History in Five Songs Episode 335: Motörhead and Saxon as Doppelgangers
In Episode 335 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin traces the parallel rise, stumbles, and enduring legacies of Motörhead and Saxon, showing how the two bands evolved like true heavy-m...
25 Nov 202535min
History in Five Songs Episode 334: Why a Rock ‘n’ Roll Song?
In Episode 334 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin digs into why so many rock, metal, and even punk bands slip old-school 1950s-style rock-and-roll rave-ups into their albums, explorin...
18 Nov 202534min
History in Five Songs Episode 333: First Track Buzz-Kill
In Episode 333 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives into those puzzling album openers that deflate excitement right out of the gate—exploring songs that worry, confuse, or misrepr...
18 Nov 202536min
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 ...
4 Nov 202536min
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 ps...
28 Okt 202536min
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 ...
23 Okt 202532min
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 ...
14 Okt 202530min
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 ...
7 Okt 202533min
