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In this very special episode, J.D. Belanger from the Commodore Ballroom shares stories from stage left of the stars and offers tips and insights for bands when first playing professional venues. Take a moment to experience life with the friendliest sound tech from Alberta in Day Drinkin’ with SHAG from The Lizard Lounge.

00:00 J.D. Belanger’s SHAGadelic history

02:50 J.D.’s Tips for New Bands

06:00 System of a Down

10:16 A Happy Hired Gun

15:49 Rowdiest Genre

19:27 Crash Test Dummies

21:32 Big Wreck and Nickelback

28:22 Eddie Vedder Hugs

38:23 FREAKERS BALL BONUS

#nickelback #bigwreck #commodoreballroom #systemofadown #eddievedder #shagtheband #vancouvermusicscene #crashtestdummies

In the conclusion of our chat with three-time Juno award winner, two-time Western Canadian Music Award winning writer, producer, musician Murray Pulver we explore backstage experiences and sharing stages with Bryan Adams, Alanis Morrisette, Poison, and see what can happen when you’re ready when “the call” comes...

00:00 Producers and Engineers06:20 Murray’s Greatest Musical Moments11:48 Living the Moments with Bryan Adams14:55 Murray’s Guitar Heros19:31 Nashville Days23:39 Backstage with the Scorpian’s Klaus Meine28:35 Being Ready When the Call Comes#murraypulver #crashtestdummies #poison #klausmeine #alanismorissette #brotherslandreth #nashvillemusicscene #docwalker ##musicpodcast #veal #vancouvermusicscene #vancouverpodcast #vancouver

Three-time Juno award winning, two-time Western Canadian Music Award winner writer, producer, musician Murray Pulver enters the Lizard Lounge in the first of a two-part beerfest exploring his time in the Crash Test Dummies, Doc Walker, the Winnipeg music scene and more.

00:00 Murray Pulver

02:32 Juno Juno Juno

03:50 Winnipeg Jets

06:17 Hoser Nights

10:18 Origin Story

14:42 Part-time Radicals

20:36 Winnipeg Music Scene

26:35 Lemon Salted Lager

27:32 FIFA time

#murraypulver #crashtestdummies  @NHLJets  #winnipeg #fifa #brotherslandreth #winnipegmusic #docwalker #thesmalls #propagandhi #corblund #musicpodcast #beer #hockey #nardwuar #vancouvermusicscene #vancouverpodcast #vancouver

Day Drinkin’ with SHAG Season Two Premiere live from The Lizard Lounge! Join Trixie, Krash and Daj as they shamelessly pander for your affection and join in on the first ever Season Two "Would You Fancy a Shag” Poll !!!

00:00 Lernin’s

03:30 Fun at the Commodore

05:55 What’s coming out of yer’ tap

06:48 Panderins0

8:00 Viewers’ Poll

11:20 Post-gig Hangover

20:35 Stage Challenges of the day

30:30 Shock Me

#shockme #shagtheband #daydrinkin #kiss #shockme #austinpowers #comedy #commodoreballroom #podcast #coverband #vancouvermusicscene #vancouverpodcast

Episode 10 - You Gotta Have Moxie!

In the SEASON ONE FINALE of Day Drinkin’ with SHAG, Krash, Trixie, and Daj welcome the newest SHAGette Moxie Grüvous to The Lizard Lounge for a second round of day drinking. Join us as we explore Moxie’s past and even get her to reveal a special secret. Band dynamics get tested as we delve into our discussion of the cocaine-fuelled inter-band sex of Fleetwood Mac with a light sprinkling of Beatles and Stones to top things off.

00:00 Meet Moxie Grüvous

13:10 Bandynamics

15:20 Fleetwood Mac Attack

29:00. Cocaine Annie

33:44. “A Macless SHAG”

38:02 Moxie’s Secret

39:08 Another round of Buckingham Nicks, please…

44:40 Lizard Lounging Beatle’s n’ Stones

#daydrinkin #shagtheband #musicpodcast #canadianhumour #coverband #vancouverlivemusic #fleetwoodmac #beatlespodcast #rollingstones #lizardlounge #newpodcastalert

