Tommy Vance - RIP

Slaine mac Roth · Post by **Slaine mac Roth** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:26 pm

Some sad news today.

Apparently Tommy Vance, for so many years the voice of the Friday Rock Show and host of the Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donnington, has died.

RIP Tommy (Rock in peace)

happysmilies007 · Post by **happysmilies007** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:18 pm

H3WMW · Post by **H3WMW** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:29 am

There's a big thread about this also at TNMS.

He was such a great guy and I used to watch his Friday Rock Show on VH1 quite a lot.

He was the ultimate ROCK DJ.

I was also told earlier today that he made an appearance at Rush's first UK R30 show at Wembley in London.

I would have loved to have met him.

Ogg · Post by **Ogg** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:33 am

'The Friday Rock Show' was an integral part of my teenage years, be it listening via headphones (10pm-midnight) to escape my Mothers wrath for being up so late or enjoying a mad sing along post pub during my latter years, we are talking good old fashioned 'Radio' here.
I fondly remember the interviews with sneak previews of album releases (this was before the net you know), Iron Maiden springs to mind and paticulary a Jethro Tull track that Bruce Dickinson played. I once attempted to stay up to record a two hour Status Quo concert (attended by Prince Charles) with two C60 cassettes, I remember falling asleep and missing the last half hour, lol, how long ago was that? The Phil Lynott tribute springs to mind as does my first listen to Van Halen's 'Eruption'...
Tommy Vance RIP.

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:49 am

as Ogg said I grew up listening to him as well.......I loved his gravelly voice...........and I remembered trying to tape stuff as well

Slaine mac Roth · Post by **Slaine mac Roth** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:43 pm

I think my main two memories of the Friday Rock Show are him playing Red Barchetta and Limelight as a preview of Moving Pictures and my friends' band winning the Rock War and getting a Rock Show session.

H3WMW · Post by **H3WMW** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:35 am

He will be very sadly missed.

RIP TV