Playlist: The Sound and the Fury

JRRBLL was born & raised in Northern Vermont. After a somewhat troubled youth, he arrived in Ithaca, NY quite suddenly one Spring day many years ago.

In the Spring of 1985, while on an unrelated mission for a friend, an opportunity presented itself for on air DJ training at WVBR-FM Ithaca, the only non-profit commercial training station in the USA at the time. In September of 1985, a slot opened up between 2am – 6am Sunday mornings for a possible free form show, during which time "Rocking The Night Away" was started – four hours of free form progressive loud rock, as the term Heavy Metal was getting to be a little long in the tooth. Seven years later, with Rocking The Night Away now a five hour show, Mimi Griswold, PD at WQNY-Ithaca, hired him away from WVBR to start The Sound & The Fury on Friday overnights from Midnight until 6am. The extra time meant further expanding the ever growing library & playlists.

Shortly after JRRBLL started at WQNY, Mimi was hired away by Ed Levine to take over programming of his new solid rock station in Utica, NY. He soon followed her north to K-Rock where you hear the rest of the story every Saturday night at midnight... The Sound & the Fury celebrated it's 26th anniversary November of 2011.

Mission Statement

Now As Always, JRRBLL is at odds with Radio & the way music is presented on it, with it's tight formats & rigid playlists. The Sound & The Fury specializes in premiering the latest releases by current & established artists & groups in the loud rock field. Heavy emphasis on current (within the last 6 months) music, with short trips down memory lane to spice things up a little. Long sets are a mainstay, with as few interruptions as possible throughout the night. Regular features like instant requests(FOR REAL!), Notes From The Pen, Manly Advice from Mr. Manly, Readings from Fascination Alleyway, Artist Interviews & Surprise Guest Appearances, JRRBLL's Corner, where all the new stuff from the weeks mailbag gets spotlighted into one set, as well as a cool down with For Strahlers Only at 5:30am

…The Sound & The Fury Playlist for November 2, 2025…

Sunday, November 02, 2025

   … Fortieth Anniversary Show!!…

              …Final Show…

    *****Midnight*****

*Brad~Screen

*Metal Church~Metal Church

*Ozzy Osbourne~All My Life

*Ozzy Osbourne~Over The Mountain

*Ozzy Osbourne~Suicide Solution

*Zakk Sabbath~Under The Sun-Every Day Comes & Goes

*Judas Priest~Out In The Cold

*Psychotica~What Is God?

*Krokus~American Woman

*Fire Down Below~The Last Cowboy

*Poison Idea~Painkiller

   *****1 AM*****

*Nightranger~You Can Still Rock In America

*Dream Evil~The Book Of Heavy Metal

*Dream Theater~Pull Me Under   (Live)

*Black Sabbath~Back Street Kids

*Black Sabbath~Over To You

*Sheavy~Celestial Hi-Fi

*Van Halen~The Seventh Seal

*Chickenfoot~Highway Star   (Live)

*Deep Purple~Flight Of The Rat

     …Clocks Go Back One Hour…

…Eighty~First Consecutive Announcement of Time Change…

   *****1 AM*****

*AC/DC~Let There Be Rock

*Sisters Of Mercy~When You Don’t See Me

*Kopek~Love Is Dead

*King Buffalo~Balfour

*Murcielago~Blues For The Red Lobster

*Fear Factory~Zero Signal

*Paradise Lost~Draconian Times

*Unleash The Archers~Ghosts In The Mist

**Cradle Of Filth~Demagoguery

*Witherfall~Ceremony Of Fire

*Texas Hippie Coalition~Hand’s Up

   *****2 AM*****

*Monster Magnet~Dopes To Infinity

*Monster Magnet~Negasonic Teenage Warhead

*Monster Magnet~Look To Your Orb For The Warning  (Remix)

*Down~Underneath Everything

*Audioslave~Exploder

*Unida~Human Tornado

*Alice Cooper~Lost In America

*The Nixons~Foma

*The Cars~Candy-O

*Warrior Soul~Punk & Belligerent

*Fire Down Below~Cocaine Hippo

*BoyHitsCar~Turning Inward

*BoyHitsCar~Erifsievol   (Live)

