Thanks for uploading! This brings back memories. The absolute pinnacle of hard rock/heavy metal FM radio before Clear Channel, etc. bought up all the markets. Z-Rock rules. \m/
@@SteeBowify it was taken down, but i saved it. if you want it msg me and ill upload it to you. i also have a few other zrock tapes on mp3 i can send to you
In the early 90's, my 11 year old self was featured regularly on commercials for Loud Debie Dowd on Zrock. You could call the station and record whatever you wanted, and one night I called up and off the top of my head I sang "Loud Debie Dowd I love Yoooou-ooo-ooo, I love Yooou-oo-ooo, I love Yoooou-oo-oo, all the time"...and I remember this being played on commericals every day for years lol.
I had tons of the Z-Rock days recorded. Around the end of one year in the early 90s they had, "Too Much Metallica," and I tried to record the whole thing. Anyone remember Nightly Nuke? Man I wish those days were back. I had that sticker too. Miss those days so bad.
yeah man I remember the Nightly Nuke. Good ol' days. OTA radio sucks so bad, especially where I live now and nowadays. SiriusXM has some pretty good channels though like Ozzy's Boneyard, Liquid Metal, Hair Nation, and a few others. I cant live without it now.
The music was alot better that is for sure. I need to find the tape I have that I know has Z-Rock 94.5 (before they turned it into 94.5 The Edge) recorded on it from 88 or 89. Has alot of Slayer on it if I recall right. Knowing my luck youtube will probably flag it as copyright violation. I was going to post some really good Headbangers Ball episodes I converted to digital awhile back from the 80s and early 90s but I couldn't get a single one to post without it getting flagged. Ive got like 30 full episodes of that show, before MTV sold out. I guess I got lucky with this particular tape.
Thanks for posting this Todd! I lobbied to keep Zrock on the air in the mid 90's. I'm totally lost without it. I have a few tapes too with Zrock from 89 to 95 that I digitized & I need to upload.
hey that's great! maybe we can find some kind of way to swap them (like ftp pub somewhere) where we can dump our tapes onto to share, without it getting flagged like on youtube. Ive 5 of them I think, couple of them i saved from youtube long ago before they were taken down.
@varockcity1 I'm sure there are several concerts, the only problem is finding them. I used to record on 8 hour VHS tapes almost every weekend and wasn't bright enough to label them at the time. When I come across them I will upload them for sure. Which concerts did you post? I'm looking for Alice in Chains from 1990 & Love/Hate concerts that were broadcast on Z-Rock
@varockcity1 I will have to ask a friend of mine that worked for SMN back in the day and see if he knows of any archieved Z-Rock broadcasts/concerts. He did an internet version of Z-rock for a while with some of the original jocks called KDKT. Sadly I think the channel faded away but it brought back great memories of the glory days of Z-Rock
I still miss ZRock to this very day. I had the ZRock zombie guy’s sticker on the back of my little red GMC S-15. My protector lol. I would give anything to relive the energy of those days: Back Rockwards, The Nightly Nuke, all of it. \m/
if im not mistaken there was a d.j named THE SHARK MAN. i believe i still have a few of those stickers. i remember when the station went dead the first time in 1989 then came a year or so later, i was crusing to my girlfriends home in my 1977 z-28 with the tunes up loud, then nothing but static, it was gone,. i was so pissed. i really miss those days back in the 1980`s up in denton north of dallas, those were the days
94.5 z-rock kzrk. its been awhile, but i think it went out in like 1990 or 91 and turned into a spanish station for a really short time, just before it turned to 94.5 the edge, then later on around the beginning of 1992 z-rock came back on the 99.1 frequency.
yes you are right, and it sucked really bad. then in 92 we were all driving up and down the strip and someone used shoe polish on there back window with Z-ROCK 99.1. we all pulled into parking lots just jamming. really miss those days @@toddstewart9070
If we could have radio like this again I would love it. unlike here in south Florida. sometimes I feel like we're in another country. to many foreign languages on the radio that were once English radio stations. very sad
Wjrr out of Orlando is ok.. 98Rock in Tampa is ok at times (too much 90s).. but yeah S Florida has nothing.. 92.7 was good back in the 90s and before that 103She out of Miami was great!
Yup, it sounds more like joint stereo to me. I recorded it on an old Sony boombox I had in my bedroom at the time. If I had recorded it on the main stereo with Kenwood tape deck it would have sounded much better. It doesn't sound too bad though considering it was recorded on a portable boombox radio.
