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 2026 Martin Popoff short eBook about Top 20 An Alternate History of Power Pop in 20 Albums. This is another one within the series of Martin’s hit Top 20 lists (some of them break the 20 rule!) looking at various...
The 2023 Martin Popoff short eBook about Aerosmith.In this ongoing series of documents, Martin Popoff breaks down his 20 favourite songs by the artist, this time, dealing with a subset of that idea, focussing on Aerosmith songs closest to the...
The 2013 Martin Popoff 12-page ebook about the making of the April Wine album, The Nature Of The Beast. Harder... Faster is my fave April Wine album, and I've written about that too, but The Nature Of The Beast is...
The 2013 Martin Popoff ebook analyzing the early days of Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. Dublin's Thin Lizzy have become one of the most revered cult acts of all time, studious and discerning fans of hard rock the world...
The 2026 Martin Popoff short eBook about Top 20 An Alternate History of Power Pop in 20 Albums. This is another one within the series of Martin’s hit Top 20 lists (some of them break the 20 rule!) looking at various...
The 2023 Martin Popoff short eBook about Foreigner.In this ongoing series of documents, Martin Popoff breaks down his 20 heaviest Foreigner songs, basically. Each track gets a substantial “mini-review” as Popoff counts down the tracks, beginning with #20 and working...
The 2018 eBook by Martin Popoff. And so yes, proud to welcome you to my epic 290-page journey through the life and times of Ronnie Montrose. Included is a discography section as well as two sections of colour photography, as...
Martin Popoff – eBook – Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears The 2021 Martin Popoff 28-page ebook about the making of the Ozzy Osbourne album, No More Tears. In 1991, grunge was sweeping hair metal aside, yet the big traditional...
The 2024 Martin Popoff short eBook about the top 20 Kiss songs of the Eric Carr era. Welcome back to another Martin Popoff Top 20. The idea for this regular feature began strictly as a look at songs, and you...
The 2018 eBook by Martin Popoff. If you have a pile of my books, don’t worry about overlap—this is material I haven’t used in my books, with minor exceptions. I don’t want to give you material you already have from...
The 2015 eBook by Martin Popoff. Ah yes, the heroic, glory-rich daze of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal! The year was 1979, and a brash new breed of heavy metal-maker was busy shoveling dirt over the death of...
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 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 2019 eBook by Martin Popoff. Quite simply, Martin Popoff’s Sabotage! Black Sabbath in the Seventies marks the most intensive analysis of Black Sabbath’s first eight albums ever attempted. In the baking, Popoff interviewed all of the principles—Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer...
The 2023 Martin Popoff short eBook about rock ‘n’ roll comeback stories.In this ongoing series of documents, Martin Popoff provides a ranked top 20, this time dealing with happy rock ‘n’ roll career rejuvenations. As Martin’s intro blurb says, “It’s...