Bücher von Martin Popoff

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A revised and expanded version of Popoff's previous Dublin To Jailbreak, based on the author's interviews with Eric Bell, Scott Gorham, Brian Downey, Gary Moore, Brian Robertson, Terry O'Neill and Ted Carroll; Nick Tauber and Ron Nevison; Nigel Grange, Frank Murray and Jim Fitzpatrick. Revealing Phil Lynott in all his dastardly guises.

Driven covers the last three decades of Rush, including the band''s retirement and Peart''s passing. There is much to celebrate, including a surprise platinum hit record to kick off the decade and a full-blown concept album, Clockwork Angels, to close off what is one of the most remarkable careers in rock history

From the Dio years, through the criminally under-rated Down to Earth album, the Joe Lynn Turner era, and a somewhat forgotten album with Doogie White - all examined here, track by track, tale by trick. Brought bang up to date with the Ronnie Romero era live shows and new songs, following Blackmore's decision to rejuvenate Rainbow in 2016.

The most intensive analysis of Sabbath's first 8 albums ever attempted. Also touches upon torrid troubles with money, management, drugs tour tales, album cover stories & production tips 'n' tricks. All told, it's everything needed to send the reader back to the catalogue, headphones on, for a second listen of this landmark run of records.

The most detailed, well argued, complete, most lively and readable telling of the early history of heavy metal yet with all the facts and figures one needs. The book provides the very history of heavy metal's origins through events inside the genre but, surprisingly, many events outside of its own reverberations

Amongst Popoff's analysis of the catalogue is lots of tour talk, revealing nightmares surrounding the band's business based around interviews with the key members. The journey takes us through the period where Paul Chapman takes over from Michael Schenker and concludes with 1995's Walk On Water that sees the classic line-up reunited with Schenker.

Timeline of milestones to the day, looks at the band's influences, tours, recording sessions, charts, singles, break-ups, personal stuff, trivia, mixed with lots of quotes, turning the book into a smorgasbord of facts including Rainbow, Whitesnake, Gillan, Paice Ashton Lord, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Outlaws and all the other associations.

The first book ever on this classic British rock band UFO takes you through the Schenker era in great detail; album-by-album, song by song along with touring anecdotes and of course, tales revolving around the wild and excessive behaviour that was very much a part of the band.

Author Martin Popoff assembles a panel of experts to roll through the records one by one, no stone unturned, no songs left unaddressed. There's been little written about Plant's journey from solo icon of the '80s through to his repeated deep-dives into Americana, world music, tributes to other writers, and the singular symphony of sounds that results when he mixes these parts. This book deconstructs each of Plant's 11 thought-provoking albums. It's hoped that the reader emerges with a new and nuanced appreciation for what Robert's been trying to achieve over the decades.

Formed in Southern California in 1974, Van Halen became one of the best-selling bands in rock history and one of the highest-grossing tour acts with their rock-solid rhythm section, the histrionics of outrageous frontman David Lee Roth, and the wildly inventive and until-then unimaginable guitar heroics of Eddie Van Halen. In Van Halen at 50, prolific rock journalist Martin Popoff pays tribute to the band on the occasion of their 50th anniversary by curating 50 significant milestones, from their formation in 1974 to the passing of Eddie Van Valen in 2020.

An esteemed panel of Cult experts dive deep to discuss every Blue Oyster Cult studio album. No stone is left unturned, as they look at the personalities in the band, every song, every album cover, the band's highly regarded lyrics as poetry, their music as ground-breaking and genre-defying.

DIESES BUCH FEIERT EINE BAND, DIE DAS ANTLITZ DES ROCK'N'ROLL VERÄNDERT HAT. 50 JAHRE KISS LÄSST DIE AUSSERGEWÖHNLICHE GESCHICHTE DER GRUPPE ANHAND VON 50 MEILENSTEIN-MOMENTEN AUFLEBEN.Die 1973 gegründeten Kiss avancierten dank ihrer Kombination aus Songwriter-Handwerk und Bühnen-Bombast zu einer der erfolgreichsten Bands der Rockhistorie. Das reichhaltig bebilderte Buch des Rockjournalisten Martin Popoff verneigt sich mit einer Auflistung von 50 bedeutsamen Meilensteinen vor der Band: ihren Besetzungswechseln und den Rollen der einzelnen Mitglieder, einflussreichen und denkwürdigen LPs, unvergesslichen Fernsehauftritten, der maskenlosen Achtziger-Ära, den Wiedervereinigungen, dem Touring bis heute und vielem mehr. Jede Seite ist illustriert mit sagenhaften Live-Schnappschüssen, lebensechten Backstage-Bildern und Erinnerungsstücken wie Tourplakaten, Ticket-Abrissen, 7-Inch-Singles und T-Shirts. Die opulente Würdigung einer der populärsten Bands aller Zeiten.

