The entire concept of Led Zeppelin wouldn’t have existed if not for Jimmy Page. He may not have been the one singing every song or bringing the same thunder that John Bonham had behind the kit, but thanks to his knowledge of the studio and ability to pump out one riff after the next, half […]
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Ever since the 1970s, Robert Plant has been the textbook example of what most rock singers are supposed to sound like. Everyone had fawned over what Little Richard was doing in the 1950s and how The Beatles revolutionised harmony singing in the 1960s, but the minute that the needle dropped on the first Led Zeppelin […]
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Led Zeppelin weren’t the kind of band that wanted to share the gory details of their career with the world. There are many bands that prefer that sense of mystique, and even if the band were gods among men whenever they arrived in a massive stadium, there was always a certain mystery around whether or […]
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Bob Dylan’s influence on modern music is undeniable. In fact, he’s pretty much the Rosetta Stone of modern art. All great movements have a stirring beginning. The golden age of Russian literature abided by the apocryphal phrase of “we all came out from under Gogol’s Overcoat”. When it comes to modern alternative music, it’s not […]
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Every single rock and roll frontman is always going to be chasing the high that they had when seeing Robert Plant for the first time. Plant didn’t invent the idea of having a star frontman at the front of the stage, but by the time that Led Zeppelin became one of the biggest bands in […]
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With many bands, the debate over their best album is often a short one, as they objectively hit their stride on a specific record. However, Led Zeppelin doesn’t fall into this category. Music lovers could spend all day debating their definitive body of work and still never reach a consensus, as each album offers something […]
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Two things can be true at once. It is true and accurate to say that on July 13th, 1985, Live Aid made history with a TV audience of over 1.9billion people tuning into the two-venue charity concert. It is also true and accurate to say that the show was a complete and utter organisational mess, […]
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Musicians have to go through their fair share of mistakes to become legendary. For all of the great players who seem to pick up on their craft in minutes, there will always be a few who spend years with their instrument before becoming one of the greatest in the business. While Jimmy Page had put […]
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The beginning of Led Zeppelin began in the mind of Jimmy Page, far before Robert Plant became involved. It’s hard to picture the band without that voice soaring above all of their tracks, but when listening to some of their original records, it’s easy to see the band that they were already becoming a few […]
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What is a genius? Is it somebody that you occasionally read about in the news who gets accepted into Oxford University aged 12 and has a digit above 200? Or, a songwriter who lights the world up with their music and enriches the souls of millions? Ultimately, the definition is in the eye of the […]
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