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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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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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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After over 50 years, it feels like we’re still just scratching the surface of what Led Zeppelin did throughout the 1970s. There are certain songs that are more straightforward than others, but what kind of divine musical god gave these four musicians the power to write something as epic as ‘Kashmir’ or turn in as […]
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How do you ever begin to define a guitarist as prolific as Jimmy Page? His first guitar was a small, run-down acoustic number, not the kind of thing you can learn to be a legend on, but the sort of instrument that gives you a feel for things and allows kids to imagine themselves becoming […]
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As the voice of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant revolutionised rock music throughout the late 1960s and ’70s. Matching the ridiculously high standards of Jimmy Page’s guitar virtuosity, John Bonham’s explosive percussion, and John Paul Jones’ rhythmic bass lines was no easy feat, but Plant prospered with pinpoint pitch and due projection. One can understand why […]
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Can you imagine what it must have been like to go to the record store in 1971, walk up to the counter, plunk money down, and walk home with your own brand-new copy of Led Zeppelin’s 1971 record Led Zeppelin IV? What a time to be alive! Some albums are like greatest hits records and […]
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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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