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Martin Popoff

May 04, 2023

Martin Popoff (born April 28, 1963)[1] is a Canadian music journalist, critic and author. He is mainly known for writing about the genre of heavy metal music. The senior editor and co-founder of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, he has additionally written over twenty books that both critically evaluate heavy metal and document its history. He has been called "heavy metal's most widely recognized journalist" by his publisher.[2] Popoff lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Career

Born in Castlegar, British Columbia, Popoff's interest in heavy metal began as a youth in Trail, British Columbia, in the early 1970s, when bands such as Led Zeppelin and Iron Butterfly were in the collections of the older brothers and cousins of Popoff and his friends. Black Sabbath played even heavier music, and became the group his circle of friends thought of as "our band, not the domain of our elders".[3] Other heavy rock albums of the era, such as Nazareth's Razamanaz and Kiss' Hotter than Hell, further shaped his emerging musical tastes. Angel City and April Wine were among Popoff's favourite bands as a teenager.[4]

Of popular music magazines around at the time, Popoff recalls being a regular reader of Circus, Hit Parader, and later, "Kerrang! blew our minds." He does not identify any specific writers as being particularly influential on his own writing style, saying "it never registered who wrote what."[4]

Popoff received a BA in English from the University of Victoria in 1984 and an MBA in marketing at McMaster University in 1987, working for Xerox before co-owning a print brokering company.[1] For a while in the 1980s, he also played drums in a bar band called Torque. In 1993, he released his first book, the independently published Riff Kills Man!: 25 Years of Recorded Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, a collection of 1,942 critical reviews of heavy metal records. Shortly after its publication, he co-founded Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, which released its first issue in 1994. He soon returned to his reviews book, releasing a revised and expanded version in 1997 titled The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal, which almost doubled the original book's number of reviews to 3,700. In the book, he identifies three major stages in the early development of heavy metal. The first stage, "invention", took place in 1970 with the release of Deep Purple in Rock coinciding with debut albums from Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep. Stage two, "re-invention", occurred in 1976 with Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny. The third stage, "re-intensification", happened in 1984 with the release of Metallica's Ride the Lightning.[5]

In the 2000s Popoff revised and expanded his Collector's Guide one more time, splitting it up by decade into three separate volumes comprising a total of 6,763 albums spanning three decades of heavy metal.[6] Volume 3: The Nineties was published in 2007.

Popoff has stated that he considers the greatest record of all time to be Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, followed by Black Sabbath's Sabotage.[7] He has also named Queen's self-titled debut as his personal favourite record of all time,[8] and often regards Max Webster as his all-time favourite band.[9] Newer groups that Popoff has spoken highly of include Mastodon, Opeth, Lamb of God and Dark Tranquillity.[10][11] His Collector's Guide became rather notorious in some circles of rock fans for a particularly scathing review of Def Leppard's worldwide smash hit glam metal album Hysteria, to which he awarded a score of zero out of ten. Popoff continues to defend his opinion of it years later, citing "just awful production, lyrics, singing, clichés of every musical and lyrical sort."[12]

A number of Popoff's other books are biographies of notable metal bands, including Black Sabbath in Doom Let Loose and Dio in Light Beyond the Black. While the biographies are usually not officially authorized, a large amount of research consists of interviews between Popoff and members of each band. Popoff has said of his relationship with his subjects: "I censor myself because I don't want to write something to hurt people. You write a book on Sabbath and you don’t want to write something to hurt (their) families - I love those guys."[13] A Judas Priest biography, Heavy Metal Painkillers, was published in 2007.

In 2014, Popoff stated that he is working on a new book, entitled Who Invented Heavy Metal?[14] In March 2015, Popoff told Metal Shock Finland's chief editor Mohsen Fayyazi that he had finished writing the book and it will be published in approximately a month's time.[15]

Popoff is a reviewer for BangerTV[16] and also appears frequently on the many shows featured on the YouTube channel of music publication Sea of Tranquility.

