History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

In Episode 267, Martin discerns just when the Rolling Stones locked in the sound they became famous for.

1. The Rolling Stones – “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’”
2. The Rolling Stones – “If You Can’t Rock Me”
3. The Rolling Stones – “Lies”
4. The Rolling Stones – “Had It with You”
5. The Rolling Stones – “I Go Wild”

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In Episode 266, Martin wonders aloud if any of Black Sabbath's catalog constitutes progressive metal.

1. Black Sabbath – “Under the Sun”
2. Black Sabbath – “Spiral Architect”
3. Black Sabbath – “Megalomania”
4. Black Sabbath – “Into the Void”
5. Black Sabbath – “Supertzar”

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In Episode 265, Martin questions and explores why the New Wave of British Heavy Metal 'failed.'

1. Saxon – “Run for Your Lives”
2. Samson – “Bright Lights”
3. Chateaux – “Eyes of Stone”
4. Holocaust – “Death or Glory”
5. Metallica – “No Remorse”

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In Episode 264, Martin gives concrete examples of how Peter Gabriel, directly and indirectly, improves other musicians' artistic outputs.

1. Peter Gabriel – “Intruder”
2. David Bowie – “Kingdom Come”
3. Kate Bush – “Suspended in Gaffa”
4. King Crimson – “Frame by Frame”
5. Genesis – “Abacab”

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In Episode 263, Martin gets tangential and melts your brain talking about Genesis' shelved concept album about the worst year in history, 536 A.D.

1. Genesis – “The Supernatural Anaesthetist”
2. Genesis – “Visions of Angels”
3. Genesis – “Mad Man Moon”
4. Genesis – “Snowbound”
5. Genesis – “Squonk”

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In Episode 262, Martin makes the bold claim that the 'old bands' invented hair metal.

1. Helix – “Heavy Metal Love”
2. Scorpions – “Big City Nights”
3. Ted Nugent – “No, No, No”
4. Y&T – “Don’t Wanna Lose”
5. Judas Priest – “Devil’s Child”

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In Episode 261, Martin explores the relationship between the "Big Four" of thrash metal and the bands they influenced (and were influenced by).

1. AC/DC – “Fire Your Guns”
2. Alice in Chains – “We Die Young”
3. Anthrax – “Black Lodge”
4. Megadeth – “Addicted to Chaos”
5. Metallica – “Where the Wild Things Are”

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In Episode 260, Martin ponders who the 'coolest' band of spring 1976 may have been.

1. Kiss – “King of the Night Time World”
2. Led Zeppelin – “Candy Store Rock”
3. Rainbow – “Run with the Wolf”
4. Aerosmith – “Lick and a Promise”
5. Judas Priest – “Genocide”

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In Episode 259, Martin gets inside your head with songs that once heard become earworms and maybe even the soundtrack of our lives.

1. Queen – “It’s Late”
2. Accept – “Aiming High”
3. Deep Purple – “Maybe I’m a Leo”
4. Blue Oyster Cult – “Dominance and Submission”
5. Europe – “The Final Countdown”

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In Episode 258, Martin looks at the inputs that put a band into the running for the designation "Greatest Band of All Time."

1. The Beatles – “Two of Us”
2. Led Zeppelin – “Over the Hills and Far Away”
3. U2 – “Seconds”
4. Queen – “If You Can’t Beat Them”
5. The Rolling Stones – “Too Tough”

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In Episode 257, Martin posits the notion that the devolution of Black Sabbath as a band exists in parallel with their song introductions.

1. Black Sabbath – “Scarlet Pimpernel”
2. Black Sabbath – “The Sign of the Southern Cross”
3. Black Sabbath – “No Stranger to Love”
4. Black Sabbath – “Orchid”
5. Black Sabbath – “Johnny Blade”

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In Episode 256, Martin celebrates heavy metal duets that are collaborations between singers and some of his personal faves.

1. Max Webster – “Battle Scar”
2. Motorhead/Girlschool – “Please Don’t Touch”
3. Gary Moore – “Out in the Fields”
4. Halford – “The One You Love to Hate”
5. Jackyl – “Locked & Loaded”

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In Episode 255, Martin finds inspiration in the opening riffs from Status Quo's "golden era" albums.

1. Status Quo – “Is There a Better Way”
2. Status Quo – “Down Down”
3. Status Quo – “Big Fat Mama”
4. Status Quo – “Just Take Me”
5. Status Quo – “Little Lady”

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In Episode 254, Martin scoffs at 'sing songy,' goofy riffs that may undermine the band's 'seriousness' or lessen his taste for the band.

1. Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train”
2. Aerosmith – “Shame on You”
3. AC/DC – “Can’t Stand Still”
4. Rush – “I Think I’m Going Bald”
5. Thin Lizzy – “Fighting My Way Back”

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In Episode 253, Martin explores albums that bands' fanbase want to intellectualize into being good (even if they're maybe not).

1. Queen – “The Hitman”
2. Black Sabbath – “Letters from Earth”
3. Rush – “Carnies”
4. Kiss – “Easy as It Seems”
5. The Clash – “Movers and Shakers”

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In Episode 252, Martin rebuts his friend's mockery of those people who think the Police are the best New Wave band ever (or if they're even truly New Wave)!

1. The Police – “Omegaman”
2. XTC – “Grass”
3. Joy Division – “A Means to an End”
4. Magazine – “Shot by Both Sides”
5. The Clash – “Last Gang in Town”

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In Episode 251, Martin complains about 'lazy' songwriting and 'underwritten' songs.

1. AC/DC – “There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’”
2. Van Halen – “Source of Infection”
3. Deep Purple – “Never Before”
4. Ted Nugent – “Backstrap Fever”
5. Thin Lizzy – “Are You Ready”

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In Episode 250, Martin ponders the question "when has a band 'found' their future sound in one song/album?"

1. Ted Nugent’s Amboy Dukes – “Living in the Woods”
2. Rolling Stones – “If You Can’t Rock Me”
3. Rush – “Anthem”
4. Scorpions – “In Trance”
5. The Saints – “Memories Are Made of This”

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In Episode 249, Martin pays homage to Black Sabbath's song "I" and explores some "self centered" songs.

1. Thin Lizzy – “Soldier of Fortune”
2. Blue Oyster Cult – “Flaming Telepaths”
3. The Damned – “These Hands”
4. Iron Maiden – “Running Free”
5. Black Sabbath – “Trashed”

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In Episode 248, Martin dissects the first verse of the first track of some seminal metal gods.

1. Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Purple Haze”
2. Montrose – “Rock the Nation”
3. Judas Priest – “One for the Road”
4. Diamond Head – “Lightning to the Nations”
5. Metallica – “Hit the Lights”

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In Episode 247, Martin wonders aloud about the meaning and intent of tracks that wrap up albums.

1. Rush – “La Villa Strangiatto”
2. Slayer – “Raining Blood”
3. Black Sabbath – “Lonely Is the Word”
4. Van Halen – “Happy Trails”
5. Queen – “More of That Jazz”

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In Episode 246, Martin explores the whys and hows of band who included cover songs on their debut album.

1. 38 Special – “Around and Around”
2. Winger – “Purple Haze”
3. Kiss – “Kissin’ Time”
4. Great White – “Substitute”
5. Cheap Trick – “Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace”

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In Episode 245, Martin continues his dive into artists who are compared and contrasted to the mighty Zep in reviews of their albums.

1. Black Sabbath – “Laguna Sunrise”
2. The Who – “How Many Friends”
3. Yes – “Sound Chaser”
4. Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London”
5. Status Quo – “Too Far Gone”

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In Episode 244, Martin focuses on the first four Led Zeppelin albums. He delves into artists who are compared and contrasted to the mighty Zep within reviews of those albums covering 1969 to 1971.

1. Jeff Beck – “Let Me Love You”
2. Blue Cheer – “Second Time Around”
3. Rolling Stones – “Live with Me”
4. Faces – “Around the Plynth”
5. Jefferson Airplane – “Triad”

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In Episode 243, Martin focuses on bands that are referenced to compare Black Sabbath to, for better or worse.

