History in Five Songs Episode 369: Lowering the British blues boom

In Episode 369 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin argues how rock bands from the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin to Fleetwood Mac and UFO escaped the creative limits of the British blues boom. He posits that their willingness to evolve into hard rock, heavy metal, prog, and pop ultimately defined their greatest successes.

1. The Rolling Stones – “Street Fighting Man”
2. Status Quo – “Oh Baby”
3. Black Sabbath – “Hand of Doom”
4. Aerosmith – “Woman of the World”
5. UFO – “Rock Bottom”

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