The Night Zone

The Night Zone This is the official page for The Night Zone radio show hosted by Aidan Harper every Monday night from 9pm till midnight SAST!

The Night Zone is a radio show, hosted by Aidan Harper, that goes out LIVE every Monday night from 9pm till midnight SAST for the best in METAL, ROCK, ALTERNATIVE, PUNK, GOTH, GRUNGE, CLASSIC ROCK AND MORE!!! Your host, Aidan Harper, presented the Western Cape gig guide every Tuesday Live on Barney Simon’s SA music show on Radio 2000 and then on Radio 2000’s 8 til’ Late with Nicole & Kamza. He co-

presented the WTF (Wine, Travel & Food) show on 2oceansVibe Radio and co-hosted breakfast show on UCT Radio. Aidan has attended many shows and music festivals and interviewed many local and international artists
including; Ed Kowalzcyk (+LIVE+); Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden); Graham Gouldman (10CC); Gary Brooker (Procul
Harem); Sixto Rodriguez, Justin Hayward & John Lodge (Moody Blues), ), Ian Hill (Judas Priest), Will Turpin
(Collective Soul), Martin Degville (Sigue Sigue Sputnik), Liz Mitchell (Boney-M) and more to name a few!!!

R.I.P. Ozzy Osbourne.... Legend. 😢https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn0qq5nyxn0t
22/07/2025

R.I.P. Ozzy Osbourne.... Legend. 😢

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn0qq5nyxn0t

Osbourne's family says he was "surrounded by love" when he died, just weeks after his farewell gig in his hometown of Birmingham.

Important announcement: AAAAAARGH!Tonight's The Night Zone (and possibly Thursday's Rock It Real) will have be postponed...
13/04/2025

Important announcement: AAAAAARGH!

Tonight's The Night Zone (and possibly Thursday's Rock It Real) will have be postponed as the emergency studio maintenance is ongoing due to some serious studio PC machine issues for which we are trying to find a solution so we can get back up and running...

Working with old tech! 🛠🔨🔧🪛🧰

The Night Zone and Rock It Real team apologises for any inconvenience and we will be back ASAP 😢

In the meantime you can find all our past shows here: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/rock-it-real-and-the-night-zone--6302789



DJ Squeek is passionate about South African music and has been in the industry since the late 80's. Rock It Real was specifically created as a platform to bring

Tonight (Monday 7th April at 9pm SAST) on The Night Zone:Tune into the discovery (and a few classics) edition of The Nig...
07/04/2025

Tonight (Monday 7th April at 9pm SAST) on The Night Zone:

Tune into the discovery (and a few classics) edition of The Night Zone!

Found some really interesting gems and quite a few obscurities including: Toad the Wet Sprocket, THE EELS, I Am the Avalanche, Hawthorne Heights, My Creepy Susanne, NONN, BLVD HVNNY, The Carpettes, Earth Crisis, The Jesus And Mary Chain, S*x Pistols and many more!!!!!

To listen in, click this link below and click the "LISTEN" button!!!!!
https://zeno.fm/radio/the-night-zone-and-rock-it-real-cbv3/
(AND PLEASE SHARE!!!!!! ) ⚡️💥🎤🎧🎹🥁🎸

You can also like our page and join The Night Zone group!!!!

[Don't forget to listen into Rock It Real on Thursday nights from 9pm SAST for 3 hours of amazing South African 🇿🇦 Music! ]



Crazy Kool The Night Zone radio show recording from last night!!The Haunted and Lordi have just released new albums so I...
31/03/2025

Crazy Kool The Night Zone radio show recording from last night!!

The Haunted and Lordi have just released new albums so I played their brand new singles!

Also played the new single from Playhouse

Kicked off the show with some AC/DC Happy 70th Birthday Angus Young!!!!!

