Sum 41 LIVE in South Africa
 

Canadian punk rock group Sum 41 will be hitting South Africa in August, with two phenomenal live shows at Wave House in Durban, on 5 August and at the OppiKoppi “Unknown Brother” Festival in Limpopo, on 7 August.
 
The Juno Award-winning band, formed in Ajax, Ontario in 1996. The band all came together 41 days into the summer before their senior year of high school, and formed their own band. Their name came from this 41 day period. Sum 41 band members are Der...

Continue reading ...

Foo Fighters were joined onstage by a succession of rock legends at their gig at Milton Keynes Bowl on 2nd July 2011.

Dave Grohl's band invited Alice Cooper, Bob Mould and Queen drummer Roger Taylor onstage to perform with them at various points during the stadium show.

Roger Taylor was first to appear for 'Cold Day In The Sun', which saw him take over drumming duties while usual sticksman Taylor Hawkins sang lead vocals.

Later Husker Du man Bob Mould guested on 'Dear Rosemary', the song h...

Continue reading ...

Korn, Bad Religion, Faith No More members team up for supergroup

Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer, Faith No More bassist Billy Gould and Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman along with guitarist Leopold Ross and keyboardist Zach Baird have teamed up under the band name of Fear And The Nervous System and  have made their debut single 'Choking Victim' available as a free download. 

You can download 'Choking Victim' by visiting the band's official website Fatns.com. 

 

Shaffer has indicated...

Continue reading ...

Red Hot Chilli Peppers ready to make the sun shine again

By Kosta Papageorgiou

It has been five long years since the Red Hot Chilli Peppers brought out an album. To any true RHCP fan that is just far too long. Sort of like a winter lasting much longer than expected. Or your Christmas gifts being delayed by the post office, times a thousand. Their last album which was a double album, Stadium Arcadium probably should have given the hint that these boys were going to go into hiatus for a whi...

Continue reading ...

OppiKoppi 17 - “Unknown Brother*” Festival

 

5, 6, 7 August 2011 (Remember to take the Monday off, Tuesday is there to recover from the Koppi)

OppiKoppi Farm, Northam, Limpopo Province

Ladies and gentlemen it is time to switch your pows on. In fact very on. Time has come to start the ritual cleansing and de-cleansing of the senses for the emotional and music overload which is colloquially known as the OppiKoppi festival.

Now in its 17^th year, the festival (previously voted as one ...

Continue reading ...

Seether

Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray

With the South African release due on the 7^th June, the United States has continued  to embrace South Africa’s biggest rock export.   The album, “Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray”, debuted at Number 2 on the Billboard Top 200 charts,  Seether’s highest ever chart position and an increase of almost 10% on week one sales over their last release, “Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces”.

Meanwhile, the albums debut single, �...

Continue reading ...

“Hello, I’ve waited here for you…Everlong”

 

By Christian Trublet de Nermont

I love the Foo Fighters….Like, I LOVE them.  I’m not weird or anything though; I don’t have “Dave Grohl” tattooed on my forehead, or a shrine built into my closet  complete with candles and statues that endangers both my life and those of my Grand-parents if it were to catch alight and burn their house to the ground.  I also don’t know where he lives, or what school his children go to....

Continue reading ...

Jenna Sighed - In Retrospect
Interviewed By Sashquita Northey

Jenna Sighed is the solo project of Gauteng based, self-taught musician, Jeanette Meiring. This talented twenty-three year old composed her first melody at the age of seven and attended piano lessons for four years before picking up her first guitar in 2000. Eleven years on Jenna has mastered numerous instruments including violin and bass and has been through extensive vocal training. The result of years of hard work can be seen ...

Continue reading ...

We were waiting around the Purple Turtle for sound check to finish so that we can have our chat with Arno Carstens. That is the chat we planned for and to be honest, it was quite exciting for myself and the trusty ROR presenter Sunny Osman. It's not every night where you get to share drinks with the greats of South African music, the musicians we actually grew up listening to. What do you ask someone who has probably been asked every textbook int...
Continue reading ...

Just when you thought you've run out of things to do on the internet. Rock Out Radio brings you RORcast. This is a downloadable Interview comprised of chats with Entertainment artists and funny people who make South African Entertainment AMAZING!

We welcome your suggestion on which band/comedian/actor you'd like to hear on the RORCAST! A whole season of podcasts of conversations with your favourite SA Artists. Still not sure what it is about? It's simple, we give them their favourite drinks,...

Continue reading ...