AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

In this Episode AA chats to an old and dear friend, comedian STEVE HUGHES, when an irresistible force meets an immovable object this is a long chat that puts the world to rights and then some! What Art means during the P Demic to the skill of letting go in lockdown, wokeness, cancel culture and being middle aged white dudes who might be wrong about everything and finish strongly on control and spi...

In E 35 AA talks soccer in the wake of the death of Maradona and looks back at how one man....Jack Charlton, the Irish soccer manager lifted the Irish Nation in the 80s and early 90s, his own experiences of attending all the early matches and what spontaneous joy feels and looks like for a country divided by sectarianism and poverty. What soccer and local sports mean and how community is important...

Bonus Episode 34 is a slightly different one in light of Alan releasing some new music with his other band Dread Sovereign. This slightly shorter podcast tells the story of the band and ends with the new single itself! A blatant bit of self promotion. Normal service will be resumed next week! www.metalblade.com to order the album!! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-t...

In E 33 Alan unwisely does some Ozzy impersonating, plays his dusty old acoustic guitar, and attempts to explain the Devil's Interval. Before launching into an unplanned ramble on why Punk never killed metal, why it always claimed the moral high ground and is not the working class social wedge some believe it to be, with tongue firmly in cheek, before ending on the influence it had over Black Meta...

In what we can consider part 2 of the sidebar 'Freedom is not the Default setting of Society' Alan looks at the year 1974 and the simple thesis that if you were a betting man you would have backed Communism, Military Juntas and Crypto Fascist Authoritarianism for the Win when looking at a Map of the World, and that we as a society take the F word for granted right now. Yep there's also silly accen...

In Episode 31 I talk to my old friend Ivar from ENSLAVED We discuss the positivity of cultural differences, what it feels like to be cultural 'ambassadors' for your country as you travel the world, what it was like to go against the Black Metal grain back in the day and embrace the Old Gods, his emotional return to the stage and the future for Artists in an ever changing digital landscape among ma...

In Episode 30 Alan can not avoid the unavoidable and this one is dedicated to the US Election. He pulls up a front row seat, dons a cape and some spandex and gets ready for a good old fashioned Royal Rumble of a wrestling match. Even though he admits to being born in 1876 and not knowing who any of the wrestlers were......as if......remember, don't take him that seriously! Support this show http:/...

BONUS PODCAST In this bonus podcast Alan takes a more light hearted look at how we can keep our sanity during lockdown and why giving a F about Art, Culture, Theatre, Community and things beyond our screen is more important than ever.... Published before the Election! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

In this Episode Alan discusses political polarisation, and the lack of nuance in modern society. What does conspiracy theory even mean? Are we about to enter some dystopian world of digital social control? ....where does the rubber meet the road between fact, fiction and madness? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast....

In E 27 Alan discusses what returning to and living under Level 5 of Lockdown means in Ireland. The reasons why this has happened and what the reaction is. Have Irish people only a romantic notion of themselves as rebels and lost the stomach for questions of Liberty and Freedom? What does this mean for wider society as we enter a winter of discontent. Has the media been complicit in giving politic...

In this Episode AA considers the city, his love/hate relationship with Dublin, do cities have a future and what place do we have in them in the 'new normal'. Might just be time to up and leave. Is the party over? maybe we outstayed our welcome at the Tavern and it's now kicking out time. A brief look back at almost getting into a fight with Tygertailz while on ecstasy and the run down on the Top 3...

In E 25 Alan recalls a trip to Chernobyl in the Ukraine, formerly the Soviet Union which was the site of the worlds biggest nuclear disaster. A place that fascinated him as a child, this story describes what it is like to stand 20 metres from the Reactor, ramble through radiated forests, the ghost town of Pripyat and stand beneath the towering Woodpecker early warning system. It also contains some...

In Episode 24 Alan exercises his newly found mastery of the Russian Language! and lays out the new 12 point plan for the satellite communist state of Dublinistan. A satirical yet kinda serious look at Dublin under the strictest lockdown in all of Europe. He takes a look at the political timeshare mess the state finds itself in politically and then wanders into civil liberties, the attention econom...

Episode 23 is again a very special guest and also another videocast!! This time it's the enigmatic and reclusive Mat McNerney (Grave Pleasures/Hevvessel/ex Beastmilk/Dodhaimsgard/Code and more) who was more than kind to give me his thoughts and opinions on the current situation we are in, what it might mean for Artists and Art and how we can pull together. Mat is without a doubt one of the most ta...

In Episode 22 Alan looks at the state of the Live Music Industry and who is trying to take to the stage and where, and what the future might look like. How can sub cultures survive the lockdown? as local bars and venues will surely go to the wall. He also examines why Ireland has the most strict lockdown, what the figures and science mean and how we seem to be caught up in a cycle of croneyism, co...

In Episode 21 Alan returns with a special guest! Andy Sneap is the current stand in guitar player for Glen Tipton in Judas Priest, ex played in both Hell and Sabbat and producer/engineer of metal albums from Accept to Exodus to Nevermore over two decades in the business! They discuss touring and playing in the 80s, the influence Sabbat had on the Black Metal scene, recording techniques and how the...

AA is on a short break, normal service will be resumed next week!! Thanks for all your support!! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 20 Alan examines cancel culture and freedom of speech in society at large and what it means for music and metal in general. the how, when and where it came from and how not to avoid being duped into advocating censorship. Why we have common enemies and shared characteristics regardless of our politics and who prospers from keeping us at odds with other! Support this show http://supporte...

This is a bonus podcast. A short discussion that was originally on my Youtube channel about Spotify and some advice for musicians in times of lockdown. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this rambling episode Alan talks about depression and mental health and the best ways of understanding and dealing with it. How this has been affected by the lockdown and who stands to benefit. Reads a story about some 'crazies' in his area and discusses the cult of big pharma, our habit of self medicating and those who wear self diagnosed signs of mental health as a badge of victimhood. Suppor...

In this episode Alan rambles about Primordial's appearance at the online European Metal Festival Alliance the previous weekend, what no live industry means for crew, the caravan of summer festival experiences. How an odd group of misfits on the fringes of society are starting to march through Dublin, what that might mean. Finishing with a look at what the underground meant back in the day, fanzine...

In this episode Alan answers fan submitted questions and rambles across many different fields, from the upcoming American Election to his favourite cities and places to play and visit, across cancel culture, tries out various different accents, grills the music industry and then pokes that dastardly algorithm once again! Normal service will be resumed next week! Support this show http://supporter....

A bonus short podcast, Alan/nemtheanga looks back on the creation of the 7th Primordial album from 2011. Also available as a video cast on the bands official Youtube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiDRNOCPik0 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Episode Alan rambles and recollects some crazy cocaine fulled stories of his first visit to the US and New York, which takes in escaping from near death, empathetic UPS drivers, mistaken identity, Puerto Rican rap battles and lines and lines and lines of Colombias finest. Considers what we can do to try and preserve our mental health and another rather pessimistic report from the Music Ind...

A bonus podcast discussing mental health, agency, purpose and how we try and keep ourselves together and not unravel in testing and difficult times. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.