The Rock Labyrinth ... December 3rd

So here's the amazingly cool setlist from last night. If you haven't already joined the Rock Labyrinth Facebook Group, please head over and do so. We have a great time!

I hope you had as much fun listening as I had spinning da discs. Remember, if you did not get to vote for your favorite songs during the Monday night Wars, you can post your votes here, message me or email me. And welcome to our two new members! Glad to have you aboard!

1. Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Theme
2. A-ha: Take On Me
3. Classix Nouveau: Guilty
4. Psychedelic Furs: Heartbreak Beat (Monday Night Wars: Alternative)
5. Echo & The Bunnymen: Lips Like Sugar (Monday Night Wars: Alternative)
6. Deep Purple: Smoke on the Water
7. Triumph: Magic Power
8. Boston: Don’t Look Back
9. Stone Temple Pilots: Vasoline
10. The Reasoning: Omega Point
11. Keane: Under Pressure (Covers)
12. Bad Religion: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Covers)
13. Midge Ure: Living in the Past (Covers)
14. Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast (Monday Night Wars: Metal)
15. Black Sabbath: Heaven & Hell (Monday Night Wars: Metal)
16. Sisters of Mercy: Flood I
17. Pop, Iggy: Endless Sea
18. Soul Coughing: Unmarked Helicopters
19. System of a Down: Bounce
20. Shinedown: Unity
21. Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere (Monday Night Wars: Rock)
22. Asia: Time Again (Monday Night Wars: Rock)
23. Birthday Salute to Ozzz Osbourne (3 songs):
24. Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath
25. Black Sabbath: Never Say Die
26. Ozzy: I Don't Know
27. Threshold: Ashes (Monday Night Wars: Prog)
28. Haken: Insomnia (Monday Night Wars: Prog)
29. Adelitas Way: Invincible
30. Beatles, The: She Said, She Said
31. Something Happens: Brand New God
32. Liz Phair: Whitechocolatespaceegg
33. Daniel Ash: Get Out of Control
34. Yes: Close to the Edge

The Rock Labyrinth: MOnday Night, November 12

And a little late, but here nonetheless, is the setlist from Monday night's show and the winners of last week's Monday Night Wars. Remember, you can still vote on your choice for this past Monday Night Wars. Respond here, send me a message or email me at gary@shmusicmedia.com. Then listen this coming Monday night for the winners and the next rounds. This week promises some really great battles: Styx vs. Queen, REM vs. U2, AC/DC vs. Ozzy and Spock's Beard vs. Big Big Train and of course the usual bits. The covers will all come from the Bat Cave and there'll be birthday songs as well. www.shmusicmedia.com and don't forget to Like SH Rock here on Facebook!

Last Week's Winners:
Scorpions (No One Like You): 1 Dokken (Unchain the Night): 0
Beatles ( A Day in the Life): 2 The Who (Baba O'Riley): 0
Yes (Tempus Fugit): 3 ELP (Still ... You Turn Me On): 0
INXS (Devil Inside): 2 Joe Jackson (One More Time): 1

Led Zeppelin: Black Dog
Anvil: Forged in Fire
The Dangerous Summer: No One’s Going to Need You More
Gold Leaves: The Ornament
Shout Out Louds: Impossible
U2: I Will Follow
Monday Night Wars: Metal: Triumph: Allied Forces vs. Judas Priest: Heading Out to the Highway
Shadowgarden: With Love and a Bullet
Zebra: Tell Me What You Want
Rush: Here Again
The Uncovered (3 songs):
Metallica: Stone Cold Crazy
Cage The Elephant: Psycho Killer
Transatlantic: Return of the Giant Hogweed
Monday Night Wars: Prog: Circus Maximus: I Am vs. Porcupine Tree: Shallow
The Batcave Block (4 songs)
Bauhaus: The Passion of Lovers
Siouxsie & The Banshees: Hong Kong Garden
Joy Division: Disorder
Cure: Boys Don't Cry
Monday Night Wars: Alternative: Erasure: Respect vs. Depeche Mode: Blasphemous Rumors
Edenbridge: Higher
Heavy Pettin’: In and Out of Love
Scorpions: Steamrock Fever
Pineapple Thief: Last Man Standing
Monday Night Wars: Rock: Boston: More Than a Feeling vs Foreigner: Feels Like the First Time
Birthdays (3 songs):
Blue Oyster Cult: Godzilla (Donald Roeser (Bassist) B-Day 1947)
Megadeth: Tornado of Souls (Dave Ellefson (Bassist) B-Day 1964)
Neil Young: Hey, Hey, My, My (Out of the Black) (B-Day 1945)
Dream Aria: Carnival of Souls
Rhapsody of Fire: Sea of Fate
Van Halen: Beautiful Girls
Monday Night Epic: Iron Maiden: Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Monday Night, November 5th Show

Hi all!

