The 2015 Martin Popoff 19-page eBook about the making of Quartz’ 1980 album Stand Up And Fight. Birmingham bashers Quartz were long in the tooth as they kerrang’ed their way into the NWOBHM with their MCA-issued classic Stand Up And...
The 2025 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 2014 Martin Popoff - eBook – Ye Olde Metal: 1979Hard Rock Classics Unearthed!The Concept:Detailed examination of early hard rock albums, many lost to the sands of time, some merely in need of a celebratory re-visit. Primarily through the use...
The audiobook version of the 2014 Martin Popoff ebook about the making of the MC5 album, Kick Out The Jams. This audiobook is read by Martin Popoff himself!MC5’s incendiary debut album Kick Out The Jams was a flamethrower of a...
The 2020 eBook by Martin Popoff. In Sail Away: Whitesnake’s Fantastic Voyage—the first ever full biography of the band—top music writer Martin Popoff tells the tale of rock legend David Coverdale, from his Deep Purple roots to the two distinct...
The 2026 Martin Popoff short eBook about King Crimson’s Three of a Perfect Pair. As is the case across the author’s dozen or so panel analysis books, Martin Popoff convenes a few smart King Crimson listeners to discuss this album...
The 2016 Martin Popoff short eBook on the making of Status Quo – Piledriver. 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...
The 2013 Martin Popoff 11-page ebook about the making of the Witchfinder General album, Friends Of Hell. Witchfinder General blew a whole in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal with their doom dealings. And really, they were the inaugural...
The 2016 Martin Popoff short eBook on the making of Nazareth – Loud ‘n Proud. 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:...
Martin Popoff – eBook – Hawkwind – Warrior On The Edge Of Time The 2013 Martin Popoff 16-page ebook about the making of the Hawkwind album, Warrior On The Edge Of Time. Space rockers Hawkwind have such a...
The 2016 Martin Popoff short eBook on the making of Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs. 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....
The 2026 Martin Popoff short eBook about King Crimson’s Red. As is the case across the author’s dozen or so panel analysis books, Martin Popoff convenes a few smart King Crimson listeners to discuss this album in depth. The debate is...
Blue Öyster Cult… six gold and platinum U.S. albums… classic trax like “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” “Godzilla,” “Burnin’ for You,” “Astronomy” and “E.T.I.” Indeed, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, Eric Bloom, Allen Lanier, Albert Bouchard and Joe Bouchard comprised one of...
The 2013 Martin Popoff 17-page ebook about the making of the Hanoi Rocks album, Two Steps From The Move. Two Steps from The Move was the original Hanoi Rocks’ final album after the death of drummer Razzle had depressed...
The 2019 eBook by Martin Popoff. As the back cover sez… Aces High: The Top 250 Heavy Metal Songs of the ‘80s is the heavier, hairier follow-up to Riff Raff: The Top 250 Heavy Metal Songs of the ‘70s (also...
The 2018 eBook by Martin Popoff. As I said in my letter to you asking to vote which genres to do, it’s been bugging me forever that I’ve got this interview archive of all these interviews I’ve done that will...