_{I post a list of all the tracks played on the Friday NI Rocks Show and NI Rocks A-Z Show every month, but as we’re at the end of another year I thought I’d do a recap on what was on the Shows during 2019.}

_{There were 52 Friday NI Rocks Shows uploaded that included 1,315 tracks, 18 interviews and 12 promotional features. A closer look showed that I played 1,167 different tracks and that 575 different artists were included on the playlists. As usual, local bands were featured most prominently with Gasoline Outlaws being included 16 times and Screaming Eagles and Trucker Diablo 13 times. Tesla and Whitesnake topped the list of other bands with 14 appearances each.}

_{Some of the others – On 11 were Doro, FM, Iron Maiden, Million Dollar Reload, Saxon and The Quireboys. On 10 were Alliance, Girlschool and Safire. On 9 we had Black Star Riders, Blackwater Conspiracy, Crazy Lixx, Kane Roberts, Kiss, No Hot Ashes, Stormzone and Tygers of Pan Tang. On 8 appearances there was Airbourne, Baleful Creed, Black Sabbath, Chaos Magic, Krokus, Maverick, Mötley Crüe, Pat McManus, Roxy Blue and The Ferrymen. Then on 7 we had AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Beyond The Black, Blackfoot, Def Leppard, Kobra and the Lotus, Thunder and Wild Heat.}

_{There were also 52 NI Rocks A-Z Shows uploaded, so I managed to do a complete year without missing an upload for both shows. The A-Z Shows during the year featured 784 tracks by 755 different artists. We had started 2019 on the letter ‘P’ and got to ‘Z’ by September. It had taken 93 Shows to complete the run from ‘A’ and it had included 1,371 tracks by 1,335 different artists. By the end of 2019 we’d just started the letter ‘C’ and I reckon it will take a full two years to complete the current run through the alphabet!}

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_{These are the playlists for those shows for the month of December – all of which are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by around 150 different artists on the Shows this month. Playlists for November were published previously and these Shows are also available via the On Demand Player – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/3699-ni-rocks-playlists-for-november-2019.html}

_{This month the Friday NI Rocks Show included an interview with local musician Conal Montgomery.  All interviews can be found here - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews.html. There was also a promo interview featuring Shinedown.}

_{All Shows from the past few years that feature interviews are available from the NI Rocks MixCloud page - https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/ - This month I added the shows featuring interviews with Olof Wikstrand from Enforcer and Conal Montgomery.}

_{I posted 12 album recommendations during December for recent releases by Adrian Benegas, Crusade of Bards, Redline, Carl Dixon, Heavy Pettin, Tygers of Pan Tang, A New Tomorrow, Edge of Forever, Human Fortress, Mats Karlsson, Ghostreaper and The Murder of My Sweet - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews.html . There are still a few more recommendations for albums released during December to be posted.}

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_{The Friday NI Rocks Show is two hours long and will feature a mix of new releases, tracks by bands who’ll be playing gigs in NI, classic tracks, local bands and some interviews. Shows are available from the On Demand Player for about 8 weeks following upload - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/hosts/ni-rocks-friday-rock-show.html}

 

_{467) 6th December 2019 (Uploaded 7th Dec)}

_{DECEMBER PEOPLE – Silver Bells}

_{MÖTLEY CRÜE – Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)}

_{DEF LEPPARD – Rock of Ages}

_{POISON – Ride The Wind}

_{JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS – I Hate Myself for Loving You}

_{DORO – Love’s Gone To Hell}

_{LITA FORD – Devil in My Head}

_{PRETTY MAIDS – Firesoul Fly}

_{SAFIRE – Fallen Angel}

_{SCREAMING EAGLES – Bow Down to the Blues}

_{SPREAD EAGLE – 29th of February}

_{ROXY BLUE – Overdrive}

_{THE FERRYMEN – Our Own Heroes}

_{CLUTCH – Fortunate Son}

_{PRAYING MANTIS – Highway (Live)}

_{MAGNUM – Not Forgiven}

_{DEEP PURPLE – Stormbringer}

_{BLUE OYSTER CULT – Fire of Unknown Origin}

_{AEROSMITH – Sweet Emotion}

_{RUNNING WILD – Crossing The Blades}

_{ARCHON ANGEL – Fallen}

_{FIRELAND – Hurricane}

_{DELAIN – Burning Bridges}

_{AMBERIAN DAWN – Lay All Your Love On Me}

_{NIGHTWISH – Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean (Live)}

_{THE IRONTOWN DIEHARDS – Die Slow}

_{HOUSE OF SHAKIRA – Not Alone}

_{CARL DIXON – This Isn’t The End}

_{L.A. GUNS – Merry Christmas I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight}