Here’s the setlist from Monday night, November 5^th, the 11^th episode. I dedicated the show to all those who suffered any kind of loss from Sandy, whether it was power for a few days or to those who lost everything. It was a night of songs of hope.

Two new segments started: Tunes From Beyond the Tomb, horror-themed songs and the Monday Night Wars. This war of songs is all about you, the listeners. Each week I play a couple of songs in four genres (alternative, prog, rock and metal) and you get to vote on which song you like best in each category. At the end of the month, the weekly winners go head to head to head in a triple threat match and the winning song gets put in rotation as well as more songs by the band whose song won. Do you think you have an unbeatable song? Feel free to make song suggestions for the Monday Night Wars and feel a sense of pride when your song kicks butt!

Ways to vote and recommend songs: You can go to the Rock Labyrinth Facebook page, join up and vote, send me a message on Facebook or email me at gary@shmusicmedia.com. Because the show is repeated on Saturday mornings at 9am, voting will remain open until Saturday at midnight. The votes will be counted up and the winner announced the following Monday.

Remember, the station is at www.shmusicmedia.com

See below for this week’s competitions!

1.          Springsteen, Bruce: Land of Hope and Dreams

2.          Big Big Train: Hope This Finds You

3.          Bauhaus: Hope

4.          Psychedelic Furs: President Gas

5.          Alice Cooper: Elected

6.          Black Sabbath: Children of the Grave

7.          Pyogenesis: Love Nation Sugarhead

8.          Monday Night Wars 1: Alternative: INXS: Devil Inside vs. Joe Jackson: One More Time

9.          Cover: Damone: Wasted Years

10.      Cover: Scorpions: All Day and All of the Night

11.      Cover: Fish: Time and a Word

12.      Led Zeppelin: Immigrant Song (Released as single 11/05/1970)

13.      Across the Sun: Song for the Hopeless

14.      Jane's Addiction: Mountain Song

15.      Aldo Nova: Fantasy

16.      Horrorpops: Psychobitches Outta Hell

17.      Monday Night Wars 2: Prog: ELP: Still … You Turn Me On vs. Yes: Tempus Fugit

18.      Birthday: Flock of Seagulls: I Ran (Mike Score (guitar))

19.      Birthday: Guess Who: American Woman (Don McDougal)

20.      Birthday: Radiohead: Creep (Johnny Greenwood (guitar))

21.      Midge Ure: I See Hope in the Morning Light

22.      Rush: Hope

23.      Queen: It's a Beautiful Day (1995 release. 1st since Freddie died on November 24, 1991))

24.      Monday Night Wars 3: Rock: The Who: Baba O'Riley vs. The Beatles: A Day in the Life

25.      Tunes from the Tomb: White Zombie: Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A)

26.      Tunes from the Tomb: Bowie, David: Cat People (Film Version)

27.      Tunes from the Tomb: Movie Trailer: Zombies of the Dead

28.      Tunes from the Tomb: Horror of '59: Creatures From the Morgue

29.      Tunes from the Tomb: Polka Dot Cadaver: Bloodsucker

30.      Tunes from the Tomb: Movie Trailer: Murder on the Gondola

31.      Tunes from the Tomb: Misfits: Scarecrow Man

32.      Tunes from the Tomb: White Zombie: Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B)

33.      Monday Night Wars 4: Metal: Dokken: Unchain the Night vs. The Scorpions: No One Like You

34.      Journey: City of Hope

35.      Toad the Wet Sprocket: Hope

36.      Depeche Mode: Just Can't Get Enough

37.      Dream Theater: Waiting For Sleep

38.      Klaatu: Hope

39.      Jane’s Addiction: Thank You, Boys

The October 29th Show ... MIA

First, I'd like to say that I hope all of you and your families out there in internet radio-land are safe after Sandy blew through and you didn't have too much damage.

Well, Hurricane Sandy did in the Halloween Labyrinth show this past Monday. We had no power, so all I could do was play board games in the dark by flashlight and listen to music on my iPod with little tiny speakers. And course hope that by the time  Sandy blew out the river hadn't crested over 11' and the wind hadn't done too much damage.

