How Led Zeppelin’s album ‘Houses of the Holy’ ripped up the rulebook
What makes Houses of the Holy one of Led Zeppelin’s best, if not, the best album, is how ‘un-Led Zeppelin’ it is. Although having said, quite a few numbers on…
When Did Led Zeppelin Start and End?
Led Zeppelin was one of the biggest rock bands of the 1970s. The British group topped the charts with their psychedelic sound and performed at sold-out concerts around the world.…
How ‘Led Zeppelin III’ Inspired the Song ‘Kashmir’
Led Zeppelin proved to be exceptional workers in the studio. And we don’t just mean Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones being in-demand session musicians before playing together in the…
The Led Zeppelin song John Paul Jones heavily doubted: “Has he gone mad?”
After paving the path to heavy metal with their late 1960s releases, Led Zeppelin showed the full breadth of their instrumental dexterity as a leading force in the so-called prog-rock…
The attempted onstage assassination of Jimmy Page
No artist thinks they will be risking their lives doing what they love. Outside of maybe a few dangerous bouts with pyrotechnics, very few of the biggest names in music…
Robert Plant on his “perfect relationship” with Led Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page
Together, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page helped establish Led Zeppelin as one of the UK’s most lucrative musical exports. The pair were introduced after a gig at Birmingham’s teacher training…
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…
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…