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Rate Opinion: Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

Original at stereocontrol (WordPress) external link    21 hours ago

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By ryan Them Crooked Vultures is the new supergroup consisting of Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana (like you didn’t know that), Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, and John Paul Jones.  Do I really even need to state where he’s from?  It’s John Paul Jones.  Alright, of Led Zeppelin.  I don’t t...

Rate BLACK SABBATH "Black Sabbath" (Prog Related, 1970) by Bonnek

Original at Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website external link    Thu, Nov 19

By going in such occult directions, Sabbath openly distanced themselves from the prevailing hippie culture and guess what? It was an instant success and it reshaped the history of rock, or at least a huge part of the rock culture. Every track on this album surges with power and pours out sin...

Rate The Song Remains The Same

Original at The Year of Led Zeppelin external link    Thu, Nov 19

By FRX(noreply@blogger.com) My earliest memory of Led Zeppelin, though surely not my first encounter, takes place in the summer of 1994. I had just turned twelve years old and wouldn't go to my first concert until a few months later. Having grown up listening to classic rock radio, I was already familiar with the band's m...

Rate The Hold Steady Cover Led Zeppelin "Hey Hey What Can I Do"...Plus Golden Smog Cover "Stairway to Heaven"

Original at rgcred (WordPress) external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By rgc66 Berkeley Place Report: Click here to go to BP to check two Led Zeppelin covers…The Hold Steady cover “Hey Hey What Can I Do”, and Golden Smog cover “Stairway to Heaven” Berkeley Place Report: Click here to go to BP to check two Led Zeppelin covers…The Hold Steady

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Rate No love for Jimmy Page at the Oscars

Original at Lemon Squeezings external link    Wed, Nov 18

By Steve Sauer(Steve@LedZeppelinNews.com) In the past week, there have been new posts about Jerry Wexler signing Led Zeppelin to Atlantic Records in 1968 and turning operations over to Ahmet Ertegun, the band proceeding exactly one year later to begin recording music for a third album in a row, and John Paul Jones reflecting on the...

Rate Dave Grohl Reveals Tales Behind His Trio of Led Zeppelin Tattoos

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Mon, Nov 16

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Playing with Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones in the new supergroup Them Crooked Vultures is a dream come true for Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl, the singer/dummer tells Rolling Stone in an exclusive Q&A in our next issue.

Rate EuroMillions Winners Hope To Buy Led Zeppelin Mansion

Original at Gigwise external link    Mon, Nov 16

The Welsh mansion once belonged to Robert Plant...

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate Opinion: Rolling Stone gives Them Crooked Vultures album 3.5 of 5 stars

Original at Lemon Squeezings external link    Wed, Nov 11

By Steve Sauer(Steve@LedZeppelinNews.com) Rolling Stone, the chief magazine leading the pack of the music media's offenses against Led Zeppelin from 1969 onward, is now having to figure out how to deal with John Paul Jones in the digital age. But seriously, Sheffield can't keep his mind off Led Zeppelin in his review. Overwhelmingl...

Rate John Paul Jones proclaims Them Crooked Vultures now 'the best band in the world'; he hopes for second album, says Led Zeppelin won't be calling him back

Original at Lemon Squeezings external link    Tue, Nov 10    3 related articles

By Steve Sauer(Steve@LedZeppelinNews.com) And there it was: Jones slips in that he won't be anticipating any future work with Led Zeppelin. The window of opportunity for that to happen has firmly shut, Jones affirms. There really is, as LedZeppelinNews.com anticipated not long ago, no reason to believe. Who's going to be at Glastonbu...

Rate Opinion: Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Mon, Nov 9

Review: Ladies and gentlemen, Them Crooked Vultures — the second-best band John Paul Jones has ever been in! The Led Zeppelin guys never made much of a splash in the supergroup scene, unless you're the kind of die-hard fan who still busts out those old records by the Honeydrippers or the Fi...

