“Load of rubbish”: Freddie Mercury on the one big lie of punk
Musical history isn’t a linear process, though it’s easy to think of it that way, imagining subcultures and cultural moments arriving one after another in a neat, orderly fashion. In…
Who wrote the Led Zeppelin song ‘The Girl I Love’?
Fans of rock and roll, despite being passionate about the genre they love and individualistic in their approach to appreciating that style of music, remain united by Led Zeppelin. Regardless…
World’s Thinnest Woman Receives Fan Mail to Be Like Her
World’s Thinnest Woman Receives Fan Mail to Be Like Her Valeria Levitin, the world’s thinnest woman, bravely confronts the dark allure of extreme thinness. Despite her emaciated state, she refuses…
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss share new version of Led Zeppelin classic
As the frontman of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant reigned supreme over a new era for rock and roll. From roots firmly bedded in the blues, the band succeeded The Beatles…
The Led Zeppelin album Robert Plant said they couldn’t make again: “A cry of survival”
Every album that any artist makes will be a reflection of them at a particular moment. Even though it’s hard to get some of the biggest stars in the same…
What was the first song Led Zeppelin played together as a band?
By the time Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham formed Led Zeppelin, they were already seasoned musicians who’d been in and out of various recording sessions.…
The five best acoustic songs by Led Zeppelin
Rock music today, in its expansive and dynamic form, owes much of its existence to Led Zeppelin. While The Beatles pioneered studio experimentation and embodied the complete package of aesthetics…
The Led Zeppelin era John Paul Jones called their “lowest period”
Although Led Zeppelin soared to fame throughout the 1970s like a titanic force of musical explosion, the entire decade was filled with distinctive struggles and mishaps. The difficulties appeared both…
What was the first song Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones played on?
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant might have grabbed most of the headlines about the band., but bassist John Paul Jones was the first member of the…
Which Led Zeppelin song inspired Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’?
In one fell swoop of three-fingered power, Black Sabbath tore down the veil of hippiedom and ushered in a new, darker, meaner, but overall more hard-hitting era for rock and…