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,…
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…
The Led Zeppelin song Jimmy Page considered perfect: “It sounded bloody marvellous”
Mere months after 1969’s eponymous debut had introduced a new lauded ensemble to the world of stadium rock, Led Zeppelin II arrived in October of that year with an even…
The strange case of the Beyoncé break-up anthem featuring Jack White and Led Zeppelin
Songs often come back around, especially in the age of streaming, where almost every track ever recorded is just a click away. No artist is ever truly forgotten, and their…