{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | ENCORE | Martin Popoff Interview","description":"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\u2019s rivalry than him? We discuss Popoff\u2019s journey in metal, his creative possess, when he discovered Maiden and Priest, Priest\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s my conversation with the one and only Martin Popoff. --- MARTIN POPOFF Web:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/martinpopoff.com&amp;nbsp; Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MartinPopoffAuthor\/&amp;nbsp; --- BATTLE OF THE BANDS Web:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/battleofthebandspod.com&amp;nbsp; Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/battlebandspod&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Instagram: https:\/\/instagram.com\/battlebandspod&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Battle of the Bands","author_url":"https:\/\/battleofthebandspod.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26956056\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/26956056"}