Partial bibliography

Collector's Guide series

  • 20th Century Rock and Roll: Heavy Metal. Burlington: Collector's Guide Publishing. 2000. ISBN 1-896522-47-5.
  • Southern Rock Review. Burlington: Collector's Guide Publishing. 2001. ISBN 1-896522-73-4.
  • The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal - Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington: Collector's Guide Publishing. 2003. ISBN 1-894959-02-7.
  • The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal - Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington: Collector's Guide Publishing. 2005. ISBN 1-894959-31-0.
  • The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal - Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington: Collector's Guide Publishing. 2007. ISBN 1-894959-62-0.
  • The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal - Volume 4: The 00s (with David Perri). Burlington: Collector's Guide Publishing. 2011. ISBN 1-926592-20-4.

Ye Olde Metal series

Rock biographies

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ^ a b Popoff, Martin (1997). The Collector's Guide To Heavy Metal. Burlington: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 538.
  2. ^ "Martin Popoff". Cgpublishing.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (2006). Black Sabbath : Doom Let Loose : An Illustrated History. Toronto: ECW Press. p. ix.
  4. ^ a b Popoff, Martin (July 2000). . rockcriticsarchives.com (An E-Mail Interview). Steven Ward. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (1997). The Collector's Guide To Heavy Metal. Burlington: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 280–281.
  6. ^ "Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal - Vol.2". Martinpopoff.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  7. ^ Popoff, Martin (2006). Black Sabbath : Doom Let Loose : An Illustrated History. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 114.
  8. ^ Popoff, Martin (2003). The Collector's Guide To Heavy Metal Volume I: The Seventies. Toronto: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 221.
  9. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). Live Magnetic Air: The Unlikely Saga of the Superlative Max Webster. Toronto: Power Chord Press. p. 13.
  10. ^ "Maximum Metal Interview Results". Maximummetal.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  11. ^ "GET READY TO ROLL!". Getreadytoroll.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  12. ^ "Popoff Defends Some Of His Reviews". Heavymetal.about.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  13. ^ "Rock Eyez - Martin Popoff (Bravewords & Bloody Knuckles) Interview". Rockeyez.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  14. ^ "Future Plans". Martinpopoff.com. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  15. ^ "Martin Popoff: "Who Invented Heavy Metal"; The Answer Will Come Soon". Metal Shock Finland. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  16. ^ "BangerTV Hosts | BangerTV".

