AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

Episode 77 is a chat with Jonas Renske from KATATONIA! a continuation of various backstage chats we've had over the years, we delve into the formation of the band, early recordings, musical influence…

This year is somehow the 30th anniversary of Primordial! so this is the first of a few ramshackle, sprawling stream of consciousness casts about how that happened, how we felt as young men starting o…

Episode 75 is a chat with Christian from Portrait, guitar player, Swede and sometime man with both moustache and fringe.....but you can only see that over on the videocast on my Youtube channel! We d…

Returning in 74 after a technical glitch which meant AA missed a week this is the long promised and perhaps unwise look at the history of Afghanistan, from the Anglo-Afghan war in 1839 through to the…

In E 72 I dissect the first Primordial gig in 20 months back after lockdown in London last weekend, how did they prepare? choose the setlist, travel procedures. how was it to step back into a busy ba…

In E 72 I chat with my old mate Chris from Winterfylleth, one of the most stirring and genuine bands of the last decade or so, genuine Pagan Metal in the true definition of the word! What it was like…

Does the return of a smattering of festivals across the continent signify the return of live music on some level or are they simply allowed to happen with restrictions simply because they are in the …

In E 70 AA answers some questions that came into his dm's, are musicians competitive? do they watch each others sets, do you want people to succeed or fail, does playing with a great band make you ra…

E 69 originally appeared on my Patreon but I thought it would be kinda cool now to share it on the main podcast, just a random list of 90s Metal Records that maybe you overlooked and are worth invest…

In E 68 AA talks about confirming gigs finally, what does that mean? will they happen? what does sitting on the fence mean? could it not just mean you are nuanced, don't go for the sexy black and whi…

In E 67 I talk with the legend that is Dan Lilker, from forming Anthrax 40 years ago, through Nuclear Assault, S.O.D and Brutal Truth we shared some beers and backstages over the years so mull over s…

AA Episode 66 is the audio of a video interview I did with Into the Necrosphere podcast, its an engaging, fiery, confrontational chat which touches on many of the events of the last 18 months, addres…

In E 65 I take aim with both barrels at a recent pilot live music event in Dublin, medical nepotism, nanny state-ism, people hemmed into cages to watch live music while being informed by the State to…

In E 64 I get into the new announcements in Ireland, moving backwards into further restrictions and not re-opening, is the new variant being used to scare people into accepting lockdown now simply as…

In E 63 I look at recent quotes in the NY Times on Matt Heafy from Trivium's earnings via Twitch and gaming as opposed to making music and what this says about the industry and how little money there…

In E 62 AA makes some questionable attempts at comedy, does a few silly voices but eventually settles into contemplating the potential truth of the lab leak hypothesis and what this means for the who…

E 61 is a chat with Chuck Keller of Order from Chaos/Ares Kingdom/Vupecula fame, AA has been sitting on this one for a while and it was about goddamn time it was released!!! Chuck played on one of my…

In E 60 AA considers the whys and wherefores of rock n roll having little or no impact in mainstream music anymore, from the 70s and 80s hard rock bands that ruled the roost to its collapse under it'…

In a new series of early week bonus content AA posts his CALL FROM THE GRAVE series to the podcast, these appear as videocasts over on his Youtube channel! This week AA looks at the career of Swiss m…

In E 59 AA discusses Glenn Danzig's statement that punk rock could not happen today because of cancel culture, growing up in an 80s WASP video, the PMRC....the original cancel culture strong arm of t…