History in Five Songs Episode 342: Title Track as Last Track
In Episode 342 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin contemplates the unusual choice of albums where the title track appears last, and examines what that placement says about the songs a...
2 Feb 36min
History in Five Songs Episode 343: Biggest Left Turns
In Episode 343 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores the most surprising and often baffling musical “biggest left turns,” spotlighting bands that radically and unexpectedly rein...
20 Jan 32min
History in Five Songs Episode 341: Good Riddance to the ‘70s
In Episode 341 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin rings in the "new year” of 1980 by examining how classic rock, metal, punk, and new wave bands either reinvented themselves, stalled ...
6 Jan 36min
History in Five Songs Episode 340: Painkiller on The Razors Edge
In Episode 340 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin treats Judas Priest’s Painkiller and AC/DC’s The Razor’s Edge as near-identical 1990-era comeback doppelgangers, comparing their timi...
30 Dec 202533min
History in Five Songs Episode 339: Stick Around
In Episode 339 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores how persistence and simply staying in the game can eventually pay off, using life-lesson stories and musical examples—from G...
23 Dec 202533min
History in Five Songs Episode 338: Rock ‘n’ Roll Vampires
In Episode 338 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores why veteran rock stars like Alice Cooper, Robert Plant, Rob Halford and others collaborate with younger musicians, examining...
18 Dec 202538min
History in Five Songs Episode 337: Missed the Pre-Grunge Window
In Episode 337 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin examines rock and metal bands that “missed the pre-grunge window” by failing to release one more album before grunge’s 1991 breakthro...
9 Dec 202535min
History in Five Songs Episode 336: Snuck One in Before Grunge
In Episode 336 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin ponders the bands who managed—through timing, luck, pivots, or pure momentum—to sneak in a successful album just before grunge explod...
9 Dec 202534min