External links

  • Official website

May 04, 2023
martin, popoff, born, april, 1963, canadian, music, journalist, critic, author, mainly, known, writing, about, genre, heavy, metal, music, senior, editor, founder, brave, words, bloody, knuckles, additionally, written, over, twenty, books, that, both, critical. Martin Popoff born April 28 1963 1 is a Canadian music journalist critic and author He is mainly known for writing about the genre of heavy metal music The senior editor and co founder of Brave Words amp Bloody Knuckles he has additionally written over twenty books that both critically evaluate heavy metal and document its history He has been called heavy metal s most widely recognized journalist by his publisher 2 Popoff lives in Toronto Ontario Contents 1 Career 2 Partial bibliography 2 1 Collector s Guide series 2 2 Ye Olde Metal series 2 3 Rock biographies 2 4 Miscellaneous 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditBorn in Castlegar British Columbia Popoff s interest in heavy metal began as a youth in Trail British Columbia in the early 1970s when bands such as Led Zeppelin and Iron Butterfly were in the collections of the older brothers and cousins of Popoff and his friends Black Sabbath played even heavier music and became the group his circle of friends thought of as our band not the domain of our elders 3 Other heavy rock albums of the era such as Nazareth s Razamanaz and Kiss Hotter than Hell further shaped his emerging musical tastes Angel City and April Wine were among Popoff s favourite bands as a teenager 4 Of popular music magazines around at the time Popoff recalls being a regular reader of Circus Hit Parader and later Kerrang blew our minds He does not identify any specific writers as being particularly influential on his own writing style saying it never registered who wrote what 4 Popoff received a BA in English from the University of Victoria in 1984 and an MBA in marketing at McMaster University in 1987 working for Xerox before co owning a print brokering company 1 For a while in the 1980s he also played drums in a bar band called Torque In 1993 he released his first book the independently published Riff Kills Man 25 Years of Recorded Hard Rock and Heavy Metal a collection of 1 942 critical reviews of heavy metal records Shortly after its publication he co founded Brave Words amp Bloody Knuckles which released its first issue in 1994 He soon returned to his reviews book releasing a revised and expanded version in 1997 titled The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal which almost doubled the original book s number of reviews to 3 700 In the book he identifies three major stages in the early development of heavy metal The first stage invention took place in 1970 with the release of Deep Purple in Rock coinciding with debut albums from Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep Stage two re invention occurred in 1976 with Judas Priest s Sad Wings of Destiny The third stage re intensification happened in 1984 with the release of Metallica s Ride the Lightning 5 In the 2000s Popoff revised and expanded his Collector s Guide one more time splitting it up by decade into three separate volumes comprising a total of 6 763 albums spanning three decades of heavy metal 6 Volume 3 The Nineties was published in 2007 Popoff has stated that he considers the greatest record of all time to be Led Zeppelin s Physical Graffiti followed by Black Sabbath s Sabotage 7 He has also named Queen s self titled debut as his personal favourite record of all time 8 and often regards Max Webster as his all time favourite band 9 Newer groups that Popoff has spoken highly of include Mastodon Opeth Lamb of God and Dark Tranquillity 10 11 His Collector s Guide became rather notorious in some circles of rock fans for a particularly scathing review of Def Leppard s worldwide smash hit glam metal album Hysteria to which he awarded a score of zero out of ten Popoff continues to defend his opinion of it years later citing just awful production lyrics singing cliches of every musical and lyrical sort 12 A number of Popoff s other books are biographies of notable metal bands including Black Sabbath in Doom Let Loose and Dio in Light Beyond the Black While the biographies are usually not officially authorized a large amount of research consists of interviews between Popoff and members of each band Popoff has said of his relationship with his subjects I censor myself because I don t want to write something to hurt people You write a book on Sabbath and you don t want to write something to hurt their families I love those guys 13 A Judas Priest biography Heavy Metal Painkillers was published in 2007 In 2014 Popoff stated that he is working on a new book