Sugar&Spikes

This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO August 26th, 2010. This week host JOHN D. plays tracks from the brand new album by REVAMP, featuring former AFTER FOREVER vocalist FLOOR JANSEN, and also from DIE SO FLUID’s new album “THE WORLD IS TOO BIG FOR ONE LIFETIME“. He finishes things off with some alt. rock bands like ROSEMATTER, HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE and EVERYTHING AFTER.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO August 19th, 2010. More summer releases this week! We hear tracks from MASTERCASTLE’s new melodic metal album “LAST DESIRE” and EDENBRIDGE’s new symphonic metal release “SOLITAIRE”. Also tunes from one of host JOHN D’s latest finds, a great power metal band from Poland called CRYSTAL VIPER.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO August 12th, 2010. This week host JOHN D. features tracks from the brand new TRIOSPHERE album “The Road Less Travelled” and SISTER SIN’s new release “True Sound of the Underground”. We also here lots of melodic metal from EVAREST, NIGHTWISH, ORATORY and HOLYHELL.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO August 05th, 2010. This week host JOHN D. goes back to the Nineties to re-visit some of the bands that originally got him interested in Female fronted hard rock. Music from L7, THE LUNACHICKS, VERUCA SALT, DIE CHEERLEADER, DOVER and many more.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO July 22nd, 2010. This week host JOHN D. delivers a high energy set of hard rock with bands like McQUEEN, EXILIA, HYDROVIBE, CRUCIFIED BARBARA, SISTER SIN and LOSING SCARLET.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO July 15th, 2010. This week host JOHN D. plays a variety of progressive style bands including ELYSION, ONE WITHOUT, ELLSBETH, LIQUID SKY, LOSING SCARLET, DELIGHT and more. We also get an update on some of the tours going on this summer.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO July 8th, 2010. This week host JOHN D. plays a set of very dramatic songs, some of them with a strong theatrical influence. We hear songs by THE MURDER OF MY SWEET, NIGHTWISH, BARE INFINITY, WE ARE THE FALLEN, DELAIN, VIRUS IV and many more.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO July 1st, 2010. This week’s show happened to fall on CANADA DAY, so Host JOHN D. gives us an “ALL CANADIAN” hour of tunes by bands like SCARLET SINS, THE BELLABOMBS, THE FURY, DOMENICA, THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE, DIE MANNEQUIN and more.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO June 24, 2010. This week Host John D. plays a mix of hard rock and electro influenced music. We also hear news of the return of the 90s band REPUBLICA to the music scene. Some of the bands we hear this week are: WILDESTARR, WE ARE THE FALLEN, IN THIS MOMENT, REPUBLICA, and NEMESEA.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO June 17, 2010. This week Host John D. features a trio of power trios including the bands DIE SO FLUID, COLPORTER and 69 CHAMBERS. We also hear from the usual suspects like VAINGLORY, BENEDICTUM, HALF THE WORLD and DEVIL’S GIFT.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO June 10th, 2010. This week Host JOHN D. plays demo songs by some lesser known bands, many of them offering free downloads of their tunes. Some of the bands we hear are ETHERNITY, LIKE TOMORROW, ANXIETY OF INFLUENCE and CHAOS IN PARADISE. You can find links to the bands with free songs in John’s MySpace Blog

