AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

In E 132 AA considers the role of Artificial Intelligence Art generators, recently producing lyrics videos for the likes of Slayer and Megadeth, will there be a need for graphic artists in the future…

Are we living too fast for slower music? have our attention spans been shredded too much to take in bands who would have made the main stage at a festival 20 or 30 years ago? are we just taking in to…

Tuesdays Agitators bonus is heavy metal random ramble about heavy hair, what is it......who are the key players and albums, why you should get your friends together drink straight whiskey and deal wi…

In a long overdue episode 130 is a re-reading and discussion of George Orwells 1984, is it a cliche to reference? why do people react to the word Orwellian, does it exist. Why does every generation s…

Tuesdays tongue in cheek podcast is a sideways look at ageing, becoming classic Dad rock, and getting older with your crowd. Is there anything wrong with this? are we ageing like a fine wine, should …

Seeing as Primordial is playing this weekend in Bulgaria and Romania I thought I would take a look back at the same trip we made in the year 2000, our first shows in Eastern Europe other than Poland …

After a few heavy political podcasts let's make todays a simple chat about the legacy of the band Venom! the band without whom almost everything we listen to would be very different, thrash, speed, d…

After a few heavy political podcasts let's make todays a simple chat about the legacy of the band Venom! the band without whom almost everything we listen to would be very different, thrash, speed, d…

Episode 127 is a look at what's happening in Iran, as the people take to the streets to protest the brutal murder of a young woman named Masha Amini by religious authorities. First hand messages from…

Tuesday's bonus metal and rock ramble is thought on rewatching the Metallica documentary 'Some kind of monster' some 15 years after last viewing it. Hetfield handing the band over to a therapist and …

In episode 126 I discuss Biden declaring the pandemic over, Putin partially mobilising troops in Russia, do our western leaders actually want an end to the war, why they want to sell brand spanking n…

Tuesday's rock and metal chat starts with a short eulogy to Manowar and then gets to grips with why a hometown show is always different, why last weekends Primordial was exactly that, have we had our…

As promised Episode 125 eventually gets to discuss the worst gig I ever played, what I learnt from it and how you cope when things begin to unravel, via being asked repeatedly about the Queen dying, …

Todays podcast is a pretty simple one, me discussing my favourite album of all time, does what it says on the tin! This originally appeared on my Patreon in 2021, for this kinda bonus content head ov…

Back from vacation feeling slim and recharged AA gets sidetracked and embarks on a ramble across the energy crisis, what happened to the war in Ukraine? where are all the 4 star general and ordinance…

AA is on vacation, Bonzo goes to Bitburg eh? Normal service will be resumed next week

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As a companion piece to last weeks report on Beyond the Gates festival this Friday's podcast is a continuation of some bar room chat I had over an over expensive pint or two up in Bergen, so this is …

After sharing an article on my Instagram about the culture of merch concessions, where bands have to give a % of their merch sales to venues, festivals etc. I was still surprised to see how many peop…

Tuesdays rock n roll ramble is about the prospect of cancelled tours because of low ticket sales, so what are the reasons why people are not buying tickets? Social? cost of living price hikes? travel…

This episode is a report from Beyond the Gates festival in Bergen, my most attended festival somehow! did Black Metal 'come home' in the famous Grieghallen with Enslaved, Emperor and Mayhem? why is t…