In Ep 37 Martin explains how Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson are The Doppelheadbangers in these five songs!
Bruce Dickinson – “Born in ‘58”
Fight – “Immortal Sin”
2wo – “My Ceiling’s Low”
Bruce Dickinson – “The Tower”
Halford – “Made in Hell”
In show 36 Martin takes a stab at Who Invented Punk in these five songs:
Ramones – “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”
The Saints – “Wild About You”
Rocket from the Tombs – “What Love Is”
The Dictators – “Two Tub Man”
Sex Pistols – “Pretty Vacant”
In show 35 Martin explains the Circumstances with Rush and Judas Priest in the ‘70s in these five songs:
Judas Priest – “Never Satisfied”
Judas Priest – “Island of Domination”
Rush – “A Passage to Bangkok”
Judas Priest – “Heroes End”
Rush – “Circumstances”
In this episode Martin goes 'Off the Deep Purple End' in these five songs!
Roger Glover and Guests – “Sitting in a Dream”
Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – “Snake Charmer”
Paice Ashton Lord – “Ghost Story”
Ian Gillan Band – “Twin Exhausted”
David Coverdale – “Keep On Giving Me Love”
These are the Five Songs that Martin believes are the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time!
Coney Hatch – “Monkey Bars”
Kim Mitchell - “Rumour Has It”
Thin Lizzy - “Baby Please Don’t Go”
Hanoi Rocks – “New York City”
Fozzy – “Wanderlust”
Martin tells us the history of Swan Song Records in these five songs:
Bad Company – “Rock Steady”
Led Zeppelin – “The Wanton Song”
Dave Edmunds – “Trouble Boys”
Detective – “Competition”
Robert Plant – “Slow Dancer”
In this episode Martin tells us the the very, very strange story of Ram Jam in these five songs:
Ram Jam – “Black Betty”
Ram Jam - “Right on the Money”
Ram Jam – “Just Like Me”
Ram Jam – “Runway Runaway”
Ram Jam – “Gone Wild”
Martin digs into the earliest influences of grunge rock in these five songs:
Black Sabbath – “A National Acrobat”
Aerosmith – “Draw the Line”
Iggy & the Stooges – “Death Trip”
The Cult – “Phoenix”
Soul Asylum – “Down On Up to Me”
Neil Peart, the virtuoso drummer and lyricist for Rush, died last Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California, at age 67. Martin has put this tribute episode together for this drummer that has lived a very full life, many lives - or 'a 12 panel man'
Rush – The Temples of Syrinx”
Rush – “Tom Sawyer”
Rush – “Afterimage”
Rush – “Vapor Trail”
Rush – “Clockwork Angels”
Rush fans! Martin discusses moving beyond Rush into the 'family of key bands' that Rush fans should enjoy!
Max Webster – “America’s Veins”
Nomeansno – “Heaven Is the Dust Beneath My Shoes”
Voivod – “Twin Dummy”
Dream Theater – “The Great Debate”
Porcupine Tree – “Fear of a Blank Planet”
Martin has us thinking about the bands who would be the 'Next Deep Purple' or 'American Deep Purple' or The (blank) Deep Purple
Uriah Heep – “Shadows of Grief”
Gillan – “What’s the Matter”
White Spirit – “No Reprieve”
Angel – “The Tower”
Legs Diamond – “Evil”
Martin explains the five songs that have Twice Bad Timing: Angel, Moxy, Rex, Starz and Teaze
Angel – “Pressure Point”
Moxy – “Sweet Reputation (Symphony for Margaret)
Rex – “7 Come 11”
Starz – “Violation”
Teaze – “On the Loose”
Martin suggests the five songs where we Go to Vancouver and Try Harder
Aerosmith – “Rag Doll”
The Cult – “Sweet Soul Sister”
Motley Crue – “Rattlesnake Shake”
AC/DC – “Moneytalks”
Poison – “Ride the Wind”
Martin tells us of the history of Producer Rick Rubin When It Mattered in these five songs:
Slayer – “Postmortem”
The Cult – “King Contrary Man”
Masters of Reality – “The Candy Song"
Trouble – “The Wolf”
Danzig – “Snakes of Christ”
In these Five Songs Martin tells us how Hair Metal Goes Grunge
Skid Row – “Beat Yourself Blind”
Warrant – “Followed”
Def Leppard – “Work It Out”
Dokken – “I Feel”
Kiss – “Jungle”
Martin breaks down How Lars Ulrich Invented Hair Metal in these Five Songs:
Dokken – “Seven Thunders”
Motley Crue – “On with the Show”
Ratt – “U Got It”
Great White – “On Your Knees”
Quiet Riot – “Run for Cover”
It's not always about the Metal! This week Martin gets into the five songs that tell the history of Original Punk for Metalheads.
The Damned – “Stab Your Back”
The Saints – “Erotic Neurotic”
The Clash – “Protex Blue”
Dead Boys – “Down in Flames”
Sex Pistols – “Problems”
This week Martin gets into the five songs that tell the history of Producer/Engineer Martin Birch's heavy metal productions.
Rainbow – “Tarot Woman”
Black Sabbath – “Die Young”
Blue Oyster Cult – “After Dark”
Iron Maiden – “The Prisoner”
Iron Maiden – “Holy Smoke”
In this show, learn about the Birth of European Power Metal in these 5 songs:
Iron Maiden – Quest for Fire
Accept – Metal Heart
Grave Digger – Get Away
Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force – I’ll See the Light Tonight
Helloween – Ride the Sky
In show 18 Martin goes over the Birth of American Power Metal in these five songs:
Dio – “Don’t Talk to Strangers”
Manowar – “Gloves of Metal”
Queensryche – “Queen of the Reich”
Metal Church – “Metal Church”
Jag Panzer – “Harder than Steel“