The crown of greatness is cracked and splintered into a million pieces for many an artist to share. There is always something beautiful about the way music is passed down from generation to generation, as new artists receive the ultimate seal of approval from the idols who inspired them. But it is also fascinating to […]
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In 1968, at the tender age of 20, Robert Plant joined Jimmy Page’s Yardbirds reboot. Initially, this group, which also welcomed John Paul Jones and John Bonham, was known as The New Yardbirds, but following a legal disagreement with former Yardbirds members, the band was christened Led Zeppelin. The Yardbirds had been a launchpad for […]
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When John Bonham died, it was clear to everyone that Led Zeppelin couldn’t continue. Part of that was obviously down to the intense personal grief of having lost their best friend, but also, it was down to the music as John Paul Jones always knew that his bass playing and Bonham’s drumming formed the backbone, […]
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Hotels and rock stars are natural enemies, admittedly, for reasons largely unknown. Seemingly, since the dawn of rock and roll hedonism, rock stars have taken it upon themselves to besiege and destroy hotel rooms across the land, and Led Zeppelin were instrumental in starting that trend towards the tail-end of the 1960s, much to the […]
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For as gigantic as Led Zeppelin became, it’s insane to think that Jimmy Page was being looked at as crazy when he first put the band together. This was bound to be the rock and roll group that would put everyone else to shame, and yet when he asked if Keith Moon would join him, […]
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While times have changed significantly over the last 70 years, one could certainly argue that the British music scene is in more dire need of being shaken up than it ever has been during that period. This is no criticism of the quality of music being released by British acts, which is as promising as […]
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Any rock star would have killed to be in the position that Robert Plant was in when Led Zeppelin hit the big time. Jimmy Page may have been the ringleader of the band in many respects, but when listening to what Plant could do with his voice, there was no one else who even came […]
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After a mysterious guitar was left in his new family home as a child, Jimmy Page knew he wanted to play the instrument, even if he was yet to master it. Through dedication and natural talent, Page became infatuated with the guitar, and many figures waltzed into his life as sources of inspiration, including two […]
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When they emerged in 1969, they were like nothing the world had ever heard before, but at the same time, they borrowed so much from bygone blues musicians that on more than one occasion, they ended up in court on plagiarism charges. The same duality applies to their lore when you play it forward into […]
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There was never any reference point for where someone like Robert Plant came from when he first started singing for Led Zeppelin. Everyone had tried their hand at delivering the most bluesy songs that they could ever muster when they first got started in the British hard rock scene, but Plant seemed to have a […]
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