entitled Who Invented Heavy Metal 14 In March 2015 Popoff told Metal Shock Finland s chief editor Mohsen Fayyazi that he had finished writing the book and it will be published in approximately a month s time 15 Popoff is a reviewer for BangerTV 16 and also appears frequently on the many shows featured on the YouTube channel of music publication Sea of Tranquility Partial bibliography EditCollector s Guide series Edit 20th Century Rock and Roll Heavy Metal Burlington Collector s Guide Publishing 2000 ISBN 1 896522 47 5 Southern Rock Review Burlington Collector s Guide Publishing 2001 ISBN 1 896522 73 4 The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 1 The Seventies Burlington Collector s Guide Publishing 2003 ISBN 1 894959 02 7 The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 2 The Eighties Burlington Collector s Guide Publishing 2005 ISBN 1 894959 31 0 The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 3 The Nineties Burlington Collector s Guide Publishing 2007 ISBN 1 894959 62 0 The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 4 The 00s with David Perri Burlington Collector s Guide Publishing 2011 ISBN 1 926592 20 4 Ye Olde Metal series Edit Ye Olde Metal 1968 to 1972 Power Chord Press 2007 ISBN 0 9697707 2 3 Ye Olde Metal 1973 to 1975 Power Chord Press 2007 ISBN 0 9697707 3 1 Ye Olde Metal 1976 Power Chord Press 2008 ISBN 0 9697707 4 X Ye Olde Metal 1977 Power Chord Press 2008 ISBN 0 9697707 5 8 Ye Olde Metal 1978 Power Chord Press 2009 ISBN 0 9697707 6 6 Rock biographies Edit Contents Under Pressure 30 Years of Rush at Home and Away Toronto ECW Press 2004 ISBN 1 55022 678 9 UFO Shoot Out the Lights Los Angeles Metal Blade Records 2005 ISBN 0 9752807 2 4 Rainbow English Castle Magic Los Angeles Metal Blade Records 2005 ISBN B 00 13FZP6 U Dio Light Beyond the Black Los Angeles Metal Blade Records 2006 ISBN 0 9752807 4 0 Black Sabbath Doom Let Loose An Illustrated History Toronto ECW Press 2006 ISBN 1 55022 731 9 Judas Priest Heavy Metal Painkillers An Illustrated History Toronto ECW Press 2007 ISBN 1 55022 784 X Gettin Tighter Deep Purple 68 76 Power Chord Press 2008 ISBN 0 9811057 1 8 Blue Oyster Cult Secrets Revealed Power Chord Press 2009 ISBN 0 9752807 0 8 A Castle Full of Rascals Deep Purple 83 09 Power Chord Press 2009 ISBN 0 9811057 2 6 Time and a Word The Yes Story Soundcheck Books 2016 ISBN 0993212026 AC DC Album By Album Quarto Publishing Group 2017 ISBN 978 0 7858 3754 1 Miscellaneous Edit Goldmine Heavy Metal Price Guide Iola Krause Publications 2000 ISBN 0 87341 811 5 The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time Toronto ECW Press 2003 ISBN 1 55022 530 8 The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time Toronto ECW Press 2004 ISBN 1 55022 600 2 The New Wave of Heavy Metal Singles Scrap Metal Records 2005 ISBN 0 9762133 0 3 Run for Cover The Art of Derek Riggs Aardvark Publishing 2006 ISBN 1 4276 0538 6 All Access The Art and History of the Backstage Pass Los Angeles Cleopatra Records 2009 ISBN 0 9636193 7 3 Worlds Away Voivod and the Art of Michel Langevin Spider Press 2009 ISBN 1 4276 3788 1 References Edit a b Popoff Martin 1997 The Collector s Guide To Heavy Metal Burlington Collector s Guide Publishing p 538 Martin Popoff Cgpublishing com Retrieved May 5 2019 Popoff Martin 2006 Black Sabbath Doom Let Loose An Illustrated History Toronto ECW Press p ix a b Popoff Martin July 2000 Martin Popoff On heavy metal rock criticism and carpal tunnel syndrome rockcriticsarchives com An E Mail Interview Steven Ward Archived from the original on July 9 2011 Retrieved November 5 2017 Popoff Martin 1997 The Collector s Guide To Heavy Metal Burlington Collector s Guide Publishing pp 280 281 Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal Vol 2 Martinpopoff com Retrieved May 5 2019 Popoff Martin 2006 Black Sabbath Doom Let Loose An Illustrated History Toronto ECW Press p 114 Popoff Martin 2003 The Collector s Guide To Heavy Metal Volume I The Seventies Toronto Collector s Guide Publishing p 221 Popoff Martin 2014 Live Magnetic Air The Unlikely Saga of the Superlative Max Webster Toronto Power Chord Press p 13 Maximum Metal Interview Results Maximummetal com Retrieved May 5 2019 GET READY TO ROLL Getreadytoroll com Retrieved May 5 2019 Popoff Defends Some Of His Reviews Heavymetal about com Retrieved May 5 2019 Rock Eyez Martin Popoff Bravewords amp Bloody Knuckles Interview Rockeyez com Retrieved May 5 2019 Future Plans Martinpopoff com Retrieved March 7 2015 Martin Popoff Who Invented Heavy Metal The Answer Will Come Soon Metal Shock Finland March 6 2015 Retrieved March 7 2015 BangerTV Hosts BangerTV External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https 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