Interview Martin Popoff - Reveals his Top 10 Hair Metal bands of All Time Jimmy Kay Host of the Canada’s ‘The Metal Voice’ recently spoke to legendary Heavy Metal Author Martin Popoff about his new book entitled ‘The Big Book Of Hair Metal’ Popoff talks about the origins and evolution of Hair metal and even goes into his Top 10 Hair Metal Bands of All Time. “When MTV really got going Hair Metal was one of the big participators in all of that. Heavy metal has always been this dark bastard child but it really did become mainstream with MTV with the likes of Ratt, Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot and even bands that weren’t Hair Metal but were somehow participating in it now. Big Example being KISS even the likes of Cheap Trick and ZZ top(4:00) Popoff Defines Hair Metal,” hair metal is a little corporate a little geographical because we are talking a lot of California, it’s a certain sound, it’s melodic , slightly poppy, conventional. Its three minute heavy songs based around riffs usually some shredding usually a high singer, very good production and another strong component it’s something that lived and breathed a huge from about 1983 to 1992” (2:00) About the author: Martin Popoff has been described as the worlds most famous heavy-metal journalist. He has penned more than 40 books on hard rock, heavy metal, and record collecting, including Voyageur Press Rush: The Illustrated History. He has also worked in film and television, his most recent projects being Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage and VH1s Metal Evolution. He lives in Toronto with his wife and son. youtu.be/Qc_bP5hNi8E
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