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Talking Bollocks
by Howard H Smith
Talking Bollocks is the fortnightly podcast hosted by Acid Reign frontman and stand up comedian Howard H Smith. You get new music, opinions, revealing interviews and lots of laughs.
Episodes
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Episode 556: London May Samhain & Don Argott Anthrax
Patreon Fun I am joined on the show by former Samhain drummer and actor extraordinaire London May. He had a surprise for me as he brought Anthrax video director Don Argott onto the show with him and we all got along famously. We cover a myriad of topics from London's double life as an actor and...
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Patreon Access The Reducer Episode 186: Sham City And The Cult Of Kaldoon Hello Bollockers! If you like football give this a listen, if you don't, don't. This is me and two Dave's who I met doing stand up and have been working with on comedy, scripts etc for nearly 30 years. The full three man…
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Episode 555: Dan Lilker - Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth, Anthrax
Patreon Goods At last I've got my old mate Dan Lilker on the show! It's been a long time coming but then again so has Dan's entry into social media which is just one of the many topics we cover. Then it's on to the news and possibly the most poignant news section of all time! This Is Brutal…
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Episode 554: Markus Makkonen - Ghoulstars
Patreon Goodies In this episode Markus and I talk all things Ghuolstars, from formation as a once a year Halloween side project to full on debut album "The Dark Lords Of The Universe". It's a really interesting and organic story, much like the way I discovered them which was Markus ordering a...
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Summer Movie Bollocks
Patreon Sign Up I review 23 movies and 7 TV Series in just over an hour. Movies: Dorothea, Jamie Vardy Untold, Vinnie Jones Untold, Jack Ryan Ghost War, Hokum, Supergirl, Maxxxine, Mosul, The Death Of Robin Hood, Good luck, have fun, Don't Die, Dianno Iron Maidens Lost Singer, Michael, The…
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Old Bollocks - Episode 32
Patreon Gear We're back and chatting about the latest releases from Devildriver, Left To Die, Warsenal, Psycroptic, Protest The Hero and Voivod. Old Head YouTube
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Episode 552: Jason Psycroptic & Andy Instigators
Patreon GOLD Two bands, two singers. First up Jason and I talk all about Psycroptic with Jason about being from Tasmania, their new killer album The Pulse of Annihilation and how they plan to tour it. Also some proper singer chat about in ear monitors! Then it's on to Andy Turner who is vocalist...
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Episode 551: Movie Maker Wes Orshoski
Free Money Click Here You may know Wes from such movies as The Damned - Don't You Wish That We Were Dead or the biopic simply called Lemmy. Well he has a new documentary out called Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer and was kind enough to not only let me see it ahead of general digital release…
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Episode 550: John Gallant - Billy Talent
Patreon Gold I meet up with my old mate John in the bowels of Wembley Arena and take a stroll down memory lane to try and make sense of how they ended up here! As always the news is the news and it's always news when Dave's involved. This Is Me And James Bollocks. Mastodon Movie
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Episode 549: James Neeson Metal Author
Patreon Gateway I welcome James to the show to talk all things Metal, all things Mental Health and Metal Mental Health. James's story is a fascinating one and well worth listening for all you budding book writers out there as well as any of you who are/have/no someone into metal who is…
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Episode 292: Matt Fox - Shai Hulud
Patreon Offers This is one of the most enjoyable chats I have had in a long time. Matt returns to the show for the first time in 8 years just ahead of their first European and UK headline tour in years. Prepare for lots of chat about thrash, metal, hardcore and music of all types as we have a...
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Episode 291: Dan Goldsworthy Talking Daze Of The Week Art
Acid Reign Insider Programme In another Daze Of The Week special Dan and I talk all about the new Acid Reign album cover art from concept to realisation, complete with a few detours along the way. This Is Script For A Jesters Fear Bollocks. Video
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May Movie Bollocks
Patreon Offers I review 19 movies: Wrecking Crew, Hellfire, Redux Redux, War Machine, Saipan, Giant, Dead Man's Wire, Ready Or Not 2 Here I Come, Mercy, The Trail, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Ballad Of A Small Player, Avatar Fire and Bollocks, Influencers, Send Help, Crime 101, Project Hail Mary,...
