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Talking Bollocks

The Metal comedy podcast from Motörcast (@officialmotorhead) host, @acidreignuk frontman & stand-up comedian Howard "H" Smith. You get opinions, revealing interviews & lots of laughs!🤘

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01:15:40

Episode 240: Adam & Dylan Are Fermentor

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2023/11/30

Please Support The Podcast In nearly ten years of this show I have the first instrumental band on the podcast. These guys play in a number of bands as you will hear, the most well known one of which is friends of the show Atheist. With a new Fermentor album about to drop the lads got in touch and I am so glad they did as the twisted metal landscapes these guys create are quite something to behold. The resulting interview is fun, informative and in depth as I ask the questions that need asking, what

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01:19:53

Episode 239: Pascal Davayat Cowboy Bootmaker To The...

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2023/11/15

Support The Podcast I catch up with former Motörcast guest and bootmaker extraordinaire Pascal Davayat. He has made boots for so many famous rockers like Lemmy and Dee Snider but his own story is even more amazing. We touch on all sorts of topics from music to film from architectural brutalism to the Bullet Boys and don't forget nearly being run over by Warren Beatty and lots of 80s metal chat! There is also my latest run in with the news where an old friend comes back for the last time and I have

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01:16:50

Movie & TV Bollocks Review Special

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2023/11/06

Support The Podcast It's that time again where I delve in to what I've been watching so you don't have to. Twenty movies and eleven TV series are coming your way in this episode. Movies: Kandahar, Blood And Gold, Blood And Money, The Forever Purge, Killer Book Club, Kajaki The True Story, Sympathy For The Devil, Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Bollocks, The Hired Gun, Tenet, Mom And Dad, Reptile, Nando Fordor & The Talking Mongoose, Master Gardener, Totally Killer, The Burial, Mission Impossible

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01:05:56

Episode 238: Igor Cavalera GO AHEAD AND DIE & Cavalera

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2023/11/01

Fucking Patreon It's time for Igor and I to have a chat without Max. For their debut album it was all three of us but Igor has taken the reins of this album and made it his own and whilst traveling across the US on tour he tells me all about it. He reveals all about his many projects and also the "real" job he had to do whilst writing this album. Then there is the news (which includes a musical interlude) this is NOT work safe from the very beginning. This Is Staind Bollocks. Video Interview Go

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47:04

Jekyll Movie Premiere Special

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2023/10/27

Support Talking Bollocks Patreon A Year In Horror Podcast My friend Paul Waller of A Year In Horror asked me if I wanted to go to the relaunch of Hammer films and see the premiere of Jekyll starring Eddie Izzard. My answer was of course I do and this is what happened.

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59:15

Old Bollocks Episode 18

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2023/10/20

Support Me (Howard NOT him!) It's time for your favourite reviewers to get stuck into some new releases and this month the targets in our sites are........ Cannibal Copse, Prong, Dying Fetus, Capra, Somnuri, Filth Is Eternal, Go Ahead & Die, AsInHell, Eradikated, & The Lion's Daughter. This Is Old Bollocks. Video - Old Head YouTube

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47:31

Episode 462: Tommy Victor - Prong

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2023/10/16

Podcast Patreon It's been a while but Tommy Victor is back on the show! In this chat we get down to talking about the new Prong album State Of Emergency pretty quickly which is with good reason. Firstly it is why Tommy is doing a ton of interviews and secondly I want to talk about an album that will almost certainly be in my top five of 2023. There is also a bit of a good vibes news section that is likely to astound and dumbfound in equal measure. This Is Good News Bollocks. Video Interview

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01:05:21

Episode 461: Miles Hackett BMG & Noise Records

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2023/09/30

Support The Fucking Podcast Miles is back and with lots to tell us all about upcoming Noise Records news. We have a great chat around all things music business, trends in the current climate, metal as a major label imprint and what a nice guy Nikki Sixx is! Plus the usual round up of news that isn't news and one particular band and booker who would appear to try to be recreating the late 90's. On purpose! This Is Cruise Ship Bollocks.

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01:24:38

Episode: 149 Nige & Heather Of Chupacabra

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2023/09/15

Give Me Money! Burn The Clowns Chupacabra is a great track. Myself Nige & Heather discuss all things Chupacabra and their debut EP. From it's inception and writing through lockdown to eventual recording, release and how Nige got involved with D.X. Ferris and the Talkin' Slayer Podcast. There is the usual run through the news in an more unusual way. This Is Backwards Bollocks. Video Interview Chupacabra

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01:40:18

Special Episode: Comedian, Podcaster & Metal Head...

