History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

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286 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs 226: The Bruce Springsteen Family

    Published: 10/24/2023

  2. History in Five Songs 225: Heaviest '70s Live Albums

    Published: 10/17/2023

  3. History in Five Songs 224: Sequencing

    Published: 10/10/2023

  4. History in Five Songs 223: Bands Rarely Copied. But Not Never.

    Published: 10/3/2023

  5. History in Five Songs 222: Recalled Reactions: Big Debut Albums

    Published: 9/26/2023

  6. History in Five Songs 221: Recalled Reactions from 1976

    Published: 9/19/2023

  7. History in Five Songs 220: Hair Metal Skips by ‘70s Bands

    Published: 9/12/2023

  8. History in Five Songs 219: Hair Metal Fails by ‘70s Bands

    Published: 9/5/2023

  9. History in Five Songs 218: Hair Metal Wins by ‘70s Bands

    Published: 8/29/2023

  10. History in Five Songs 217: This Band's (Police Album)

    Published: 8/22/2023

  11. History in Five Songs 216: Finding Value in Instrumentals

    Published: 8/17/2023

  12. History in Five Songs 215: Song Title Non-Starters

    Published: 8/8/2023

  13. History in Five Songs 214: This Band's "Smoke on the Water"

    Published: 8/1/2023

  14. History in Five Songs 213: I can't unhear that.

    Published: 7/25/2023

  15. History in Five Songs 212: Drummers. Who's left?

    Published: 7/18/2023

  16. History in Five Songs 211: What's the point of this band?

    Published: 7/11/2023

  17. History in Five Songs 210: Zeppelin and Sabbath as Doppelgangers

    Published: 7/4/2023

  18. History in Five Songs 209: UFO and Thin Lizzy as Doppelgangers

    Published: 6/27/2023

  19. History in Five Songs 208: Glad They Went Poppy

    Published: 6/20/2023

  20. History in Five Songs 207: Grunge Requiems

    Published: 6/13/2023

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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.