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Episode 290: Old Head Interviews Me About Daze Of The Week
Patreon Goodies My good friend Steven Ivy asks all the right questions and I try to give some right answers the writing, recording and releasing of the first Acid Reign album for nearly seven years. This Is Old Head Bollocks Video Interview
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Old Bollocks: Episode 31
Amazing Patreon Content We get stuck into new releases from: Cryptic Shift, Corrosion Of Conformity, Metal Church, Eradikated, Sylosis, Nervosa & Sepultura. Have it! Old Head YouTube
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Episode 289: Elvin Csizmadia - Guitar/Vocals Eradikated
Patreon Sign Up I get to have a chat with Elvin from Swedish thrashers Eradikated. They first came to my attention with their debut album Desendents which I liked and now they have blown that out the water with the epic Wiring Of Violence. We talk all about their history which began way before...
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Episode 288: Brandon Battick & The Pet Shop Boys
Patreon Good Stuff Let me explain. First up my good friend and fellow stand up comic and metal geek Brandon returns to the show who you may know from his excellent podcast Disturbing The Priest. We get into all sorts of metal chat as he was preparing for a bay area special when we recorded this…
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Talking Bollocks Special - Raven Records
Patreon Gateway One Saturday morning I went down to visit Chloe & Ben who run Raven Records in Camden a haven for metalhead's, music lovers and coffee fanatics alike. After a geek out around the shop and some great coffee I got to sit down and chat all about what made them risk everything and…
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Episode 287: Jason Mcloughlin D.A.M.
Patreon Free Membership Let the madness begin it's my old touring mate Jason from D.A.M. We chat about their newly released compilation Inside The Wreckage (copies to be won listen to learn how), what the bands plans are, if any and we chat about both of our careers and how they have developed…
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Episode 286: Ryan & Xander - Cryptic Shift
Exclusive Patreon Offers My Yorkshire brethren are on the show after they finally release their opus Overspace & Supertime. There is so much to talk about, signing to Metal Blade, the UK scene, old school shows and pits we have a right old chat. As always there is a news section featuring Gene...
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Episode 285: Metal Legend DJ Will
Patreon Goodies The legendary DJ Will is on the show! A stalwart of the LA thrash scene he was there at the very beginning and we get into it all. The very beginnings of thrash, tape trading and his time as A&R at Metal Blade & Capitol Records. The news is here in all it's blocked nose glory with...
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Old Bollocks: Episode 30
Free Patreon Subscription We're back and review Megadeth, Stabbing and Howard goes through his top five of 2025 plus all the usual music chat. This Is Old Bollocks. Video
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Flashback Bollocks - Andreas Kisser Sepultura
Patreon Free Membership First released in December 2020 as part of SepulQuarta but recorded much earlier in the midst of lockdown I chat to Andreas all about Quadra. How did the album come together, the aborted world tour, family, mental health, music and more over the course of 90 minutes. This…
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Post Xmas Movie Bollocks
Patreon Offers I got through a lot of movies over Xmas so here are reviews for twenty two films and nine TV shows. Movies: Soft And Quiet, Predator Badlands, Wake Up Dead Man, She Rides Shotgun, Nurenberg, Bugonia, Fackham Hall, Death Of A Unicorn, Relay, Sisu: Road To Revenge, Troll 2, Black…
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Episode 284: Jayce Lewis Producer - Rammstein, Queen, Acid Reign
Patreon Offers Jayce is back! He takes time out from his busy schedule to have a chat. We cover a multitude of subjects from digital verses analogue recording, his time working with Queen and Rammstein, hanging with thrash legends and Joe Calzaghe! We even mention the upcoming Acid Reign album…
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Flashback Bollocks - My All Time Favourite Interview
Join Patreon For Free In 2026 This will always be my favourite interview no matter who I get the chance to speak with in the coming years. This is my chat with Franky De Smet Van Damme singer with Belgian metal gods Channel Zero and the story of a letter received by us both 21 years previously....