Past Month

 

Rate Led Zeppelin Hiring New Singer Idea 'Fell By Wayside' [News]

Original at Ultimate-Guitar.Com external link    Fri, Oct 30

General Music News: Led Zeppelin's plan to find a replacement singer for Robert Plant "fell by the wayside".

Rate News Ticker: Robert Plant, Jay-Z, Live Nation, Eric Clapton

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Mon, Oct 26

By Rolling Stone Robert Plant is in talks to perform at Glastonbury. “There’s place for me there, but I have no idea who with,” he told the BBC, thereby igniting the hopes of thousands of Led Zeppelin fans itching for another reunion show. Jay-Z, the man who bragged he “made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yan...

Rate Oh no, not again; music media really do want to predict a Led Zeppelin reunion eight months out

Original at Lemon Squeezings external link    Mon, Oct 26

By Steve Sauer(Steve@LedZeppelinNews.com) And that chump was whoever at Contactmusic.com Ltd. dreamed up the laughably naïve headline, "LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN SET FOR GLASTONBURY 2010?" If this really were the beginnings of a Led Zeppelin reunion, every indication is there would be no indication.

Rate Opinion: “Led Zeppelin II” Turns 40

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Thu, Oct 22

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By Daniel Kreps Forty years ago today, Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin II just nine months after unleashing their historic debut. Produced by guitarist Jimmy Page, II laid the groundwork for heavy metal with its classic “Whole Lotta Love” and firmly established Zeppelin as one of the loudest and gre...

October of 2009

 

Rate Podcast: Killer Changes of Time Signature, Syncopation, Pulse & Tempo in Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" (1971)

Original at hooksanalysis (WordPress) external link    Sun, Oct 18

By professorofpop Well we can’t count from where you stopped because your vocals might be different. Your voice might go on half a beat and we‘re gonna be fucked. – John Bonham to Robert Plant [1] 1. Quoted in Dave Lewis, Led Zeppelin: The “Tight But Loose” Files, Celebration II (London: Omnibus, 2003).

Rate Podcast: Wolfmother Acoustic "Cosmic Egg" & Covers Kate Bush and Led Zep!

Original at indymusic (WordPress) external link    Fri, Oct 16

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By Indiana Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg (acoustic)| Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush) Wolfmother – Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin) Well, not literally but Wolfie 2.0 do give us a spirited version of Bush’s ‘Wuthering

Rate Single Minded: Britney’s “3,” Led Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love” Remixed

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Fri, Oct 16

By J. Edward Keyes Hearing Pusha T and Malice repeat “What happened to that boy?” between Plant’s pained yowl is weirdly thrilling — like they’re egging him on. Unlike most rock/hip-hop mashups, all the rappers sound genuinely great on this, matching the original’s toughness note for sneering note.

Rate Rarely Seen Led Zeppelin Images Surface in New Photo Book

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Thu, Oct 8

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Photograph by Mike Randolph courtesy of Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times (Abrams Books) In 1968, the members of what would soon be named Led Zeppelin were snapped outside a Scandinavian club by a fan. The images of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham are candid, sli...

Rate “Fame Kills” to Lollapalooza ‘94: A Guide to Big Tour Cancellations

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Wed, Oct 7

By Ian Frisch Led Zeppelin Tour (1975): After the success of Physical Graffiti, Zeppelin planned to rock the States. But before their tour started, Robert Plant and his family were involved in a serious car accident while vacationing in Greece that left the singer in a wheelchair and the trek nixed.

Rate Book Review: LED ZEPPELIN: SHADOWS TALLER THAN OUR SOULS

Original at hardrocknights (WordPress) external link    Wed, Oct 7

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By JT LED ZEPPELIN: SHADOWS TALLER THAN OUR SOULS The Albums, Concerts, Memorabilia, and Biography of the Gods of Rock (It Books; On Sale: October 6, 2009; Hardcover; $50.00) What can you say about Led Zeppelin that hasn’t been said a thousand times before? Yes, Zeppelin is

Rate [2009.10.02] Aftermath: Them Crooked Vultures at Stubb's in Austin

Original at led-zeppelin.org external link    Fri, Oct 2

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Just a few short hours ago Aftermath saw the rock world's newest supergroup in action as Queens of The Stone Age's Josh Homme, ex-Nirvana drummer/current Foo Fighters helmer Dave Grohl, and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones took the stage at Stubb's in Austin for a warm-up gig before t...

