The Led Zeppelin album Jimmy Page said was most difficult: “We didn’t have anything”

It can feel like a small miracle for any band once a record is done. People can spend that time slaving away and trying to find the perfect guitar sound…

Listen to a rare 1970 recording of Led Zeppelin song ‘No Quarter’

Houses of the Holy, the fifth studio album by Led Zeppelin, released on 28 March 1973 by Atlantic Records, signalled a major change in the band’s working routine. The record,…

Revisiting the moment that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant reunited Led Zeppelin in Marrakech, 1994

The year of 1994 would mark the first time that Robert Plant and Jimmy Page would reunite on a new musical project together since the split of Led Zeppelin which,…

When Led Zeppelin beat The Beatles: John Bonham and Robert Plant react to ‘Number One Group’ acclaim in 1970

A question as old as time remains the biggest debate in rock music: who is the better group out of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones? There is…

The mysterious origins of Elvis Presley’s signature dance moves

While they might seem fairly tame by today’s standards, in the 1950s, Elvis Presley’s dance moves were nothing short of outrageous. All that hip-action smacked a little too strongly of…

The record Jimmy Page said captured Led Zeppelin’s best live moments

It goes without saying that 1972 was a mammoth year for British stadium rock. The three biggest bands on the planet were all at their creative and live peaks as…

Led Zeppelin’s first-ever concert, 1968

On August 12th, 1968, four lads by the names of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham gathered together to start something more monumental than they’d ever…

Led Zeppelin win another ‘Stairway To Heaven’ copyright case

Led Zeppelin have once again triumphed in a recent copyright case regarding their 1971 iconic hit, ‘Stairway To Heaven’. The lawsuit has been rumbling on since 2014 after Michael Skidmore,…

“Everybody laughed”: The song Led Zeppelin never wanted to release

There was arguably no one bigger than Led Zeppelin in 1975. The undeniable presence and charisma of Robert Plant, coupled with the mesmeric massaging of guitar strings by Jimmy Page,…

The two Led Zeppelin songs Jimmy Page apparently “pinched” from a Scottish folk artist

The line between theft and flattery is incredibly thin. While some artists regard mimicry as a natural part of musical evolution, others aren’t so philosophical. The question of inspiration also…