Hell fucking yeah. We had zrock in Dallas for a couple year just like stern, just a couple of years of greatness then exchanged for garbage. Mandatory Metallica in 1992, the US 500 on sat night followed by mandatory Metallica.
I still have my Z-Rock dog tag!! I miss that station so much.
Bobby Williams i do too!!
@@scarymsmary Awesome!!! I listened on 102.7 WDZR
Thanks for taking me back on this Z-Rock Time Machine. I miss those days and that station.
Thanks for uploading! This brings back memories. The absolute pinnacle of hard rock/heavy metal FM radio before Clear Channel, etc. bought up all the markets. Z-Rock rules. \m/
This is great!!! Thank you for posting this. I have a 90 minute recording of Z-Rock from 1990 that I plan on uploading very soon.
+Damian Bonadono Thanks! Can't wait to hear it!
Can you post the link?
@@SteeBowify it was taken down, but i saved it. if you want it msg me and ill upload it to you. i also have a few other zrock tapes on mp3 i can send to you
Did you ever do it? Man I used to love z rock
is the 90 minute one up?
In the early 90's, my 11 year old self was featured regularly on commercials for Loud Debie Dowd on Zrock. You could call the station and record whatever you wanted, and one night I called up and off the top of my head I sang "Loud Debie Dowd I love Yoooou-ooo-ooo, I love Yooou-oo-ooo, I love Yoooou-oo-oo, all the time"...and I remember this being played on commericals every day for years lol.
Thank you. This radio station totally molded my music taste.
I had five or six cassettes of 90s Zrock at one time. Thanks for sharing.
Wish I had more, but I think I will find more tapes once I have to clean my parents old place out. If they post through is a different story.
I had tons of the Z-Rock days recorded. Around the end of one year in the early 90s they had, "Too Much Metallica," and I tried to record the whole thing. Anyone remember Nightly Nuke? Man I wish those days were back. I had that sticker too. Miss those days so bad.
yeah man I remember the Nightly Nuke. Good ol' days. OTA radio sucks so bad, especially where I live now and nowadays. SiriusXM has some pretty good channels though like Ozzy's Boneyard, Liquid Metal, Hair Nation, and a few others. I cant live without it now.
Todd Stewart I have those three channels on my car saved. Along with a few others. Miss them days BAD!
The music was alot better that is for sure. I need to find the tape I have that I know has Z-Rock 94.5 (before they turned it into 94.5 The Edge) recorded on it from 88 or 89. Has alot of Slayer on it if I recall right. Knowing my luck youtube will probably flag it as copyright violation. I was going to post some really good Headbangers Ball episodes I converted to digital awhile back from the 80s and early 90s but I couldn't get a single one to post without it getting flagged. Ive got like 30 full episodes of that show, before MTV sold out. I guess I got lucky with this particular tape.
Garage Days Yes, man! I have a lot of NN stuff I want to post soon from NY
Thanks for posting this Todd! I lobbied to keep Zrock on the air in the mid 90's. I'm totally lost without it. I have a few tapes too with Zrock from 89 to 95 that I digitized & I need to upload.
hey that's great! maybe we can find some kind of way to swap them (like ftp pub somewhere) where we can dump our tapes onto to share, without it getting flagged like on youtube. Ive 5 of them I think, couple of them i saved from youtube long ago before they were taken down.
Any way I can get a copy of those? Have tons of old Mtv Headbangers Ball and Much Music shows I’ll trade for,thanks.
@varockcity1 I'm sure there are several concerts, the only problem is finding them. I used to record on 8 hour VHS tapes almost every weekend and wasn't bright enough to label them at the time. When I come across them I will upload them for sure. Which concerts did you post? I'm looking for Alice in Chains from 1990 & Love/Hate concerts that were broadcast on Z-Rock
@varockcity1 I will have to ask a friend of mine that worked for SMN back in the day and see if he knows of any archieved Z-Rock broadcasts/concerts. He did an internet version of Z-rock for a while with some of the original jocks called KDKT. Sadly I think the channel faded away but it brought back great memories of the glory days of Z-Rock
I still miss ZRock to this very day. I had the ZRock zombie guy’s sticker on the back of my little red GMC S-15. My protector lol. I would give anything to relive the energy of those days: Back Rockwards, The Nightly Nuke, all of it. \m/
“Ward cleaver he’s a crazy man, likes to play back rockwards while he sits on the can”
if im not mistaken there was a d.j named THE SHARK MAN. i believe i still have a few of those stickers. i remember when the station went dead the first time in 1989 then came a year or so later, i was crusing to my girlfriends home in my 1977 z-28 with the tunes up loud, then nothing but static, it was gone,. i was so pissed. i really miss those days back in the 1980`s up in denton north of dallas, those were the days
94.5 z-rock kzrk. its been awhile, but i think it went out in like 1990 or 91 and turned into a spanish station for a really short time, just before it turned to 94.5 the edge, then later on around the beginning of 1992 z-rock came back on the 99.1 frequency.
