History in Five Songs Episode 374: Jarring Volume Differentials
In Episode 374 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin examines how bands such as the Pixies, Queen, and Black Sabbath use dramatic shifts between quiet and heavy passages to create tensio...
25 Aug 35min
History in Five Songs Episode 373: Underrated Singing Guitarists
In Episode 373 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin celebrates underrated singing guitarists, exploring how artists including Brian May, Ted Nugent and Jerry Garcia are often overshadow...
18 Aug 34min
History in Five Songs Episode 372: Killed by Booze
In Episode 372 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin looks back at the tragic stories of rock and metal legends who died from alcohol-related illness and substance abuse. He including se...
12 Aug 36min
History in Five Songs Episode 371: Last Song, Best Song
In Episode 371 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores why some of rock and metal's greatest albums save their strongest statement for last. Closing tracks from Ozzy Osbourne, Met...
4 Aug 35min
History in Five Songs Episode 370: Underperforming Debuts
In Episode 370 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin examines why so many classic rock and metal bands, from Def Leppard to Rush and Iron Maiden, have debut albums that sold surprisingly...
28 Juli 35min
History in Five Songs Episode 369: Lowering the British blues boom
In Episode 369 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin argues how rock bands from the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin to Fleetwood Mac and UFO escaped the creative limits of the British bl...
22 Juli 37min
History in Five Songs Episode 368: Your new guitarist is a distraction.
In Episode 368 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explains how replacement guitarists can become welcome or unwelcome distractions by transforming a band's sound, identity, songwritin...
15 Juli 36min
History in Five Songs Episode 367: How crazy was 1991?
In Episode 367 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives into why 1991 stands as one of rock's most transformative years. He traces the remarkable flood of landmark hard rock, metal, ...
14 Juli 33min