EINE VERNEIGUNG VOR DER ULTIMATIVEN ROCKBAND. DIESES BUCH ZEICHNET DIE AUSSERGEWÖHNLICHE REISE DER AUSTRALISCHEN ROCKER ANHAND 50 BEMERKENSWERTER MEILENSTEINE NACH.Nach ihrer Gründung 1973 avancierten AC/DC im Verlauf ihrer Karriere dank ihres ohrenbetäubenden, schweißtriefenden und Blues-basierten Sounds zu einer der meistverkauften Bands in der Geschichte der Rockmusik. In diesem bildreichen Buch huldigt der Rock-Journalist Martin Popoff der Band, indem er 50 einschneidende Ereignisse in der Geschichte AC/DCs unter die Lupe nimmt. Dazu zählen Besetzungswechsel ebenso wie die Rollen, die die Gründer Angus und Malcolm spielten, aber auch das Songwriting und die legendären Possen Bon Scotts. Selbstverständlich wird auch der Einstieg Brian Johnsons und die Arbeit am Megaseller Back In Black beleuchtet. Und auch das Comeback der Band in den 1990ern, diverse besonders legendäre Gigs, Fernsehauftritte und sämtliche Alben werden hier behandelt. Jede Seite wird mit aufregenden Konzertfotos, aufschlussreichen Schnappschüssen abseits der Bühne, Gig-Plakaten, Single-Covers, Eintrittskarten und anderen Souvenirs illustriert, woraus sich letztlich eine monumentale Hommage an eine der einflussreichsten Rockbands aller Zeiten ergibt.

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Millions of fans would attest that this is a band eminently deserving of a Visual Biography. From the single sleeves through the passes, posters and promo items and of course, most especially Dave, Ed, Mikey and Al themselves (and Sam, Gary and Wolfgang!), Van Halen was an explosion of colour and action, resulting in a feast for the eyes within the pages of this sumptuously appointed book you now hold in your hands. As one celebrates this legendary band in karate-kicking action, from the mid-'70s all the way up until the last tour in 2015 and many solo points and projects in-between, provided for your reading pleasure is one of Martin Popoff's celebrated detailed timelines, stuffed with trivia that swiftly moves us through forty years of massive rock history from one of the storied greats of the genre. "Runnin' with the Devil," "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," "Jamie's Cryin'," "Unchained," "Jump," "Panama," "Hot for Teacher," "Why Can't This Be Love," "Finish What Ya Started," "Right Now"... these are some of the biggest anthems of all time, and accompanying the tunes is the narrative of two opposing lead singers, Diamond David Lee Roth and Sammy "Red Rocker" Hagar, both of whom are also represented in detail vis-a-vis their solo careers among the celebration of the core band at hand. The end result is a beach-balling an' sun-tanned symphony of words and pictures, indeed a book that differs from previous Van Halen photography projects through the inclusion of so much rare memorabilia, side ephemera and otherwise nifty pictures of paper goods perking up each page as one basks in what this band managed to accomplish over four decades of white-knuckle rock on the edge.¿

The Damned are forever in the history books as the first UK punk band to get an album out: Damned Damned Damned with "New Rose" and "Neat Neat Neat,", shocking punk anthems that defined the golden era of the new wave. Popoff analyses every damned Damned song across all the albums and every EP and single in minute detail.

In 1974, Alice Cooper shocked the rock world, scooped up his makeup kit and went solo. Get on board and get a sense of how each and every one of Alice's 21 solo albums work, along with an understanding of how absolutely and insanely jam-packed life has been for Alice since.

