What about the rock?

[250learna]

I noticed the thread about the heavy metal and it got me thinking, what does an average kiwi biker listen to on the radio?

I listen to the rock, like the fact that they got new stuff mixed with golden oldies like GnR and ACDC Metalica etc :Punk: 99 ot of 100 song on there are good :banana: :banana: :banana: than theres Nicky Watson :love:
ohh and they never play justin timberlake or britney spears :niceone:

[Motu]

Coast all day at work,before that Cool Blue.I like jazz,and they are the closest I can get to it.I HATE SCREAMING DJs AND ADDS!!!

[Riff Raff]

I listen to The Rock and Hauraki.

I was so pleased to get my normal ambulance back after I broke it - we had a pool truck with a broken radio that only played Solid Gold FM - Aaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!

[Storm]

Hauraki is the good oil. Unfortunatly we cant get it in palmy, but its the first station I go looking for when out of the province :Punk:

[Ms Piggy]

I listen to the Rock but they have a lot of pop rock too, Hauraki is always good for the real classic stuff. :niceone:

[Coyote]

I listen to the Rock and Hauraki, both pretty good, not perfect

Best time to listen to the Rock is from 8pm to 11, Axe Attack!!! Best of hard rock and heavy metal :Punk:

[SPORK]

There are no stations in NZ that suit my needs. So in a couple of years, I'll set up a university radio! Yay!

[Sniper]

I dont get any radio thats good. Damn South Island

[idb]

Can't stand commercial radio.
CDs for me.

[crazylittleshit]

I listen to The Rock and Hauraki.

I was so pleased to get my normal ambulance back after I broke it - we had a pool truck with a broken radio that only played Solid Gold FM - Aaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!

good call :banana:

[Coyote]

There are no stations in NZ that suit my needs. So in a couple of years, I'll set up a university radio! Yay!
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[250learna]

dead air, um, dead air :lol:

[Big Dave]

I HATE SCREAMING DJs AND ADDS!!!

With you there bruddah.
I have been ripping my music to mp3's for a few years now. Have most of my favourite radio playlists made up - hit random on the 'puter player or ipod and have them pesky dj's and advertisements elminated.

Doesn't find you anything new only downside.
So I scan the dial and end up back at hauraki anyway, cause at least the music is occasionally worth the opiniated DJ and ads - go figure.

At least I've learned about NZ pub rock and how good some of that is.

Reminds me - I have one of those cheapo compliation CD's 'Greatest Australian Hits of all Time' - It has Dragon, Split Enz, Mi Sex, DD Smash, Max Merrit and Sharon Oneil on it.
Fortunately no '20 odd foot of grunt' - you can keep him!

[Waylander]

No station here compares to 97.1 The Eagle back home. Sucks that they shut it down. Anyway all it played was pure rock. No hip hop, no rap no classical no country just straight hardcore ROCK!!!

[ktulu]

I listen to the rock and also radio sport, love radio sport actually but the rock is for music

Also been listening to CD's a bit in my ute because I now have an MP3 head deck and can get 200 songs on a CD

[inlinefour]

There can only be one, really its the ONLY good thing about Auckland (PT) and that would be, Radio Hauraki :niceone:

[idb]

With you there bruddah.
I have been ripping my music to mp3's for a few years now. Have most of my favourite radio playlists made up - hit random on the 'puter player or ipod and have them pesky dj's and advertisements elminated.

Doesn't find you anything new only downside.
So I scan the dial and end up back at hauraki anyway, cause at least the music is occasionally worth the opiniated DJ and ads - go figure.

Mate - find a couple of good review sites on the 'net and get your tips from there. I've found tons of stuff by downloading while reading up.
Despite what the music industry says, I was buying heaps more CDs when it was a free-for-all on Napster. You could read up and download a song or two to see if you liked it.
It's a lot harder to find what you want now and I don't buy anywhere near the stuff that I used to.

[k14]

Yeah rock only for me, unless there is sport that I can't watch on tv then its radio sport.

Only gay thing about the rock is that they seem to gradually going closer and closer to teenie bopper music and also sunday nite is crap. Tried hauraki once but its too old skool for me, need just an 80's rock station.

[Coyote]

and also sunday nite is crap.
But thats the best time on the Rock!

[Magua]

While at work the truck's radio is set to either The Rock or Hauraki, mostly The Rock. While I'm at home or in my car, I listen to cds.

[Motu]

need just an 80's rock station.
[snorts beer out through nose and near chokes on the foam] 80s rock? for fucks sake mate,you can't put those two words into the same sentence! 80s music sucks!!

[Indiana_Jones]

Well the day they make "soundtrack FM" that'll be my station lol :D
Until then, Hauraki :D

-Indy

[Indiana_Jones]

need just an 80's rock station.

Yes..........And I shall make one :shifty:
Pirate radio.

-Indy

[Hitcher]

Hauraki 93.1. And Nicky who?

[gav]

And tonight on the way home on the Rock they were singing the theme song to Baywatch !!!http://www.gixxer.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/SmackBottom.gif

[Timber020]

I listen to the radio all day with work (got a radio in my helmet).

I listen to the Rock, Hauraki and..............

NATIONAL RADIO (the music stinks most of the time but the subjects are interesting)

at the moment at 10.45 every day they are running a story on the Moari Battalion, its cool.

[TraD_MaN]

i listen to the rock :2thumbsup or the other radio stations repeat the same songs alllllll friggin day long its depressing :confused:

[RiderInBlack]

Hauraki 93.1. And Nicky who?95.1 up here:Punk: Wish I could get it at home. Can only get Hauraki when I am in Whangarei. All the other stations suck up here so when I cann't get The Pirates, I switch to The Edge (hey at less they do silly shit).

