History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff
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History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff
History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff is the show that aims to make grand and often oddball hard rock and heavy metal points through a narrative built upon the tiny idea of a quintet of songs. Buttressed with illustrative clips, Martin argues quickly and succinctly why these songs - and the speci...
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History in Five Songs Episode 329: American Doom in the ‘70s
In Episode 329 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin digs through the decade’s heavy underground to find traces of early U.S. doom metal...
History in Five Songs Episode 328: The Last Hair Metal Album
In Episode 328 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores “the last hair metal album”—digging into the moment before grunge overtook...
History in Five Songs Episode 327: The Last Progressive Rock Album
In Episode 327 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin ponders the question of which record truly marked the end of prog’s golden era, tra...
History in Five Songs Episode 326: Punk in 1976
In Episode 326 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin tracks the explosive pre-album stirrings of punk—from the Ramones’ debut and the Sa...
History in Five Songs Episode 325: The Cult of Randy Bachman
In Episode 325 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores how Randy Bachman’s relentless pursuit of hit songs shaped BTO, Trooper, P...
History in Five Songs Episode 324: Happily Fooled by Outside Songwriters
In Episode 324 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores how outside songwriters like Desmond Child, Jim Vallance, and Diane Warren...
History in Five Songs Episode 323: The Outside Songwriter’s Worst Sin
In Episode 323 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin rants about "the outside songwriter’s worst sin"—pop vocal melodies—spotlighting ho...
History in Five Songs Episode 322: The Ideal Replacement Singer
In Episode 322 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin delves into the tricky art of finding the ideal replacement singer, while breaking...
History in Five Songs Episode 321: The American Revolution of 1975
In Episode 321 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin contemplates how the mid-'70s marked a seismic shift in rock as American hard rock,...
History in Five Songs Episode 320: The Curious Chaos of Hair Metal Live Albums
In Episode 320 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores the “curious chaos” of hair metal live albums, as he surveys the patchy, i...
History in Five Songs Episode 319: Ozzy’s Long Death Reckoning
In Episode 319 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores “Ozzy’s Long Death Reckoning,” tracing lyrical themes of mortality, spirit...
History in Five Songs Episode 318: Ozzy’s Warnings to the World
In Episode 318 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin pays tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne by exploring the apocalyptic, anti-war, and...
History in Five Songs Episode 317: Non-American Hair Metal
In Episode 317 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin
ponders the limited success and distinctive characteristics of non-American...
History in Five Songs Episode 316: Bands Ruined by Funk
In Episode 316 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin takes a cheeky sideways swipe at the groove: Martin lines up Deep Purple, Queen, Th...
History in Five Songs Episode 315: Metal Classics That Sold Nothing
In Episode 315 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives deep into the fascinating world of heavy metal albums that never achieved gol...
History in Five Songs Episode 314: When Writing Credits Matter
In Episode 314 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores how songwriting credits can shape — or sometimes have little impact on — o...
History in Five Songs Episode 313: What did you do during hair metal?
In Episode 313 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin delves into how a wide range of hard rock and metal bands navigated the hair metal...
History in Five Songs Episode 312: Unexpected AOR Albums
In Episode 312 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores a curious subset of rock history—unexpected AOR albums—by spotlighting ban...
History in Five Songs Episode 311: Covers, not grunge, killed hair metal.
In Episode 311 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin argues that the real nail in hair metal's coffin wasn’t grunge, but the wave of uni...
History in Five Songs Episode 310: Struggling with the Greatest New Wave Bands
In Episode 310 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin wrestles with defining the genre and counts down his five favorite—yet genre-challe...
History in Five Songs Episode 309: New Wave’s Pub Rock Problem
In Episode 309 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin delves into the theory that traditional, conservative pub rock diluted the innovati...
History in Five Songs Episode 308: Who invented new wave?
In Episode 308 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives into the murky origins of new wave music, exploring whether bands like Velvet...
History in Five Songs Episode 307: Knighted Rock Stars
In Episode 307 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives into the fascinating and sometimes controversial world of UK rock stars who’v...
History in Five Songs Episode 306: Offshoot Band, Shadow Band
In Episode 306 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin toys with the concept of "shadow bands"—offshoot groups formed by former members th...
History in Five Songs Episode 305: Bands That Became American
In Episode 305 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives into how bands like Whitesnake, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath, though origin...
History in Five Songs Episode 304: The Best Real Estate on a Vinyl Album
In Episode 304 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin ponders the underrated power and artistry behind the opening track of side two on v...
History in Five Songs Episode 303: The Stealth Platinums
In Episode 303 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores the phenomenon of "stealth platinums" — albums from hard rock and metal ba...
History in Five Songs Episode 302: Prog Bands’ Top Ten Seconds
In Episode 302 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin relives his favorite top 10-second moments from progressive rock bands, highlightin...
History in Five Songs Episode 301: There’s no such thing as proto-punk.
In Episode 301 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin argues that there's no such thing as proto-punk, exploring how bands like The Saint...
History in Five Songs Episode 300: The Guitar Weave
In Episode 300 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin conceptualizes the "guitar weave," a musical interplay between two guitarists, focu...
History in Five Songs Episode 299: Punk Albums Late by a Year
In Episode 299 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin pontificates on punk albums from 1978 that were released a year later than expected...
History in Five Songs Episode 298: The Yes Solo Album Break
In Episode 298 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin delves into the solo projects of Yes members between their albums Relayer and Going...
History in Five Songs Episode 297: Lighter but Better?
In Episode 297 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores how certain bands like Rush, Cheap Trick, and The Damned, surprised him by...
History in Five Songs Episode 296: The Last Great Pre-Metallica Albums
In Episode 296 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores the "last great pre-Metallica albums" from 1983, analyzing how bands like...
History in Five Songs Episode 295: The Rock Hall’s Individual Problem
In Episode 295 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff,, Martin toys with the complexities of individual artists' chances of entering the Rock and...
History in Five Songs Episode 294: Early Kiss Songs Not by Kiss
In Episode 294 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin plays with early KISS-like sounds from bands such as Slade, Sweet, and April Wine,...
History in Five Songs Episode 293: Am I too much of a punk snob for hardcore?
In Episode 293, Martin pontificates on his punk snobbery and its impact on his journey into hardcore, reflecting on the punkiest songs, his evolving m...
History in Five Songs Episode 292: The Mack Attack
In Episode 292 of History in Five Songs, Martin delves into the unique production style of Reinhold "Mac" Mack, tracing his early career and distincti...
History in Five Songs Episode 291: The Five Greatest Songs Ever Written
In Episode 291 of History in Five Songs, Martin considers why Aerosmith's "Draw the Line" and other killer songs deserve their places as one of the fi...
History in Five Songs Episode 290: Two Songs in One
In Episode 290 of History in Five Songs, Martin has a look at the concept of "two songs in one," highlighting tracks from artists like The Beatles, Ye...