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2023/09/08

Support The Fucking Podcast! Brandon comes on my podcast after I guested on his excellent Disturbing The Priest Podcast. We both rattle away about metal, Mustaine, Metallica and lots, lots more hope you can keep up. This Is Brandon Battick's Bollocks. Video Interview Disturbing The Priest Podcast

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01:17:11

Episode 148: Kelly Shaefer Till The Dirt & Atheist...

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2023/08/31

Support Podcast Patreon It's been two years since Kelly and I last had a chance to catch up and a lot has happened. Till The Dirt, is Kelly's "other" band and have just put out their groundbreakingly brilliant debut album but as you will hear nothing is that straight forward. This is a real in depth conversation about every aspect of being in a band. From huge highs to catastrophic lows. Kelly also reveals exclusively for the first time why he had to cancel the Atheist European tour with just a few

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01:25:05

Episode 147: Ol Drake - Evile

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2023/08/15

Support Podcast Patreon Ol is back and if you have ever heard of the four Yorkshiremen sketch? Well this is the thrash metal hour long equivalent! Not really BUT we do cover a huge amount of topics during this free-range conversational wander. Of course we cover the new album but we also get to song writing process, singing lessons, hyper focus, ADHD, moaners, the past, the present and the future. There is a cursory review of the "news", some good, some bad, some devastating and some about a band

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57:44

Old Bollocks Episode 17

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2023/08/10

Support Podcast Patreon We are back and we have new music to talk about! So stand by for our pronouncements on Till The Dirt, Skindred, The Fierce And The Dead, Cavalera, The Idiots, In Flames and The Gorge. This Is Old Bollocks. Old Head YouTube

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53:19

Movie Bollocks - Film & TV Reviews

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2023/08/07

Support Podcast Patreon It's that time again when I share what I think of what I have been watching since the last episode came out. As always I get through as many as possible in an effort to maybe help you decide what to watch one night. This episode contains reviews of 17 movies and 8 TV Series. This Is Movie Bollocks.

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01:19:22

Episode 146: Kev & Matt From The Fierce & The Dead

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2023/07/31

Support Podcast Patreon Everything is different as it's an album release episode! News From The Invisible World came out on July 28th and I got to chat all about it with Matt & Kev. We end up discussing a lot more besides as this is a band with a LONG and somewhat complex past hence this is their first album for a very long time and first with vocals! There is lots to talk about. There is a sort of review of the metal news but it's more an assault on the lack of real news than anything

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01:06:33

Episode 145: Music For Nations Label Boss Julie Weir

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2023/07/15

Support Podcast Patreon In this episode I get to catch up with all around Metal Label Legend Julie Weir. Not only is Julie responsible for signing the three biggest UK metal bands of the last 30 years but she also now runs the Sony Music imprint Music For Nations. In a free flowing chat we get to cover everything from how the business has evolved and what young bands need to do now through to comparing 80's/90's gig notes and experiences. There is the usual ransacking of recent "news" stories,

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01:29:06

Episode 144: Talkin’ Slayer With D.X. Ferris.

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2023/06/30

Support Podcast Patreon The most self explanatory episode title I think I've ever had, it's time for the return of everyone's favourite Slayer author to the podcast DX Ferris! Yes we cover the hell out of Slayer and the whole Talkin' Slayer Podcast concept, delivery and launch. As well as a bunch of other stuff that has nothing to do with Slayer more life in general. There is also a reduced but no less meaningful run through some of the weeks biggest stories in Metal. Stories that frankly are not

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01:06:52

Old Bollocks Episode 16

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2023/06/21

Support The Podcast Patreon This month we get stuck into new releases from: DevilDriver, Creeping Death, Nemesis, Vomitory, Avenged Sevenfold & we accidentally stumbled into covering the new Slipknot "EP" as well. There are also musings on: What happens when bands change direction and who it effects and how, Local Death Metal live shows, Pitbull's, Chips, Salt, Crisps and all the usual hands across the ocean cultural exchange pointless fucking tangents. This Is Piss And Vinegar Old

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Episode 143: Jon Gallant - Billy Talent

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2023/06/15

Support Podcast Patreon In this episode I am able to catch up with friend of the show and all round top man Jon Gallant bass player with those legendary Canadians Billy Talent. We discuss the bands rise and rise throughout Europe where they have become firm favourites due to constant touring over the last twenty (!) years. This also takes place at the venue so a real throwback to old episodes for those old school bollockers out there. Then I run through what has been going on with Slipknot, who

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01:30:01

Episode 142: Kim Hawes Legendary Tour Manager

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2023/05/31

Support Podcast Patreon In this episode I welcome to the podcast one of the first ever female tour managers, Kim Hawes. We discuss her career working with Motorhead, Rush, Elvis Costello and Black Sabbath to name a few and we also get into the business of touring, how you break into the industry and of course her fantastic book that has just come out "Lipstick And Leather". Plus the usual news features which in this episode takes a slightly different direction to those of past episodes. This

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