The story of Angel is of a band out of time. Despite tons of promotion they racked up a million dollars of debt without the record sales to justify the crazy spending. Then it was all over by 1981. Punky Meadows and Frank DiMino stormed back with solo albums. And then, appearing outta nowhere, Angel returned with a new album in 2019.

The Original Alice Cooper Group story in meticulous chronological detail. Corroborating the sequence of events are stories from the band themselves, who explain how they went from politely ignored pariahs in L.A to international Public Enemies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and why Alice Cooper was the most feared & revered act in all of rock 'n' roll.

Das britische Hardrock-Flaggschiff Deep Purple bedarf keiner Vorstellung mehr. Auf das Konto dieser Band gingen über die Jahrzehnte hinweg zahllose unsterbliche Hymnen und für die Musikgeschichte wegweisende Alben. Der renommierte kanadische Rock-Journalist Martin Popoff hat für diese umfassende Biografie über 50 Interviews mit den ehemaligen und aktuellen Mitglieder von Deep Purple sowie ihrem personellen Umfeld (unter anderem Nick Blagona, Thom Panunzio, Candice Night, Frank Morgan, und Stuart Smith) geführt. Dazu behandelt er nahezu jeden Song der Band bis zum Studioalbum »Rapture Of The Deep«, selbst Single-B-Seiten und die Schlüsselmomente der jeweiligen Solokarrieren der Musiker. So entstand eine ihresgleichen suchende Abhandlung über eine der wichtigsten Bands aller Zeiten, die zur kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit der Musik einlädt und darüber hinaus mit zahllosen Anekdoten aufwartet, die bei einer solch schillernden Karriere nichts weniger als spannend ausfallen.Kein anderes Buch umspannt Deep Purples Werdegang von den psychedelischen Anfängen über die Schulterschlüsse der Gruppe mit orchestraler Musik bis zu den Sternstunden der Ära Steve Morse. Popoff hat die definitive Geschichte der Band geschrieben, beleuchtet Ritchie Blackmores Schrullen, zeichnet das zwischenzeitliche Zerwürfnis der Gruppe nach und fördert vergessene Perlen zutage ¿ denn ¿Hush¿ und ¿Highway Star¿, ¿Smoke On The Water¿ oder ¿Burn¿ sind nur die ein Bruchteil dessen, was Purple ausmacht.

Includes extensive commentary from Popoff's many chats with those who were there, including Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing, Ian Hill, Scott Travis, Ripper Owens and Richie Faulkner, along with producers Tom Allom, Chris Tsangarides and Roy Z. The most in-depth examination of Judas Priest's late '80s to present-day output ever attempted.

Loads of fresh interview content, all the facts and dates and even some of the hot disputes in this critical examination with new reflections on the NWOBHM and some of the detrimental things that came after for many bands, the heroes of our story included.

Lifelong fan and preeminent metal historian Martin Popoff examines the Priest's rich legacy from 1974 to 1984, album by album, anthem by anthem, in this hugely expanded update on the early years portion of his long out-of-print Heavy Metal Painkillers book.

BLACK SABBATH FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ON THE FIRST NAME IN METAL

Incorporating talk from over 60 interviews conductive with band members and other relevant parties over 25 years, this is the most in-depth examination ever executed. We hear the gripes, snipes, swipes and thumbs-up from Dio, Gillan, Hughes, Tony Martin and Ozzy, as they remark upon this institution coddled by the anchor of the band Tony Iommi.

Deep Purple timeline from 1980-2011: Tour stuff, recording sessions, charts, singles, certification news, break-ups, personal stuff, trivia for miles, lots of quotes & loaded with factual matter about the family-Rainbow, Whitesnake, Gillan, Blackmore's Night, solo projects, guest slots, Gary Moore, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion & more.

Agents of Fortune examines the complicated early days of the band, graphically demonstrating the showbiz sweat that goes into making a successful act. Popoff draws on his countless interviews with band members, producer Murray Krugman manager Sandy Pearlman & BOC expert Bolle Gregmar. An essential read for Blue Oyster Cult devotees.

Documents the band with analysis of every song the Teutonic tone-masters ever crafted from Lonesome Crow to the "retirement" album Sting In The Tail, and into Comeblack - the stories of their making are all here, drawing on the author's interviews with Klaus Meine, Uli Jon Roth, Rudolf Schenker, Rarebell, Jabs, & legendary manager David Krebs.