History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

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  1. History in Five Songs 166: Songs You Shouldn’t Cover

    Published: 8/30/2022
  2. History in Five Songs 165: Self-Titled

    Published: 8/24/2022
  3. History in Five Songs 164: The Birth of Stoner Rock

    Published: 8/17/2022
  4. History in Five Songs 163: Grunge from Away

    Published: 8/9/2022
  5. History in Five Songs 162: Concept Album Flops

    Published: 8/2/2022
  6. Last published episode: 'History in Five Songs 161: First a Guitar Solo

    Published: 7/26/2022
  7. History in Five Songs 160: The Jim Morrison Complex

    Published: 7/19/2022
  8. History in Five Songs Ep. 159: Psychedelic ‘90s Metal

    Published: 7/12/2022
  9. History in Five Songs 158: Songs About Radio

    Published: 7/5/2022
  10. History in Five Songs 157: Solo Albums from Drummers

    Published: 6/28/2022
  11. History in Five Songs Ep. 156: When Thrash Slowed Down

    Published: 6/23/2022
  12. History in Five Songs 155: The 'It' Band

    Published: 6/15/2022
  13. Episode 154: How Heavy Can It Get?

    Published: 6/7/2022
  14. History in Five Songs 153: No Top End

    Published: 5/31/2022
  15. History in Five Songs 152: No Bottom End

    Published: 5/24/2022
  16. History in Five Songs 151: Senior Singer Report Card

    Published: 5/17/2022
  17. History in Five Songs 150: Proto-Progressive Metal

    Published: 5/11/2022
  18. History in Five Songs 149: Guest Female Voices

    Published: 5/4/2022
  19. History in Five Songs 148: The First Great Productions

    Published: 4/26/2022
  20. History in Five Songs 147: The Last of the First Mods

    Published: 4/19/2022

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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.