The comical way that Led Zeppelin were confirmed ‘the greatest rock band of all time’
There are few things more subjective than music. While sports stars can prove themselves to be numero uno through direct competition, the world of the arts is a murky place…
‘Stairway To Heaven’: The Led Zeppelin song Jimmy Page called “everlasting”
E.B. White once said, “Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better, but the frog dies in the process.” In essence, if you look too much…
Why Led Zeppelin hated being called “heavy metal”
Labels and rock bands never really sit well with one another. As artists, one can’t really expect a band to happily have their entire artistic vision distilled into a simple…
How ‘Led Zeppelin II’ defied the second album syndrome to become a classic
There is a myriad of extendable and retractable laws and fables of the music industry. Some are stringent and rigid while others are fluid pieces of folkloric advice handed down…
The making of Led Zeppelin: Watch a 13-year-old Jimmy Page play the guitar on a BBC talent show, 1958
We take a look back at the humble beginnings of a certain legendary guitarist Jimmy Page and his relatively unknown skiffle band. Prior to being in one of the biggest…
Watch Led Zeppelin’s final performance of ‘Stairway To Heaven’
Led Zeppelin took to the stage for the final time in 2007, a time when they graced London’s O2 Arena for a night that the 20,000 strong crowd in attendance…
Remembering Led Zeppelin’s triumphant 1988 reunion with John Bonham’s son on drums
Led Zeppelin would reunite once more 32 years ago today where they made their previous disastrous reunion at Live Aid in 1985 a distant memory and, more importantly, show the…
When Led Zeppelin tore through ‘Kashmir’ live at Knebworth in 1979
Today we are taking a journey down the Far Out vault to a time when Led Zeppelin were still at the pinnacle of their game, just a year before John…
‘Rumble’: The one rock anthem Jimmy Page called a “masterpiece”
There has always been a certain mystique surrounding the electric guitar in the world of rock music. Even though there’s nothing too flashy about its design, there’s something about putting…
The classic song that gave Led Zeppelin their name
In the age of pop culture, you’ve got to be the complete package. After a pre-fame spell working in advertising, a young Frank Zappa came to realise that music had…