Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | ENCORE | Martin Popoff Interview

05/25/23 • 47 min

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My guest in this special encore episode of Battle of the Bands: Judas Priest v Iron Maiden is rock and metal historian, Martin Popoff.

Popoff has penned more than 110 books on rock and metal, including a dozen on Priest and Maiden, so who better to discuss the band’s rivalry than him?

We discuss Popoff’s journey in metal, his creative possess, when he discovered Maiden and Priest, Priest’s flirting with commercial sounds, the 1990 court case, why Maiden has been more commercially successful, his thoughts on the Ripper snub, latter day album releases, KK’s split with Priest, and which band he would choose if he could pick only one to listen to on a deserted island.

With that, here’s my conversation with the one and only Martin Popoff.

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MARTIN POPOFF

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My guest in this special encore episode of Battle of the Bands: Judas Priest v Iron Maiden is rock and metal historian, Martin Popoff.

Popoff has penned more than 110 books on rock and metal, including a dozen on Priest and Maiden, so who better to discuss the band’s rivalry than him?

With that, here’s my conversation with the one and only Martin Popoff.

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MARTIN POPOFF

Web: https://martinpopoff.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MartinPopoffAuthor/

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BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Web: https://battleofthebandspod.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlebandspod

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Previous Episode

Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 9 | The Second Coming and Legacy

Our grand finale tracks the return of Dickinson and Halford, the band's second acts this side of the year 2000, and their heavy metal legacies.

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Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski.

Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production.

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Sources: Too many to mention, but Mick Wall's awesome Iron Maiden biography, Run To The Hills, and Martin Popoff's excellent Judas Priest biography, Heavy Metal Painkiller, were both used as references.

Other publications such as Loudwire, Louder Sound, Metal Injection, Kerrang!, and of course, Wikipedia, were used in sourcing interesting anecdotes and quotes from bands.

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Disclosure: Quotes voiced in this episode are AI-generated recreations of on-the-record quotes by respective band members and individuals.

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We're back with a new season on the bad boys of rock n roll, Mötley Crüe, and their cleaner cut contemporaries and rivals from across the country, Bon Jovi.

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Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski.

Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production.

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For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected]

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Sources: Paul Miles' Chronological Crue, Neil Strauss' The Dirt, Wikipedia,

Other publications such as Loudwire, Louder Sound, Metal Injection, Kerrang!, and of course, Wikipedia, were used in sourcing interesting anecdotes and quotes from bands.

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Disclosure: Quotes voiced in this episode are AI-generated recreations of on-the-record quotes or rough estimations of what respective band members and individuals said back in the day| , based on vetted research.