I put a lot of time and effort into finding songs for the Halloween show and because of that, starting this Monday, November 5th, I'll be having a new segment (potentially) called Terror Tunes From Beyond the Tomb or just Tunes From the Tomb. Or something. You'll be hearing three to four horror-themed songs from such bands as Bauhaus, The Misfits, Horror of '59, Polka Dot Cadaver and many more. I'll also have faux movie trailers from Ru Morgues Hymns from the House of Horror II as well as clips from a variety of horror movies.

I'll still be playing What Lurks Under the Covers and Birthday Wishes segments and bring The Vault in maybe once a month.

If there's anything you'd like to hear like song requests or segment suggestions or songs for the current segments, please let me know. You can either post your comments here or send them over to gary@shmusicmedia.com.

So I hope to see you all on Monday, November 5th at 9pm at www.shmusicmedia.com to join me for another exciting three hours of prog, punk, metal and alt-wave!


Peace,
Gary . . .

The Setlist, Covers & The Vault

Before I got to the setlist, I wanted to ask for your input about a couple of segments on the show: Lurking Under the Covers and The Vault. If you have any cover songs or songs that came out before 1977 that you'd love to hear on the show (keeping with the metal, prog, punk and new-wave/alterantive themes), let me know and I'll get 'em on!

So what we played on October 15 looks like this:

1.          Static Intro

2.          Beatles: Revolution #9

3.          They Might be Giants: Pirate Girls Nine

4.          I Love Lucy Theme

5.          Circus Maximus: Burn After Reading (9^th song on the lp Nine)

6.          Information Society: Running

7.          Psychedelic Furs: Mr. Jones

8.          Bad Religion: Portrait of Authority

9.          Armored Saint: Can U Deliver

10.      May, Brian: Back to the Light

11.      Cramps: Sado County Auto Show

12.      Nekromantix: Haunted Cat House

13.      Meteors: Don’t Touch the Bang Bang Fruit

14.      Butthole Surfers: Underdog

15.      Lurking Under the Covers (3 songs)

16.      Echo & The Bunnymen: Soul Kitchen

17.      Spock’s Beard: Beware of Darkness

18.      Angel: I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart No More (Frank Dimino B-Day)

19.      Deadboy & The Elephantmen: Blood Music (Dax Riggs B-Day)

20.      69 Eyes: Gothic Girl (went gold in 2000 in Finland w/single) (Jyrki 69 B-Day)

21.      Sisters of Mercy: Nine While Nine

22.      U2: Beautiful Day (2000 #1 U.K. Single)

23.      Shinedown: Heroes

24.      Namesake: Look Me Up

25.      Rush: Caravan

26.      Porcupine Tree: Lightbulb Sun

27.      The Vault (3 songs)

28.      The Who: Baba O'Riley (Vault: 1971)

29.      Yes: Time and a Word (Vault: 1975)

30.      Judas Priest: Rocka Rolla (Vault: 1974)

31.      Chameleons: As High as You Can

32.      Gary Numan: Remind Me to Smile

33.      Lover Speaks, The: Love is: "I Gave You Everything"

34.      Danse Society: Somewhere

35.      Dead Can Dance: The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove

36.      Lee, Geddy: My Favorite Headache

37.      3 Doors Down: Kryptonite

38.      Candlelight Red: Demons

39.      Cruz: It's Over

40.      Disturbed: The Infection

41.      Rainbow: Long Live Rock & Roll

42.      It's Time to Say Goodbye (Goldmember)

43.      Static Outro

You say it's your birthday!

Yes, folks, October 1st is my birthday and to celebrate I pulled out all kinds of favorites including the epic prog classic, Tarkus. Here's the playlist and when you count the tracks, you'll find out how old I am! Hope to see y'all next week on the Labyrinth, Monday nights at 9pm at www.shmusicmedia.com!

Misfits: Static Intro
Flower Kings: Rhythm of Life
Steve Howe: Labyrinth
Beatles, The: Birthday
Moby: 7
Adam & The Ants: Antmusic
Echo & The Bunnymen: The Cutter
David Bowie: Heroes
Bauhaus: Spirit
Love & Rockets: Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
Judas Priest: Heading Out to the Highway
Klaatu: Older
Damned: Rabid (Over You)
Queen: Seven Seas of Rhye
Sugarcubes: Birthday
Human League: Darkness (Philip Oakley's B-Day)
Depeche Mode: Blasphemous Rumors
Gary Frank: Sunday, 2am
Icehouse: Trojan Blue
Jethro Tull: Grace
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus
Pink Floyd: Grand Vizer's Garden Exit, Part III
Rush: Natural Science
Magellan: Gorilla With a Pitchfork
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
Triumph: Magic Power
Ting Tings: Happy Birthday
Gary Frank: The Eighth Circle
Human League: The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Philip Oakley’s B-Day)
Gary Numan: Are Friends Electric?
Twisted Sister: What You Don't Know
Ozzy Osbourne: Crazy Train
Horrorpops: You vs. Me
The Misfits: The Forbidden Zone
Black Sabbath: Neon Nights
Frank Zappa: Building a Girl
Styx: Foolin'
Dream Theater: Misunderstood
Metallica: Wherever I May Roam
Psychedelic Furs: Highwire Days
Tones on Tail: Christian Says
The Kills: Heart is a Beating Drum
Def Leppard: Bringing on the Heartache
AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Iron Maiden: Wrathchild
Jane's Addiction: Thank You, Boys
Misfits: Static Outro
Styx: State Street Sadie