Some other bands we played were: ZZ Top, Madness, The Cure, Chickenfoot, Franz Ferdinand, Foo Fighters, RATT, LIVE, Danko Jones, Korpiklaani and Mastodon 🎤🎧🥁🎸🎷🎺

Don't forget to listen into Rock It Real on Thursday nights from 9pm SAST for 3 hours of amazing South African 🇿🇦 Music... Here's the "LISTEN NOW" Link: Show kicks off at 9pm SAST!
https://zeno.fm/radio/the-night-zone-and-rock-it-real-cbv3/

You can also like our page and join The Night Zone group!!!!





https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-night-zone-radio-show-31st-march-2025--65261930

Crazy Kool https://www.facebook.com/thenightzoneza?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZW-3b-qOMQtOOfHgPEUCcc56dBg3RK32bNhv37CXgAM8WPDwBKQjXE-dOVNDcnU1lI5ah4xK9htCLIeQAV0gyV8nOjuUm

Don't forget to listen to The Night Zone tonight from 9pm SAST!!!The Haunted and Lordi have just released new albums so ...
31/03/2025

Don't forget to listen to The Night Zone tonight from 9pm SAST!!!

The Haunted and Lordi have just released new albums so we are going to play their new singles!

Also going to play the new single from Playhouse!

Kicking off the show with some AC/DC - Happy Birthday Angus Young!!!!!

🤘💥🎤🎧🎹🎸

Also playing a bit of Scandinavian metal, some grunge rock, a little classic rock and a smidgen of hair glam rock!

Here's the "LISTEN NOW" Link: Show kicks off at 9pm SAST!
https://zeno.fm/radio/the-night-zone-and-rock-it-real-cbv3/

Don't forget to listen into Rock It Real on Thursday nights from 9pm SAST for 3 hours of amazing South African 🇿🇦 Music! 💥🎤🎧🥁🎸

You can also like our page and join The Night Zone group!!!!



Here's the recording from the EPIC The Night Zone radio show "THE COVER EDITION PART 2"!OK..... So.... Mind completely b...
24/03/2025

Here's the recording from the EPIC The Night Zone radio show "THE COVER EDITION PART 2"!

OK..... So.... Mind completely blown with some of these cover songs... SERIOUSLY.... There are songs I played that we ALL thought were originals.... Prepare to be ASTOUNDED!!!!!

Music from Depeche Mode, Blondie, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Cyndi Lauper, The Beatles, Animotion, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Hanoi Rocks, Ramones, Ghapi Musician and quite a few more surprises!

Don't forget to listen into Rock It Real on Thursday nights from 9pm SAST for 3 hours of amazing South African 🇿🇦 Music!

You can also like our The The Night Zone page and join The Night Zone Zone group!!!!

Please drop your requests on our The Night Zone Facebook group!





PLEASE share!!!!!!

Here's the recording from the EPIC https://www.facebook.com/thenightzoneza?__cft__[0]=AZWBsBLVHRErKvywpfwOMj_DpzFrlj_KTlZ-Sj6Swq_d_JPIXNI2UR4RhE0UmK-dxu6MFf2TUp

Get ready to listen to The Night Zone radio show which goes out LIVE on Monday night from 9pm SAST. 🕘This week (Monday 2...
22/03/2025

Get ready to listen to The Night Zone radio show which goes out LIVE on Monday night from 9pm SAST. 🕘

This week (Monday 24th March) we have "THE COVER EDITION PART 2" and it's definitely gonna be an eye opener!!!!

OK..... So.... Mind completely blown with some of these cover songs... SERIOUSLY.... There are songs I'm going to play that we ALL thought were originals.... Prepare to be ASTOUNDED!!!!!

Music from Depeche Mode, Blondie, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Cyndi Lauper, The Beatles, Joe Cocker, The Clash and quite a few more surprises!

