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    <title>SlapperCast - Episodes Tagged with “Influences”</title>
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    <description>&lt;p&gt;SlapperCast is a weekly podcast by Blaggards, a band based out of Houston, TX. Hosted by Patrick Devlin (lead singer &amp; guitarist) and Chad Richard Smalley (bassist). Past guests include drummer Vinny Appice and comedian Doug Stanhope. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Full video versions of each episode are published on the &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgPnYk70e080KQnQcCeTCgw"&gt;SlapperCast YouTube channel&lt;/a&gt;. All episodes are mixed and edited by Chad.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;SlapperCast is a weekly podcast by Blaggards, a band based out of Houston, TX. Hosted by Patrick Devlin (lead singer &amp; guitarist) and Chad Richard Smalley (bassist). Past guests include drummer Vinny Appice and comedian Doug Stanhope. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Full video versions of each episode are published on the &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgPnYk70e080KQnQcCeTCgw"&gt;SlapperCast YouTube channel&lt;/a&gt;. All episodes are mixed and edited by Chad.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Episode 8: Gerbil on Cocaine</title>
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  <itunes:title>Gerbil on Cocaine</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Patrick and Chad begin exploring their musical influences… this is just the start of what will likely be an ongoing discussion across many episodes.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Patrick and Chad of &lt;a href="https://blaggards.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Blaggards&lt;/a&gt; begin a long discussion about their musical influences, to be continued next week in Episode 9.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;References for this episode&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzFfV-02-Ts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Stop Making Sense&lt;/a&gt; - 1984 concert film by Talking Heads&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQe_ZieiB0k" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;No Other Baby&lt;/a&gt; - Davee Bryan, with Chad on backing vocals&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/Kgq8u6yxwLk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Rifles of the IRA&lt;/a&gt; - Wolfe Tones&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/tAz84ZV7xF0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions (Live)&lt;/a&gt; - Queen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASitcSAk330" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Width of a Circle (Live)&lt;/a&gt; - David Bowie&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/Qu_ozjAu_vM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Cum On Feel the Noize&lt;/a&gt; - Slade&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/w00v2zVkX9g" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;B.Y.O.B. (Live)&lt;/a&gt; - System of a Down&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/RAIco_CTtwo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Black Metal (Live)&lt;/a&gt; - Venom&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.dublintown.ie/business/sound-cellar-original-rock-basement/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Sound Cellar&lt;/a&gt; - Music Shop in Dublin&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/auh5nKSSG7o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Hum Along and Dance&lt;/a&gt; - The Jackson 5&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/ZI3Wwis82cc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;I'm the Man (Live)&lt;/a&gt; - Joe Jackson&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/-k_ZjM1EbcY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Losfer Words (Live)&lt;/a&gt; - Iron Maiden&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-prog-interview-steve-harris" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Steve Harris: Genesis Was Never The Same After Peter Gabriel Left&lt;/a&gt; - Louder PROG (2015)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/PpFadrJ7a50" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Genesis Live at Bataclan 1973&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;"Anybody who picks up a guitar and tells you that there's some inner message that they're trying to convey...it's nonsense. They're not being honest. The reason they're doing this is they wanna get lots of chicks and they don't want to work for a living." - &lt;a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a1070/esq0702-jul-wil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Gene Simmons, Esquire Magazine (2002)&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/EzJs-tV7Lm4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Joe Rogan interviews David Lee Roth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/SwjNDhSKPk0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Rick Beato breaks down "Running With the Devil" by Van Halen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Join us in IRELAND this Fall&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blaggards.com/2019/02/ireland-october-2019-are-you-in/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Ireland 2019 - Are you in?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blaggards.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/blaggards-irelandtour-2019.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Ireland tour pricing and itinerary (PDF)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hammondtours.com/product/blaggards/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Sign up for the Ireland tour online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Show dates&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://blaggards.com/shows/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Blaggards.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Bandsintown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Follow us&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Become a Patron&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Join Blaggards on Patreon&lt;/a&gt; for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Rate us&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Questions?&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have questions for a future Q&amp;amp;A episode, &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;leave a comment on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;tweet them to us&lt;/a&gt; with the hashtag &lt;strong&gt;#slappercast&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <itunes:keywords>blaggards, stout irish rock, Irish rock, live music, band, houston</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Patrick and Chad of <a href="https://blaggards.com/" rel="nofollow">Blaggards</a> begin a long discussion about their musical influences, to be continued next week in Episode 9.</p>

