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Which one a song Led Zeppelin never wanted to released Says “Everybody laughed” ?

There was arguably no one bigger than Led Zeppelin in 1975. The undeniable presence and charisma of Robert Plant, coupled with the mesmeric massaging of guitar strings by Jimmy Page, had the English band on top of the universe. Although they had a distinctly different sound from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin took the baton from […]

Which one the artist Robert Plant called a master of wordplay: “The master of that thing”

In rock and roll’s early years, the biggest stars in the world didn’t necessarily need to be Ernest Hemingway on every one of their tunes. There might be one or two great lines to pull out of any of their songs, but if they were writing a typical love song or a tune to get […]

Was breaking up The Beatles the “best thing Yoko Ono ever did”?

The record producer Rick Rubin once waxed so lyrical about The Beatles that even a desperate second-hand car salesman might blush: “It transcends everything,” he eulogised, “It’s much bigger than four kids from Liverpool. For me, The Beatles are proof of the existence of God. It’s so good and so far beyond everyone else that […]

“What are we doing?”: The album that divided Led Zeppelin ?

No rock band can claim to see eye-to-eye on everything. Even though they seem like a band of brothers every time they take the stage, there are always those few minutes where you want to wring each other’s throats because one person dared to have their instrument louder than everyone else’s. And while Led Zeppelin […]

Why ‘ Bohemian Rhapsody ‘ the queen song that terrified Queen’s record label

Why ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: the song that terrified Queen’s record label Picture the scene: you’re an up-and-coming producer, Roy Thomas Baker, with a few hit records to your name, including Free’s Fire and Water. Your rising star, however, is a flamboyant band of art-metal eccentrics called Queen, who are steadily becoming a big deal. They’re fun […]

Which Beatle wrote the most love songs?

You can’t hurry love. It’s a battlefield. A drug. It’s a crazy little thing. It keeps lifting you higher and higher. It’s thicker than water. According to The Beatles, it’s all you need. But which Beatle wrote about it the most? One of the biggest and most popular themes in music (and all forms of […]

Why this Led Zeppelin album Paul Stanley called a “disaster”

Rock stars talk a lot of bollocks, but every now and then, one of them accidentally lands on something true. In a 2014 interview on his official website, Kiss frontman Paul Stanley went so far as to call Led Zeppelin’s 1969 debut album, Led Zeppelin I, a “disaster”. Now, hold on. Put your pitchforks down, […]

Blackmore Calls Out Zeppelin’s “Stolen” Sound while Deep Purple Were No Saints Either

Ritchie Blackmore, the legendary guitarist of Deep Purple, has never been shy about his opinions. In past interviews, he’s criticized Led Zeppelin for what he perceives as borrowing—if not outright lifting—musical ideas from blues and earlier rock artists, particularly pointing at Jimmy Page and Zeppelin’s early material as being derivative. “Much of their stuff was […]

The one song that gives Jimmy Page the “chills”

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page redefined the instrument as we know it today. His enchanting riffs ushered in a new era for heavy rock, but despite the seismic impact of his work on the world of music, Page, like every other guitarist, took inspiration from a series of greats. Whether it be Keith Richards or […]

Why this the Beatles album John Lennon hated: “Garbage”

For a long time, John Lennon was the ultimate leader of The Beatles. The more brutish member of ther group, not afraid to lose his temper or devote himself to his idyll of rock and roll rebellion, Lennon was the natural candidate to be the face of the group. Having assembled the quartet, he saw […]