Martin Popoff
Canadian music journalistwww.martinpopoff.com
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Oct 9, 2026
BJHOST
And, uh, it was in 1970 that Klaus and Rudolf's brother, Michael, were in a band together called Copernicus.
BJHOST
We have to thank Martin Popoff for a lot of these details.
BJHOST
He's got a great book about The Scorpions.
BJHOST
Rudolf stole them, I guess, for a new version of The Scorpions.
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Fistful of DaveGUEST
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BJHOST
And he was in a band called Dawn Road, and so he brought the rhythm section of that band, Francis Buchholz and Jurgen Rosenthal, with him.
BJHOST
And actually, my takeaway from, it seems like Martin Popoff interviewed Francis Buchholz for his book, and, uh, the way Francis described it, it seems more like Rudolf and Klaus joined Dawn Road, you know, but then they just used the Scorpions name, because it had-
Fistful of DaveGUEST
They, yeah, they're-
Ray WawrzyniakGUEST
So he said, okay.
Ray WawrzyniakGUEST
He said, well, why don't you get in touch with this person? So at that point, I sent my list to his secretary, the list of my collection, who then shared my list with Martin Popoff.
Ray WawrzyniakGUEST
Martin Popoff and I have had a good relationship now for about 18 years.
Ray WawrzyniakGUEST
He's a friend of the show.
Chaz CharlesHOST
Yep, we know Martin.
MattiasGUEST
... pal Darren.
MattiasGUEST
And he also did a run-through of all the AC/DC albums with Martin Popoff, and he had been asking me for years to do a Maiden, uh, a similar thing with Iron Maiden.
MattiasGUEST
But I've been sort of reluctant, 'cause I thought that, hmm, am I that good? Is my English good enough? But I think cutting my teeth a bit with Maiden A to, to Z-
HenrikGUEST
Mm.
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History in five songs.
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With host Martin Popoff.
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A production of Pantheon Podcasts.
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Let's rock out with Martin.
Martin PopoffHOST
Yes, indeed.
Martin PopoffHOST
Martin Popoff here.
Martin PopoffHOST
Welcome back to another episode of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, brought to you by the good people at Pantheon Podcast.
Martin PopoffHOST
We are pleased as always to be part of this fast and always.
Brian SlagelHOST
It's going to be fun to talk to Chris, and he's been on before talking to Iron Maiden, so it's going to be really good.
Brian SlagelHOST
And for the last time on this podcast, but he will be part of the next one doing the exact same thing he's doing here, where you get up to Mr. Martin Popoff.
Martin PopoffCORRESPONDENT
All right, here we go.
Martin PopoffCORRESPONDENT
Iron Maiden, Hallowed Be Thy Name.
Brian SlagelHOST
All right.
Brian SlagelHOST
We welcome back to our very last episode of this podcast.
Brian SlagelHOST
A man who's been on this podcast more, only Martin Popoff and myself have been on more times than Jay Ruston has.
Brian SlagelHOST
We really appreciate that.
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[rock music] History in Five Songs.
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With host Martin Popoff.
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A production of Pantheon Podcasts.
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Let's rock out with Martin.
Martin PopoffHOST
All right.
Martin PopoffHOST
Yes, indeed.
Martin PopoffHOST
Martin Popoff here.
Martin PopoffHOST
Welcome back to another episode of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, brought to you by the good people at Pantheon Podcasts.
Martin PopoffHOST
Yes, indeed.
Martin PopoffHOST
Martin Popoff here.
Martin PopoffHOST
Welcome back to another episode of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff.
Martin PopoffHOST
We are proud to be part of this vast and always expanding pantheon podcast network.
Martin PopoffHOST
We're available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, all over the place.
Brian SlagelHOST
Second to the last one, like I mentioned.
Brian SlagelHOST
But let's begin it all as we've done every single one with our friend, Mr. Martin Popoff.
Martin PopoffCORRESPONDENT
absolutely brian super important song in heavy metal history rainbow stargazer but i know you want to talk about this as stargazer a light in the black i've always liked your theory about that how it's one song it should be uh viewed as one piece you know went in one sitting kind of thing uh we got 826 for stargazer 812 for a light in the black takes up the entire side two of rainbow rising issued may 17th 1976 they're making this album at music Chicland, you know, we've got Led Zeppelin presence.
Martin PopoffCORRESPONDENT
Sweet, give us a wink.
Steven HillHOST
Like that people will say that.
Steven HillHOST
as if it is in any way interesting in any way interesting a topic to talk about at all so i'd like to before we start redress the balance here a little bit this is not metallica's fault that thrash went to in the 90s all of those thrash bands changed their sound to fit in with whatever was contemporary in the 90s all of them the problem is you martin popoff whoever you are you don't mention them because those albums are basically awful and unheard with anyone because those bands they couldn't do what metallica did and just because you don't sell it doesn't mean you can't still sell out and if metallica did sell out they didn't by the way then so did all those other bands you just aren't aware of it Have a fucking pop at Exodus for once for making Force a habit and doing a Rolling Stones cover.
Steven HillHOST
Oh yeah, that's very thrash metal, isn't it? Yeah, definitely.
Steven HillHOST
Trying to sound like fucking Living Colour.
Nick BambachHOST
Oh, for sure.
Nick BambachHOST
And for listeners that might know this, we actually did interview a couple of months ago, Martin Popoff, who you probably know.
Nick BambachHOST
He actually wrote a recent book about KISS called KISS 76.
Nick BambachHOST
So that episode's in the archives if you want to listen to my interview.
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