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 specific sections of these tracks - support his mad professor premise, from the wobbly invention of an “American” heavy metal, to the influence of Led Zeppelin in hair metal or to more succinct topics like tapping and twin leads. The songs serve as bricks, but Martin slathers plenty of mortar. At the end, hopefully he has a sturdy house in which this week’s theory can reside unbothered by the elements. At approximately 7000, Martin has had published in books more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned approximately 85 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record collecting. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
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- History in Five Songs Episode 320: The Curious Chaos of Hair Metal Live Albums 12.08.2025
- History in Five Songs Episode 319: Ozzy’s Long Death Reckoning 05.08.2025
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- History in Five Songs Episode 317: Non-American Hair Metal 29.07.2025
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- History in Five Songs Episode 315: Metal Classics That Sold Nothing 08.07.2025
- History in Five Songs Episode 314: When Writing Credits Matter 01.07.2025
- History in Five Songs Episode 313: What did you do during hair metal? 24.06.2025
- History in Five Songs Episode 312: Unexpected AOR Albums 17.06.2025
- History in Five Songs Episode 311: Covers, not grunge, killed hair metal. 10.06.2025
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- History in Five Songs Episode 309: New Wave’s Pub Rock Problem 27.05.2025
