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“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 […]

The singers Jimmy Page considered for Led Zeppelin before Robert Plant

Certain pillars of cultural history seem so inextricably linked to one another that the thought of an alternative is largely impossible. Imagine Gordon Ramsay without the word “fuck” or David Beckham with a receding hairline. You can’t, can you? The same goes for Led Zeppelin, in all honesty – I mean, how could their greatness […]

‘Don’t Stop Me Now’: Is there tragedy behind Queen’s euphoria?

It would take one hell of a prude to have a problem with ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. It’s one of the most beloved Queen songs from a back catalogue almost entirely made up of beloved songs. It’s an expression of pure, energised joy straight from the pen of a man who endured so much pain. […]

The Who’s Pete Townshend admits Ringo Starr Son Zak Starkey firing was “a mess” and “got out of hand”

The Who‘s Pete Townshend has addressed Zak Starkey’s departure from the band and admitted the situation has been “a mess”. The saga began in March when The Who performed a concert at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this year with little rehearsal time. They then announced Starkey’s initial exit in April, which was met by […]