*Queen, Dave Grohl & Taylor Hawkins~Tie Your Mother Down    (Live)

   ****3 AM****

*Apocalyptica~Creeping Death  (As Intro)

*Metallica~Creeping Death

*Metallica~Broken Beat & Scarred

**Fascination Alleyway~Saving The Best For Last  #1   p481

**Sun Don’t Shine~In The End

**Kreator~Tranenpalast

**Vader~Holy Water

**Trivium~Struck Dead

**Trivium~Six Walls

**Howling Giant~Hunter’s Mark

**Howling Giant~Archon

**Howling Giant~Archivist

**Howling Giant~Scepter & Scythe

   *****4 AM*****

*W.A.S.P.~Animal

*W.A.S.P.~Manimal  (Live)

*Sex Pistols~God Save The Queen   (Live)

*PoisonBlack~Never Enough

*GodBelow~Three Seasons

*Bolt Thrower~At First Light

*Bolt Thrower~Entrenched

*Primordial~Call To Cernunnos

*Sugartooth~Cracks In The Pavement

*Mental Hippie Blood~Beaten Mother

*Clutch~Earth Rocker

*Cake~War Pigs   (Live)

*Ministry~Thieves   (Remix)

    *****5 AM*****

*Type O Negative~Everything Dies

*Killing Joke~Into The Unknown

*Queensryche~The Killing Words

*Queensryche~Walk In The Shadows

*Villagers Of Ioannina City~For The Innocent

*Max Scialdone~Iris

*Steve Hackett~Cell 151

*A Perfect Circle~By & Down

*Jethro Tull~Too Old To Rock & Roll, Too Young To Die

*Modus~In The Grey Matter

*Moody Blues~Veteran Cosmic Rocker

*Andy Prieboy~Tomorrow Wendy

*Ray Charles~A Song For You

   …..fin…….

…The Sound & The Fury Playlist for October 26, 2025…

Sunday, October 26, 2025

   *****Midnight*****

*Brad~Screen

*King Buffalo~Repeater

*Ozzy Osbourne~Fire In The Sky

*Thin Lizzy~Chinatown

*Judas Priest~The Green Manalishi

*W.A.SP.~Wild Child

*Red Fang~Prehistoric Dog

*Murder 1~American Junkie

*Uriah Heep~Look At Yourself

  *****1 AM*****

*Death Symbolic

*Geezer~Area Code 51

*3Teeth~Atrophy

*Killing Joke~Millennium

*Pro Pain~State Of Mind

*In Flames~Cloud Connected

*Ministry~Under My Thumb

*Black Sabbath~Sabbra Cadabra

*Type O Negative~These Three Things

*Frank Zappa~Baby Snakes

   *****2 AM*****

*Fire Down Below~Mantra

*Unida~You Wish

*Wo Fat~The Spheres Beyond

*Temple Of Thieves~In The Garden

*Liquify~The Cactus Strikes Back

   *****3 AM*****

**Scorpions~Mind Like A Tree

**Fascination Alleyway~Is God Going Broke?   p365

**Howling Giant~Canyons

**Howling Giant~Hunters Mark

**Howling Giant~Beholder I:Downfall

**Long Distance Calling~Kamilah   (Live)

**Long Distance Calling~Out There  (Live)

**Sabaton~Lightning At The Gates

**Sabaton~Templars

**Frank Zappa~Dinah-Moe Humm   (Live)

   *****4 AM*****

*Elder~Sanctuary

**Elder~Liminality

**Elder~Dream State Return

*The Sword~Apocryphon

*Fire Down Below~The Mammoth

*My Sleeping Karma~Mukti

   *****5 AM*****

*Gamma Ray~Heading For Tomorrow

*Marillion~Pseudo Silk Kimono

*Marillion~kayleigh

*Marillion~Lavender

*Marillion~Bitter Suite

*Marillion~Heart Of Lothian

*Yes~Heart Of The Sunrise

*Warrior Soul~On The Golden Shore

*Ray Charles~A Song For You

    …fin…..