Led Zeppelin

By Donald Gibson Been a long time since they rock 'n' rolled, but Preston recalls Zeppelin in striking photo collection.

By Chris Beaumont The Roundhouse is a special place in the history of music. It was popularized by acts like The Who, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors in the 1960s. All sorts of wild stuff went down at the forefront of those crazy rock and roll days. It had fallen into disrepair, and only rece...

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...

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...

By Glen Boyd The best track on the album however is "Christenings," which appears to be the tale of a faded rock star who "I used to see all the time on MTV," but who is later met "in a record store, you had slept in the clothes you wore." Another of the lyrics here seems to refer to Led Zeppelin with the line "Bl...

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...

By Nik Dirga In a concise but information-filled 75 pages or so of introduction, Williamson takes a look at blues history, starting from its dark roots in the African slave trade, and moving through the years up to the 1960s when a blues revival added a critical ingredient to the new sound of rock 'n' ro...

By Pico It's too bad, too, because Aerosmith really came on their own, here. Never was there a stronger, more varied set of songs and it's here that the band transcended blues-rock without ever really abandoning it. From the funky struttin' of "Lord Of The Thighs" to the spirited blooz of "Train Kep...

By Tom Johnson The Jesus Lizard - Live (DVD): I know next to nothing about this - it just appeared on the release list and I hit "buy" because I love me some Jesus Lizard. What I do know is this: 1994, Venus De Milo in Boston, bonus of 5 songs from CBGB's 08/29/92. The rest is up to your imagination until this is in o...

By Robert Burke The band was discovered by Adam Duritz, the lead singer of Counting Crows while he was surfing Myspace. Mr. Duritz has not only created a record label called Tyrannosaurus Records to release this debut, but has amassed a mountain of support from MTV, who can sells millions of records with no...

By Daniel Woolstencroft Loudlife's press release and artist bio mentions a "Soundgarden meets Led Zeppelin" sound. As a huge fan of both, I couldn't let such bold claims go untested. After several listens to their self-titled debut album I'd say it's an accurate claim, but that Loudlife aren't yet at the lofty hei...

By D.A.N. Blues may just be one of those genres you either love or hate depending on your personality, but it is and always will be the basis for all rock and roll. I consider some blues to be just another form of rock music and some rock to just be another form of blues the two genres overlap so much, but I th...

By Ed Driscoll But by the mid-1970s, Zeppelin's monstrous success consumed the group. With no one to say no to them, and bank accounts large enough to easily fuel the biggest drug habits, cocaine and (especially) heroin would eventually destroy the group. While Page was very much the mastermind behind t...

By Patrick However, it opens with a new studio track, “Pictures,” a fairly bright, track that stands up to most of what’s on Colour. From there, we segue into the live songs. Sia’s performances are great, and her musicians do a fantastic job of capturing the sound of the record, perhaps a bit too good. The...

By Kory Lanphear Employing a laundry list of instruments in their songs - their website background photo includes a bandanna’d dude stone-cold jammin’ on what appears to be a cello(!) – the band has drawn on some of the more far-reaching musical elements from their named influences of Led Zeppelin and th...

By Richard Marcus When it comes right down to it that pretty much applies to every Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Pop music guitar sound. All you have to do is listen to the earlier albums of such bands like The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin for that to be obvious. The sound hadn't really changed that m...

By Jon Sobel Hear extended clips of this unusual set at CD Baby.Jon Sobel reviews music and theater on a regular basis for Blogcritics, and occasionally comments on politics, world affairs, and life in New York City. He is also a computer professional, musician, and small-time concert promoter in New...

By Patrick I think it's sometimes easy to forget about the power of a great rock concert. The spectacle has been parodied so much, you can lose sight of the essential power of seeing a bunch of guys make great music. In my review of their album, I noted that The Colour aren't the most original band in the wor...

By Patrick The first song to grab me, and the first single, is “Devil’s Got a Holda Me,” a driving blues rocker that sounds a bit like The White Stripes. It’s got a great stop and go guitar riff, which builds into a descending chorus. It then builds to a multi-vocal stomp, which slows things down, making th...

By DJRadiohead I went into my exploration of the blues a virtual blank slate.  I knew a few names, I knew a few songs from having heard them covered by rock artists inspired by the originals.  Beyond that, I knew nothing.  I heard Rush's version "So Many Roads, So Many Trains" from the Chess Box Set, and that son...

By David Dylan Thomas American Cousins Berlin Concert Bloody Reunion Great American Train Ride In Concert: Ohne Filter Led Zeppelin:Way Down Inside Marilyn Chambers: Bikini World Tour Moto X Mania Box Set The Platinum Collection Platinum Series Pope John Paul II Tribute Concert Vol. 1-Bleach Vol. 2-Bleach

By Lono It was quite puzzling how really accurate they were. I have seen Jimmy Page play, and few on earth can compare. Their guitar player can compare, and I fully understand the weight behind a comment like that. I honestly felt how it must have been to see Zeppelin in a bar. Not the biggest band in the wo...

By Glen Boyd Jennifer Egan's memories of a 1978 Patti Smith show in San Francisco revolve around her friendship as a teenager with a free-spirited hippie girl (who may have later robbed her house), with Patti Smith's songs serving as more of a backdrop for her own coming of age experience. Diana Ossana...