Great Rock and Roll Christmas songs...

Name some of your favorite Rock and Roll and Metal Christmas songs.

Stryper - "Reason for the Season/Winter Wonderland" single

Deliverance - "Silent Night"

Savatage (NOT T.S.O., dammit!) - "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24"

Ramones - "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight")

Bob Rivers - "I Am Santa Claus" and "Jingle Hells Bells"

and anything off of this album....

Fat Freddy wrote:

Stryper - "Reason for the Season/Winter Wonderland" single

Deliverance - "Silent Night"

Savatage (NOT T.S.O., dammit!) - "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24"

Ditto those!

I really do not like Christmas (but I won't go off on that tangent this year. That's my Christmas gift to you), so Christmas songs do not appeal to me in the least. In fact, I have yet to crack the cellophane on Twisted Sister's Christmas album and I've had it for over 2 years.

I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake (love the cynicism)
Winter's Song - Angel
Step Into Christmas - Elton John
Father Christmas - The Kinks (again with the cynicism)
Walking In A Winter Wonderland - Stryper
Emmanuel - Blackmore's Night
Wizards In Winter - TSO

Christmas Song - Angel
Run Rudolph Run - Joe Perry
Deck the Halls - Ted Nugent
Christmas Time - One Bad Pig (if you're looking for cynicism...)
Mistress for Christmas - AC/DC
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) - The Ramones
Little Drummer Boy - Whiteheart
Oh Come All Ye Faithful - Twisted Sister
White Christmas - Twisted Sister
We Three Kings - Halford
Silent Night - Deliverance

There was also a couple cool Christmas songs by The Darkness that I no longer have but remember diggin' quite a bit.


Not rock or metal, but always loved
Chillin' With Santa - Derek B
Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC

Quote :

We Three Kings - Halford

I'm listening to this album for the first time and so far, that's my favorite track.

Deliverance-Silent Night
Stryper-Winter Wonderland
Theocracy-Rudolph vs. Frosty
Twisted Sister-O Come all Ye Faithful

Quote :

Theocracy-Rudolph vs. Frosty

I forgot about that one. Great song!

The Darkness - Christmas Time
Has to be one of the coolest Christmas songs.

Theocracy~"Bethlehem"( my favorite) and new to my list this year along w/ most mentioned above...

John Elefante~"O come o ye faithful"

Albuquerquens for Christ~"King of the Jews" (thanks,scott,truly its a wonderful tune!)

Steve Yost(my b/f) "Jesus is the Reason")

ok..so..i cheated..none are metal but Theocracy! but,my favorites this year.might i add to my list Pastor Brad's Christmas Shred!! awesome cd! loving it!

snooloui wrote:

The Darkness - Christmas Time
Has to be one of the coolest Christmas songs.

Awesome, awesome song!!!!

thejokeriv wrote:

snooloui wrote:

The Darkness - Christmas Time
Has to be one of the coolest Christmas songs.

Awesome, awesome song!!!!

Yes, that was the song I was referring to. I no longer have that song though.

tohostudios wrote:

I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake (love the cynicism)

That's a great one.

Forgot to mention John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" in my initial post, that's another fave.

Heard Bob Seger's version of "Little Drummer Boy" on the radio yesterday and I've always liked that one too.

I'm also really digging the title track to Halford's "Winter Songs" this year. I recently found out it's a cover of a song by a Tori Amos-esque piano playing singer/songwriter named Sarah Bareilles, her version is OK but I prefer Halford's.

Oh, and no matter who sings it, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is my all time fave holiday song. Even when a band I don't particularly care for (i.e. U2) does that song, I still dig it.

jerseyultifan+ wrote:

Theocracy~"Bethlehem"

Awesome,Awesome Tune.I never get tired of hearing that one.Such a powerful song.

I recently been spinning that new Halford album. I think it's great. I had the tunes rattling around in my brain last night.

Some others I enjoy:

Joe Perry - Blue Christmas
Hanoi Rocks - Dead By Christmas
King Diamond - No Presents for Christmas
Anything from the Chipmonks Christmas album
Gary Hoey - You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch
Big Bad VooDoo Daddy - Mr. Snow Miser/Mr. Heat Miser
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight)
The Beach Boys - I'll Be Home For Christmas

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Joe Perry - Blue Christmas

I need this!

ultmetal wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Joe Perry - Blue Christmas

I need this!

It's on the 1st Merry Axemas cd. It starts out kinda slow, almost with a Hawaiian hula-kinda vibe with the slide guitar, then rocks out. All instrumental, no vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJI9ZE1DV0U

A few years ago, when I saw Aerosmith live, it was around the holidays and shorlty after the Axemas cd came out. Anyway, Aerosmith was doing 'Draw the Line' and during the solo, Joe broke into a few chords of 'Blue Christmas' before Steven came back in with the "Ohhhhh, checkmate, don't be late...". I thought that was so cool.

Apocalyptica - Little Drummer Boy
Paul Di'Anno - Silent Night
Manowar - Silent Night
Jag Panzer - Do You See What I See & What Child is This

thejokeriv wrote:

snooloui wrote:

The Darkness - Christmas Time
Has to be one of the coolest Christmas songs.

Awesome, awesome song!!!!

is that on a single? I am really liking this band now.

oh - I like God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman by Dio

Alex

Spinal Tap - "Christmas With the Devil"

("The sugarplums are rancid and the stockings are in flames..." )

Since there are so many TSO songs I could put here I'll settle for anything but:

Savatage-Christmas Eve (Sarjevo 12/24)
Halford-We Three Kings
.38 Special-Hallelujah, It's Christmas!
.38 Special-A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night
.38 Special-O' Holy Night
.38 Special-Jingle Bell Rock
Twisted Sister-Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Twisted Sister-White Christmas
Twisted Sister-Deck The Halls
Twisted Sister-I'll Be Home For Christmas
Twisted Sister-Heavy Metal Christmas (The Twelve Days of Christmas)
The December People-I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Robert Berry)
The December People-'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Robert Berry)
The December People-The Light (Kansas)
The December People-We Three Kings (Steve Walsh)
King Diamond - No Presents for Christmas
Theocracy-Bethlehem

Not a big fan of Christmas songs, but I really like the Savatage song on Dead Winter Dead.

Christmas in Hollis is my all-time favorite holiday tune. As long as I hear it a few times this time of year i'm good to go.

Since The Nutcracker Suite is widely used as holiday music I will include TSO's cover of ELP's Nutrocker (I never heard the origional ELP song). I love the piano part of the song so much it almost makes me want to learn the piano just so I could play that song.