328 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs 248: Metal History in First Verses

    Published: 26/03/2024

  2. History in Five Songs 247: Wrapping Up the Album

    Published: 19/03/2024

  3. History in Five Songs 246: Covers on Debuts

    Published: 12/03/2024

  4. History in Five Songs 245: Ancient Zeppelin Reviews Part 2

    Published: 5/03/2024

  5. History in Five Songs 244: Ancient Zeppelin Reviews

    Published: 27/02/2024

  6. History in Five Songs 243: Ancient Sabbath Reviews

    Published: 20/02/2024

  7. History in Five Songs 242: This Band's British Steel

    Published: 13/02/2024

  8. History in Five Songs 241: Contrarianism

    Published: 6/02/2024

  9. History in Five Songs 240: Producer Chris Tsangarides

    Published: 30/01/2024

  10. History in Five Songs 239: Biggest Heavy Metal Stars

    Published: 23/01/2024

  11. History in Five Songs 238: A Different Kind of Genius

    Published: 16/01/2024

  12. History in Five Songs 237: Genius

    Published: 9/01/2024

  13. History in Five Songs 236: Fifth Gear Singers

    Published: 2/01/2024

  14. History in Five Songs 235: First Gear Singers

    Published: 26/12/2023

  15. History in Five Songs 234: They Shrunk the Boogie!

    Published: 19/12/2023

  16. History in Five Songs 233: OTT Hair Metal Songs

    Published: 12/12/2023

  17. History in Five Songs 232: Celebrating Snare Drum

    Published: 5/12/2023

  18. History in Five Songs 231: Birmingham’s Black Sabbath Family

    Published: 28/11/2023

  19. History in Five Songs 230: My Shadow Top Five: A Breaks Study

    Published: 21/11/2023

  20. History in Five Songs 229: My Top Five Albums: A Pre-Chorus Study

    Published: 14/11/2023

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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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