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Hosted by Michael Huntsman · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 59 episodes
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A show that traces the chronology of extreme, loud and extremely loud music song by song. From The Kinks to Kiss, The Beatles to Black Sabbath, Miles Davis to Motörhead we dive deep into the circumstances, influences and popular culture that made each of these tracks seem so intense and groundbreaking when they were released. Your co-hosts Michael Huntsman and "Big Daddy" Dave Lieberman take you on a journey from the late 50's to present day that promises to blow your hair back and piss off your neighbors.
Michael Huntsman hosts The History of Heavy Podcast, a music show with 59 episodes published.
You would be hard pressed to find a more controversial or polarizing figure in the world of music or anywhere else than Ted Nugent. His views on politics, the environment, women, or any other subject are extreme to say t
Fela Kuti recorded more than 60 albums, is regarded as the principal innovator of the Afrobeat genre, was an outspoken political voice for the oppressed people of Nigeria and one of the most important figures in the hist
The proto-punk/garage rock band Death (not the Florida Death metallers) formed in 1971, released one independent single in 1976, broke up in 1977 and then were essentially completely forgotten about. That is until record
1975 saw the last of six consecutive, nearly perfect studio albums from the classic lineup of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward. Sabotage continued the cocaine fueled, high energy experimentation of Vol 4. and Sabbath Blo
RCA Records had to halt distribution of Metal Machine Music just weeks after its release in 1975, due to customer complaints about its cacophonous, atonal noise . It was so widely derided that it damaged Reed's reputatio
Miles Davis is one of the most important and influential musicians in music history. He was an extremely talented trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He was at the forefront of the bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz, avant-gar
Are Rush an incredibly talented, highly influential, prog-rock institution with decades of infectious adult-contemporary hard rock pop hits under their belts or self-indulgent, unlistenable obnoxious nerds? Yes. - RIP Ne
UK Space Rock pioneers, Hawkwind formed in 1969 and as of April 2025 have released 37 studio albums. Most significant to this podcast are the three released from 1972-1975 ( Dorm Fasol Latido, Hall of the Mountain Grill
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Perhaps no band better exemplifies the 1970's than the "velvet thunder" of Foghat. Their first three albums, released between 1973 and 1975, along with their 1977 Live album are perfect time capsules of the era and are p
The History of Heavy EP50: KISS - "Watchin' You" In addition to being a global merchandising corporation, KISS occasionally found time to write and record some songs. The heavier among them were mostly written by co-foun
The youth in West Germany circa the early 1970's had significantly more reason to be pissed off than the British or American punks of the late seventies. They were lacking direction and inspiration in a country that was
You could make the case that this is Sabbath's best album. They were battle tested, coke fueled and at the peak of their creative powers. But is it our favorite Sabbath album? Maybe... HHP Spotify Playlist https://open.s
Betty Davis was well ahead of her time. She was a wildly flamboyant funk diva who combined the gritty emotional realism of Tina Turner , the futurist fashion sense of David Bowie , and the trendsetting flair of Miles Dav
After 45 episodes of The History of Heavy, covering everyone from Iron Butterfly to Black Sabbath and "The Payback" might be the most authentically heavy song we've discussed to date. Let us explain... HHP Spotify Playli
Necromandus were managed by Tony Iommi, signed to Vertigo Records, supported Sabbath on the VOl 4 tour and recorded their debut album in 1973. So why hadn't we ever heard of them until a few weeks ago? HHP Spotify Playli
During their hard/shock rocking heyday which spanned four excellent albums beginning with 1971's Love It to Death, Alice Cooper was more than a man, they were a band. And while leader singer Vincent Furnier would adopt h
Another year in the bag and if we're honest, 2025 largely sucked. It sucked on a global level, it sucked on a national level, it sucked on a local level and honestly it sucked on a personal level, But what didn't suck wa
Sabbath's first three albums invented stoner metal and "Sweet Leaf" from 1971's Master of Reality was the coughing exclamation point on the genre. Vol 4 would begin the band's three album cocaine cycle. Not only did Snow
Edgar Winter is a freak. A multi-instrumental virtuoso who led his chart topping band as singer-songwriter while also serving as a session musician on dozens of chart topping hits by the likes of Meatloaf, Tina Turner an
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The History of Heavy Podcast is hosted by Michael Huntsman. The show is categorised under music (history) and has published 59 episodes.
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