ROOTS Salutes the Godfather of Gore | on SiriusXM
Week of June 20, 2026
Sat 6/20, 6PM ET
Sun 6/21, 1PM ET
Mon 6/22, 9AM ET
Tues 6/23, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/25, 9PM ET
Roots gets bloody this week with a Father’s Day celebration of the 100th birthday of horror director Herschell Gordon Lewis, “The Godfather of Gore.” Ghoul, Rigor Mortis, Exhumed, Rob Zombie, the Misfits and others serve savage cuts inspired by H.G. Lewis’s blood-splattered classics Blood Feast, 2000 Maniacs, A Taste of Blood, and The Wizard of Gore. Know your bloody, bloody Roots!
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PLAYLIST:
THE DEVIL’S REJECTS – “Color Me Blood Red” from BLOOD FEAST
GHOUL – “Blood Feast” from TRANSMISSION ZERO
MISFITS – “Bloodfeast” from EARTH A.D.
HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS – “Blood Feast Intro” from BLOOD FEAST
SLAUGHTER LORD – “Taste of Blood” from DEMO 1987
SCARECROW – “Gruesome Twosome” from SPLATTERPUNK
RIGOR MORTIS – “Wizard of Gore” from RIGOR MORTIS
THE BURIED – “2000 Maniacs” from UNSHOVELED
EXHUMED – “In the Name of Gore” from ANATOMY IS DESTINY
BLOOD FEAST – “Off With Their Heads” from THE FUTURE STATE OF WICKED
MORTICIAN – “Carving Flesh” from DARKEST DAY OF HORROR
SKITZO – “Color Me Blood Red” from GOT SICK!
ROB ZOMBIE – “Scum of the Earth” from THE SINISTER URGE
ZOMBIE HATE BRIGADE – “Godfather of Gore” from HIDEOUS BEYOND BELIEF WITH A CRAVING FOR HUMAN FLESH
IMPETIGO – “Wizard of Gore” from HORROR OF THE ZOMBIES
Roots is Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Since June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme. The show is available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.
