The Rossminster Affair: How Led Zeppelin tried to use a Shakespearean theatre charity to avoid paying tax
Led Zeppelin’s record sales skyrocketed during the 1970s, leaving the band with a difficult problem to solve by 1978: How could the members of the band receive £3.668 million in…
Robert Plant didn’t announce the end of Saving Grace
In the days following the final performance on November 25 of Robert Plant’s recent UK tour with Saving Grace, a rumour spread online that Plant announced on stage that the…
Why Led Zeppelin was accused of Satanism for ‘Stairway to Heaven’
Accusing rockstars of adopting Satanic messages is a tale as old as time. Since it came onto the scene as a mainstream force, many of the greats, including Led Zeppelin,…
The Led Zeppelin album Robert Plant called a “cry from the depths”
By the end of the 1960s, Led Zeppelin had released their first two albums and were already a titanic presence rivalling The Rolling Stones and the moribund Beatles for the…
‘All of My Love’: The song that divided Led Zeppelin
Formed out of the ruins of the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin quickly rose to high acclaim, becoming an era-defining classic rock band. From Jimmy Page’s incredible guitar playing to the powerful…
The Led Zeppelin vocal performance Robert Plant called “exaggerated”
Robert Plant’s ability as a vocalist comes not only in how his voice sounds/sounded, but in how it has evolved with time. He continues to perform worldwide, but the music…
The Firm: The story of Jimmy Page’s post-Led Zeppelin supergroup
There’s no easy way for someone to get over a bandmate’s death. After touring around the world and getting to know each other more intimately than anyone could outside of…
The Sentimental Reason Led Zeppelin Singer Robert Plant Loves Peoria, Illinois
Led Zeppelin made Robert Plant’s solo career possible. The singer worked laying asphalt roads and gigging with pre-Zeppelin bands that found modest success at best. He found fame with the…
The live performance that blew Jimmy Page and Robert Plant away: “It was absolutely scary”
“I mean he’s Plant and Page in one,” Brad Pitt said of the mercurial talents of his late musical hero, Jeff Buckley. “On a technical level it’s mind-blowing.” Indeed, Buckley…
Led Zeppelin make their TV debut with this powerful performance in 1969
In 1969 the musical behemoth that was Led Zeppelin was just beginning to fill its own lungs with the gasps of every audience that they came across. From their very…