_{468) 13th December 2019 (Uploaded 13th Dec)}

_{STORMZONE – Dark Hedges}

_{THE PLANET ROCK ALLSTARS – You’re The Voice}

_{BLACK SWAN – Shake The World}

_{SERIOUS BLACK – When The Stars Are Right}

_{SCANDAL – The Warrior}

_{BALAAM AND THE ANGEL – I Love The Things You Do To Me}

_{HEAVY PETTIN – Don’t Call It Love}

_{MAVERICK – In Our Blood}

_{ANCHOR LANE – Casino}

_{DECARLO – Lightning Strikes Twice}

_{SHINEDOWN – Devil}

_{Promo Interview with Brent Smith from Shinedown}

_{SHINEDOWN – The Human Radio}

_{ALTER BRIDGE – Wouldn’t You Rather}

_{THE QUIREBOYS – 7 O’Clock}

_{FM – Bad Luck}

_{TOM KEIFER & LZZY HALE – Nobody’s Fool}

_{BALEFUL CREED – Autumn Leaves}

_{A LITTLE BITTER – Fallen}

_{ANVIL – Nabbed In Nebraska}

_{WHITESNAKE – Child of Babylon}

_{RAINBOW – Man on the Silver Mountain}

_{LED ZEPPELIN – The Battle of Evermore}

_{A NEW TOMORROW – A Million Stars}

_{BROTHERS OF METAL – One}

_{LORDI – I Dug A Hole in the Yard For You}

_{DECEMBER PEOPLE – The Night Before Christmas}

_{ELECTRIC GUITARS – All I Want for Christmas is an Electric Guitar}

_{TEMPERANCE – Lost in the Christmas Dream}

_{469) 20th December 2019 (Uploaded 19th Dec)}

_{ALICE COOPER & FRIENDS – Santa Claws Is Coming To Town}

_{VIXEN – How Much Love}

_{LITTLE ANGELS – Too Much Too Young}

_{GREAT WHITE – Heart The Hunter}

_{MASSIVE WAGONS – China Plates}

_{KRIS BARRAS BAND – 6AM}

_{SCREAMING EAGLES – Vampire}

_{GHOSTREAPER – High Noon}

_{HUMAN FORTRESS – Thunder}

_{VANDALLUS – Barricade}

_{HEAVEN & HELL – I (Live)}

_{Interview with CONAL MONTGOMERY Part 1 (5 min)}

_{CONAL MONTGOMERY – Living With The Reaper}

_{Interview with CONAL MONTGOMERY Part 2 (5 min)}

_{CONAL MONTGOMERY – The Angel and the Demon}

_{BLACK SABBATH – Iron Man}

_{DAVID LEE ROTH – A Lil’ Ain’t Enough}

_{EXTREME – Rest In Peace}

_{COLIN JAMES – Just Came Back}

_{MATS KARLSSON – A Natural High}

_{LUCA SELLITTO – Land of the Vikings}

_{SIGN X – Fall}

_{FIREHOUSE – When I Look Into Your Eyes}

_{SAMMY HAGAR – Give To Live}

_{W.A.S.P. – Forever Free}

_{THE QUIREBOYS – Mother Mary}

_{JEFF SCOTT SOTO & FRIENDS – We Wish You A Merry Christmas}

_{470) 27th December 2019 (Uploaded 27th Dec)}

_{MOTÖRHEAD – Iron Fist}

_{WHITESNAKE – Trouble is Your Middle Name}

_{DEF LEPPARD – Billy’s Got A Gun}

_{TESLA – Edison’s Medicine}

_{MILLION DOLLAR RELOAD – Livin’ In The City}

_{STONE BROKEN – Not Your Enemy}

_{AIRBOURNE – Sex To Go}

_{THE ALMIGHTY – Addiction}

_{GUN – Better Days}

_{SCANDAL – Beat of a Heart}

_{GOTTHARD – One Life, One Soul}

_{THUNDER – Low Life in High Places (Acoustic)}

_{KISS – Beth}

_{TALISMAN – Never Die (A Song for Marcel)}

_{THE PLANET ROCK ALLSTARS – You’re The Voice}

_{JORN – Needles and Pins}

_{SAXON – Strong Arm of the Law}

_{KROKUS – Easy Rocker}

_{BLACK STAR RIDERS – Underneath the Afterglow}

_{GASOLINE OUTLAWS – The System is a Lie}

_{SLASH FT MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS – Driving Rain}

_{GIRLSCHOOL – The Hunter}

_{VEGA – Kiss of Live}

_{TERRORVISION – Our Christmas Song}

_{TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Spoils of War}

_{NO HOT ASHES – Come Alive}

_{FM – That Girl}

_{LYNYRD SKYNYRD – The Needle and the Spoon}

_{BLACK STONE CHERRY – My Last Breathe}

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_{The NI Rocks A – Z Show is about an hour long and is essentially an alphabetical browse through my music collection. Shows are also available from the On Demand Player for about 8 weeks following upload  - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/hosts/ni-rocks-az.html}

