318 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs 78: Proggers Go Solo

    Published: 23/12/2020

  2. History in Five Songs 77: Southern Rock by Proxy

    Published: 16/12/2020

  3. History in Five Songs 76: Singer Equals Band

    Published: 09/12/2020

  4. History in Five Songs 75: This Album’s Too Long

    Published: 02/12/2020

  5. History in Five Songs 74: Not in the Rock Hall

    Published: 25/11/2020

  6. History in Five Songs 73: Crazy Ideas

    Published: 17/11/2020

  7. History in Five Songs 72: Lee Kerslake and Ken Hensley

    Published: 10/11/2020

  8. History in Five Songs 71: Southern Rot

    Published: 04/11/2020

  9. History in Five Songs 70: Imaginos and Re Imaginos

    Published: 28/10/2020

  10. History in Five Songs 69: Heaviest US Albums of the ‘70s

    Published: 21/10/2020

  11. History in Five Songs 68: Smarty Pants Metal

    Published: 13/10/2020

  12. History in Five Songs 67: Eddie Van Halen

    Published: 07/10/2020

  13. History in Five Songs 66: Strictly Commercial

    Published: 29/09/2020

  14. History in Five Songs 65: 300th Anniversary Tour

    Published: 23/09/2020

  15. History in Five Songs 64: New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, or not?

    Published: 15/09/2020

  16. History in Five Songs 63: Bluesy Hair Metal

    Published: 08/09/2020

  17. History in Five Songs 62: Problem with Top New Of Wave British Heavy Metal

    Published: 01/09/2020

  18. History in Five Songs 61: The Next Van Halen

    Published: 26/08/2020

  19. History in Five Songs 60: Give the People What They Want

    Published: 19/08/2020

  20. History in Five Songs 59: Tormented by EPs

    Published: 11/08/2020

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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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