Rate [2009.10.01] Live review: Them Crooked Vultures ACL taping

Original at led-zeppelin.org external link    Thu, Oct 1

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Jones is an interesting case - he's the one member of Led Zeppelin who didn't make questionable career moves post-Zep by, for examples, dying tragically (John Bonham), playing in the Firm (Jimmy Page) or naming an album "Now & Zen" (Robert Plant).

Year 2009

 

Rate Podcast: Vultures in NYC

Original at biteotheapple (WordPress) external link    Fri, Sep 18

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By bigmac0818 Them Crooked Vultures, the sick super group with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) on drums, Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal) on vocals and guitar, Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age) on guitar and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on bass and keyboard, just...

Rate Podcast: 104 - Innes Sibun - Tail Dragger

Original at A1Blues.Com external link    Wed, Sep 9

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By A1 Mark After some punk and reggae bands he started a band called Innes Sibun and the Blues Explosion. This band put out a record that was produced by Mike Varnon called That’s What The Blues Can Do. This led to the band playing a lot of blues festivals and backing up US bands. In 1993 Innes got to be one of t...

Rate Podcast: 097 - Joanne Shaw Taylor - White Sugar

Original at A1Blues.Com external link    Wed, Jul 22

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By A1 Mark Joanne Shaw Taylor has released her first record its called White Sugar and it’s on Ruf Records. This record was cut from the same plastic vinyl as Led Zeppelin I. They have a raw English, blues-rock style that is often copied, but very seldom is done this well.

Rate Guitar lesson on how to play Stairway to Heaven-Led Zep (4 of 4)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Jun 8

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By rss@youtube.com (BassTyler155) Author: BassTyler155 Keywords: Guitar lesson on how to play Stairway Heaven Led Zeppelin tyler bass zoso Added: June 8, 2009

Rate Guitar Tips: Playing Guitar With A Violin BowVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at guitarplayer (WordPress) external link    Tue, May 26

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By dolphinblog Playing: Yes- you may want to play like Jimmy Page. That’s cool. But he wasn’t the first nor the last to use a violin bow, so besides Jimmy Page, you may want to check 60’s freakbeat combo The Creation (Eddie Phillips was the first guitarist to use a violin bow) and Sigur Ros.

Rate Podcast: Classic Track of Day - Led Zeppelin

Original at blograge (WordPress) external link    Mon, May 25

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By HappyParts My good friend Jefferson Parker reminded me of Roy Harper’s legacy and his influence on Jimmy Page – after he listened to a new Graham Coxon tune. (Curious if anyone has highlighted Graham’s superb musicianship on his latest release – so many reviews these days focus on everything but the a...

Rate Led Zeppelin

Original at McCook Daily Gazette external link    Thu, Apr 30

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 NE Hard not to be a fan of Zeppelin and not appreciate Jimmy Page. Even today, I think Jimmy ranks among the all-time great guitarists. In the 1976 movie "The Song Remains the Same", Zeppelin showed their 1975 two hour long concert at Madison Square ...

Rate Opinion: LED ZEPPELIN - Led Zeppelin II (1969)

Original at Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website external link    Tue, Apr 28

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The Lemon Song. Another metallic classic. the song thumps along without care for damage done. I am so damn tired of these brutally terrible lyrics, though. Although it grinds heavy, when it wants, and it always wants, baby. That solo is restrained and fine. Plant kind of screws it up for me, howev...

