History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

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304 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs Episode 303: The Stealth Platinums

    Published: 4/15/2025

  2. History in Five Songs Episode 302: Prog Bands’ Top Ten Seconds

    Published: 4/8/2025

  3. History in Five Songs Episode 301: There’s no such thing as proto-punk.

    Published: 4/1/2025

  4. History in Five Songs Episode 300: The Guitar Weave

    Published: 3/25/2025

  5. History in Five Songs Episode 299: Punk Albums Late by a Year

    Published: 3/18/2025

  6. History in Five Songs Episode 298: The Yes Solo Album Break

    Published: 3/11/2025

  7. History in Five Songs Episode 297: Lighter but Better?

    Published: 3/4/2025

  8. History in Five Songs Episode 296: The Last Great Pre-Metallica Albums

    Published: 2/25/2025

  9. History in Five Songs Episode 295: The Rock Hall’s Individual Problem

    Published: 2/18/2025

  10. History in Five Songs Episode 294: Early Kiss Songs Not by Kiss

    Published: 2/11/2025

  11. History in Five Songs Episode 293: Am I too much of a punk snob for hardcore?

    Published: 2/4/2025

  12. History in Five Songs Episode 292: The Mack Attack

    Published: 1/28/2025

  13. History in Five Songs Episode 291: The Five Greatest Songs Ever Written

    Published: 1/21/2025

  14. History in Five Songs Episode 290: Two Songs in One

    Published: 1/14/2025

  15. History in Five Songs Episode 289: False Endings

    Published: 1/8/2025

  16. History in Five Songs Episode 288: Gillan, Rainbow, Whitesnake and the NWOBHM

    Published: 1/1/2025

  17. History in Five Songs Episode 287: Where do I start?

    Published: 12/23/2024

  18. History in Five Songs Episode 286: A New Theory on What Caused Punk

    Published: 12/17/2024

  19. History in Five Songs Episode 285: Vocal Intros

    Published: 12/10/2024

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

    Published: 12/3/2024

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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.