yes you are right, and it sucked really bad. then in 92 we were all driving up and down the strip and someone used shoe polish on there back window with Z-ROCK 99.1. we all pulled into parking lots just jamming. really miss those days @@toddstewart9070
Memories of a tough but happy time.
Zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ROCK!! Yeah, baby!
Hell yeah! We got our Z Rock in March, 1992, here in Detroit. It was great while it lasted.
In Chicago Z-Rock and WVVX are the only true rock/metal stations we ever had. Espcially VVX which played a lot of true metal as well
If we could have radio like this again I would love it. unlike here in south Florida. sometimes I feel like we're in another country. to many foreign languages on the radio that were once English radio stations. very sad
One Greek (+_+) Irma killed everything I'm Florida.
Wjrr out of Orlando is ok.. 98Rock in Tampa is ok at times (too much 90s).. but yeah S Florida has nothing.. 92.7 was good back in the 90s and before that 103She out of Miami was great!
In Detroit it was 102.7 and my favorite was Crankin Craig...You're drunk!
"lets get roaring drunk and hang ourselves" I swear they had a drop like that. lol
Hey man, swing by my channel. Have a couple videos of 102.7 Z Rock and The Bear!
Crankin Craig was my favorite DJ. He didn't care what management said, if he liked it he played it.
Ahhhhh the good ol days I miss Z Rock
Z-Rock KZRX Globe Phoenix was the fucking BOMB in the early 90's!!! Rock it out!!!
OMG. 15:19. The Tiptonizer. Jason Lee Tipton. Wow, memories. It is insane to hear this in stereo. In NYC, we had 1480 AM. AM!
Yup, it sounds more like joint stereo to me. I recorded it on an old Sony boombox I had in my bedroom at the time. If I had recorded it on the main stereo with Kenwood tape deck it would have sounded much better. It doesn't sound too bad though considering it was recorded on a portable boombox radio.
Z-ROCK WAS THE BEST ROCK RADIO FORMAT THIS WORLD HAS EVER SEEN AND HEARD. WE. ROCKED. AMARILLO TEXAS.
KZRK 107dot9 .
Z-ROCK AMARILLO .
WDZR 102.7 Detroit
Love this! ZRock was the best! 🤘
I was one of 3 local ANNOUNCERS. FOR Z-ROCK AMARILLO
CAPTAIN GONZO.
ERIC STEVENS, R.I.P.
ERIC SLATER.
Hell yeah dude
@@toddstewart9070 The Z Rock KKZR from Houston is the same with the old z rock?
@@thepostalteenager2206 I believe so. Dallas was the flagship station I think
Does anyone have a top 50 songs list,from them for each year of 92- 96
Hell fucking yeah. We had zrock in Dallas for a couple year just like stern, just a couple of years of greatness then exchanged for garbage. Mandatory Metallica in 1992, the US 500 on sat night followed by mandatory Metallica.
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We had Z-Rock on AM in NYC, but I loved it. The music sounded crunchier!
Best way to start a video 👍
Edit: how did you not get copyrighted?
Don''t know. Got lucky with this one I guess.
Does any one know we’re I can get these sticker or anyone that can make it
Awesome 👏
99.1 Dallas Z-ROCK
Am 1480 NYC And the reception was terrible but it kicked ass anyway. Always hoped it would go FM in New York.
2:30 song name?
metallica - orion, on master of puppets
@@toddstewart9070 You gave me the wrong song name
@@thepostalteenager2206 nope, thats orion
okay, what song is that lick from at 2:25? it was the z-rock signature and I'm damned if I can find the song.
The jingle riff was from "EZO - House Of 1,000 Pleasures"
thanks, m8