History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

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286 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs Episode 285: Vocal Intros

    Published: 12/10/2024

  2. History in Five Songs Episode 284: Bands Ruined by Hair Metal

    Published: 12/3/2024

  3. History in Five Songs Episode 283: Totally Invested in Title Tracks

    Published: 11/26/2024

  4. History in Five Songs Episode 282: Not Big on Title Tracks

    Published: 11/19/2024

  5. History in Five Songs Episode 281: Early Rush Songs About Mortality

    Published: 11/12/2024

  6. History in Five Songs Episode 280: Heaviest Canadian Albums of the ‘70s

    Published: 11/5/2024

  7. History in Five Songs 279: Which bands do comedy?

    Published: 10/29/2024

  8. History in Five Songs 278: Sacred Songs I’ve Always Rejected

    Published: 10/22/2024

  9. History in Five Songs 277: Missed the Boat on an '80s Live Album

    Published: 10/15/2024

  10. History in Five Songs 276: Live Albums: The Decade-by-Decade Fade

    Published: 10/8/2024

  11. History in Five Songs 275: Which Deep Purple era has the best intros?

    Published: 10/2/2024

  12. History in Five Songs 274: Exiled Rockers on Fire

    Published: 9/24/2024

  13. History in Five Songs 273: 1979 was the worst year for rock.

    Published: 9/17/2024

  14. History in Five Songs 272: Late-to-Arrive Hair Metal Bands

    Published: 9/10/2024

  15. History in Five Songs 271: More Famous Last Words

    Published: 9/3/2024

  16. History in Five Songs 270: LP Band to CD Band Starkly

    Published: 8/27/2024

  17. History in Five Songs 269: Old Band, New Guy, NWOBHM

    Published: 8/20/2024

  18. History in Five Songs 268: UFO Spotted Over the NWOBHM

    Published: 8/13/2024

  19. History in Five Songs 267: Locating the Rolling Stones Sound

    Published: 8/6/2024

  20. History in Five Songs 266: Is Black Sabbath progressive metal?

    Published: 7/30/2024

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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.