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Episode 283: Marc Jackson - Venom Inc/Acid Reign/M:Pire of Evil
Patreon Xmas Offer It's time to get my old mate Marc on the show to see what's been going on since he left AR almost exactly a year ago. We chat all things Venom Inc, South America, new music and some of the more painful commitments that touring brings. As always the news is picked through with…
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Merry Movie Bollocks!
Xmas Patreon Presents It's time for some more short and sweet movie reviews of: F1 The Movie, The Naked Gun, Weapons, Companion, Sinners, Caught Stealing, Murder Mystery 1&2, Tron Ares, Boys From County Hell, The Perfect Neighbour, A House Of Dynamite, Freaky Tales & One Battle After Another....
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Episode 282: Rob Urbinati - Sacrifice
Patreon Goodness In this episode I am joined by the legendary main man of Canadian thrash pioneers Sacrifice, Rob Urbinati. They released their latest album "Volume Six" earlier this year which I was tipped off about by Todd from Propagandhi (thanks Todd!) and its an absolute old school banger....
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Flashback Bollocks: James Murphy Death/Obituary/Cancer/Testament
Patreon Goodies From the vaults this one comes from back in 2017 when I had my first chat with James. This is possibly the most revealing and longest interview I've ever done as about half way through he volunteer's to talk about a part of his life that he'd never really made public before. That…
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Episode 281: Knox Colby - Enforced
Patreon Exclusives The one and only Knox Colby returns to the show on the eve of recording their new album. He goes deep on label shenanigans, what the future of Enforced looks like, how that's changed from just one album ago and all of the challenges the band has had to deal with. As always…
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Old Bollocks Episode 29
Patreon Free Cashback We're back dropping bombs! This time we get into Gridiron, Dead Heat, Rage, Igorrr, Testament, Tribal Gaze, Revocation & Dark Angel. This Is Old Bollocks. Show Video
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Episode 280: David Davidson - Revocation
Patreon Cool Stuff Dave is back on the show and this time it's to chat about their latest album New Gods, New Masters. We get into how it all came together and also about the up coming 25th anniversary of the band. Then it's off to the news and there's plenty to get through including amazing…
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FlashBack Bollocks: Chad Gray Mudvayne & Hellyeah
Get Your Patreon On This is the first of a new series called FlashBack Bollocks. From time to time I will drop a favourite interview from the decade old vaults starting with Episode 4 from 2014 and a chance to hear my chat with Chad. This Is FlashBack Bollocks.
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Episode 279: Peavy From Rage & Podcaster Dan Hudson
Patreon Good Stuff Is Here Two interviews in one episode? That's a throwback right?! For the first time in years I bring you a double header of interviews that could not be more different. First up is Peavy from Rage who are about to drop the killer album A New World Rising very soon so we talk…
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Marvellous Movie Bollocks
Free Patreon Stuff Dinner In America Here we go, grab some popcorn and strap yourself in for reviews of 20 movies and 9 TV series! Movies: Captain America Brave New World, Warfare, Inside Man: Most Wanted, Dinner In America, The Accountant2, The Rule Of Jenny Pen, Old Guard 2, Ballerina, 28 Years...
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Old Bollocks Episode 28
FREE Patreon Shizzle Here We are back and running the rule over releases from: End It, Deftones, Turnstile, Wanted, Paralysis, Sacrifice, Desaster & Alice Cooper. Video Show
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Episode 278: Todd Kowalski - Propagandhi
Patreon Free Access One of the reasons for starting this podcast was to get to interview some of my favourite bands. My history with Propagandhi goes way back and Todd and I get a chance to talk ALL things music. By that I mean of course we talk about their new album but boy do we go DEEP into...