Here's the "LISTEN NOW" Link: Show kicks off at 9pm SAST!
https://zeno.fm/radio/the-night-zone-and-rock-it-real-cbv3/

Don't forget to listen into Rock It Real on Thursday nights from 9pm SAST for 3 hours of amazing South African 🇿🇦 Music! 💥🎤🎧🥁🎸

You can also like our page and join The Night Zone group!!!!



OK….. So... Today, Aidan’s voice sounds a little like Rod Stewart after gargling battery acid! Tonight’s "LIVE" show is ...
17/03/2025

OK….. So... Today, Aidan’s voice sounds a little like Rod Stewart after gargling battery acid! Tonight’s "LIVE" show is going to be postponed but you can still Listen in at 9pm SAST for the rerun of part 1 of The Night Zone "Under The Covers" edition!!!!! (Part 2 will be LIVE next week!).

Played some real gems from bands such as Relient K, Goldfinger, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Letters to Cleo, HammerFall, Crimson House, Yoav, BLVD HVNNY, GENITORTURERS, Van Canto Type O Negative, Chaos Doctrine, Coal Chamber, Ashton Nyte, Sonic Youth and more!!!!!!! 🤘💥🎤🎧🎸🥁

Here's the "LISTEN NOW" Link: Show kicks off at 9pm SAST!
https://zeno.fm/radio/the-night-zone-and-rock-it-real-cbv3/

We had a CRACKING The Night Zone radio show last night!We decided to do a "loadshedding" themed show so we played songs ...
11/03/2025

We had a CRACKING The Night Zone radio show last night!
We decided to do a "loadshedding" themed show so we played songs about light, dark, electricity and taking the power back!!!!!! 🤘💥⚡️🎤🎸🎼

We don't normally print the full playlist but we thought that IF there is any loadshedding BS coming up in the future, you might want to crack open a six pack/bottle of wine/bottle of whiskey/drink of your choice and put this list onto your music player to while away the hours of darkness!

So.... Here's the complete list:

• of Class (Ruhan du Toit and Deon van der Merwe) - The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)
• Belinda Carlisle - Leave a Light On
• Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
• Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
• Santana And Everlast - Put Your Lights On
• Squeal - Killing The Light
• Nina Simone - In the Dark
• The Blasters - Dark Night
• Ike Moriz - Light Is Dark
• Kombat Fudge - Lights Go Out
• Third Eye Blind - Darkness
• The Traveling Wilburys - Heading For The Light
• Pink Floyd - Let There Be More Light
• Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
• Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric?
• GAZ - Into The Light
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Electricity
• New Model Army - Lights Go Out
• Fields of the Nephilim - Power
• Freak of Nature - Powerless
• Woodstock Mafia - Electric Light
• Ozzy Osbourne - Shot In The Dark
• AC/DC - High Voltage
• Scorpions - Blackout
• Sugardrive - Brighter
• Dommin - Dark Holiday
• Hoobastank - Crawling In The Dark
• W.A.S.P. - Inside The Electric Circus (dedicated to our SA power entity!!!!)
• Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
• Ozzy Osbourne - Waiting For Darkness
• Entombed - Lights Out
• Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
• Children Of Bodom - Shot In The Dark
• Danzig - Power Of Darkness
• Avenged Sevenfold - Darkness Surrounding
• Arch Enemy - Dark Insanity
• Killswitch Engage - Fixation On The Darkness

Don't forget to listen into Rock It Real on Thursday nights from 9pm SAST for 3 hours of amazing South African Music!





We had a CRACKING The Night Zone radio show last night! We decided to do a "loadshedding" themed show so we played songs about light, dark, electricity and tak

A song dedicated to all of you who have succumbed to loadshedding!!!!
10/03/2025

A song dedicated to all of you who have succumbed to loadshedding!!!!

Cliff Richard (born as Harry Rodger Webb, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, October 14, 1940) is an English singer and actor. Since he was knighted in 1995, Cliff Rich...

10/03/2025

Classic song to kick off the show.... Touch Of Class with their version of Sounds Of Silence!!!!!

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