History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

A podcast by Pantheon Media - Tuesdays

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286 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs 186: The Pasha Sound

    Published: 1/17/2023

  2. History in Five Songs 185: Famous Last Words

    Published: 1/11/2023

  3. History in Five Songs 184: Was Hair Metal Born in Canada?

    Published: 1/3/2023

  4. History in Five Songs 183: Punk Explained Right Away

    Published: 12/27/2022

  5. History in Five Songs 182: Sounds Like “Kashmir”

    Published: 12/20/2022

  6. History in Five Songs 181: Best Album Titles

    Published: 12/13/2022

  7. History in Five Songs 180: Worst Album Titles

    Published: 12/7/2022

  8. History in Five Songs 179: New Romantic: An Alternate Path

    Published: 11/29/2022

  9. History in Five Songs 178: Snowglobe Bands

    Published: 11/22/2022

  10. History in Five Songs 177: Title Track Weirdness

    Published: 11/15/2022

  11. History in Five Songs 176: Rock ‘n’ Roll Medley

    Published: 11/8/2022

  12. History in Five Songs 175: Stand Alone Singles

    Published: 11/1/2022

  13. History in Five Songs 174: That Undeniable Song

    Published: 10/25/2022

  14. History in Five Songs 173: That One Massive Album

    Published: 10/19/2022

  15. History in Five Songs 172: Started as Psych

    Published: 10/11/2022

  16. History in Five Songs 171: Chorus First

    Published: 10/4/2022

  17. History in Five Songs 170: Short-Lived Genres

    Published: 9/27/2022

  18. History in Five Songs 169: Consensus Best Songs

    Published: 9/20/2022

  19. History in Five Songs 168: No Category Bands

    Published: 9/13/2022

  20. History in Five Songs 167: Worst Songs By Consensus

    Published: 9/6/2022

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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.