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A Year In Bollocks - Black Mirror Reflections
This is the first episode of a new series from myself and Paul of A Year In Horror Podcast. We are going back and reviewing every episode of Black Mirror from the very beginning and it will be exclusively available on our Patreon channels. If you'd like to get them and all the other good stuff…
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Episode 277 Andy Edwards: Sculptor Of Legendary Lemmy Statue
FREE Patreon Membership One of my favourite days this year was the unveiling of Lemmy's statue in his home town of Burslem. One man was the initial driving force behind the project and that was sculptor Andy Edwards. Here we talk all about the impact the statue has had on the area (BIG) and what...
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Episode 276: Dan Goldsworthy - Artwork Man Thrash Metal Nerd Out PTII
FREE Patreon Membership Last time Dan was on we both felt we only scratched the surface of our love of metal and especially thrash. Here we go DEEP into the history of it, how he discovered metal and then thrash as a kid in the late 90's early 20000's, we try and shout out those long lost smaller...
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Old Bollocks Episode 27
Join Patreon For Free! We get together again and discuss releases from Propagandhi, Fishbone, Sodom, Destroyers Of All, Ready For Death, Alarum & Last Retch. Video Available Here
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Episode 275: Jango Holder - Producer & Spatial Audio Specialist
Patreon Bonus Bollocks! Jango and I met at the Ace Of Spades spatial audio launch event as he was the man tasked with creating the mix in his "Feel The Noize Studios". He gives a fascinating insight into how the mix was created and we also discuss his career to date and where things may go from...
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Episode 274: Andy Pilkington - Very Metal Art
Patreon Shit Binge & Purge Andy is back! It's been a good long while since I had my mate and one of the UK's hardest working metal artwork specialists on the show. We cover every topic imaginable from album covers, to difficult clients to the ever changing landscape of the metal world. As always...
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Episode 273: Alan Hungerford - The Man Behind The Bands, Behind The Woman Behind Bloodstock
Patreon Pure Gold I welcome my good friend Alan Hungerford to the podcast. Alan works behind the scenes making sure some of your favourite bands gear gets where it's supposed be, when it's supposed to be there no matter where that is in the world and I find out who, why and where! He is also…
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Episode 272: Chris Ojeda - Byzantine
Free Patreon Shit Chris Ojeda is founder, singer, guitarist, engineer, producer, mixer and songwriter so he is THE man to speak to about all things Byzantine. With brilliant new album Harbingers set to drop imminently we get into the weeds of how their first album for seven years came together.…
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Old Bollocks Episode 26
Free Patreon Stuff We have reviews and actual music on this episode for you. We check out new releases from (some of which are so new they are not out yet) Propagandhi, Cancer, Ghost, Heavens Gate, Inhuman Nature, The Haunted, Byzantine & Exorcism. This Is Old Bollocks. Old Head YouTube
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Massive Movie Bollocks
FREE Patreon Membership In this episode I give you my opinions on 21 movies and 14 TV series! Movies: Love Lies Bleeding, Blink Twice, The Heretic, The Order, Conclave, Sleeping Dogs, Slingshot, Smile 2, The Operative, Get Away, Inbred, Den Of Thieves 2, Laws Of Man, September 5, Highwaymen…
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Episode 269: John Walker - Cancer
FREE Patreon Membership The UK's premier Death Metal band are back with a new album and John and I get to talk all about the creation of it. We also pop back to the glory years, recording with Scott Burns and hanging out in the Florida scene. The news just wouldn't be the news without some Gene...
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Episode 268: Sean Killian Vio-Lence
Patreon FREE Access Sean returns to the podcast for the first time and we discuss everything from holding a line up together, their upcoming European tour and possibility of new Vio-Lence music! The new format continues with the "news" following and an unlikely interview with Gene Simmons. This…
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Talking Bollocks is the fortnightly podcast hosted by Acid Reign frontman and stand up comedian Howard H Smith. You get new music, opinions, revealing interviews and lots of laughs.
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