The Story of Rock and Roll: S7E8

The Story of Rock and Roll Radio Show

S7E8 went out live on Rebel Rock radio at 19h00 on 22 Feb 2024. It was touch and go with a fiber failure an hour before the show, big well done to the guys at Vodacom Fibre for sorting it out in time. We started with a bit of ACDC and ‘Overdose’ off the Let There Be Rock album and just kept on building from there.

This week's Immortals feature – a track over 7 min that showcases what an artist is all about was the original version of Am I Evil by Diamond Head. You may only know the Metallica version and they have indeed made it famous, but it all started here. I went into the story in a bit of detail because it is one of the best examples of a win–win ever. Everyone involved scored because of this track and it really is iconic.

The Diabolical challenge this week looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘G’. The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one. This week we had:

Halestorm – American Boys

Hinder – Homecoming Queen

Hell Yeah – Hell Yeah

Hanoi Rocks – Two Steps From the Move

Artists Featured: ACDC, Bullets & Octane, Danko Jones, Mötley Crüe, Desolation Angels, Great White, Foreigner, The Eagles, ZZ Top, Theory of a Deadman, Palaye Royale, Iron Maiden Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Dio, Dire Straits, Jethro Tull, Green Day, Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders, Yngwie Malmsteen, Burning Rain, Diamond Head, Hanoi Rocks, Hell Yeah, Hinder, Halestorm, Saxon, Sakis Tolis, The Rolling stones, Suicide Bombers, Volbeat, Neil Young, Tom Petty.

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