318 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs 158: Songs About Radio

    Published: 05/07/2022

  2. History in Five Songs 157: Solo Albums from Drummers

    Published: 28/06/2022

  3. History in Five Songs Ep. 156: When Thrash Slowed Down

    Published: 23/06/2022

  4. History in Five Songs 155: The 'It' Band

    Published: 15/06/2022

  5. Episode 154: How Heavy Can It Get?

    Published: 07/06/2022

  6. History in Five Songs 153: No Top End

    Published: 31/05/2022

  7. History in Five Songs 152: No Bottom End

    Published: 24/05/2022

  8. History in Five Songs 151: Senior Singer Report Card

    Published: 17/05/2022

  9. History in Five Songs 150: Proto-Progressive Metal

    Published: 11/05/2022

  10. History in Five Songs 149: Guest Female Voices

    Published: 04/05/2022

  11. History in Five Songs 148: The First Great Productions

    Published: 26/04/2022

  12. History in Five Songs 147: The Last of the First Mods

    Published: 19/04/2022

  13. History in Five Songs 146: Is there a NWOBHM sound?

    Published: 12/04/2022

  14. History in Five Songs 145: Bands with Angry Fans

    Published: 05/04/2022

  15. History in Five Songs 144: Pub Rock

    Published: 29/03/2022

  16. History in Five Songs 143: Fadeouts

    Published: 22/03/2022

  17. History in Five Songs 142: Light Band Heavy Single

    Published: 16/03/2022

  18. History in Five Songs 141: Songs Critical of the Music Biz

    Published: 09/03/2022

  19. History in Five Songs 140: Favourite Requiems

    Published: 01/03/2022

  20. History in Five Songs 139: The Next Def Leppard

    Published: 23/02/2022

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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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