
History in Five Songs Episode 366: The Four Pre-Perfect Strangers Albums
In Episode 366 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin traces the four key albums recorded by future Deep Purple members before their reunion on Perfect Strangers. Martin further explores...
30 Kesä 36min

History in Five Songs Episode 364: Best Weird Lineup Records
In Episode 364 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin celebrates rock and metal’s greatest one-off lineups, highlighting albums where a unique combination of musicians appeared just once ...
16 Kesä 34min

History in Five Songs Episode 363: Title Not in the Lyrics
In Episode 363 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives into the curious world of songs whose titles never appear in their lyrics. He uses examples from heavy metal, prog, grunge, an...
9 Kesä 34min

History in Five Songs Episode 362: Prog and Metal
In Episode 362 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin delves into how heavy metal and progressive rock evolved as musical "doppelgangers," tracing their shared roots, parallel development...
2 Kesä 37min

History in Five Songs Episode 361: Career Sabotage Albums
In Episode 361 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin discusses “career sabotage albums.” These daring, strange, or self-destructive records by bands like Fleetwood Mac, Ministry, and Ni...
26 Touko 35min

History in Five Songs Episode 360: Melody
In Episode 360 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin takes a deep dive into the power and pitfalls of melody, contrasting the “gas station meal rock” vocal hooks of bands like Nickelback...
19 Touko 31min

History in Five Songs Episode 359: Thrash and Hair Metal as Doppelgangers
In Episode 359 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin toys with the kindred nature of thrash and hair metal and how the two genres influenced each other's development and came from the sa...
12 Touko 33min




