<h3>References for this episode</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzFfV-02-Ts" rel="nofollow">Stop Making Sense</a> - 1984 concert film by Talking Heads</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQe_ZieiB0k" rel="nofollow">No Other Baby</a> - Davee Bryan, with Chad on backing vocals</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/Kgq8u6yxwLk" rel="nofollow">Rifles of the IRA</a> - Wolfe Tones</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/tAz84ZV7xF0" rel="nofollow">We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions (Live)</a> - Queen</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASitcSAk330" rel="nofollow">Width of a Circle (Live)</a> - David Bowie</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/Qu_ozjAu_vM" rel="nofollow">Cum On Feel the Noize</a> - Slade</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/w00v2zVkX9g" rel="nofollow">B.Y.O.B. (Live)</a> - System of a Down</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/RAIco_CTtwo" rel="nofollow">Black Metal (Live)</a> - Venom</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dublintown.ie/business/sound-cellar-original-rock-basement/" rel="nofollow">Sound Cellar</a> - Music Shop in Dublin</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/auh5nKSSG7o" rel="nofollow">Hum Along and Dance</a> - The Jackson 5</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/ZI3Wwis82cc" rel="nofollow">I&#39;m the Man (Live)</a> - Joe Jackson</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/-k_ZjM1EbcY" rel="nofollow">Losfer Words (Live)</a> - Iron Maiden</li>
<li><a href="https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-prog-interview-steve-harris" rel="nofollow">Steve Harris: Genesis Was Never The Same After Peter Gabriel Left</a> - Louder PROG (2015)</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/PpFadrJ7a50" rel="nofollow">Genesis Live at Bataclan 1973</a></li>
<li>&quot;Anybody who picks up a guitar and tells you that there&#39;s some inner message that they&#39;re trying to convey...it&#39;s nonsense. They&#39;re not being honest. The reason they&#39;re doing this is they wanna get lots of chicks and they don&#39;t want to work for a living.&quot; - <a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a1070/esq0702-jul-wil/" rel="nofollow">Gene Simmons, Esquire Magazine (2002)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/EzJs-tV7Lm4" rel="nofollow">Joe Rogan interviews David Lee Roth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/SwjNDhSKPk0" rel="nofollow">Rick Beato breaks down &quot;Running With the Devil&quot; by Van Halen</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Join us in IRELAND this Fall</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://blaggards.com/2019/02/ireland-october-2019-are-you-in/" rel="nofollow">Ireland 2019 - Are you in?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blaggards.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/blaggards-irelandtour-2019.pdf" rel="nofollow">Ireland tour pricing and itinerary (PDF)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hammondtours.com/product/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Sign up for the Ireland tour online</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Show dates</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://blaggards.com/shows/" rel="nofollow">Blaggards.com</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808" rel="nofollow">Bandsintown</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Follow us</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Become a Patron</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">Join Blaggards on Patreon</a> for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Rate us</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331" rel="nofollow">Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes</a> </li>
</ul>

<h3>Questions?</h3>

<p>If you have questions for a future Q&amp;A episode, </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">leave a comment on Patreon</a>, or </li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">tweet them to us</a> with the hashtag <strong>#slappercast</strong>.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards">Support SlapperCast</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Patrick and Chad of <a href="https://blaggards.com/" rel="nofollow">Blaggards</a> begin a long discussion about their musical influences, to be continued next week in Episode 9.</p>

<h3>References for this episode</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzFfV-02-Ts" rel="nofollow">Stop Making Sense</a> - 1984 concert film by Talking Heads</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQe_ZieiB0k" rel="nofollow">No Other Baby</a> - Davee Bryan, with Chad on backing vocals</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/Kgq8u6yxwLk" rel="nofollow">Rifles of the IRA</a> - Wolfe Tones</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/tAz84ZV7xF0" rel="nofollow">We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions (Live)</a> - Queen</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASitcSAk330" rel="nofollow">Width of a Circle (Live)</a> - David Bowie</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/Qu_ozjAu_vM" rel="nofollow">Cum On Feel the Noize</a> - Slade</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/w00v2zVkX9g" rel="nofollow">B.Y.O.B. (Live)</a> - System of a Down</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/RAIco_CTtwo" rel="nofollow">Black Metal (Live)</a> - Venom</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dublintown.ie/business/sound-cellar-original-rock-basement/" rel="nofollow">Sound Cellar</a> - Music Shop in Dublin</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/auh5nKSSG7o" rel="nofollow">Hum Along and Dance</a> - The Jackson 5</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/ZI3Wwis82cc" rel="nofollow">I&#39;m the Man (Live)</a> - Joe Jackson</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/-k_ZjM1EbcY" rel="nofollow">Losfer Words (Live)</a> - Iron Maiden</li>
<li><a href="https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-prog-interview-steve-harris" rel="nofollow">Steve Harris: Genesis Was Never The Same After Peter Gabriel Left</a> - Louder PROG (2015)</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/PpFadrJ7a50" rel="nofollow">Genesis Live at Bataclan 1973</a></li>
<li>&quot;Anybody who picks up a guitar and tells you that there&#39;s some inner message that they&#39;re trying to convey...it&#39;s nonsense. They&#39;re not being honest. The reason they&#39;re doing this is they wanna get lots of chicks and they don&#39;t want to work for a living.&quot; - <a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a1070/esq0702-jul-wil/" rel="nofollow">Gene Simmons, Esquire Magazine (2002)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/EzJs-tV7Lm4" rel="nofollow">Joe Rogan interviews David Lee Roth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/SwjNDhSKPk0" rel="nofollow">Rick Beato breaks down &quot;Running With the Devil&quot; by Van Halen</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Join us in IRELAND this Fall</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://blaggards.com/2019/02/ireland-october-2019-are-you-in/" rel="nofollow">Ireland 2019 - Are you in?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blaggards.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/blaggards-irelandtour-2019.pdf" rel="nofollow">Ireland tour pricing and itinerary (PDF)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hammondtours.com/product/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Sign up for the Ireland tour online</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Show dates</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://blaggards.com/shows/" rel="nofollow">Blaggards.com</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808" rel="nofollow">Bandsintown</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Follow us</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Become a Patron</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">Join Blaggards on Patreon</a> for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Rate us</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331" rel="nofollow">Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes</a> </li>
</ul>

<h3>Questions?</h3>

<p>If you have questions for a future Q&amp;A episode, </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">leave a comment on Patreon</a>, or </li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">tweet them to us</a> with the hashtag <strong>#slappercast</strong>.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards">Support SlapperCast</a></p>]]>
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