AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

Tuesdays heavy metal gossip column reveals how I somehow have a bass guitar well beyond my primitive means, a running battle between me and a German jobsworth train instructor, the new Sumerland earworm single and why collecting vinyls never leaves you, but yet weighs you down! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

one of the most enigmatic and original bands to emerge over the last 10-15 years in the underground scene has been without a doubt Swiss band BOLZER Here I discuss the bands origins, gear choices, two piece decisions, romanticism, heroism, spirituality, media hatchet jobs and risin up to the meet the challenge of our rivals..... with mainman Okoi I got the eye of the Tiger.... etc. support the sho...

Tuesdays heavy metal content is self explanatory, a look back over the career of KING DIAMOND.....and believe me he wasn't always the cultural metal icon he is nowadays!! support the show over at www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 119 Gene Simmons says rock n roll is dead, the fans killed it? is this true? not exactly, so what are the real reasons why rock n roll is no longer a force in mainstream music, sure it exists under the surface, underground but why only there? music being marketed to pre-teens, multiculturalism, the changing face of society, housing, streaming? maybe is it just returning to it's rightful pl...

Tuesday's podcast is really a heavy metal rock review / gossip column, I discuss Bruce Dickinsons outburst in Athens, was he out of order? and is the Pantera re-union a cynical cash in? plus this weeks album recommendation! the one album I've spun the most this week is the new Mantar album! want to check out the band featured in the add read? https://strangerswithguns.bandcamp.com/ become a patreo...

Episode 117 is a spicey once, having been told to get off the fence by a mate he wades into the new hate crime legislation in Ireland, will the farmers protest spread across Europe and the world? tackles the intellectually confusing cul de sac of cultural appropriation, wonders why the Irish are never offended by it and lastly but not least gives the idea of inherited guilt a kick in the shins for...

The first death metal band of all time? the greatest? the most consistent? possibly, the life and times of Evil Chuck, musical genius with high watermarks few could ever touch, ending in sad tragedy as his life was taken way too soon..... let's get into the career of DEATH I had a cold! apologies for the coughing and sniffing!!! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsors...

MY BODY MY CHOICE is the end of our financial freedom being planned? or am I just going crazy? In E 116 I discuss the implications CBDC or 'central bank digital currency' might have on your financial freedom as governments create their own Crypto, and what programmable restrictions it could have, from penalties for hate speech, protest and dissent to climate, carbon, alcohol and tobacco, limits on...

Tuesday's rock/metal episode is a career retrospective of arguably the greatest death metal band of them all! Morbid Angel! but it ain't all high points! take a listen and see if you agree support the show over at www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsors use the promo code ALAN on both www.metalblade.com - for 10% off your order in NAmerica www.hatecouture616.com/ clothing company!! for free shipping!...

In Episode 115 I make the unusual juxtaposition of old English cross dressing Artist and critic Grayson Perry and gun toting US patriots Five finger death punch in a discussion on taste, is it right to judge what gives someone else their festival joy as I stand on the sidelines and consider the low hanging musical fruit that is FFDP and does it really matter what I think? Seems like we need the ca...

Part two of the AC/DC debate I had with Addi from Solstafir! part one was uploaded a few weeks ago.....so this is part two, from Back in Black on to the present day, is Fly on the wall the worst album? doesn't the riff from Who made Who sound like black metal? Is Ballbreaker the most under rated album? who hasn't even really listened to Rock or bust? find out over the next hour! normal service is...

Is confidence the key to singing? what % is raw talent? and what % is repetition and rehearsal? what do you learn over the years, tricks of the trade for keeping your voice intact and staying in the game. Is it easy to spot which older bands were boozers or druggies? how does your lifestyle affect your voice? and is it wrong to criticise rocks legendary vocalists now they are approaching retiremen...

Tuesdays rock and metal podcast is quite simple! what is it like as a musician to play at Hellfest open air in France, which has 50 000+ in attendance....what happens backstage, behind the scenes, the organisation, how you prepare and how to approach it! support the show for as little as 1$ a month over at www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by www.metalblade.com use the promo code ALAN in N.Ame...

In E 113 I explore the idea that music is now the backdrop to peoples brands, where once it was the soundtrack to their lives. Maybe this is the reason music, art and creativity in general now just has less meaning culturally. What % of a modern musicians life is actually songwriting? and what % is social media, what was that like in the 70s, 80s or 90s? what have been some of the changes. You are...

This episode is coming out simultaneously as a video chat over on AA's Youtube channel!! not old content! but a fresh new ripe rock n roll discussion on Motorhead post 1990, there's a lot of albums and a lot of content to review! quite a few albums that maybe passed you by! all the way to their epitaph 'Bad Magic' support the show over at www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://suppor...

E 112 sees AA getting back in the ring with politics, what have our big tech world economic forum overlords been planning for us? teaching your kids about the climate crisis in the Metaverse, droning your protests and freezing your assets, selling weapons to Ukraine, personal carbon footprints, stay inside to save the world, modern feudalism, creating ministries of misinformation, and other acts o...

This is a great chat that formerly appeared as a video discussion over on my Youtube channel, too good to not bring to you all as Tuesday's bonus music podcast!! enjoy support the show for as little as $1 per month over at www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Motrway Madness In E 111 I the first two festivals of the season are discussed, why Irish people don't belong at the beach, or in sunlight probably at all and why so many small festivals are being cancelled..... and among other things every bands nightmare, the hi speed motorway collision...and how and we ended up dazed and confused at the side of the motorway at 7am on the way to a central Europe...

This originally appeared as video content over on my Youtube channel, it does what it says on the tin! Addi from Solstafir and AA discussing AC/DC, their influence, legacy and inspiration. Support the show over at www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E 110 is about how the record store formed a generation of kids, it worked as their social hub but also cast their love of music and for many a lifetime of collecting music but especially vinyl. How sub cultures back in the day were your peer group, through which you dealt with your raging hormones and sexuality along with your attitudes to life, coping and being a young adult. How your parents re...

This one was originally released as a video discussion on AA's youtube channel, it does what it says on the tin......a look back over the career of one of the greatest metal bands of all time, MANOWAR......this is a spicey room splitter of a meatball!!!! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Episode 109 primarily about the suicide of Trevor Strnad the singer of the Black Dahlia Murder aged 41, what this represents in not only the metal scene but also in the wider world, the epidemic of young men taking their lives, did the pandemic as one youtube commentator state kill the guy, so AA looks back at a podcast recorded during the pandemic about coping with lockdown, but also depression a...

This one does what it says on the tin, originally appeared as a videocast on my Youtube channel. This is your guide to MERCYFUL FATE! one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time!.... support the show over at www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The final part of the tour diary! normal service of returning to political, social, cultural commentary is being threatened! but until then this one goes through our strange ordeal at the border of Sweden, strip searched and a rather over zealous effort on behalf of the cops to humiliate and intimidate our tour company, needless to say it didn't work and the rock rolled on, these are not the droid...

it does what it says on the tin.....your Tuesday guide to BATHORY!!! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.