History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

A podcast by Pantheon Media - Tuesdays

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286 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs 146: Is there a NWOBHM sound?

    Published: 4/12/2022

  2. History in Five Songs 145: Bands with Angry Fans

    Published: 4/5/2022

  3. History in Five Songs 144: Pub Rock

    Published: 3/29/2022

  4. History in Five Songs 143: Fadeouts

    Published: 3/22/2022

  5. History in Five Songs 142: Light Band Heavy Single

    Published: 3/16/2022

  6. History in Five Songs 141: Songs Critical of the Music Biz

    Published: 3/9/2022

  7. History in Five Songs 140: Favourite Requiems

    Published: 3/1/2022

  8. History in Five Songs 139: The Next Def Leppard

    Published: 2/23/2022

  9. History in Five Songs 138: The US Response to UK Glam

    Published: 2/15/2022

  10. History in Five Songs 137: Glam Rock

    Published: 2/8/2022

  11. History in Five Songs 136: The Shadow Album

    Published: 2/2/2022

  12. History in Five Songs 135: Early Mutt Lange

    Published: 1/25/2022

  13. History in Five Songs 134: Drum Flourishes

    Published: 1/18/2022

  14. History in Five Songs 133: Epic Drum Intros

    Published: 1/12/2022

  15. History in Five Songs 132: Drum Hooks

    Published: 1/4/2022

  16. History in Five Songs 131: Dubious Cover Version Decisions

    Published: 12/29/2021

  17. History in Five Songs 130: Elevated by a Cover Version

    Published: 12/22/2021

  18. History in Five Songs 129: Those electronic drums sound good.

    Published: 12/14/2021

  19. History in Five Songs 128: Metallica or Megadeth? In 1990.

    Published: 12/8/2021

  20. History in Five Songs 127: British Metal in the ‘90s

    Published: 12/1/2021

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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.