1. Cream – “N.S.U.”
2. Grand Funk – “Paranoid”
3. Led Zeppelin – “Black Dog”
4. Todd Rundgren – “Black Maria”
5. MC5 – “Miss X”

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In Episode 242, Martin explores bands who replicate the magic of Judas Priest's seminal 1980 album British Steel with a simplified, straightforward killer album.

1. Megadeth – “Countdown to Extinction”
2. Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart”
3. Black Sabbath – “Neon Knights”
4. Whitesnake – “Would I Lie to You”
5. Saxon – “Stand Up and Be Counted”

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In Episode 241, Martin proves to himself that he may not be as contrarian as he thinks while he picks *his* favorite albums from artists whose catalogues he knows well.

1. Alice in Chains – “Rain When I Die”
2. Stranglers – “The Raven”
3. Rolling Stones – “Lies”
4. Ozzy Osbourne – “You’re No Different”
5. Dio – “Night People”

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In Episode 240, Martin celebrates late, great producer's Chris Tsangarides' catalog.

1. Judas Priest – “Victim of Changes”
2. Thin Lizzy – “Angel of Death”
3. Tygers of Pan Tang – “Slave to Freedom”
4. Lords of the New Church – “Kiss of Death”
5. Y&T – “Breaking Away”

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In Episode 239, Martin ponders who are the biggest LIVING heavy metal stars.

1. Black Sabbath – “Shock Wave”
2. Judas Priest – “Reckless”
3. Guns N’ Roses – “Bad Apples”
4. Kiss – “Any Way You Slice It”
5. AC/DC – “This House Is on Fire”

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In Episode 238, Martin explores artists who are "creative geniuses" who surround themselves with the best musicians, collaborators and influences.

1. Peter Gabriel – “The Family and the Fishing Net”
2. King Crimson – “Three of a Perfect Pair”
3. Robert Plant – “Come into My Life”
4. Bjork – “Black Lake”
5. David Bowie – “Love Is Lost”

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In Episode 237, Martin explores the subjective notion of "genius" in the craft of musicianship.

1. Frank Zappa – “No Not Now”
2. Snowy Shaw – “Nachtgeist”
3. Elvis Costello – “New Lace Sleeves”
4. Adrian Belew – “1967”
5. Queen – “Flick of the Wrist”

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In Episode 236, Martin celebrates singers whose "top gear" is arguably their best gear.

1. Wings – “Rock Show”
2. Kiss – “Baby Driver”
3. Nirvana – “Serve the Servants”
4. Samson – “Bright Lights”
5. Whitesnake – “Love Ain’t No Stranger”

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In Episode 235, Martin looks at "low energy crooners" whose singing may not always be the most powerful.

1. Blue Oyster Cult – “Mirrors”
2. Robert Plant – “Carry Fire”
3. Yes – “Arriving UFO”
4. Kate Bush – “Sat in Your Lap”
5. ZZ Top – “Rhythmeen”

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In Episode 234, Martin looks at "boogie rock" influenced bands who tightened or shifted their focus.

1. Rolling Stones – “She’s So Cold”
2. Status Quo – “Jam Side Down”
3. Foghat – “Too Late the Hero”
4. AC/DC – “Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder”
5. The Black Crowes – “Ozone Mama”

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In Episode 233, Martin examines sonically dense, "over the top" hair metal songs.

1. Van Halen – “Get Up”
2. Kiss – “I’m Alive”
3. Dokken – “Tooth and Nail”
4. White Lion – “Let’s Get Crazy”
5. Mr. Big – “Colorado Bulldog”

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In Episode 232, Martin celebrates the 'center' of the drum kit.

1. Gillan – “I’ll Rip Your Spine Out”
2. Led Zeppelin – “Poor Tom”
3. Judas Priest – “Heading Out to the Highway”
4. U2 – “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
5. Thin Lizzy – “Massacre”

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In Episode 231, Martin digs into bands from Black Sabbath's original stomping grounds.

1. Judas Priest – “Never Satisfied”
2. Trapeze – “Way Back to the Bone”
3. Necromandus – “Nightjar”
4. Quartz – “Pleasure Seekers”
5. Diamond Head – “Starcrossed (Lovers of the Night)”

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In Episode 230, Martin looks at the 'breaks' on songs from some of his favorite albums of all-time.

1. Queen – “Keep Yourself Alive”
2. ZZ Top – “Avalon Highway”
3. Blue Öyster Cult – “Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver”
4. Thin Lizzy – “The Pressure Will Blow”
5. Rush – “The Analog Kid”

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In Episode 229, Martin looks at great pre-choruses on songs from some of his favorite albums of all-time.

1. Led Zeppelin – “Down by the Seaside”
2. Black Sabbath – “Megalomania”
3. Judas Priest – “Hell Bent for Leather”
4. AC/DC – “Girls Got Rhythm”
5. Queen – “Dead on Time”

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In Episode 228, Martin dives into solo albums that feel like a cash grab.

1. Lou Gramm – “Just Between You and Me”
2. Eric Martin – “These Are the Good Times”
3. Fee Waybill – “Saved My Life”
4. Kane Roberts – “Twisted”
5. Tommy Shaw – “Lonely School”

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In Episode 227, Martin explores songs inspired by the Big Apple, New York City.

1. Lou Reed – “Dirty Blvd.”
2. Rolling Stones – “Shattered”
3. Dictators – “Avenue A”
4. King Crimson – “Neurotica”
5. Dead Boys – “Son of Sam”

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In Episode 226, Martin explores artists who touch upon Bruce's world and influences.

1. Thin Lizzy – “Having a Good Time”
2. Bob Seger – “Feel Like a Number”
3. UFO – “Back into My Life”
4. John Mellencamp – “I Ain’t Ever Satisfied”
5. Graham Parker – “Endless Night”

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In Episode 225, Martin mulls over the heaviest live albums from the 1970s.

1. Rush – “Something for Nothing”
2. Scorpions – “Dark Lady”
3. UFO – “Mother Mary”
4. Ted Nugent – “Gonzo”
5. Judas Priest – “Genocide”

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In Episode 224, Martin addresses albums that suffer from poor track ordering.

1. Van Halen – “You’re No Good”
2. Judas Priest – “Don’t Go”
3. Rush – “Limelight”
4. Aerosmith – “Kings and Queens”
5. Led Zeppelin – “The Ocean”

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In Episode 223, Martin explores bands that are hardly ever copied... except for when they are.

1. Starcastle – “Elliptical Seasons”
2. Blue Öyster Cult – “Baby Ice Dog”
3. Spider – “The Morning After the Night Before”
4. Tiles – “Beneath the Surface”
5. Highway Chile – “Handing You Over”

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In Episode 222, Martin recalls his reactions to big debut albums of the mid-late '70s and early '80s.

1. Ramones – “Chain Saw”
2. Motörhead – “Lost Johnny”
3. Van Halen – “Atomic Punk”
4. Iron Maiden – “Running Free”
5. Ozzy Osbourne – “Revelation (Mother Earth)”

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In Episode 221, Martin recalls his 13 year old self's reaction to new releases from a banner year of music.

1. Black Sabbath – “You Won’t Change Me”
2. Aerosmith – “Lick and a Promise”
3. Thin Lizzy – “Massacre”
4. Judas Priest – “Island of Domination”
5. Boston – “Hitch a Ride”

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In Episode 220, Martin looks at bands that 'basically' skipped the hair metal route.

1. Motörhead – “Stand”
2. Deep Purple – “Too Much Is Not Enough”
3. Black Sabbath – “Angry Heart”
4. AC/DC – “Meanstreak”
5. Rush – “Lock and Key”

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In Episode 219, Martin. delves into '70s bands that didn't get the hair metal thing quite right.

1. Triumph – “Hooked on You”
2. Saxon – “We Came Here to Rock”
3. Uriah Heep – “Rich Kid”
4. Blue Öyster Cult – “Shadow Warrior”
5. Molly Hatchet – “Stone in Your Heart”

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In Episode 218, Martin explore bands that came of age in the '70s and their forays into hair metal.

1. Alice Cooper – “Hurricane Years”
2. Aerosmith – “Monkey on My Back”
3. Van Halen – “Black and Blue”
4. Scorpions – “Media Overkill”
5. Kiss – “Secretly Cruel”

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In Episode 217, Martin explores albums which share characteristics with each of the Police's five studio albums.