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO June 3rd, 2010. This week, Host JOHN D. splits the show with half an hour of industrial style bands like the KIDNEY THIEVES, OMEGA LITHIUM and SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY and the other half with symphonic power metal bands like GWYLLION, NIGHTWISH and DAWN OF DESTINY.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO May 27, 2010. This week Host John D. plays a short 80’s “Big Hair” Metal set, featuring the artists LEE AARON, CHRISSY STEELE, GIRLSCHOOL, SARAYA and VIXEN. We also hear a couple of tracks off the brand new album by WE ARE THE FALLEN, which is made up of former EVANESCENCE members with the addition of American Idol’s CARLY SMITHSON on vocals.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO May 20th, 2010. This week Host John D. gives us an All-American show, featuring bands from all over the USA. We hear lots of great progressive rock from bands like LOSING SCARLET, ELLSBETH, ERA FOR A MOMENT, HYDROVIBE, MR. BELLA and many more.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO May 13, 2010. This week Host John D. presents “BEAUTIFUL VOICES”, featuring 14 bands with some of the finest female voices in rock and metal. Some of the vocalists we hear are CHARLOTTE WESSELS (Delain), FLOOR JANSEN (After Forever), MANDA OPHUIS (Nemesea), SHARON DEN ADEL (Within Temptation), TARJA TURUNEN (Nightwish) and many more.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO May 6, 2010. This week Host John D. delivers another hour of melodic hard rock and metal, including some recent music acquisitions from HOLYHELL, IN THIS MOMENT, EXOTERIK and DOMINA NOCTIS. Also, more updates on new releases for 2010.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO April 29, 2010. Oi!! This week Host John D. gives us a salute to PUNK ROCK, which he believes saved the world from musical mediocrity and disco, as well as having a huge influence on today’s rock and metal. Songs from TSUNAMI BOMB, NEMHAIN, NINJA DOLLS, BAMBIX, FABULOUS DISASTER, THE SOVIETTES and many more!

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO April 22, 2010. This week host JOHN D. takes us on an interesting and fun journey that starts with dark metal bands like DRAIN STH, OMEGA LITHIUM and NOCTURNE, gradually progressing to upbeat, high energy alternative rock bands like HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, PARAMORE and ROSEMATTER. Strap in and enjoy the ride!

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO April 15, 2010. This week host JOHN D. gives us a back to basics show featuring a full hour of straight forward hard rock bands like GRAVITY BURN, JET TRAIL, HALFCOCKED, LOSING SCARLET and HYDROGYN. John also gives us an update on upcoming new releases in female fronted rock.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO April 08, 2010. This week host JOHN D. offers up an interesting selection of hard rock & metal bands with a strong industrial element to their music, like KIDNEY THIEVES, GENITORTURERS, NOCTURNE, ALIGHT, KMFDM and THE LOVECRAVE, plus more. JOHN also plays a couple of songs from the brand new, debut album by the gothic/industrial band OMEGA LITHIUM.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO April 01, 2010. This week host JOHN D. rocks out with an hour of all-metal mayhem featuring some of the heaviest bands and most powerful vocalists in female fronted metal. Some of the bands heard this week are: SINERGY, BENEDICTUM, VAINGLORY, SCARLET SINS, and TRIOSPHERE, plus many more.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO March 25th, 2010. This week host JOHN D. plays gothic and symphonic metal bands from thirteen different European countries. Some of the bands featured are DANDELIUM (Spain), EDENBRIDGE (Austria), GWYLLION (Belgium), DELIGHT (Poland), and ONE WITHOUT (Sweden). Info and Links for the bands can be found on John’s A-Z band list at his Myspace.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO March 18th, 2010. This week host JOHN D. plays a fun filled set of COVER SONGS from a diverse range of original artists like BLACK SABBATH (by BENEDICTUM), MOTLEY CRUE (by THE DONNAS), THE SMITHS (by SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRICY), BLONDIE (by SINERGY), WASP (by TRIOSPHERE), KATE BUSH (by WITHIN TEMPTATION) and a lot more fun homages.

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This episode of SUGAR & SPIKES originally aired LIVE on PURE ROCK RADIO March 11th, 2010. This week host JOHN D. plays many of the bands who are featured in the MUSIC VIDEOS section of the show’s MySpace site. The music ranges in style from punk to industrial to symphonic power metal. Bands played are DELAIN, THE MURDER OF MY SWEET, TSUNAMI BOMB, THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE, VAINGLORY and much more.

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