Martin Popoff

Toronto

Editor at BraveWords

Cranker-outer of 130-ish hard rock, punk, prog and (mostly) heavy metal books.

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Articles

Did The Saints invent punk?

1 month ago | goldminemag.com | Martin Popoff

By Martin PopoffBrisbane, Australia's The Saints are responsible for two of the greatest punk albums of all time, in 1977's (I'm) Stranded and 1978's Eternally Yours. This November, look for "The Saints '73-'78" to be touring North America, featuring original members Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay, along with The Birthday Party's Mick Harvey, the Sunnyboys' Peter Oxley and Mudhoney's Mark Arm, in service of original lead singer Chris Bailey, lost to us in 2022.
Did The Saints invent punk?

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Martin Popoff

By Martin PopoffBrisbane, Australia’s The Saints are responsible for two of the greatest punk albums of all time, in 1977’s (I’m) Stranded and 1978’s Eternally Yours. This November, look for “The Saints ’73-‘78” to be touring North America, featuring original members Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay, along with The Birthday Party’s Mick Harvey, the Sunnyboys’ Peter Oxley and Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, in service of original lead singer Chris Bailey, lost to us in 2022.
The Top 20 albums of Punk's first year, 1977, ranked

1 month ago | goldminemag.com | Martin Popoff

By Martin PopoffWith the recent passing of The New York Dolls' David Johansen and The Damned's Brian James, a lot of people are talking about their influence on punk. And coincidently, as we're putting this together, punk is arguably, pretty much bang-on 50 years old. Still, the actual albums of punk came the following year.
The Top 20 albums of Punk’s first year, 1977, ranked

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Martin Popoff

By Martin PopoffWith the recent passing of The New York Dolls’ David Johansen and The Damned’s Brian James, a lot of people are talking about their influence on punk. And coincidently, as we’re putting this together, punk is arguably, pretty much bang-on 50 years old. Still, the actual albums of punk came the following year.
The Top 20 Ozzy-Era Black Sabbath deep cuts

2 months ago | goldminemag.com | Martin Popoff

By Martin PopoffIn light of the upcoming final concert for the original Black Sabbath in Birmingham, I decided to get longtime Goldmine writer Martin Popoff (who is also author of Sabotage: Black Sabbath in the Seventies and Born Again!: Black Sabbath in the Eighties and Nineties) on the case to celebrate the band's original eight albums.
The Top 20 Ozzy-Era Black Sabbath deep cuts

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Martin Popoff

By Martin PopoffIn light of the upcoming final concert for the original Black Sabbath in Birmingham, I decided to get longtime Goldmine writer Martin Popoff (who is also author of Sabotage: Black Sabbath in the Seventies and Born Again!: Black Sabbath in the Eighties and Nineties) on the case to celebrate the band’s original eight albums.
Hallowed Be Thy Name: The Iron Maiden Bible

2 months ago | libraryjournal.com | Martin Popoff

. Apr. 2025. 666p. ISBN 9780764368165. $59.99. MUSIC COPY ISBN England’s heavy metal group Iron Maiden has been around for six decades, has sold 130 million records, and still sells out concerts around the world. Rock journalist Popoff (Van Halen at 50) has written the lengthy and detailed tribute they deserve, celebrating the band’s long and successful legacy.
An alternate history of Power Pop in 20 albums

2 months ago | goldminemag.com | Martin Popoff

By Martin PopoffWe've been pondering power pop around the offices lately, and that quickly devolved into a debate about what even constitutes "Power Pop." Toward that end, I figured I'd challenge longtime Goldmine writer Martin Popoff to give us a playlist of "alternate" power pop albums; in other words, albums that don't show up on the usual rankings lists, but that could be argued as power pop, however obscurely.
An alternate history of Power Pop in 20 albums

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Martin Popoff

Generate Key TakeawaysBy Martin PopoffWe’ve been pondering power pop around the offices lately, and that quickly devolved into a debate about what even constitutes "Power Pop." Toward that end, I figured I’d challenge longtime Goldmine writer Martin Popoff to give us a playlist of “alternate” power pop albums; in other words, albums that don’t show up on the usual rankings lists, but that could be argued as power pop, however obscurely.
The Top 20 part studio/part live albums

Jan 14, 2025 | goldminemag.com | Martin Popoff

By Martin PopoffI'm glad I'm not sorting this out, but longtime Goldmine writer Martin Popoff is up to the task! The concept is to remind our beloved readers of all those strange hybrid/live studio albums out there in classic rock land. To qualify, there's got to be a minimum of three studio songs as part of the package, with some of these going to what is essentially half-and-half. -Pat PrinceThanks, boss.