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Martin Popoff

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At approximately 7900 (with over 7000 appearing in his books), Martin has unofficially written more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned approximately 85 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record collecting. He was Editor-In-Chief of the now retired Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, Canada’s foremost metal publication for 14 years, and has also contributed to Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, Record Collector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com and hardradio.com, with many record label band bios and liner notes to his credit as well. Additionally, Martin has been a regular contractor to Banger Films, having worked for two years as researcher on the award-winning ...more

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Got a new podcast called History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, part of the Pantheon Media group, where many of the riffs from across my books tend to get discussed regularly. Short and sweet, about 25 minutes per. All heavy metal topics (so far).

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Jackson Pollock: An American Saga

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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

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Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography

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“So our dream was to combine the feeling and the emotional rock potential of The Who and even Zeppelin and bring the complexity of a band like Genesis and Yes. “And we wanted to do that in a three-piece format. We wanted to be the world’s most complicated three-piece band.”
― Martin Popoff, Anthem: Rush in the ’70s

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“Artists never finish a project — they just abandon it.”
― Martin Popoff, Driven: Rush in the ’90s and “In the End”

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“you constantly think, ‘If I’m nice to people and treat them well, they’ll appreciate it and behave better.’ They won’t, but it’s still not a bad way to live.”
― Martin Popoff, Driven: Rush in the ’90s and “In the End”

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