History in Five Songs Episode 332: Shockingly Not on the Live Album
In Episode 332 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin digs into the most surprising omissions from classic live rock albums by legends like Led Zeppelin, Queen, and Rush—spotlighting the iconic tracks that somehow never made the cut.
Led Zeppelin – “Immigrant Song”
Queen – “Somebody to Love”
Rush – “Limelight”
AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
Blue Öyster Cult – “Astronomy”
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History in Five Songs Episode 331: Double-Powered Inventors
In Episode 331 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin ponders the bands and albums that helped invent multiple rock and metal genres at once—from Hendrix, Cream, and Pink Floyd shaping psychedelia, prog, and metal, to King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Sabbath, and Venom forging the foundations of progressive metal, power metal, goth, thrash, and black metal.
Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Love or Confusion"
King Crimson – “The Court of the Crimson King”
Uriah Heep – “Poet’s Justice”
Venom – “Witching Hour”
Metallica – “No Remorse”
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History in Five Songs Episode 330: The NWOBHM in 1979
In Episode 330 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores the birth of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in 1979, tracing the pivotal singles, band formations, and cultural shifts that set the stage for Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Saxon, and countless others to ignite a new era of heavy music.
Girlschool – “Take It All Away”
Motörhead – “Tear Ya Down”
Samson – “It’s Not as Easy as It Seems”
Vardis – “If I Were King”
Witchfynde – “Give ‘Em Hell”
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History in Five Songs Episode 329: American Doom in the ‘70s
In Episode 329 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin digs through the decade’s heavy underground to find traces of early U.S. doom metal—spotlighting bands like Sir Lord Baltimore, Blue Öyster Cult, and Kiss—while concluding that true doom wouldn’t fully take shape in America until years after Black Sabbath set the template.
Sir Lord Baltimore – “Kingdom Come”
Blue Oyster Cult – “This Ain’t the Summer of Love”
Kiss – “Strange Ways”
Aerosmith – “Nobody’s Fault”
Ted Nugent – “Venom Soup”
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History in Five Songs Episode 328: The Last Hair Metal Album
In Episode 328 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores “the last hair metal album”—digging into the moment before grunge overtook the charts to pinpoint which glossy, glam-fueled record marked the true end of hair metal’s unironically flashy golden era.
Guns N’ Roses – “Think About You”
Trixter – “Heart of Steel”
Slaughter – “Spend My Life”
Extreme – “Get the Funk Out”
Jackyl – “Brain Drain”
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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.
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