ROOTS Shark Attack: 50 Years of JAWS | on SiriusXM

June 21, 2025

Sat 6/21, 6PM ET
Sun 6/23, 1PM ET
Mon 6/24, 9AM ET
Tues 6/25, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/26, 9PM ET

Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the satellite. We celebrate 50 years since the June 20, 1975, release of JAWS by plunging into the bloody shark-infested depths! Join us for a frenzy of razor-sharp attacks from across the metal spawning grounds w/ Accept, Wolf, Wehrmacht, Loincloth, Darkthrone, Warhead, Municipal Waste, the Acacia Strain, Gallows, Overkill, Squalus, and more. We’re definitely going to need a bigger boat… show your scars, and know your Roots!

Dive into 50 years of heavy metal feeding frenzy and read SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by Ian Christe.

PLAYLIST:

ACCEPT – “Fast as a Shark” from RESTLESS & WILD

FURBOWL – “Sharkheaven” from THOSE SHREDDED DREAMS

NATUR – “Goblin Shark” from HEAD OF DEATH

RAMMER – “Death Shark” from SIEGE OF MADNESS

SEND MORE PARAMEDICS – “Zombie Vs Shark” from ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE SPLIT

MUNICIPAL WASTE – “Terror Shark” from HAZARDOUS MUTATION

THE ACACIA STRAIN – “Whale Shark” from COMA WITCH

WEHRMACHT – “Shark Attack” from SHARK ATTACK

WOLF – “Overture in C Shark” from DEVIL SEED

WOLF – “Shark Attack” from DEVIL SEED

LOINCLOTH – “Shark Dancer” from IRON BALLS OF STEEL

WARHEAD – “Attack of the Shark” from SPEEDWAY

DARKTHRONE – “Straightening Sharks in Heaven” from SARDONIC WRATH

SQUALUS – “4th of July” from MASS AND POWER

SHROUD EATER – “Shark Valley” from THUNDERNOISE

OVERKILL – “Hammerhead” from FEEL THE FIRE

GALLOWS – “In The Belly Of A Shark” from IN THE BELLY OF A SHARK

Roots is Sound of the Beast author and Bazillion Points publisher Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Since 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme in metal, punk, and heavy rock. Past episodes are available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.

1 COMMENT

4o Image API June 21, 2025 At 9:21 pm

I love how *Jaws* transcends its own genre, influencing not just horror but so many areas of music and media. The connection to progressive thrash metal and post-metal is fascinating, and it’s cool to see SiriusXM covering this in depth!

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