Rate How To: Stairway To Heaven TutorialVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Apr 26

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By rss@youtube.com (AndySan) Author: AndySan Keywords: jonny diff Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven tutorial lesson guitar acoustic peanut budda butter jelly time Added: April 26, 2009

Rate Podcast: Classic Track of Day - Led Zeppelin

Original at blograge (WordPress) external link    Mon, Apr 13

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By HappyParts HappyParts will never forget hearing Achilles Last Stand for the first time.  It was at Kai’s house on a late sunny afternoon, dazed and confused - I became smitten with classic rock and roll.  Up until then I was doin’ the West Coast Punk, new-wave/ new romantic shuffle.  Have really never sh...

Rate Opinion: HeartbreakerVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Feb 18

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By rss@youtube.com (Conneyfogle) March 24, 1975 Los Angeles, CA US The Forum Rock and Roll, Sick Again, Over the Hills and Far Away, In My Time of Dying, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Kashmir, No Quarter, Trampled Underfoot, Moby Dick, Dazed and Confused Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Black Dog, Heartbreaker....

Rate Podcast: In interview, Robert Plant explains motivation guiding current studio work, and his acceptance of awardsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Lemon Squeezings external link    Thu, Jan 29

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By ledzeppelinhistory-owner@yahoogroups.com (Steve Sauer) When Robert Plant shared in the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Led Zeppelin in 2005, he ignored the honor. That's not because he and Alison Krauss stand to rack up as many as five more awards, added to the one they shared for last year's Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Rate Opinion: Since I've Been Loving YouVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jan 24

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By rss@youtube.com (Conneyfogle) July 6, 1973 Chicago, IL US Chicago Stadium Rock and Roll, Celebration Day, (Bring It On Home intro) Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Dazed and Confused (incl. San Francisco), Stairway t...

Rate How To Play Four Sticks on Drums (Basic Tutorial)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Jan 6

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By rss@youtube.com (CraigVideos) this video is just a short basic tutorial**** Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks on drums. how to play four sticks on drums (Led Zeppelin) BTW. this song is not for beginners Author: CraigVideos Keywords: four stick led zeppelin basic tutorial drum Added: January 6, 2009

Rate Jeff Beck Slams Zeppelin Reunion

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Mon, Dec 8

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Jeff Beck has publicly slammed  members of Led Zeppelin for even discussing a tour without Robert Plant. Plant put rumors of a full Zeppelin reunion tour to rest in September when he said he has "no intention whatsoever of touring with anyone for at least the next two years."

Rate Podcast: Doubleshot Tuesday: Led Zeppelin Box/ Okonokos Box

Original at dkpresents (WordPress) external link    Tue, Dec 2

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By dkpresents My cousin Chris went to Oregon St, and because I like him a lot I promised myself that I wouldn’t gloat over Oregon’s soul-crushing, record-setting, Rose Bowl-denying, 65-38 victory over the Beavers on Saturday. So instead I’m going to brag about a couple of vinyl box sets that were waitin...

Rate Podcast: Yves Klein Blue: Draw Attention To Themselves

Original at MOG external link    Sun, Nov 16

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By Here Comes The Flood - a weblog about music Ausssie foursome Yves Klein Blue share a passion for Led Zeppelin, but that doesn't show on their Draw Attention To Themselves which is mainly a jazz oriented collection of songs. Yves Klein Blue: Michael Tomlinson: vocals, guitar Sean Cook: bass Chris Banham: drums

Rate Esther Wojcicki: The Return of the Zeppelin -- Airship Takes Off in San Francisco on First US Flight

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Oct 30

By Esther Wojcicki The first daily sight seeing flights will start on November 1 from Moffett Field. Flights will also be available from North Oakland and Sonoma County airports. For tickets or further information contact www.airshipventures.com or call 650-969-8100.

Rate Plant or No Plant, Zepp's Goin' On Tour

Original at New York Observer external link    Wed, Oct 29

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By John S.W. MacDonald Last month, rumors spread that Robert Plant had decided to join Led Zeppelin on a forthcoming tour after his mates threatened to find a new lead-singer. While the bit about Plant reuniting with Zeppelin proved entirely false—thanks to Plant’s statements to the contrary—the absurd noti...

