Wounded Radio

05/01/2025

Week #2 of the bad planning series is upon us. Another show from the somewhat recent past is on tap this week - it's a show I recorded on February 17th of this year. Maybe I'll be able to squeeze in a new show next week? Stay tuned! You never know what you'll hear next!

04/23/2025

I will be in Boston on May 10th...

Marilyn Manson
The tour starts on May 2, 2025!!!

04/21/2025

This week (April 25th, 2025), Wounded Radio will be an encore presentation of a show recorded on January 20th of this year. My schedule over the next couple of weeks is pretty hectic and I may have to repeat a couple more shows. New weekly episodes will resume when my schedule calms down.

02/06/2025

Get your passport in order now.

We are honored to take part in this! Our love for Black Sabbath is infinite.

The original – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – will play for the first time in 20 years. The band will take to the stage to headline BACK TO THE BEGINNING on July 5th at Villa Park.

The all-star event will celebrate the true creators of heavy metal and will see play his own short set before joining with Black Sabbath for his final bow.

“It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning….time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” Ozzy Osbourne said. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.”

Formed in Birmingham in 1968 and going on to become one of most successful metal bands of all time, Black Sabbath have sold over 75 million albums worldwide across their legendary career. Setting the blueprint for the many routes heavy metal took, Black Sabbath’s influence and importance is as vital today as it was in the early 1970s.

Music Director said: “This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever.”

BACK TO THE BEGINNING will feature sets from , , , , , , , and

The all-day event will also feature a supergroup of musicians. Artists announced so far include (The Smashing Pumpkins), (Disturbed), & (Guns ‘n Roses), (Anthrax), FredDurst (Limp Bizkit), Jake E Lee, (Korn), KK Downing, Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), Rudy Sarzo, , (Anthrax), Sleep Token ii (Sleep Token), Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), (Rage Against The Machine), Wolfgang Van Halen and .

More names will be announced shortly.

Tickets go on sale at 10am GMT on Friday 14th February 2025 at LiveNation.co.uk.

All profits will go to the following charities: , Birmingham Childrens Hospital and Acorn Childrens Hospice, a Children’s Hospice supported by Aston Villa.

01/13/2025

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An incident involving Judas Priest guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton inspired Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker to write "Blackout". Schenker recalls: "I remember we had a party with K.K. and Glenn from Judas Priest and for a while, there were also the guys there from Def Leppard. And we were having a party with K.K. and Glenn and they gave me a drink, and it was beer, and I was, 'No, no, you have to have the right mix: whiskey, beer and wine on top of it.' And they are like, 'What!?' And I was, 'Yes, come on.' And we were getting heavily drunk and we had a good time. And I think K.K. had the idea, 'Hey, let's go to the Def Leppard guys.' Because we were in Cleveland - the Cleveland Hall, next door was the hotel."

"So we went to the Def Leppard guys and then somehow, they were watching television. They were very young in these days. This was 1980 I think, because we were playing together, Def Leppard, Judas Priest and Scorpions in Cleveland. So I saw them watching TV and I poured my drink into the television. And the whole television went 'p**f!' And this was the situation and I said, 'OK, we have to leave, we have to go now.'"

"But anyway, it became so crazy, and the next morning I wake up in my hotel room and I said, 'What's happening?' I went to Herman and he wasn't there, he wasn't at the party, and I said to Herman, 'Hey, I'll tell you what, it was crazy last night. I remember to this point and this point' and he said, 'You know what you had? You had a blackout.' And I said, 'Blackout?' And then he said, 'Hey, you know, that's a great title for an album. And because of this kind of special party, I went back home and said I think I have to write a song, the music, because Klaus was writing most of the lyrics."

"So I sat at home and made the song and then went to Klaus and he came up with the lyrics and then we had it."

"Blackout"

https://youtu.be/qGPT1kfaSEs?si=rshz2AufOX4G75zk

12/08/2024

A talented, experienced drummer. Welcome aboard, Simon!

An Announcement from Iron Maiden

As The Future Past Tour concludes after 81 shows to over 1.4 million fans, from Ljubljana to the Coachella Valley and from Western Australia to Sao Paulo, Iron Maiden are delighted to announce that stepping in behind the kit for 2025 is a name familiar to many of our fans – Simon Dawson, a former session drummer and Steve’s rhythm section partner of the past 12 years with British Lion. A native of Suffolk, England, Simon first teamed up with Steve Harris back in 2012. He debuted on three tracks on the first British Lion album and all of the second critically acclaimed ‘The Burning’, plus the many subsequent tours in the US, UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, New Zealand &, most recently, both Mexico and South America.

Iron Maiden celebrate their 50th Anniversary next year with The Run For Your Lives Tour starting in Budapest on May 27th.

12/07/2024

The end of an era, and the beginning of another.

10/27/2024

10/21/2024

Former Iron Maiden singer Paul DiAnno has passed away.

On behalf of his family, Conquest Music has confirmed the death of Paul Andrews, professionally known as Paul Di'Anno. Paul passed away at his home in Salisbury at the age of 66. Born in Chingford, East London on May 17, 1958, Paul first came to prominence as lead singer of English heavy metal band....

09/30/2024

Things you will not be hearing on the next Wounded Radio.

06/24/2024

Recording another show this afternoon. Hey! Want to listen? The link's right here:

WTBR-FM may be The Berkshires' only rock station, but there's only one place to listen to the heaviest, head-banging sounds on WTBR - and that's Wounded Radio! Join Tom Harrison from his East Coast studios as he shares only the heaviest of tunes for a Friday night.