 

_{494) 3rd December 2019 (Uploaded 5th Dec)}

_{BLITZKRIEG – Schools Out}

_{BLOCK BUSTER - Move}

_{BLOOD RED SAINTS – Believer}

_{BLOODBOUND – Slayer of Kings}

_{BLOODY HAMMERS – From Beyond the Grave}

_{BLOODY TIMES – Die in a Hole}

_{BLOWSIGHT – Hit on the Radio}

_{BLUE MURDER – Sex Child}

_{BLUE OYSTER CULT – Vengeance (The Pact)}

_{BLUE PILLS – High Class Woman (Live)}

_{BOB DAISLEY & FRIENDS – Parisienne Walkways (ft Steve Morse & Ricky Warwick)}

_{BOB KULICK – Eyes of a Stranger}

_{BOB SEGAR & THE SILVER BULLET BAND – Like a Rock}

_{BOBAFLEX – I’m Glad You’re Dead}

_{495) 10th December 2019 (Uploaded 10th Dec)}

_{BOBAFLEX – Bury Me With My Guns On}

_{BON JOVI – Homebound Train}

_{BONAFIDE – Bottle of Jack}

_{BONEYARD DOG – Bluesbound Train}

_{BONFIRE – Freedom is My Belief}

_{BONRUD – Last Sunrise}

_{BOOZE & GLORY – My Heart is Burning}

_{BOOZE CONTROL – Forgotten Lands}

_{BORN AGAIN – Ghost Rider}

_{BOSTON – Life, Love & Hope}

_{BOUNDALIVE – Second Smile}

_{BOWLING FOR SOUP – Sometimes I Don’t Mind}

_{BRAINSTORM – Devil’s Eye}

_{BRANDON GIBBS – Rain Whiskey}

_{A BREACH OF SILENCE - Secrets}

_{496) 17th December 2019 (Uploaded 15th Dec)}

_{BREAKING BENJAMIN – Torn In Two}

_{BREATHE ATLANTIS – Everyone Else}

_{BREED 77 – Drown}

_{BRET MICHAELS – Go That Far}

_{THE BREW – Gin Soaked Loving Queen}

_{BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION – White Trash}

_{BRIGHT BLACK – Ecstacy}

_{THE BRINK – Little Janie}

_{BRITNY FOX – Sox Guns Loaded}

_{BROKEN HANDS – Wrong Track}

_{BROKEN PAST – Metal Health (Bang Your Head)}

_{BROKEN TEETH – Rock Bottom}

_{BROKEN TESTIMONY - Medusa}

_{BROKEN WITT REBELS – Snake Eyes}

_{BROTHER FIRETRIBE – For Better or For Worse}

_{BROTHERS OF METAL - One}

_{497) 24th December 2019 (Uploaded 24th Dec)}

_{BRUCE DICKINSON – Tattooed Millionaire}

_{BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Merry Christmas Baby}

_{BRYAN ADAMS – Run Rudolf Run}

_{BUCKCHERRY – Whiskey in the Morning}

_{BUCKETS REBEL HEART – Animal Beat}

_{BUCKINGHAM NICKS – Long Distance Winner}

_{BUFFALO SUMMER – Heartbreakin’ Floorshakin’}

_{BULLET – Ain’t Enough}

_{BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – You Want A Battle? (Here’s A War)}

_{BULLETBOYS – From Out of the Skies}

_{BULLETRAIN – Nothing But Trouble}

_{BULLETS AND OCTANE – Waking Up Dead}

_{BUMBLEFOOT – Don’t Know Who to Pray to Anymore}

_{BURN - Irontown}

_{BURN HALO – Give Me A Sign}

_{498) 31st December 2019 (Uploaded 31st Dec)}

_{BURNING CROWS – Slow Up, Get Down}

_{BURNING KINGDOM – Watching As It Burns}

_{BURNING RAIN – Nasty Hustle}

_{BURNING WITCHES – Wings of Steel}

_{BURNT OUT WRECK – Dead or Alive}

_{BUS – Into The Night}

_{BUTCHER BABIES – Look What We’ve Done}

_{BY DEFINITION – Warrior}

_{THE CADILLAC THREE – Back It Up}

_{CAGE THE GODS – Bruce Willis (My Time Is Now)}

_{CAGE9 – Open The Sky}

_{CAIRO SON – Devils Tongue}

_{CALIFORNIA BREED – The Way}

_{THE CALLING – Adrienne}