Rate Robert Plant Says NO to Zep Tour or Album For Now !

Original at Music News Net external link    Tue, Sep 30

By patty « BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN to Perform at Super Bowl XLIII | Main | Light of Day Concerts Announced for 2008 ! » Sep 29, 2008 Robert Plant Says NO to Zep Tour or Album For Now !      MUSIC NEWS- Last week, in the UK, The Sun newspaper reported that Robert Plant had agreed to take part in a  reunion tour as pa...

Rate Podcast: Jimmy Page downplays speculation over Led Zeppelin recording

Original at Lemon Squeezings external link    Mon, Sep 8

By ledzeppelinhistory-owner@yahoogroups.com (Steve Sauer) Asked over the weekend for his perspective on the possibility of a Led Zeppelin reunion, Jimmy Page said his recent jam sessions with John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham were "nothing as monumental as what people are speculating and projecting."

Rate David Coverdale of Whitesnakes whines about Led Zeppelin reunion tour

Original at HeavyMetalMusic.biz external link    Mon, May 12

By caustic Led Zeppelin will mark their 40th anniversary with a £250million world tour, according to reports. In the interview, he also belittled Led Zeppelin’s December one-off reunion gig, telling Uncut: “They had one? Well, well done Jimmy (Page) and Robert (Plant). F**k off. Stairway To Heaven...

Rate Podcast: Interview: David Coverdale of Whitesnake talks about Led Zeppelin reunion tour

Original at HeavyMetalMusic.biz external link    Wed, Apr 30

By caustic Share This Interview: David Coverdale of Whitesnake talks about Led Zeppelin reunion   WHITESNAKE mainman David Coverdale spoke to New York’s Q1043.com recently about a number of topics including the band’s new album, Good To Be Bad, and the LED ZEPPELIN reunion. Whitesnake’s new album...

Rate Robert Plant Not Interested in Led Zeppelin Tour

Original at www.gabbybabble.com external link    Sun, Mar 2

By gdaysunshine Sunday, March 2, 2008 Robert Plant Not Interested in Led Zeppelin Tour photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.com Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has reportedly turned down a deal for $200 million to have the legendary rockers tour. According to the Mirror, Plant rejected the offer in...

Year 2007

 

Rate Music Review: Lez Zeppelin - Lez Zeppelin

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Jul 18

By Peter Chakerian Produced by veteran Zeppelin knob-twiddler Eddie Kramer (Kiss, AC-DC, Hendrix), the foursome burns through a dynamic run of classics including “Whole Lotta Love,” “Rock and Roll,” “Communication Breakdown” and “Kashmir.” Singer Sarah McLellan gets fiery in her delivery, channeli...

Rate Music Review: Lez Zeppelin - Lez Zeppelin

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Jul 18

By Peter Chakerian It’s been over 20 years since mega-producer Frank Farian’s rock lab experiment Far Corporation had their wretched claim to 15 minutes of fame – a cover of Led Zeppelin’s classic “Stairway to Heaven.” With a roster that featured members of the band Toto, few paid any credence to the act and f...

Rate Music Review: Indie Round-Up - Mahoney, Lez Zeppelin, Speechless, NYEP

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sat, Jul 14

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By Jon Sobel The band consists of Brigantino, drummer Helen Destroy, guitarist Steph Paynes, and singer Sarah McLellan. McLellan's got that Ann Wilson-style high belt that a female singer who wants to channel Robert Plant needs, and the band crunches out the hard rock riffage with the best of them. No...

Rate Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Smiths: The Vegas Odds on the Next Big Reunion

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Thu, Jun 21

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By Gus Wenner LED ZEPPELIN Singing Psychic: “Well Led Zeppelin, oh oh ya/It looks as though he’s doin’ pretty good.” When asked whether Plant will still be able to hit the high notes: “No not completely but I think he can kinda cover it up with some special sounds.”

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