The 2023 Martin Popoff short eBook about Blue Öyster Cult.In this ongoing series of documents, Martin Popoff breaks down his 20 favourite songs by the artist. Each track gets a substantial “mini-review” as Popoff counts down the tracks, beginning with...
The 2023 eBook by Martin Popoff Holy Diver, The Last in Line, Sacred Heart and Dream Evil… these are the crown jewels Ronnie James Dio’s catalogue with his namesake Dio band, and most of those—if not all—deserve heavy metal shoulder-to-shoulder...
The 2009 Martin Popoff 22-page ebook about the making of the 1978 Teaze album, On the Loose. When it came time for their second album, Windsor hard rock heroes Teaze had grown by leaps and bounds, past a debut that...
The 2024 Martin Popoff short eBook about storied UK design house Hipgnosis. Popoff celebrates and ranks in reverse order his favourite Hipgnosis album covers. It’s a celebration of Storm and Po and bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, UFO, U.K.,...
The 2022 Martin Popoff short eBook about Kiss’ 1978 solo albums.In this ongoing series of documents, Martin Popoff breaks down his 20 favourite songs by the artist. Each track gets a substantial “mini-review” as Popoff counts down the tracks, beginning...
The 2018 eBook by Martin Popoff. Okay, thrashers, thanks to all who have made Hit the Lights, my birth of thrash book, a success. Now it’s time for the bloody meat of the story, the years containing thrash’s biggest classic...
The 2020 eBook by Martin Popoff.The power, the glory, the moustaches, the cravats and bandannas…If you like the way I’ve been doing these books, a chapter per album, every song addressed—and if you were a card-carrying NWOBHM maniac—then this book...
The 2024 Martin Popoff short eBook about drummers who have a distinctive trademark sound. Welcome back to another Martin Popoff Top 20. The idea for this regular feature began strictly as a look at songs, and you can see that...
The 2024 Martin Popoff short eBook about the greatest very last albums by bands or artists. In this departure from his Top 20 songs series, Popoff keys in on his favourite last ever albums by bands. Each gets a substantial...
The 2016 eBook by Martin Popoff. Rock City, Narita, Fire Down Under, Restless Breed, Born in America...These are the pioneering, superlative heavy metal records that represent the classic first decade of Brooklyn’s Riot’s, before the band would break up, eventually...
The 2013 Martin Popoff 14-page ebook about the making of the April Wine album, Harder... Faster. Fond memories for Harder... Faster, the author's favourite April Wine slab and arguably the heaviest, given I Like To Rock and the band's massive,...
The 2014 Martin Popoff - eBook - Epic Ted Nugent.Ted Nugent... hear the Whackmaster roar!The Tedinator, Deadly Tedly, The Whackmaster or simply The Nuge... guitarin’ Detroit gunslinger Ted Nugent goes by many names, but his riff-mad rock ‘n’ roll speaks...
The 2013 Martin Popoff 19-page ebook about the making of the Gamma album, Gamma 2. One of the gosh-darned coolest classic metal albums of all time, Gamma's second (of four, and arguably... two!) is a cogent, potent evocation of Deep...
The 2013 Martin Popoff 11-page ebook about the making of the Manowar album, Battle Hymns. What I like about this one is that instead of spokesman and bassist Joey DeMaio, I've got vocalist Eric Adams telling, at length, the story...
The 2020 Martin Popoff short eBook about Derringer. In this ongoing series of documents, Martin Popoff breaks down his 20 favourite songs by the artist. Each track gets a substantial “mini-review” as Popoff counts down the tracks, beginning with #20...
The 2016 Martin Popoff short eBook about Blue Cheer's album Vincebus Eruptum. The detailed story of the album, including track-by-track analysis from the author and extensive commentary from the band themselves, interviewed specifically for this essay. Note: This is a...