Trixie’s past comes back to haunt her as drummer Sparky Williams tells stories from Saskatchewan to the Wet Coast in Episode 9 of Day Drinkin’ with SHAG. This week’s Lizard Loungers explore Sparky’s life from original band, cover band, corporate band to his current tribute band Volcano: the Music and Shenanigans ofJimmy Buffet!00:00 Sparky Time10:20 Confessions of a Corporate Band15:50 Song Selection17:11 The Rod Stuff19:07 Tribute Bands23:50 Married by Elvis32:36 Krash's Kiss Tribute Band Experience39:02 Lord Eno Has a Hand in Everything43:25 Loving the Music#shagtheband #jimmybuffett #brianeno #pentictonelvisfestival #elvisfestival #coverband #canadianhumour #musicpodcast #musicpodcast #vancouverlivemusic #vancouvermusicscene #vancouvermusic #elvis

We are honoured to host Tin Can Alley Studio owner Posh Rodney as he gets SHAGged in this episode exploring the Vancouver recording scene from historic studios to present and insider studio takes … and weeping for Krash’s hockey pool…#shagtheband #hotones #jakethesnakeroberts #peterkilgour #coverband #canadianhumour #musicpodcast #musicpodcast #vancouverlivemusic #vancouvermusicscene #vancouvermusic #mikefraser #heart #mushroomstudios #littlemountainstudios

Krash, Trixie, and Daj welcome SHAG bassist Twaco Tonehammer to The Lizard Lounge where they discuss the economics of music culture, the dichotomy of professional versus amateur musicians, and how is technology rebalancing the scales.00:00 Hide the ABBA

04:27 There Once Was a Band Named SHAG…

05:08 More Spunk

11:14 Love or Money

13:52 Whipped Cream Dream

15:32 Ian Tamblyn

20:45 Music as Community Fabric

26:15 Modern Music Economics

37:14 Never had a straight job

41:47 Fingering the Establishment

44:15 Permissive Parents Killed LIve Music?!?

#newpodcastalert #shagtheband #iantamblyn #musicpodcast #chrisisaak #donhenley #boysofsummer #podcastmusic #vancouverlivemusic #coverband #canadian #canadianhumour #vancouvermusic #vancouvermusicscene

Daj, Trixie, and Krash welcome SHAG the Band’s keyboardist Jimmy Sturgeon to the Lizard Lounge.  Come discover the deep dark secrets of High School Musical Theatre and hear the band reveal what really happens when you play in a band with older musicians when you are young… okay, it’s you get paying gigs… PLUS we get a letter from Ultra Sunn keyboardist Gaelle Souflet from Brussels in anticipation of their upcoming show at the Rickshaw Theatre April 2, 2026.

00:00  Bear Poop Beer v. CatPooChino

05:45  Swimmin’ with Jimmy Sturgeon

23:20  Great Keyboardists: Stupid Lists

28:50  A letter from Ultra Sunn

40:52  Of Tickle Trunks and Faves 

#ultrasunn #newpodcastalert #shagtheband #naturecalls #catpoochino #musicpodcast #podcastmusic #vancouverlivemusic #coverband #canadian #canadianhumour #vancouvermusic #vancouvermusicscene rickshawtheatre #thomasdolby #science

With an utterly astounding lack of any sense of irony Day Drinkers Krash, Trixie, and Daj pontificate upon the virtues of those rock and rollers living a clean and sober life as they quiz each other on some shockingly irrelevant pieces of rock and roll trivia.Return to the Lizard Lounge and discover unique aspects of Canadiana including some prized locations for learning how to smoke in elementary school drawn from bygone millennia.00:00 Sorachi Ace05:40. Ultra Sunn09:45. Brass Camel - "Ice Cold” Perfection17:00. “You gotta follow that…”19:20 Playing with the Quiztrix23:10 Elbow, Saskatchewan28:20 Joni says/Selma says: on smoking…33:56. Clean and Sober Rockers38:40 The "much-fabled" Rock and Roll Hall of Fame #newpodcastalert #sorachiace #bisonbc #ultrasunn #ladygaga #brasscamel #icecold #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknrollhalloffame #shagtheband #musicpodcast #podcastmusic #vancouverlivemusic #coverband #canadian #canadianhumour #vancouvermusic #vancouvermusicscene #canadiana

Meet the youngest member of SHAG the Band: our senior SHAGette VINYL VIXEN!!!

Krash, Trixie, and Daj discover how being in a band with your dad isn’t always the type of “dad band” experience you might think! From the fightclub-like world of competitive a cappella to the Commodore stage, Vinyl Vixen “tells all” revealing just how hard it is to tap dance your way into a multigenerational rock and roll cover band.