[Coyote]

And tonight on the way home on the Rock they were singing the theme song to Baywatch !!!http://www.gixxer.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/SmackBottom.gif
They played that around midday aswell

[Big Dave]

Mate - find a couple of good review sites on the 'net and get your tips from there. I've found tons of stuff by downloading while reading up.
Despite what the music industry says, I was buying heaps more CDs when it was a free-for-all on Napster. You could read up and download a song or two to see if you liked it.
It's a lot harder to find what you want now and I don't buy anywhere near the stuff that I used to.

agree & good advice thanks - any suggestions re review sites?

[idb]

agree & good advice thanks - any suggestions re review sites?
My favourite would be http://www.splendidezine.com/.
A lot of the stuff is too new and obscure to find but if you search out the other bands or earlier albums they mention in the reviews you can find some real gems.

But google about and you'll find heaps depending on your tastes.
A couple of general suggestions are http://www.allmusic.com/ if you want any information on any band or http://www.metacritic.com/music/ for all sorts of stuff (including books & films).

Let me know what you find.
Also, the only search program that I can find that is even remotely useful without loading your PC up with too much crap is Kazaa. I'd be interested in any alternatives that you might know.

[250learna]

Hauraki 93.1. And Nicky who?

NICKY HER... :wari: :wari:

:rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

[Brian d marge]

Hello
but I asume you all have internet ,,,,,ever heard of streaming radio even yahoo has a radio station you can select your own music and it Learns what you like ....
On the move I use my wireless card in a pda ..or ripped mp3 s .....as for ads I tried listening to more fm today and had to go to work before the ads finished they took that long ...
Ads suck ( good ones dont such as in britain ) bad ones are an insult to my inteligence and no ,,,those catchy jingles dont stick they just annoy

Stephen
( who quite likes radio new zealand )

[Trudes]

But I did ask if I could dredge....
Just wondering with so many new members since this was last posted in, what radio station do you listen to? Reasons why would be good too.

I listen to Hauraki most of the time at work and for 'Led before bed' etc, but also enjoy Kix FM here in Wellytown. No ads, no weather, news or sport, just continuous old classic rock and new rock too, awesome!!!http://www.kixfm.co.nz/

What about you lot?

[Joni]

ZM.... http://www.zmonline.co.nz/

Morning crew are great...

Stables makes me laugh, what a radical man! :lol:

[Indiana_Jones]

news talk ZB in the morning with Leighton Smith is cool

-Indy

[Lias]

Yeah rock only for me, unless there is sport that I can't watch on tv then its radio sport.

Only gay thing about the rock is that they seem to gradually going closer and closer to teenie bopper music and also sunday nite is crap. Tried hauraki once but its too old skool for me, need just an 80's rock station.


But thats the best time on the Rock!

Axe attack on sunday nights is the only thing on the rock worth listening.. Half the stuff they play during the rest of the day is utter shit.

Bring on the metal!

[Coyote]

Iv lik startd lstnen 2 da edge ay so i lik alwaz no wats in da top 40 wtch maks me kool lol :woohoo:

[avgas]

Wow.....the wireless they used to call it.
cant say i've heard much of it since 2006.

[The Pastor]

the rauki for me. HARAUKI THAT IS!

[Grumpy Gnomb]

Listen to the rock all day when at work as makes the time pass quite fast

[Swoop]

At least I've learned about NZ pub rock and how good some of that is.

Reminds me - I have one of those cheapo compliation CD's 'Greatest Australian Hits of all Time' - It has Dragon, Split Enz, Mi Sex, DD Smash, Max Merrit and Sharon Oneil on it.
SO subtle...

...at the moment at 10.45 every day they are running a story on the Moari Battalion, its cool.
28 Battalion. Those Moari's... very cool.

[ynot slow]

rock,rock,rock,in morning,radio sport in work truck as no fm.rock,classic hits,energy(more)fm,hauraki,radio trackside and the edge on my own radio in car first 6 presets but always on the rock,have all frequencies of the rock around hamilton,to napier and manawatu on one lot of presets.like the morning rumble but when nick went lost a bit of humour with his piss takes,miss the voices of simon,the paki shop owner,pafloafa the coconut(not pc).

[Steam]

I hate the rock. I hate it so
so


so

so much.
The same crap music all day every day.

And that laughing guy just makes me want to kill. Kill everyone.

National Radio is the Shiz Nits. Or should I say Radio New Zealand National.

[MotoGirl]

Radio just sucks nowadays. I only listen to The Rock on the weekend but it's nothing like it used to be. If I'm really desperate I'll listen to Hauraki but I can't stand the presenters.

[BAD DAD]

If I'm stuck with the radio it will be Hauraki, Rock and BFM in that order for "music" although I find the first 2 way too commercial and repetative to stomach for very long ( and why on Uranus do we need a DJ on a music station anyway? and what is this crap about having 2 of the idiots on at the same time during commuting hours ? ) When the radio music causes too much nausia I'll listen to ZB in the morning or possibly BBC. National just gets really dozy and plays some of the worst music possible. Must be getting old or sommat.

[Steelhorse]

Hauraki after the morning pirates have gone or even classic hits till they go, the Rock is crap every song sounds the same till the night shows. Radio live for a laugh now and then. Hauraki has had the same play list and play order for about 10 years now i think, reliable!

[marty]

always laugh when i change the hangar radio off the rock onto the raki. 9 times out of 10 there'll be pink floyd or led zep playing when i do.

'Led before Bed' is the best show on radio, closely followed by the album sideshow - some really cool floyd/waters etc on late at night

[Slingshot]

Pirate FM in Wellington used to be the best and only station I would listen too. Until Derek died and the Rock took over the frequency.

It was pretty much all requests but on Sunday nights they played a newly released album from end to end and they tell ya when to hit record on the tape player so you could record it for free.

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