AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

90s Megadeth vs 90s Maiden? bald or not bald? why do we prefer one politicians over another? people who are really obsessed with politics forget most people don't care. Much delayed but rather vague …

After another year of gigging and travelling it's time to take a look at where the metal scene, where the underground is at more specifically, what trends are happening....as if I know! and discuss t…

This one is something I haven't done in a long time! fielding some questions from my Instagram!!

From misconceptions about being in a band to Ireland's lack of heavy metal history and only a few ment…

Episode 228 is a chat with American youtuber and podcaster Jon Barbas who hosts the Heavy Metal Philosophy page and platforms

We discuss masculinity in metal, whats positive and whats a grift within t…

I don't solve the Middle East in this episode, or drone on about the American election or really answer any of life's big issues, that is unless you are a vintage merch collector, trader or simple pl…

Today's post red wine podcast is about criticism and how to deal with it, is tuning out of the comments cheating? the pressure on bands to have instagram ready stage shows and do they over shadow the…

Todays podcast is a chat with Dan from both Wolcensmen and Solstice, which may seem controversial to some, but very normal and standard to others, and while we don't agree on everything the principle…

A stop gap episode as I am about to go on a short tour this week ahead and my throat has seen better days! so here is the last Metal Salvage chat between Joe from Gama Bomb and myself, random daft an…

We hear the word libertarian and the phrase classical liberal a lot these days but where does it come from? what do libertarians believe and maybe you are one and don't know it? along with some other…

On this weeks podcast I discuss the recent case of Michael Smith, a prompter, music generator who was arrested for gaming Spotify's system, generating 100 000s of songs with AI, uploading them and th…

Lately I've been getting a lot of emails and messages from new bands and musicians asking how can they make the next step! first mistake asking a grumpy old dude like me right? well, how do you play …

This week I discuss the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov and how the cartoonish fake news became the soviet style disinformation, the dynamic pricing debacle over Oasis tickets and how gigs hav…

In this episode I discuss why Boomers are starting to only now notice there are no new rock bands anymore....and what part they played in that, how lad culture that was once celebrated in the 90s was…

Simple one this week, with another festival season under my belt I wonder how many more times this happens, the law of diminishing returns! being nearer the end than the beginning, going up against h…

Episode 215 is a chat with my mate Jason from US dark pagan post Black Metal pioneers AGALLOCH ! however you want to describe them one of the most beloved and individual bands of the last few decades…

This may be an unusual move but this is an entire album of

VERMINOUS SERPENT 'The Malign Covenant' which I played bass/vocals on along with JD on guitars (Slidhr) and MB (Malthusian) on drums

it came …

Was the opening Olympic ceremony a heinous Blasphemy or just daft woke folly? Why the Marquis de Sade appeals to Libertine edgelords but is a bad role model and why I wanted 5 minutes alone with Fouc…

A stopgap episode offering some essential advice for bands! and a newly found interview from the vaults.....from 1998 about Journey's End with that RTE Metal show! Ireland's main broadcaster back in …

I mean what else could I talk about? Nature is Metal......Trump being totally Metal? well, old school Metal at least....back when Manowar were greased, ready and in their prime. Did Trump just quote …

In a week where I pay way over the odds for a record I've wanted since 1989 to add to my personal ballast/collection, I ask is it really worth it? is there any romance really in clicking a button and…