Monday, September 24 Setlist

Good morning! Here's the setlist from last night, which was quite a show, given that I trashed half the setlist at 7pm and reworked it all, then added songs at around 10:30! Remember, next week is the Birthday Show! I think there might be some cool treats and surprises. Any way, have a great week and here's what I heard (the missing numbers were breaks) ...

1. Monty Python: Annoy You
2. Dream Theater: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: Overture
3. Howe, Steve: Labyrinth
4. Shaun of the Dead: Judgment Day
5. Scorpions: Blackout
7. Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
8. Candlelight Red: Sleeping Awake
9. Tin Machine: Tin Machine
10. Shelley, Pete: Homosapien
12. Blondie: Hanging on the Telephone
13. Autograph: Turn Up the Radio
14. Shaun of the Dead: Shaun & Ed Singing
15. Porcupine Tree: Halo
17. Gandalf Murphy: The Great Unravel
18. Higher Animals: Legend
19. Higher Animals: Liar
20. Lurking Under the Covers (3 songs)
21. Sisters of Mercy: Gimme Shelter
22. Butchering the Beatles: Back in the USSR
23. Avail: Pink Houses
25. Smiths, The: Some Girls Mothers are Bigger Than Other Girl's Mothers
26. End of Side 1 / Beginning of Side 2
27. Cure, The: Closer to Me
28. Echo & The Bunnymen: The Killing Moon
29. Beatles, The: Happiness is a Warm Gun
31. Megadeth: Holy Wars ... Punishment Due
32. Namesake: Here I Am
33. Mindset Evolution: Like to Fall
35. Iron Maiden: Wildest Dreams
36. Motorhead: Ace of Spades
37. Dokken: Breaking the Chains
38. Avantasia: Dying For an Angel
39. The Vault (3 songs)
40. Styx: Come Sail Away (1977)
41. ELP: The Barbarian (1971)
42. Ramones, The: Blitzkrieg Bop (1976)
44. Jazz Butcher: Angels
45. Aethenor: Laudenum Tusk
46. Shinedown: Adrenaline
47. Avenged Sevenfold: Nightmare
49. System of a Down: Chop Suey
50. Cramps, The: Ultra Twist
51. Judas Priest: Living After Midnight
52. Goldmember: It's Time to Say Goodbye

Hope to see y'all next week on the show (Monday night, 9pm at www.shmusicmedia.com)

Two Big Announcements

First, to all the viewers, readers, followers, listeners and first-time drop-bys ... welcome and thank you. Oddly, because I've been spending so much time working on each week's Rock Labyrinth show, I haven't put as much time into the blog as I've wanted. But that's going to (hopefully) change.

So my first announcement is about Sunday the 23rd. I'll be taking part in Monmouth County's (New Jersey) first ever Comic-Con. That's right! The Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan is going to be transformed in Comic-Con! here's a link to an article from the Middletown Patch about the event:

http://middletown-nj.patch.com/articles/monmouth-county-s-first-comic-con-comes-to-manalapan

I'll be there signing and selling my two horror novels, Forever Will You Suffer and Instutitional Memory. So if you're around and near Manalapan, NJ, stop in and say hi! I'll be with several other local NJ authors, though I'm hoping to get around and meet artists and other cool comic book folk!

The con goes from 1-4:30pm and library is located at 125 Symmes Rd in Manalapan and best of all, it's free! So come on down and check it out!

