Back in 1983, Bill played drums on several tracks of The Mezmerist project.   Only 500 copies of the album were pressed, making it an extremely rare find since its original release.  On September 3rd, Shadow Kingdom Records will release a special reissue of the project which will include the 4 tracks with Bill on drums. Learn more about The Mezmerist release at: http://store.shadowkingdomrecords.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=79_88

H! Everyone,

Our Rock 50 show airs on Saturday, May 4th.  It’ll be a slightly different show, in as much as it won’t be hardcore throughout.  I turn 65 years old on May 5th, so I’m going to play some of my favourite songs I’ve loved throughout the years.  It’ll be a variety of music, and I hope it’ll be a great show.

What to expect?  Type O Negative, the “bus song” (Stargazer), Mountain, Traffic, Mastodon, Rob Zombie, etc, etc.

Check us out if you can.

Stay safe,
Bill Ward

H! Everyone,

We air at 11:00AM on Saturday, April 20^th.  We have great bands from start to end, including Spineshank, Marilyn Manson, Motorhead, Anthrax, The Resistance and many more.  We have new stuff also.  Check us out if you can, and if you like Metal.

Stay safe,
Bill Ward

H! Everyone,

Our next Metal show is on Saturday March 23, 11:00AM Pacific.  The show rocks.  We have a great new band The Resistance – ex-members of The Haunted and In Flames.  Also, relatively new Hatebreed.  Expect Arch Enemy, Cradle of Filth.  I’ve got some new Helloween, but don’t know yet if I can play them into the show so that’ll be a surprise.  Midway through the show we at Rock 50 will be paying our respects to the late Alvin Lee, then playing Alvin with Ten Years After at Woodstock.

Check us out if you can.

Rock forever,

Bill

You can listen with links on our Rock 50 page here.

Missed Saturday’s Rock 50? Get your batch of Bill’s favorite metal, bad language and bad behavior on demand: http://aircheck.us/show/219

H! Everyone,

Our Rock 50 show airs on January 26, 2013, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Pacific Time.

We’ll be playing some great, relatively new stuff – Converge, Cradle of Filth, live Machine Head and very heavy Cryptopsy.  Also, I’ll be playing some of the hits from 2012 as well as some favourites and oldies, and a possible brief focus on Disfear’s songs.

Check us out if you can.

Stay safe.  Stay strong.

–Bill

This past Saturday was our annual Christmas episode of the Rock 50 radio show.   The playlist is now online, you can check out everything that was played here.   It includes such artists as The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine, Jimi Hendrix, Barbara Streisand, and a full hour of Beatles music!

You can now also listen to full episode replays of Rock 50 at any time via the following link: http://aircheck.us/show/219

H! Everyone,

Our Christmas show airs live Saturday December 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM Pacific Time. Because Christmas is often a stressful and lonely time for a lot of people, we’ll be playing, as we usually do, some sobering songs based in today’s realities.

Type O Negative, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, and a small section of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony show up in the first hour. In the second hour, we’ll be playing the greatest band that ever was, The Beatles. A one hour extravaganza of songs that helped to shape who we were and what was to come.

Upon the recent news of Ravi Shankar’s death, Rock 50 sends its humblest thanks to a timeless and relevant hero of popular Indian and Rock music. And another announcement…Rock 50 sends its thanks and admiration to the late, great Dave Brubeck. Our respectful condolences go to the family and friends.

Stay safe. Rock forever.

–Bill

You can listen to the show with links on our Rock 50 page here.

H! Everybody.

The Armistice/Veterans Day radio show is this Saturday, November 3, 2012. The show is dedicated to those who have died and suffered in all wars. We honor the memories of those who continue to grieve. First hour – great hard rock and metal songs. Second hour – pure masterpieces.

Stay strong.

–Bill

Bill’s Hardcore Halloween show on Rock 50 happens this Saturday, October 13th at 11:00AM Pacific… you will be scared.

You can listen on the Rock 50 page.