Scott Neumeister

by RaynaMon40 | Apr 16, 2023 | DJs

Scott grew up in the suburbs of Tampa, Florida, in the 70s and 80s, immersed in music from multiple genres all at once. His mother was a classical music and jazz lover, while his father appreciated folk music and tiki-influenced exotica sounds. Of course, AM radio at the time played so many different styles, one minute country, the next pop, the following rock. He became a musician in this timeframe, going from learning the keyboard to then drums, guitar, and bass.

Hanging out with fellow musicians in high school, he was schooled in progressive rock from the greats: Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Rush, and so on. Simultaneously, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal washed over American shores, attuning his ears to metal and forcing an exploration of the classic metal masters. All bets were off, however, the day he picked up a vinyl copy of Dream Theater’s When Dream and Day Unite. This new burgeoning genre of prog metal became a passion, and he found a local “tribe” who helped fire his interest in it.

Scott’s intention for Metal Mischief is to explore the prog metal genre, while paying loving (if not mischievous!) attention to other adjacent genres that overlap with the sound of “heavy metal thunder.”

Dave Ratisher

by RaynaMon40 | Nov 14, 2022 | DJs

What happens when an 8-year-old kid in 1972 gets his first transistor radio and his first musical loves on WABC-AM and WWRL-AM in New York are classic R&B, the symphonic soul of Barry White and his Love Unlimited Orchestra, and the “pop Prog” of Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra? Then, some new friends a little later in jr. high introduce him to ELP, the virtuoso Southern Rock of the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Molly Hatchet, and some more “pop Prog” by the Alan Parsons Project? Then, sprinkle in some symphonic disco love on New York’s WBLS radio, and then the discovery of New York’s WRVR jazz radio, and then college in downtown Manhattan literally right next door to the J&R Music World Jazz Outlet, and where does it all lead? Why to Jazz, Rock/Jazz Fusion, and Prog, of course…the genres where all that love of complex, well played and arranged long form music come together! But wait, there’s more: Fold in the quite-accidental discovery of the great Japanese fusion band T-Square in 1988 and seeing them live at NYC’s Bottom Line, and then learning about the whole J-Fusion subculture, and the fixation is complete…for the next 35+ years!

Hope you enjoy the “Fusion Plus w/ Dave”, program, the culmination of 5 decades of “all that jazz”.

George & Nihal

by RaynaMon40 | Sep 21, 2022 | DJs

GFREEDOM TEAM / PROG n ROLL

  GFreedom Team consists of 2 people; George and Nihal, both located in Athens, Greece. George was a DJ in various Rock Clubs and Rock bars for almost 15 years and he is an experienced DJ and a record/music collector. Nihal dealt with Rock music since her teenage years, and she is more open-minded than George when it comes to music.

In our own words…

More than 10 years ago, we started the online radio show Prog n Roll, mostly for fun and because we wanted to experience something new. During those 10 years, the show has evolved and it has gained a very dedicated audience from many countries around the globe. Also, we experienced the honor and the pleasure of having great many musicians as our “guests” while presenting a rather long list of albums. Some of them loved the show so much that they joined our audience as regular listeners, and more often than not, grown to be our friends.

After 10 comfortable years at the same radio station we felt that we needed to step out of our comfort zone; for a new challenge if you like, and we have found our way to www.progrock.com. We believe that our listeners will follow us here and merge harmoniously with the existing audience on ProgRock.com.

We hope that we will offer something new to ProgRock.com while putting in our best effort in entertaining you.

Some of our most beloved albums are (without any order):

GEORGE:

Studio albums:

BIG BIG TRAIN: English Electric 1 & 2

LOVE: Forever Changes

GENESIS: Nurcery’s Cryme

PINK FLOYD: The Wall

MARILLION: Script for a Jester’s Tear

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR: Still Life

THE BEATLES: Revolver

DAVID BOWIE: Ziggy Stardust

JETHRO TULL: Songs from the Wood

RENAISSANCE: Scheherazade and Other Stories

Live albums:

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST: Live Tapes

PROCOL HARUM: In concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

GENESIS: Live

NIHAL:

BIG BIG TRAIN: English Electric 1 & 2

DAVID BOWIE: Ziggy Stardust

THE BEATLES: Abbey Road

THE KINKS: The Village Green Preservation Society

STRAWBS: Hero and Heroine

MADRUGADA: Industrial Silence

PINK FLOYD: The Wall

ELOY: Dawn

THE MOODY BLUES: Days of Future Passed

WISHBONE ASH: Argus