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 January 3, 2021

Sunday, January 03, 2021 |

   *****Midnight*****

*Brad~Screen

*Ministry~New World Order

*Killing Joke~Blood On Your Hands

*The Nefilim~Dazuzu

*Die Krupp~Bloodsuckers

*Rammstein~Der Meister

*White Zombie~Electric Head Pt.2 The Ecstasy

*Grand Funk Railroad~We’re An American Band

*The Midnight Ghost Train~BC Trucker

*Fear Factory~Martyr

*Fear Factory~School

   *****1 AM*****

*Tool~Rosetta Stoned

*Type O Negative~Pyretta Blaze

*Texas Hippie Coalition~Don’t Come Lookin’

*Bloody Hammers~Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

*Clutch~DC Sound Attack

*Clutch~Escape From The Prison Planet (Live)

*Clutch~Rats

*I~Warriors

*Unleash The Archers~Abyss

*Null Positiv~Freheit

   *****2 AM*****

*Buckethead~Passageway 1 (Pike 97)

*Buckethead~Passageway 2

*Buckethead~Passageway 3

*Buckethead~Passageway 4

*Buckethead~Passageway 5

*Sojourner~The Event Horizon

*Katatonia~Neon Epitaph

**Dark Tranquillity~Failsafe

*Alice In Chains~Rainier Falls

*The Bronx~Cordless Kids

   *****3 AM*****

*Isis~Not In Rivers, But In Drops

**Fascination Alleyway~A Blast From Inside A Beehive Of Splendor + 1 p 270

**Murcielago~Blues For The Red Lobster

**Murcielago~The Highest Low

**Fierce Heart~Out For Blood

**Nanowar~Ironmonger

**Warfect~Left To Rot

**Jinjer~On The Top (Live)

**Ghost Kid~Zero

**Dark Psychosis~The Edge Of Nowhere…

**Odem~Desecrate

**Haxan~Crash & Burn

   *****4 AM*****

*Big Big Train~Hedgerow

*Mike Oldfield~Tubular Bells (Pt.1)

*Supertramp~Fools Overture

*Warrior Soul~Jump For Joy

**Dark Tranquillity~The Dark Unbroken

   *****5 AM*****

*Genesis~The Musical Box

*Lamb Of God~Memento Mori

*Rush ~Xanadu

*Marillion~The Last Straw

*Black Label Society~The Last River

*David Gilmore~Near The End

*Porcupine Tree~Feel So Low

*Andy Prieboy~Tomorrow Wendy

*Ray Charles~A Song For You

      ………fin……..