1. Riot – “Angel”
2. Graham Parker – “Discovering Japan”
3. XTC – “One of the Millions”
4. Rush – “Between the Wheels”
5. Robert Plant – “Dance on My Own”

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In Episode 216, Martin explores what makes an instrumental improve and elevate a song.

1. Def Leppard – “Switch 625”
2. Eno – “Sombre Reptiles”
3. Rush – “Leave That Thing Alone”
4. Led Zeppelin – “Moby Dick”
5. Black Sabbath – “Don’t Start (Too Late)”

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In Episode 215, Martin blabs about song titles that don't do the songs any favors.

1. Gun – “Race with the Devil”
2. Savatage – “Twisted Little Sister”
3. AC/DC – “Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder”
4. Led Zeppelin – “D’yer Mak’er”
5. Deep Purple – “One Night in Vegas”

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In Episode 214, Martin rhapsodizes on bands' riff-heavy masterpieces.

1. Black Sabbath – “Iron Man”
2. The Stooges – “I Wanna Be Your Dog”
3. Accept – “Balls to the Wall”
4. Metallica – “Enter Sandman”
5. UFO – “Rock Bottom”

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In Episode 212, Martin pontificates on albums that cannot be unheard.

1. Roger Waters – “The Last Refugee”
2. Judas Priest – “Love You to Death”
3. Genesis – “Silver Rainbow”
4. Mötley Crüe – “Five Years Dead”
5. Pat Travers Band – “Makin’ Magic”

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In Episode 212, Martin explores the (arguably) most "dangerous" position in the band.

1. Whitesnake – “Trouble Is Your Middle Name”
2. The Beatles – “Birthday”
3. Pink Floyd – “Remember a Day”
4. Queen – “Fat Bottomed Girls”
5. Deep Purple – “One Night in Vegas”

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Here is Episode 211, in which Martin explores the pros and cons of bands with diverse styles.

1. Nazareth – “No Mean Monster”
2. Trooper – “3 Dressed Up as a 9”
3. April Wine – “Forever for Now”
4. Led Zeppelin – “Black Country Woman”
5. Queen – “Fun It”

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Here is Episode 210, in which Martin delves into the points of comparison between two of foremost bands of the '70s, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

1. Led Zeppelin – “Dazed and Confused”
2. Black Sabbath – “Paranoid”
3. Led Zeppelin – “In My Time of Dying”
4. Black Sabbath – “Gypsy”
5. Led Zeppelin – “In the Evening”

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Here is episode 209, in which Martin compares and contrasts the career paths and musical output of UFO and Thin Lizzy.

1. Thin Lizzy – “Chatting Today”
2. UFO – “Oh My”
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. UFO – “Getting’ Ready”
5. Thin Lizzy – “No One Told Him”

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Here is Episode 208, in which Martin delves into bands that 'successfully' stepped into a more 'poppy' lane.

1. Golden Earring – “D Light”
2. Tygers of Pan Tang – “Paris by Air”
3. Blue Oyster Cult – “Fireworks”
4. Captain Beefheart – “Observatory Crest”
5. Black ‘n Blue – “Stop the Lightning”

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Here is episode 207, in which Martin discusses songs which were written to honor 'fallen' grunge icons.

1. Alice in Chains – “Would?”
2. R.E.M. – “Let Me In”
3. Black Label Society – “Layne”
4. 7 Year Bitch – “M.I.A.”
5. Sarah McLachlan – “Angel”

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Here is Episode 206, in which Martin puts a spotlight on bands that put a new wave spin on their music.

1. Queen – “Staying Power”
2. Teaze – “That Kind of Girl”
3. Genesis – “Abacab”
4. Alice Cooper – “Aspirin Damage”
5. Blue Oyster Cult – “Veins”

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Here is Episode 205, in which Martin highlights rock stars who have been on three different classic albums by three different bands.

1. Thin Lizzy – “This Is the One”
2. Black Sabbath – “Falling Off the Edge of the World”
3. The Damned – “I Just Can’t Be Happy Today”
4. The Michael Schenker Group – “Samurai”
5. Dio – “Invisible”

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Here is Episode 204, in which Martin discusses songs that "stand out" from the rest of the album and may be hard to rate.

1. The Beatles – “Revolution 9”
2. Deep Purple – “Bludsucker”
3. Kiss – “Then She Kissed Me”
4. Queen – “Under Pressure”
5. Black Sabbath – “Orchid”

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Here is Episode 203, in which Martin reflects on "gummed down" bands making critically acclaimed, brightly produced albums that are musically superior to the norm of their catalog.

1. Kiss – “Great Expectations”
2. Saxon – “Warrior”
3. Van Halen – “The Dream Is Over”
4. W.A.S.P. – “The Neutron Bomber”
5. The Clash – “The Card Cheat”

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Here is Episode 202, in which Martin discusses the criteria for a good ballad and who is qualified to make 'em.

1. Kim Mitchell – “All We Are”
2. Judas Priest – “Beyond the Realms of Death”
3. Blue Öyster Cult – “I Love the Night”
4. Aerosmith – “Home Tonight”
5. Steve Hackett – “Til These Eyes”

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Here in Ep. 201, Martin celebrates his birthday and bands you have to qualify for (and to) your friends.

1. Kim Mitchell – “Time to Stay”
2. Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – “Stand and Fight”
3. Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force – “Far Beyond the Sun”
4. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – “Brother of Mine”
5. Mudhoney – “No One Has”

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200: Triple Anniversary Show

1. Led Zeppelin – “Black Dog”
2. Nazareth – “Razamanaz”
3. Judas Priest – “Island of Domination”
4. Kiss – “Shout It Out Loud”
5. Aerosmith – “Sick as a Dog”

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Here in episode 199 Martin wonders "Why is this depressing?"

1. The Doors – “Strange Days”
2. Black Sabbath – “Under the Sun"
3. Blood, Sweat & Tears – “Spinning Wheel”
4. Uriah Heep – “Sweet Freedom”
5. Pixies – “Wave of Mutilation”

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In episode 198 Martin explains what the '"Heavy Metal Gallop' is!

1. The Amboy Dukes – “Journey to the Centre of the Mind”
2. Nazareth – “This Flight Tonight”
3. Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill”
4. Dio – “Holy Diver”
5. Iron Maiden – “Killers”

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In episode 197, Martin asks the question Why did these 5 artist's go solo?

1. David Lee Roth – “Big Trouble”
2. Steve Vai – “The Attitude Song”
3. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros – “Johnny Appleseed”
4. Dio – “Don’t Talk to Strangers”
5. John Waite – “Desperate Love”

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Martin lays out the top five slow songs from these bands

1. Black Sabbath – “Black Sabbath”
2. AC/DC – “For Those About to Rock”
3. Max Webster – “Battle Scar”
4. Dio – “Lock Up the Wolves”
5. Scorpions – “Animal Magnetism”

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Paying Your Dues

1. Black Sabbath – “Hand of Doom”
2. Van Halen – “On Fire”
3. Rush – “Best I Can”
4. The Clash – “Safe European Home”
5. Starz – “Subway Terror”

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In Ep. 194, Martin gets into the bands who were 'Making Bass Interesting'

1. The Jam – “Pretty Green”

2. Aerosmith – “Sweet Emotion”

3. Kiss – “Room Service”

4. The Who – “The Punk and the Godfather”

5. The Damned – “Billy Bad Breaks”

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Which five bands had some really 'Bad Drum Sounds'?

1. Cheap Trick – “Dream Police”
2. Black Sabbath – “Digital Bitch”
3. Paul McCartney and Wings – “Band on the Run"
4. Husker Du – “These Important Years”
5. King Diamond – “Welcome Home”

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Which five bands bring 'Good Drum Sounds?'

1. Led Zeppelin – “In the Evening”
2. Saxon – “Warrior”
3. Queen – “Fat Bottomed Girls”
4. U.K. – “In the Dead of Night”
5. Genesis – “Abacab”

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Here is episode 191, Martin gets into Bands with Outside Lyricists

1. Cream – “Take It Back”
2. King Crimson – “Cat Food”
3. Blue Oyster Cult – “Black Blade”
4. Grateful Dead – “Shakedown Street”
5. Max Webster – “America’s Veins”

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Which bands have the top 5 bad song titles?

