pm on 27 May 2021. We started with Yngwie Malmsteen and Jeff Scott Soto's wonderful cover of 'Magical Mystery Tour' off Butchering the Beat…
The Story of Rock and Roll: S4E20
Episode 20 of Season 4 aired at 7 pm on Rebel Rock Radio on 20 May 2021. We kicked it off in grand style with Danko Jones and a track called 'Party'. Ozzy Osbourne's 'Scary Little Green Men' sound…