How ‘Lord of the Rings’ inspired one of Led Zeppelin’s best songs

When you’re a rock star you’re not so picky about where your inspiration comes from. In fact, any artist worth their weight in gold will take a spark of influence…

The greatest debut rock album of all time: ‘Led Zeppelin’

Today marks the 52nd anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s groundbreaking eponymous debut album, released in 1969. Led Zeppelin’s front album artwork was designed by George Hardie and depicts a picture of…

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…

The isolated drums for Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’ are a window to John Bonham’s power

Like many flippant schoolkids, we spent far too much time here in the Far Out offices proposing unlikely and unholy musical competitions. For example, who would win in a Sex…

Watch Led Zeppelin’s powerful performance of ‘Communication Breakdown’ on their TV debut

We’re dipping into the Far Out Magazine vault to look back at Led Zeppelin’s fiery TV debut and their show-stopping performance of ‘Communication Breakdown’. It was the first song Robert…

Revisit the moment Led Zeppelin performed their final show on British soil, 1979

Led Zeppelin performed their final show with the late great John Bonham on 11th August 1979, a time when they played live at the historic Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire and,…

The moment Led Zeppelin made their live debut

What Led Zeppelin created during their reign of terror was truly remarkable, Jimmy Page building on the name he had already established thanks to his extraordinary work in The Yardbirds.…

Hear the thunderous isolated drums of John Bonham on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Ramble On’

If you went to the dictionary and looked up ‘rock drummer’ chances are there would be a picture of Led Zeppelin’s mammoth percussionist John Bonham pleasantly staring back at you…

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,…