1. Status Quo – “Little Lady”
2. Angel – “Can You Feel It?”
3. Van Halen – “Sinner’s Swing”
4. Meat Loaf – “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad”
5. Budgie – “Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman

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In this episode Martin gets into the five band names that are annoying!

1. The Rolling Stones – “Grown Up Wrong"
2. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – “Clear Spot”
3. The Sex Pistols – “Bodies”
4. Ratt – “You’re in Love”
5. As I Lay Dying – “Within Destruction”

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Which artists on their Third Album, had a New Band

1. Pink Floyd – “Corporal Clegg”
2. Blue Cheer – “West Coast Child of Sunshine”
3. Thin Lizzy – “Gonna Creep Up on You”
4. Skid Row – “Remains to be Seen”
5. Meat Puppets – “Up on the Sun

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In this episode Martin explains which bands with their Second Album had a new Band

1. Jethro Tull – “Fat Man”
2. The Diodes – “Photographs from Mars"
3. Savage – “All Set to Sting”
4. Sven Gali – “Worms”
5. Masters of Reality – “Rolling Green”

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Here in episode 186, Martin explains the top five songs with 'The Pasha Sound'

1. Quiet Riot – “Red Alert”
2. Kick Axe – “Cause for Alarm”
3. W.A.S.P. – “Running Wild in the Streets”
4. Motley Crue – “Keep Your Eye on the Money”
5. Icon – “On Your Feet”

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In episode 185, Martin gets into the five songs with 'Famous Last Words'

1. Joy Division – “Decades”

2. Dio – “In Dreams”

3. Pantera – “I’ll Cast a Shadow”

4. The Grateful Dead – “I Will Take You Home”

5. Dead Boys – “Ain’t It Fun”

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In episode 184 Martin gets into the top five songs that answer the question - 'Was hair metal born in Canada?'

1. April Wine – “Hot on the Wheels of Love”
2. Streetheart – “Fight to Survive”
3. Loverboy – “Lucky Ones”
4. Coney Hatch – “We Got the Night”
5. Helix – “When the Hammer Falls”

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Here in episode 183 Punk is Explained Right Away

1. The Boomtown Rats – “Lookin’ After No. 1” 
2. The Adverts – “One Chord Wonders”
3. The Jam – “Art School” 
4. The Saints – “(I’m) Stranded” 
5. The Ramones – “Blitzkrieg Bop” 

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In this episode Martin gets into songs that Sound Like “Kashmir”

1. Genesis – “Squonk” 
2. Robert Plant – “Slow Dancer”
3. Bonham – “Wait for You”
4. Whitesnake – “Judgment Day”
5. The Tea Party – “Fire in the Head” 

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Here in episode 181, Martin gives you his top five 'Best Album Titles'

1. Soundgarden – “Rusty Cage” 
2. MC5 – “Borderline”
3. Hawkwind – “D-Rider”
4. Black Sabbath – “Sabbra Cadabra”
5. Aerosmith – “Sick as a Dog”

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Here in 180, Martin lays out the top five Worst Album Titles

1. AC/DC – “Demon Fire”
2. Metallica – “Moth into Flame”
3. Deep Purple – “A Touch Away”
4. Pete Townshend – “Slit Skirts” 
5. Adam and the Ants – “The Day I Met God”

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Here is episode 179 Martin explains the new romantic top five: An Alternate Path

1. Roxy Music – “More Than This”
2. China Crisis – “Wishful Thinking”
3. Rush – “The Big Money”
4. Terence Trent D’Arby – “Wishing Well”
5. The Del Lords – “Judas Kiss” 

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In this episode Martin explains why these five are the top 'Snowglobe Bands'

1. The Grateful Dead – “From the Heart of Me”
2. NoMeansNo – “Rags and Bones”
3. Type O Negative – “Burnt Flowers Fallen”
4. Morrissey – “First of the Gang to Die”
5. The Stranglers – “Water” 

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In this episode, Martin talks about Title Track Weirdness

1. Black Sabbath – “The Mob Rules” 
2. Blue Oyster Cult – “Shadow of California” 
3. Rush – “Jacob’s Ladder” 
4. Rainbow – “Difficult to Cure”
5. Led Zeppelin – “Houses of the Holy” 

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Here in episode 176, Martin explains the top five songs with Rock ‘n’ Roll Medley

1. Uriah Heep – “Rock ‘n’ Roll Medley” 
2. ZZ Top – “Back Door Medley” 
3. Queen – “Jailhouse Rock” 
4. Twisted Sister – “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)” 
5. Led Zeppelin – “Whole Lotta Love” 

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Let's find out which 'Stand Alone Singles' make the top five!

1. Rolling Stones – “Honky Tonk Women"
2. The Who – “Join Together”
3. Sweet – “Ballroom Blitz”
4. The Clash – “Complete Control”
5. The Cure – “Boys Don’t Cry”

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In EP. 174 Martin details the Five Songs that are 'That Undeniable Song'

1. Aerosmith – “Walk This Way”
2. Madness – “Our House”
3. Pantera – “Cowboys from Hell”
4. Helix – “Billy Oxygen”
5. Alice Cooper – “School’s Out”

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In this episode Matin details bands with 'That One Massive Album'

1. Pink Floyd – “On the Run”
2. AC/DC – “Have a Drink on Me”
3. Whitesnake – “Children of the Night”
4. Guns N’ Roses – “Think About You” 
5. Metallica – “Through the Never

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In 172 Martin explains the top five songs that 'Started as Psych'

1. Status Quo – “Mr. Mind Detector” 
2. Golden Earring – “I’ve Just Lost Somebody” 
3. Deep Purple – “Love Help Me” 
4. Genesis – “In the Beginning” 
5. Pink Floyd – “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” 

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Here in episode 171, Martin talks about the top five songs that are 'Chorus First'

1. Judas Priest – “Living After Midnight”
2. Twisted Sister – “I Wanna Rock”
3. Cheap Trick – “Dream Police”
4. Aerosmith – “Back in the Saddle”
5. Guns N’ Roses – “Paradise City” 

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In ep 170 Martin explains the top five 'Short-Lived Genres'

1. Black Sabbath – “The Wizard”
2. Saxon – “Freeway Mad” 
3. Raven – “Read All About It” 
4. Devo – “Clockout” 
5. T-Ride – “Backdoor Romeo” 

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In this episode Martin talks about the top five Consensus Best Songs by these bands:

1. UFO – “Rock Bottom”
2. Heart – “Barracuda” 
3. Dio – “Holy Diver” 
4. Living Colour – “Cult of Personality”
5. Kiss – “Detroit Rock City”

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In  this episode, Martin explains the top five 'no category bands'

1. Led Zeppelin – “Celebration Day” 
2. Slayer – “Crypts of Eternity” 
3. Pantera – “We’ll Grind That Axe for a Long Time”
4. Clutch – “Cypress Grove”
5. King’s X – “Ono” 

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Martin lays in the top five worst song by consensus in this episode!