The other annoucement is simply the setlist from my last Monday's Rock Labyrinth, that for one night had become the Prog Labyrinth. I figured it's easier to show you what I'm playing than to list a bunch of genres. so here it is:

1. M*A*S*H Theme in honor of the show's 40th anniversary
2. Yes: Five Percent For Nothing (5th episode song)
3. History of the World, Part 1: Jews in Space (Happy Rosh Hashanah)

4. Presidents of the USA: MAch Five (5th episode and Constitution Day)
6. Rush: Finding My Way (Geddy's Jewish)
7. Phantom, Rocker & Slick: Men Without Shame
8. Mae: Someone Else's Arms
9. Kamelot: Forever
10. Bat For Lashes: What's a Girl to Do
11. Southern Culture on the Skids: House of Bamboo
12. Kosheen: Empty Skies
13. The Gathering: Nighttime Birds
14. Madness: One Step Beyond
15. Klaatu: Around the Universe in 80 Days
16. Midnight Oil: Beds Are Burning
Lurking Under the Covers (3 songs):
17. Peter Murphy: Fun Time (covering Iggy Pop)
18. Foo Fighters: Down in the Park (covering Gary Numan)
19. Spock's Beard: Southside of the Sky (covering Yes)
The Jewish Set (4 songs):
20. Kiss: Rock & Roll All Nite (Gene & Paul)
21. Quiet Riot: Cum on Feel the Noize (Kevin DuBrow)
22. Jordan Rudess: Piece of the Pi
23. Fling Colors: Kayla (Mike Portnoy)
24. Blackfield: Open Mind (Aviv Geffen)
25. Rush: Hemispheres
Birthdays!
26. Panic! at the Disco: Memories (Jon Walker)
27. Platypus: Oh God (Ty Tabor)
28. King's X: It's Love (Ty Tabor)
29. New Order: Bizarre Love Triangle
30. Daniel Ash: Get Out of Control
31. Airborne Toxic Event: Gasoline
32. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Shadow's Keeper
33. Office of Strategic Influence: Dirt From a Holy Place
34. Magellan: Confessor's Overture
35. Symphony X: Seas of Lies
36. 10 Years: Forever Fields
37. Iluvatar: Haze
38. Rush: Far Cry

Like I said, it was a prog-heavy week. This Monday (September 24) will be much more balanced with bands like The Cure, Avenged Sevenfold, Megadeth, Marillion, The Damned, Big Big Train, Tin Machine, Foreigner and the usual cool segments like birthday songs, cover tunes and returning this week: The Vault (classic tunes that are over 35 years old). 9pm at www.shmusicmedia.com gets you there and don't forget you can always head over to the Facebook page and join in the fun.

 

 

Peace,

Gary

The First Show: August 20th at 9pm

The first episode of Rock Labyrinth is coming up and I wanted to let you in on what you're gonna hear. As it is the first show, I thought it would be cool to play you all the first songs that have shaped my life, from the first Rush song I ever heard all the way to the first Spock's Beard song. Along the way I'll be playing Love & Rockets, Iron Maiden, Bauhaus, Iggy Pop, Dream Theater, Queen, Siouxsie & The Banshees and a whole lot more. Three hours of awesome rock, metal, new wave, goth, post-goth, prog and punk.

Where? www.shmusicmedia.com

When? Monday night, August 20th at 9pm Est

For comments and requests: rocklabyrinth@gmail.com

If you'd like, drop me a line and let me know some of your musical firsts that have changed your life.

Stop by, hang out for a while and dig the cool tunes!


Peace,
Gary . . .

What Will You Hear?

Good question, no? Well, you'll hear ...

Classic metal like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Triumph, Accept, Twisted Sister, Black Sabbath and more.

Nu Metal from Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge, Disturbed and others.

British New Wave, Goth and Post-Goth like Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, Joy Division, Tones on Tail, New Order, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Ultravox and those great new wave tunes from the 80's.

And a bit of Prog from the older stuff like Yes, Genesis, and King Crimson to more Prog Metal like Dream Theater, Night Wish, Spock's Beard and Transatlantic.

To stuff you may never have heard of like Demon, Cat Trance, Klaatu and more.

And a few gems from my collection like Brian May & Friends and Max Webster.

Plus, we've got the Vault (classic tunes from the 60's), The Lab (where we experiment with songs to see if you like them enough to bring them into the rotation) to What's Under the Cover? (cover songs from many genres).

That's just a tiny sampling of what you can expect to hear on The Rock Labyrinth.

So tune in on Monday night, August 20th at 9pm for the premiere episode.


The Crew from the Rock Labyrinth . . .

Welcome All My Friends ...

Welcome to the blog for The Rock Labyrinth, my radio show on SH Music Media, (http://www.shmusicmedia.com/index.html), where I'll be posting information on upcoming shows, talking about music and, asking for your opinions, comments and ideas. So sit back, relax and get ready to rock.

The Crew from the Rock Labyrinth . . .