00:00 Vinyl Vixen

03:43 Tin Can Tumble

05:45 Age Gap Bands

13:45 Raintaining

21:20 Family Bands

26:29 Death of a Leafs fan

32:00 Catherine O’Hara

37:00 Heated Rivalry

#catherineohara #newpodcastalert #shagtheband #musicpodcast #podcastmusic #vancouverlivemusic #coverband #canadian #canadianhumour #vancouvermusic #vancouvermusicscene

Day Drinkin’ with SHAG - Episode 3 - “These are Difficult Times”Join Trixie, Krash, and Daj from SHAG the Band day drinking at The Lizard Lounge as they explore rock and roll legal battles while clearly NOT giving any legal advice. Metallica versus Napster, Randy California versus Led Zeppelin, John Fogerty versus … John Fogerty!?!00:00 WindKill Factor03:20 These Are Difficult Times05:10 Band Talk: Black Country New Road; Ian Blurton’s Future Now; Howling Mind Glide09:15. Band Law: NOT LEGAL ADVICE - Metallica v. Napster; Randy California v. Led Zeppelin; John Fogerty v. Himself!!!12:35 Enter Randy California16:18 And now a message from OK Boomers…19:30 BUT WAIT… there’s more…27:40 Metallica v. Napster38:00 One Piece at a Time39:50 Performance litigation: ELO and beyond44:03 Randy California the man the hero the legend#newpodcastalert #metallica #napster #shagtheband #musicpodcast #podcastmusic #vancouverlivemusic #randycalifornia #ledzeppelin #johnfogerty #coverband #canadian #canadianhumour #vancouvermusic #vancouvermusicscene #litigation

Catch up with Krash, Trixie, and Daj on their return from the Bowie Ball and journey down a rabbit hole of performance rock talk while enjoying another Headbanger beer from The Lizard Lounge.

In this episode, get an insiders look at the bands, venue, and great technicians who came together at the 11th Annual Bowie Ball at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver, Canada and join SHAG talk about how performance values have evolved in Rock music.

00:00 Today’s Brew

02:00 The Bowie Ball overview

05:00 Bowie Ball Bands: Disaster in a Dress, Roots Yard, Crushed Velvet, SHAG the Band, China Syndrome, Star Collector, Cass King and the Cassettes, The Bombshells, Space Junk, The Van Rays, The Walk Ins.

09:30 Amp It Up

11:30 Maybe You Go To A Jazz Bar

12:50 Danger Falling Metal Head

15:30 The Bowie Ball

16:30 Darkwads

18:10 Evolution of Performance Rock

21:40 I, Alice

25:55 White Punks On Dope

29:30 SeaBus to the Rescue

30:30 Mom Created a Monster

33:30 Anything Can Happen#newpodcastalert #bowieball #shagtheband #musicpodcast #podcastmusic #vancouverlivemusic #hughdillon #headstones #coverband #canadian #canadianhumour #vancouvermusic #vancouvermusicscene #weird

​Direct from the Lizard Lounge: Trixie Johnsen, Daj Ronson and Krash Radley of SHAG the Band explore the journey of being a local Vancouver cover band while pondering life's mysteries through the finely filtered focus of Headbanger Breweries most recent creations.  

​This is the premier episode of Day Drinkin' with SHAG from the Lizard Lounge somewhere in the wilds of British Columbia. In this episode, come join the band in its post-lockdown oasis Lizard Lounge discuss topics from band formations, bad behaviour, to punk football.

00:00 Some SHAG

02:30 This would take $100,0000

3:00 Schmirler the Curler

04:00 Headbanger Brewing

05:22 Origin Stories and SHAGging the Band

15:00 Spunk (...the band)

17:30. The SHAGgettes

19:10. The tragic tears of a Coverband

22:40. SHAMELESS PROMOTION #1 Jimmy Buffett cover band VOLCANO Feb. 28, 2026 at the Surrey Bell Performing Arts Centre

24:00 RUSH the cover band

27:30. Falling in love with performing music - the childhood tragedy of Krash Radley’s ukulele

32:45. There’s no flutes in Liverpool

36:15. Band House stories #1

38:00. Punk Rock Football

#newpodcastalert #musicpodcast #shagtheband #podcastmusic #vancouverlivemusic #headstones #hughdillon #canadiancoverband #coverband #canadian