1. Rush – “Tai Shan” 
2. Twisted Sister – “Be Chrool to Your Scuel” 
3. Judas Priest – “Parental Guidance” 
4. The Police – “Mother” 
5. Iron Maiden – “The Angel and the Gambler” 

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In this episode Martin gives some sound advice in the  Five Songs You Shouldn’t Cover"

1. Uriah Heep – “Gypsy” 
2. Ram Jam – “Gone Wild” 
3. Status Quo – “Backwater” 
4. Ted Nugent – “Paralyzed” 
5. Galactic Cowboys – “I Want You” 

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Episode 164: Self-Titled Albums

1. Metallica – “Of Wolf and Man”
2. Iron Maiden – “Prowler”
3. Genesis – “Silver Rainbow” 
4. Van Halen – “Light Up the Sky” 
5. Peter Gabriel – “Not One of Us” 

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In episode 164, Martin gives us the history of The Birth of Stoner Rock in these five songs:

1. Kyuss – “Green Machine”
2. Sleep – “The Druid”
3. Monster Magnet – “Look to Your Orb for the Warning”
4. Spiritual Beggars – “Blind Mountain”
5. Fu Manchu – “Redline

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In show 163, Martin explains 'Grunge from Away'

1. Paw – “Gasoline” 
2. Stone Temple Pilots – “Silvergun Superman” 
3. Dinosaur Jr. – “Grab It” 
4. Smashing Pumpkins – “Geek U.S.A.” 
5. Everclear – “Summerland” 

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In Ep 162 Martin lays out the top 5 Concept Album Flops

1. Yes – “The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)” 
2. Iron Maiden – “The Prophecy” 
3. Pete Townshend – “Let’s Get Pretentious” 
4. Pink Floyd – “Your Possible Pasts” 
5. Queensryche – “One Foot in Hell” 

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The history of First a Guitar Solo in five songs:

1. Black Sabbath – “Don’t Start (Too Late)” 
2.  Iron Maiden – “Another Life” 
3. Kiss – “No No No” 
4. Rush – “Between the Wheels” 
5. Scorpions – “The Sails of Charon” 

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In episode 160 Martin gets into bands with The Jim Morrison Complex

1. The Stranglers – “Don’t Bring Harry” 
2. The Cult – “Sacred Life” 
3. Danzig – “Dominion” 
4. Last Crack – “Precious Human Stress” 
5. The Tea Party – “Silence” 

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Here in episode 159, Martin gives the lowdown on psychedelic ‘90s metal

1. King’s X – “Far, Far Away” 
2. Last Crack – “Wicked Sandbox” 
3. Saigon Kick – “Peppermint Tribe”
4. Liquid Jesus – “Better or Worse”
5. Mindfunk – “Goddess

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Martin lays out the top five Songs About Radio:

1. ZZ Top – “Heard It on the X”
2. Rush – “The Spirit of Radio” 
3. Roger Waters – “Radio Waves” 
4. Kinks – “Around the Dial” 
5. Roxy Music – “Oh Yeah” 

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In show 157, Martin gets into the top 5 Solo Albums from Drummers!

1. Klark Kent – “Away from Home” 
2. Jerry Gaskill – “Sandy” 
3. Roger Taylor – “Airheads” 
4. Bruford – “Back to the Beginning”
5. Bill Ward – “Ashes”

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Here in episode 156, Martin details When Thrash Slowed Down

1. Slayer – “Read Between the Lies” 
2. Pantera – “Psycho Holiday” 
3. Megadeth – “Architecture of Aggression” 
4. Exodus – “One Foot in the Grave” 
5. Anthrax – “Invisible” 

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In episode 155 Martin tells us about The “It” Band

1. The Clash – “The Card Cheat”

2. Bruce Springsteen – “Downbound Train"

3. U2 – “In God’s Country”

4. Pearl Jam – “Rearviewmirror”

5. Suede – “So Young” 

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Here is ep 154 Martin asks the question 'How heavy can it get?'

1. Pantera – “Strength Beyond Strength” 
2. Emperor – “Thus Spake the Nightspirit” 
3. Slipknot – “The Heretic Anthem” 
4. Ahab – “The Giant” 
5. Gojira – “Another World”

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In episode 153, Martin talks about No Top End with these five songs:

1. Budgie- "Rocking Man"

2. Rush- "The Trees"

3. Blue Oyster Cult- "Tattoo Vampire"

4. KISS – "Parasite"  

5. Aerosmith- "Magic Touch"

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In episode 152, Martin talks about No Bottom End with these five songs:

1. Iggy and the Stooges – “Death Trip” 

2. Judas Priest – “Sinner” 

3. Thin Lizzy – “Warrior” 

4. Yes – “Release, Release” 

5. Rush – “Lock and Key” 

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In episode 151, Martin talks about Senior Singer Report Card with these five songs:

1. Teaze – “Boys Nite Out” 

2. The Who – “Detour” 

3. Iron Maiden – “El Dorado” 

4. Jethro Tull – “The Betrayal of Joshua Kynde” 

5. Van Halen – “Bullethead” 

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In episode 150, Martin talks about Proto-Progressive Metal with these five songs:

1. Jimi Hendrix Experience – “I Don’t Live Today” 

2. Led Zeppelin – "Good Times Bad Times"

3. The Who – “Amazing Journey” 

4. Black Sabbath – “Wicked World” 

5. King Crimson – “Pictures of a City” 

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In episode 149, Martin talks about Guest Female Voices with these five songs:

1. The Tubes – “Prime Time” 

2. Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 

3. Led Zeppelin – “The Battle of Evermore” 

4. Rush – “Time Stand Still” 

5. Pink Floyd – “The Great Gig in the Sky” 

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In episode 148, Martin talks about The First Great Productions with these five songs:

1. Uriah Heep – “Tears in My Eyes” 

2. Genesis – “Harold the Barrel” 

3. Deep Purple – “Highway Star” 

4. Pink Floyd – “Brain Damage” 

5. Montrose – “Space Station #5” 

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In episode 147, Martin talks about The Last of the First Mods with these five songs:

1. The High Numbers – “Zoot Suit” 

2. The Rolling Stones – “Time Is on My Side” 

3. The Who – “My Generation” 

4. The Small Faces – “My Mind’s Eye” 

5. The Kinks – “David Watts” 

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In episode 146, Martin asks, Is there a NWOBHM sound? with these five songs:

1. Def Leppard – “It Could Be You” 

2. Saxon – “To Hell and Back Again” 

3. Tygers of Pan Tang – “Tyger Bay” 

4. Iron Maiden – “Invaders” 

5. Grim Reaper – “Run for Your Life” 

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In episode 145, Martin talks about Bands with Angry Fans with these five songs:

1. Queensryche – “I Am I” 

2. Motley Crue – “Poison Apples” 

3. Iron Maiden – “Speed of Light” 

4. Kiss – “Spit” 

5. Led Zeppelin – “Celebration Day”

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In episode 144, Martin talks about Pub Rock with these five songs:

1. Eggs Over Easy – “The Factory”

2. Kilburn & the High Roads – “The Badger & the Rabbit” 

3. Graham Parker – “Back to Schooldays” 

4. Dr. Feelgood – “One Weekend” 

5. Eddie & the Hot Rods – “Quit This Town”

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In episode 143, Martin talks about Fadeouts with these five songs:

1. Dio – “Killing the Dragon” 

2. The Clash – “Safe European Home” 

3. Blue Oyster Cult – “Blade Blade” 

4. Thin Lizzy – “Black Rose” 

5. Black Sabbath – “Children of the Grave” 

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In episode 142, Martin talks about Light Band Heavy Single with these five songs:

1. Heart – “Little Queen”

2. Sammy Hagar – “Heavy Metal” 

3. Yes – “Hold On” 

4. Brownsville Station – “Smokin’ in the Boys Room” 

5. Beatles – “Helter Skelter” 

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In episode 141, Martin talks about Songs Critical of the Music Biz with these five songs:

1. The Clash – “Capital Radio” 

2. Black Sabbath – “The Writ” 

3. Sex Pistols – “EMI” 

4. Pantera – “War Nerve”

5. Gary Moore – “Led Clones” 

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In episode 140, Martin talks about Favourite Requiems with these five songs:

1. Philip Lynott – “King’s Call” 

2. Santers – “Shot Down in Flames” 

3. The Cult – “Sacred Life”

4. Alice Cooper – “Desperado” 

5. Pink Floyd – “Brain Damage” 

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In episode 139, Martin talks about The Next Def Leppard with these five songs:

1. Highway Chile – “Handing You Over”
2. Heavy Pettin’ – “Love on the Run”
3. 220V – “Beat of a Heart”
4. Black ‘n Blue – “Rockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
5. Tesla – “Freedom Slaves”

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In episode 138, Martin talks about The US Response to UK Glam with these five songs:

1. Alice Cooper – “Be My Lover” 

2. Lou Reed – “Vicious” 

3. Jobriath – “World Without End” 

4. New York Dolls – “Bad Girl” 

5. Twisted Sister – “Under the Blade” 

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In episode 137, Martin talks about Glam Rock with these five songs:

1. David Bowie – “Starman” 

2. Slade – “How D’You Ride” 

3. Roxy Music – “Do the Strand” 

4. Mott the Hoople – “Drivin’ Sister” 

5. Sweet – “Set Me Free” 

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In episode 136, Martin talks about The Shadow Album with these five songs:

1. Vince Neil – “Sister of Pain” 

2. Dio – “Blood from a Stone” 

3. The Explorers – “Lorelei” 

4. Page Plant – “Shining in the Light” 

5. Halford – “Temptation” 

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In episode 135, Martin talks about Early Mutt Lange with these five songs:

1. City Boy – “Momma’s Boy” 

2. Boomtown Rats – “Mary of the 4th Form”

3. Savoy Brown – “Spirit High”

4. City Boy – “Machines” 

5. AC/DC – “Girls Got Rhythm” 

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In episode 134, Martin talks about Drum Flourishes with these five songs:

1. Led Zeppelin – “Rock and Roll” 

2. Dio – “Straight Through the Heart” 

3. Iron Maiden – “Where Eagles Dare” 

4. Ozzy Osbourne – “Over the Mountain” 

5. Y&T – “Open Fire”

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In episode 133, Martin talks about Epic Drum Intros with these five songs:

1. Deep Purple – “Fireball” 

2. Rainbow – “Stargazer” 

3. Judas Priest – “Exciter” 

4. Van Halen – “Hot for Teacher” 

5. Rush – “One Little Victory” 

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In episode 132, Martin talks about Drum Hooks with these five songs:

1. Metallica – “Escape” 

2. Alice Cooper – “Billion Dollar Babies” 

3. Led Zeppelin – “Poor Tom” 

4. Queen – “More of That Jazz” 

5. Peter Gabriel – “Intruder” 

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In episode 131, Martin talks about Dubious Cover Version Decisions with these five songs:

1. Metal Church – “Highway Star” 

2. Judas Priest – “Johnny B. Goode” 

2. Thin Lizzy – “Rosalie” 

3. Megadeth – “I Ain’t Superstitious” 

4. UFO – “Somethin’ Else” 

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In episode 130, Martin talks about how songs Elevated by a Cover Version with these five songs:

1. Queensryche – “Gonna Get Close to You” 

2. Blue Oyster Cult – “White Flags” 

3. Great White – “Face the Day” 

4. Nazareth – “This Flight Tonight” 

5. April Wine – “21st Century Schizoid Man” 

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In episode 129, Martin talks about how ‘Those electronic drums sound good.’ with these five songs:

1. Golden Earring – “When the Lady Smiles” 

2. Ratt – “Wanted Man” 

3. Highway Chile – “Power and the Force” 

4. ZZ Top – “Antenna Head” 

5. Tank – “First They Killed the Father” 

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In episode 128, Martin talks about Metallica or Megadeth? In 1990. with these five songs:

1. Metallica – “Metal Militia” 

2. Megadeth – “Devil’s Island” 

3. Metallica – “Disposable Heroes” 

4. Metallica – “The Frayed Ends of Sanity” 

5. Megadeth – “Hangar 18” 

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In episode 127, Martin talks about British Metal in the ‘90s with these five songs:

1. Skyclad – “Bury Me” 

2. Cathedral – “Utopian Blaster” 

3. Napalm Death – “Greed Killing” 

4. Paradise Lost – “Hallowed Land” 

5. My Dying Bride – “A Kiss to Remember” 

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In episode 126, Martin talks about Kerrang!’s Top 100 Albums… in Issue #4 with these five songs:

1. Rush – “Something for Nothing” 

2. Iron Maiden – “Phantom of the Opera” 

3. Status Quo – “Backwater” 

4. Pink Floyd – “Us and Them” 

5. Rainbow – “Light in the Black” 

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In episode 125, Martin talks about Kerrang!’s Top 100 Songs… in Issue #1 with these five songs:

1. Girlschool – “Race with the Devil” 

2. Triumph – “I Live for the Weekend” 

3. Molly Hatchet – “Boogie No More” 

4. Boston – “More Than a Feeling”

5. AC/DC – “Whole Lotta Rosie” 

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In episode 124, Martin talks about Re-Recording the Old Hits with these five songs:

1. Uriah Heep – “Bird of Prey” 

2. Yes – “Fly from Here, Pt. 1: We Can Fly” 

3. Queensryche – “Empire” 

4. ZZ Top – “La Grange” 

(from The Six Pack box set)

5. Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 

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In episode 123, Martin talks about Legendary Albums Not Certified with these five songs:

1. Scorpions – “The Sails of Charon” 

2. Motörhead – “Shoot You in the Back” 

3. Rainbow – “Starstruck” 

4. Iron Maiden – “Phantom of the Opera” 

5. Judas Priest – “The Ripper” 

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In episode 122, Martin talks about the Best NWOBHM Bands NOW! with these five songs:

1. Venom – “100 Miles to Hell” 

2. Saxon – “The Secret of Flight” 

3. Iron Maiden – “Speed of Light” 

4. Tokyo Blade – “Burning Rain” 

5. Angel Witch – “Death from Andromeda” 

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In episode 121, Martin talks about Greatest Hits Plus with these five songs:

1. Van Halen – “Me Wise Magic” 

2. Aerosmith – “Chip Away the Stone” 

3. AC/DC – “Who Made Who” 

4. Motley Crue – “Primal Scream” 

5. Poison – “Sexual Thing” 

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In episode 120, Martin talks about Made for Japan with these five songs:

1. Deep Purple – “Space Truckin’” 

2. UFO – “Stopped by a Bullet” 

3. Tokyo Blade – “Sunrise in Tokyo” 

4. Alcatrazz – “Hiroshima Mon Amour”

5. Loudness – “Like Hell” 

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In episode 119, Martin talks about Reggae in Hard Rock with these five songs:

1. Led Zeppelin – “D’yer Mak’er” 

2. Pat Travers Band – “Crash and Burn” 

3. Rush – “Between the Wheels” 

4. Thin Lizzy – “Half Caste” 

5. Scorpions – “As Soon as the Good Times Roll” 

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In episode 118, Martin talks about Hair Metal’s Twilight Years with these five songs:

1. Kiss – “Spit” 

2. Slaughter – “Searchin’” 

3. Bulletboys – “Laughing with the Dead” 

4. Extreme – “Cupid’s Dead” 

5. Love/Hate – “Yucca Man”

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In episode 117, Martin talks about The Birth of Post-Punk with these five songs:

1. Magazine – “Cut Out Shapes” 

2. Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Jigsaw Feeling” 

3. Gang of Four – “Not Great Men” 

4. Joy Division – “Interzone” 

5. The Cure – “Play for Today” 

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In episode 116, Martin talks about Recording Badly on Purpose with these five songs:

1. The Stooges – “1970” 

2. Motörhead – “Damage Case” 

3. The Damned – “Liar” 

4. Gillan – “Hadely Bop Bop” 

5. Venom – “Raise the Dead” 

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In episode 115, Martin talks about the Best Songs Ever with these five songs:

1. Uriah Heep – “Gypsy” 

2. Max Webster – “Hangover” 

3. Ramones – “Blitzkreig Bop” 

4. Montrose – “Rock the Nation” 

5. Angel – “Tower” 

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In episode 114, Martin talks about anthems with these five songs:

1. Kiss – “All Hell’s Breakin’ Lose” 

2. Judas Priest – “Take on the World” 

3. Saxon – “Play It Loud” 

4. Sammy Hagar – “There’s Only One Way to Rock”

5. Scorpions – “Don’t Stop at the Top” 

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In episode 113, Martin talks about The Last Great NWOBHM Albums with these five songs:

1. Samson – “Love Hungry” 

2. Iron Maiden – “Back in the Village” 

3. Chateaux – “Highly Strung” 

4. Grim Reaper – “Never Coming Back” 

5. Heavy Pettin’ – “Northwinds” 

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In episode 112, Martin talks about Self-Produced Albums with these five songs:

1. Uriah Heep – “One Way or Another” 

2. Queen – “White Man” 

3. Yes – “Release, Release” 

4. AC/DC – “Guns for Hire” 

5. Accept – “Aiming High” 

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In episode 111, You didn’t have to be there with these five songs:

1. The Hounds – “Workin' on My Cool” 

2. King’s X – “Talk to You” 

3. Last Crack – “Energy Mind” 

4. The Tea Party – “Fire in the Head” 

5. Helix – “Billy Oxygen” 

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In episode 110, you had to be there... with these five songs:

1. The Brigands – “(Would I Still Be) Her Big Man” 

2. Joe Ely – “Lord of the Highway” 

3. The Vibrators – “Petrol” 

4. Iron Maiden – “Hallowed by Thy Name” 

5. Highway Chile – “Going Blind” 

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In episode 109 Martin talks about the Best Last Songs Ever with these five songs:

1. Thin Lizzy – “Heart Attack” 

2. Rush – “The Garden” 

3. David Bowie – “I Can’t Give Everything Away” 

4. Nirvana – “All Apologies” 

5. Led Zeppelin – “I’m Gonna Crawl” 

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In episode 108 Martin talks about How Bands Deal with Loss with these five songs:

1. The Last in Line – “Sword from the Stone” 

2. Voivod – “Polaroids” 

3. Metallica – “The Shortest Straw” 

4. Rush – “Ghost Rider” 

5. Queen – “Made in Heaven” 

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In episode 107 Martin talks One and Done with these five songs:

1. Katmandu – “Love Hurts” 

2. Salty Dog – “Slow Daze” 

3. Pride & Glory – “Horse Called War”

 4. Green River – “Porkfist” 

5. Sex Pistols – “Problems” 

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In episode 106 Martin talks about 'OTT' with these five songs:

1. Motörhead – “Over the Top” 

2. Raven – “Faster Than the Speed of Light” 

3. Exciter – “Heavy Metal Maniac” 

4. Nitro – “O.F.R.” 

5. Emperor – “The Loss and Curse of Reverence”

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In episode 105 Martin talks about Half-Time Shuffle with these five songs:

1. Toto – “Rosanna” 

2. Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 

3. Kim Mitchell – “All We Are” 

4. Budgie – “N.O.R.A.D. (Doomsday City)” 

5. Blue Murder – “Blue Murder” 

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In episode 104 Martin talks about Heavy Metal Shuffle with these five songs:

1. Kick Axe – “Heavy Metal Shuffle” 

2. Uriah Heep – “Look at Yourself” 

3. ZZ Top – “Arrested for Driving While Blind” 

4. Van Halen – “The Full Bug” 

5. Cathedral – “Vampire Sun” 

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In episode 103 Martin talks about The Start of Punk in Canada with these five songs:

1. The Diodes – “Behind Those Eyes” 

2. The Viletones – “Rebel” 

3. Teenage Head – “Top Down” 

4. The Subhumans – “Death to the Sickoids” 

5. DOA – “Get Out of My Life” 

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In episode 102 Martin talks about how bands find success with these five songs:

1. Deep Purple – “Lady Double Dealer” 

2. Rush – “Between Sun & Moon” 

3. Porcupine Tree – “Anesthetize” 

4. Queen – “Don’t Stop Me Now”

5. Kiss – “Baby Driver” 

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In episode 101 Martin talks about bands that are Not Under-Rated with these five songs:

1. Budgie – “Rape of the Locks” 

2. Blue Oyster Cult – “The Vigil” 

3. Max Webster – “In Context of the Moon” 

4. XTC – “Love on a Farmboy’s Wages” 

5. Clutch – “Mercury” 

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In episode 100 Martin Answers Your Questions with these five songs:

1. Black Sabbath – “The Thrill of It All” 

2. The Chameleons – “Swamp Thing” 

3. ZZ Top – “My Mind Is Gone” 

4. Buzzcocks – “Flat-Pack Philosophy” 

5. Clutch – “X-Ray Visions” 

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In episode 99 Martin talks bands that ‘Gotta Move’ with these five songs:

1. Alice Cooper – “Long Way to Go” 

2. Angel – “Mariner” 

3. The Saints – “New Centre of the Universe” 

4. Foghat – “Drive Me Home” 

5. Poison – “Ride Child Ride” 

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In episode 98 Martin talks about Cusp Albums with these five songs:

1. Husker Du – “Celebrated Summer” 

2. Heart – “How Can I Refuse” 

3. Sepultura – “Slave New World” 

4. The Replacements – “The Bastards of Young” 

5. Judas Priest – “Burnin’ Up” 

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In episode 97 Martin talks about No Longer Punk with these five songs:

1. The Clash – “Death or Glory” 

2. Boomtown Rats – “Blind Date” 

3. The Damned – “Problem Child” 

4. The Adverts – “Male Assault” 

5. Buzzcocks – “Nostalgia” 

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In episode 96 Martin talks about Part II Albums with these five songs:

1. Queen – “White Man” 

2. Ozzy Osbourne – “S.A.T.O.” 

3. Judas Priest – “Jawbreaker” 

4. Rush – “The Big Wheel” 

5. Metallica – “Leper Messiah”

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In episode 95 Martin talks about Rough Patch Successes with these five songs:

1. Genesis – “Dance on a Volcano” 

2. Aerosmith – “Chiquita” 

3. Max Webster – “Check” 

4. Aerosmith – “Joanie’s Butterfly” 

5. Whitesnake – “Dancing Girls” 

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In episode 94 Martin talks about The Next Led Zeppelin with these five songs:

1. Mountain – “Never in My Life” 

2. Cactus – “Oleo” 

3. Montrose – “Bad Motor Scooter” 

4. Diamond Head – “Truckin’” 

5. Black Country Communion – “The Outsider” 

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In episode 93 Martin talks about Chameleons with these five songs:

1. David Bowie – “Seven” 

2. Iggy Pop – “New Values” 

3. Alice Cooper – “No Longer Umpire” 

4. Queen – “Sheer Heart Attack” 

5. The Damned – “Anything” 

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In episode 92 Martin talks about the World’s Biggest Dead Rock Stars with these five songs:

1. The Doors – “Spanish Caravan” 

2. Queen – “Hammer to Fall” 

3. David Bowie – “Teenage Wildlife” 

4. John Lennon – “Cleanup Time” 

5. Elvis Presley – “Rip It Up” 

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In episode 91 Martin talks about the World’s Biggest Living Rock Stars with these five songs:

1. Robert Plant – “Calling to You” 

2. Keith Richards – “Make No Mistake” 

3. Bruce Springsteen – “Working on a Dream” 

4. Rolling Stones – “Sparks Will Fly” 

5. Paul McCartney – “Ever Present Past” 

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In episode 90 Martin talks about Live Albums of New Songs with these five songs:

1. MC5 – “Rocket Reducer No. 62” 

2. Jimi Hendrix – “Message of Love” 

3. Ted Nugent – “Spontaneous Combustion” 

4. HSAS – “My Home Town” 

5. Frank Zappa – “Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel”

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In episode 89 Martin talks about albums that are too short in these five songs:

1. Ted Nugent – “The Music Made Me Do It” 

2. Paul Stanley – “Where Angels Dare” 

3. Manitoba’s Wild Kingdom – “D.W.I.” 

4. Warlord – “Deliver Us from Evil” 

5. Nick Drake – “Free Ride”

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In episode 88 Martin talks about Kiss and Trends in these five songs:

1. Kiss – “Watchin’ You” 

2. Kiss – “Talk to Me” 

3. Kiss – “War Machine” 

4. Kiss – “Rain” 

5. Kiss – “Eat Your Heart Out” 

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In episode 87 Martin talks about The Mod Revival in these five songs:

1. The Who – “The Dirty Jobs” 

2. The Jam – “Thick as Thieves” 

3. The Chords – “Maybe Tomorrow” 

4. Pete Townshend – “Keep on Working” 

5. The Kinks – “Moving Pictures”

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In episode 86 Martin talks about Worst Five Single Live in these five songs:

1. Derringer – “Let Me In” 

2. Sammy Hagar – “Bad Motor Scooter” 

3. Blue Oyster Cult – “Godzilla” 

4. Alice Cooper – “Billion Dollar Babies” 

5. Ted Nugent – “Heads Will Roll”

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In episode 85 Martin talks about musicians being 'Outshined' in these five songs:

1. Ted Nugent – “Out of Control” 

2. Yes – “Changes” 

3. Kiss – “I’ve Had Enough (Into the Fire)” 

4. Peter Gabriel – “I Have the Touch” 

5. Ozzy Osbourne – “Little Dolls”

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In episode 84 Martin talks about the Top Five Singles Live:

