Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band that formed in September 1968. Led Zeppelin consisted of Jimmy Page,
Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham. With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are
regarded as one of the first heavy metal bands. Their rock-infused interpretation of the blues, and folk
genres also incorporated rockabilly, reggae, soul, funk, jazz, classical, Celtic, Indian, Arabic, pop,
Latin, and country. The band did not release the popular songs from their albums as singles in the UK,
as they preferred to develop the concept of album-oriented rock.
Close to 30 years after disbanding following Bonham's death in 1980, the band continue to be held in high
regard for their artistic achievements, commercial success and broad influence. The band have sold more than
300 million albums worldwide, including 111.5 million sales in the United States
and they have had all of their original studio albums reach the U.S. Billboard Top 10, with six reaching the number
one spot. Led Zeppelin are ranked No. 1 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.Rolling Stone magazine
has described Led Zeppelin as "the heaviest band of all time" and "the biggest band of the 70s".
On 10 December 2007 the surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited (along with deceased drummer
John Bonham's son Jason) for the Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert at The O2 Arena in London.
Led Zeppelin in the news
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
Read more
Article : Zeppelin Members Seek New Singer
Last year's Led Zeppelin reunion concert wasn't the end for Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham — but it looks like it was for Robert Plant. The three musicians have been holding rehearsals with singers including Aerosmith's Steven Tyler (it didn't go well, one source has heard) and possibly Myles Kennedy, lead singer of Alter Bridge (who has covered Zep songs onstage and has a formidable vocal range). But Page wants to make one thing clear about the new project. "Whatever this...
Read more
Article : Beauty and the Beast
They are an odd couple as they walk up to their microphones on the opening night of their 2008 tour, at the Palace Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. Robert Plant, in his first concert since his live reunion with Led Zeppelin in London last year, has seasoned his rock-lord aura with a purple riverboat-dandy vest and white ruffled shirt. Alison Krauss, the most successful singer and fiddler in modern bluegrass, looks like she is on her way to a church social, in a long summer dress, her sharp cheek...
Read more
Article : Secrets of the Guitar Heroes: Jimmy Page
• The Essential Led Zeppelin Album Guide • The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time Every song you played at Led Zeppelin's reunion show in London last year started with or was based on a killer riff. What makes a great Zeppelin riff? It is something you know instinctively. It has energy and attitude. There's sex in it as well. It was definitely my concept to have a riff-based band. My influences were the riff-based blues coming from Chicago in the Fifties —...
Read more
Album Review : Houses Of The Holy
Artist: Led Zeppelin Album: Houses Of The Holy Review: For me, Led Zeppelin began as the epitome of everything good about rock: solid guitar work, forceful vocals and rhythmic backing, devotion to primal blues forms, and most of all, thunderous excitement on stage and vinyl. But as superstardom came to them, so too came the gradual evaporation of those qualities from their sound. In the same way that the Rolling Stones evolved into a senior, "safe" bi...
Read more