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