1. The Who – “Young Man Blues” 

2. Cheap Trick – “Big Eyes” 

3. Foghat – “Honey Hush” 

4. The Pat Travers Band – “Go All Night” 

5. Judas Priest – “Running Wild”

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In episode 83 Martin talks about a New Way to Rank Zep in these five songs:

1. Led Zeppelin – “Royal Orleans”

2. Led Zeppelin – “Misty Mountain Hop” 

3. Led Zeppelin – “Southbound Saurez” 

4. Led Zeppelin – “House of the Holy” 

5. Led Zeppelin – “Living Loving Maid”

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In episode 82 Martin talks about Queen and Novelty in these five songs:

1. Queen – “Killer Queen” 

2. Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody” 

3. Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 

4. Queen - “Another One Bites the Dust” 

5. Queen – “Radio Ga Ga” 

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In episode 81 Martin talks about Novelty Singles: 'Not My Style' in these five songs: 

1. Kiss – “Hard Luck Woman” 

2.  The Osmonds – “Crazy Horses” 

3. Rolling Stones – “Miss You” 

4. Led Zeppelin - “Dy’er Maker” 

5. Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart”

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In episode 80 Martin talks about 'Five Females - A Wyrd Congruence' in these five songs: 

1. The Search Party – “When He Calls” 

2.  Trader Horne – “Growing Man” 

3. The Ghost  – “Hearts and Flowers” 

4. Grootna – “Waitin’ for My Ship” 

5. These Trails - “Hello Lou”

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In episode 79 Martin talks about NWOBHM Compilations in these five songs: 

1. Angel Witch – “Baphomet” 

2.  The Raid – “Hard Lines” 

3. Race Against Time – “Bedtime” 

4. Angel Witch – “Extermination Day” 

5. Prowler - “Gotta Get Back to You”

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In episode 78 Martin talks about when Proggers Go Solo in these five songs: 

1. Roger Waters – “Deja Vu” 

2. Steve Hackett – “Til These Eyes’” 

3. Adrian Belew – “1967” 

4. Chroma Key – “Graveyard Mountain Home” 

5. Peter Gabriel - “No Self Control”

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In episode 77 Martin talks about Southern Rock by Proxy in these five songs: 

1. Point Blank – “Rock and Roll Hideaway” 

2. Little Feat – “Hate to Lose You’re Lovin’” 

3. Pat Travers Band – “Gettin’ Betta” 

4. Foghat – “Stone Blue” 

5. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - “Gimme Your Money Please”

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In episode 76 Martin talks about singers that are equal to their bands with these five songs: 

1. Alcatrazz – “Paper Flags” 

2. Yes – “It Was All We Knew” 

3. Billy Squier – “Whadda You Want From Me” 

4. Thin Lizzy – “It’s Getting Dangerous” 

5. Alice in Chains – “So Far Under”

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In episode 75 Martin talks about albums that are 'too long' with these five songs: 

1. The Clash – “Version Pardner” 

2. Dokken – “Burning Like a Flame” 

3. Extreme – “Am I Ever Gonna Change” 

4. Iron Maiden – “Shadows of the Valley” 

5. AC/DC - “She Likes Rock N Roll”

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In episode 74 Martin talks about what's 'Not in the Rock Hall' in these five songs: 

1. Blue Oyster Cult – “Take Me Away”

2. Bad Company – “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”

3. Iron Maiden – “The Wicker Man”

4. Jethro Tull - “One Brown Mouse”

5. Judas Priest – “Between the Hammer & the Anvil”

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In episode 73 Martin talks about Crazy Ideas in these five songs: 

1. Iron Maiden – “Paschendale” 

2. Rainbow – “Can’t Let You Go” 

3. AC/DC – “Landslide”

4. Quiet Riot - “Guilty Pleasures” 

5. Morgana Lefay – “Voulez Vous”

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In episode 72 Martin talks about Lee Kerslake and Ken Hensley in these five songs: 

1. Uriah Heep – “Easy Livin’” 

2. Uriah Heep – “Suicidal Man” 

3. Ozzy Osbourne – “Steal Away (The Night)” 

4. Blackfoot - “Sail Away”

5. Ken Hensley – “The Voice of Love”

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In episode 71 Martin talks about Southern Rot in these five songs: 

1. ZZ Top – “I Got the Message” 

2. 38 Special – “Back Where You Belong” 

3. Van-Zant – “Heart to the Flame” 

4. Blackfoot - “Young Girl” 

5. Molly Hatchet – “Backstabber”

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In episode 70 Martin talks about Imaginos and Re Imaginos in these five songs: 

1. Blue Öyster Cult – “Flaming Telepaths” 

2. Blue Öyster Cult - “Subhuman”  

3. Blue Öyster Cult – “Magna of Illusion” 

4. Blue Öyster Cult – “The Alchemist” 

5. Albert Bouchard – “Black Telescope”

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Episode 69: Heaviest US Albums of the ‘70s

• Montrose – “Rock Candy”
• Legs Diamond - “I Think I Got It”
• Ram Jam – “Hurricane Ride”
• Van Halen – “I’m the One”
• Riot – “Road Racin’”

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Show 68, Martin explains 'Smarty Pants Metal' in these five songs: 

• King’s X – “The World Around Me” 0:24 – 0:54
• Bigelf – “Incredible Time Machine” 0:42 – 1:12
• Mastodon – “Divinations” 0:46 – 1:14
• Opeth – “Heart in Hand” 1:17 – 1:47
• Clutch – “X-Ray Visions” 0:14 – 0:44

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Rest in Peace Eddie Van Halen.

In this unscheduled episode 67, Martin talks about the legendary Eddie Van Halen and his guitar work in these five songs: 

• Van Halen – “Eruption” 
• Van Halen – “Unchained” 
• Van Halen – “Up for Breakfast” 
• Van Halen – “I’ll Wait” 
• Van Halen – “Loss of Control”

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In Episode 66, Martin talks about being 'Strictly Commercial' in these five songs: 

1. Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 

2. Pantera – “Living Through Me (Hell’s Wrath)” 

3. Grateful Dead – “France” 

4. King Crimson – “Heartbeat” 

5. Frank Zappa – “Charlie’s Enormous Mouth”

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In Episode 65, Martin talks about the 300th Anniversary Tour in these five songs: 

1. The Allman Betts Band – “Pale Horse Rider” 

2. Kiss – “Back to the Stone Age”

3. Quiet Riot – “The Devil That You Know” 

4. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Good Teacher” 

5. Queensryche – “Bent”

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In Episode 64, Martin asks, is it 'NWOBHM or not?' in these five songs:

1. Judas Priest – “Never Satisfied” 

2. Motörhead – “I’ll Be Your Sister” 

3. Gillan – “Roller” 

4. Def Leppard – “On Through the Night” 

5. Iron Maiden – “Sun and Steel”

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In Episode 63 Martin talks about Bluesy Hair Metal in these five songs:

1. Cinderella – “The More Things Change” 

2. Badlands - “Whiskey Dust” 

3. Great White – “I Want You” 

4. Poison – “Bring It Home” 

5. Quireboys - “Tramps and Thieves”

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In this episode, Martin tells what the problem with top NWOBHM is in these five songs:

1. Def Leppard – “No No No” 

2. Iron Maiden – “The Prisoner” 

3. Quartz – “Stand Up and Fight” 

4. Angel Witch – “Angel of Death” 

5. More – “Traitor’s Gate”

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In this episode, Martin tells the tale of The Next Van Halen in these five songs

• Hellanbach – “All Systems Go”
• Motley Crue – “Take Me to the Top”
• Vandenberg – “Ready for You”
• David Lee Roth – “Elephant Gun”
• Bulletboys – “Shoot the Preacher Down”

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In episode 60 Martin 'Gives the People What They Want' with these five songs: 

1. Thin Lizzy – “Cold Sweat” 

2. Iggy Pop – “Easy Rider” 

3. Coverdale Page – “Feeling Hot” 

4. DLR Band – “Relentless” 

5. Van Halen – “Bullethead”

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In episode 59 Martin talks about being 'Tormented by EPs' in these five songs:

1. Kim Mitchell – “Chain of Events” 

2. Ratt – “Sweet Cheater”