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Why Dave Mustaine Thought Led Zeppelin “Weren’t Playing Well Anymore”

Dave Mustaine once spoke candidly about a turning point in his admiration for Led Zeppelin. As a young and aspiring guitarist, he had held Jimmy Page in high regard, calling him the “Dark Prince” and drawing inspiration from Zeppelin’s early, iconic records. However, that admiration began to fade after he listened to the live album […]

Celebrating 50 Years of ‘Physical Graffiti’: Jason Bonham Extends Date For Tribute Tour

As one of the most iconic albums in rock history reaches its golden anniversary, Jason Bonham, son of legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, is ensuring the legacy of Physical Graffiti lives on. In celebration of the album’s 50th anniversary, Bonham has announced an extension to his popular tribute tour, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, […]

Did Jimmy Page help The Beatles get their name?

Realistically, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin exist in two different chapters of music. The Beatles dominated the 1960s. They captured it, with their albums perfectly tracing the evolution of early rock and roll into something new. Then, Jimmy Page and his band were that something new, passing the baton and running with it. But despite […]

What was the album of Led Zeppelin John Paul Jones claimed his Own ?

From the dying embers of The Yardbirds, Jimmy Page, the band’s third guitar hero following Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, cobbled together a new lineup. With Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones on board, a new era for the guitarist was born under the Led Zeppelin banner. This group of distinctly gifted musicians […]

Which one The artist who made Robert Plant “shiver”

In the 1960s, Jimmy Page had a guitar, a bassist, and more ideas than one mind could hold. After an extended period working as a studio guitarist and also playing with The Yardbirds, he developed a number of ideas that would see his rock band dabble in various genres. However, he needed the right band […]

“Getting it right”: The band Robert Plant called the best imitator of Led Zeppelin

If I were to go on a road trip through the winding roads of Europe, wearing open-collared shirts and sipping on expensive wine, I’d probably want a car to suit that atmosphere. Something nimble, classic and relatively understated; a mechanical version of Paul Simon. But were I to head stateside and rev my engine down […]

Why Ginger Baker always hated Led Zeppelin?

There was an intense dislike for Led Zeppelin among all three Cream members, each harbouring it with varying degrees of passion. And the fact that Cream broke up just as Led Zeppelin was forming only fueled their suspicion that Zeppelin had taken everything Cream had built—only to steer that legacy in a direction none of […]

The Led Zeppelin song inspired by the World Cup: ‘Fool in the Rain’

Football is a truly global sport, adored by millions and played everywhere from the sun-bleached favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the perpetual drizzle of an English park. So, when the World Cup rolls around every four years, it is a global event that seems to capture the attention of everybody, even those who might […]

“I can’t remember”: The Led Zeppelin song John Paul Jones had trouble playing

When Led Zeppelin was initially making a name for itself, John Paul Jones was proof to many people that the band were Satanists. You had Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and Robert Plant doing musical acrobatics on stage, the three who had evidently sold their souls to the devil. Meanwhile, you had John Paul Jones, rational […]

The Led Zeppelin ad-lib that Robert Plant will always regret: “He winced”

It is difficult now to remove the association between the lead singer and the chief lyricist. We have become so used to the two effortlessly combining that you can forget that during rock’s heyday, a lot of the singers fronting your favourite groups were more dedicated vocalists than lyricists. As such, your mileage on Robert […]