Led Zeppelin

In this e-book, he analyzes the music of the official debut Led Zeppelin album PLUS he compares live concert recordings to the four gigs he himself attended at The Boston Tea Party (Jan 23-26, 1969) for an unprecedented eyewitness account of the early Led Zeppelin improvising on stage.

The interviews of Jimmy Page & Robert Plant were many: Jimmy at Abbey Road Studios in London and again at host Redbeard's Dallas radio station, then in L.A. during the Coverdale / Page project. Robert was in rehearsal in Dallas, then in London at Bill Curbishley's office . Redbeard interv...

It takes a lot to get us out to a show by 8 p.m., especially to see a supergroup, of all things. So there must have been a good reason, right? Well, this supergroup has Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones in it. If you need us to name the bands those guys were/are in, then immediately stop readin...

Breaking in the new Towers of Gold Stage at the far end of Lindley Meadow just before noon, Nashville guitarist Buddy Miller brought out a couple of special guests - Emmylou Harris to sing devastating harmonies on his song "Wide River to Cross" and Robert Plant to unleash his leather lung w...

As accurately predicted by Spinner earlier this week, Led Zeppelin/Them Crooked Vultures bassist John Paul Jones joined Nickel Creek alum Sara Watkins for her Austin City Limits set, early on Friday afternoon. Jones worked with Watkins on her self-titled, Nonesuch debut and for this o...

John Paul Jones -- an essential ingredient of one of the biggest rock ‘n' roll acts of all time, a living legend, and of course, an amazing musician -- was the main draw at last night's Austin City Limits taping but the informed audience knew that he was just one component of this special new b...

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...

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).

Yes, my company Shelley Archives Inc does have film materials of Led Zeppelin in Central Park 1969. We own approximately 40 minutes of color 16mm film (negative and positive) that have to be match edited and sound sync'd. The sound is on 16mm full coat mag track.

Bonham, the band led by drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, UFO, Foreigner) - son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham - has scheduled the following dates: Oct. 15 - House of Blues - Orlando, FL Bonham will perform selections from Led Zeppelin, UFO, Foreigner "and a whole lot more."

A gourmet dinner and live stage show featuring Blues rock royalty singer Deborah "the Duchess" Bonham will be held at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Valletta, Malta on the evening of 2 October. Deborah is the young sister of the late John Bonham, the drummer from Led Zeppelin, although she ha...

The Wolverhampton Wanderers fanatic has had a successful and diverse solo career since the band split in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham. He recently refused to join a mooted Led Zeppelin reunion so he could concentrate on his collaboration with American bluegrass singe...

Shelley's collection includes promotional videos, concert films, reel-to-reel tapes and old television broadcasts. (Tomorrow's show features Martha Reeves and the Vandellas singing "Wishin' and Hopin' " with Dusty Springfield on a 1966 episode of the British pop show "Ready Stead...

London, September 9 (ANI): Rock legend Jimmy Page has left many fans disappointed after snubbing plans to pen an autobiography. The Led Zeppelin star recently made the revelation at friend Gary Kemp's book launch. Page further tagged most books on the Seventies rock group as "a load of old...

Them Crooked Vultures — the new supergroup consisting of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Queens Of The Stone Age singer/guitarist Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones - will tour Australia in January. The dates are as follows:

Among the assortment of rare collectibles, vintage photographs, concert footage, CDs and books is a hard-cover program from the group's 2007 reunion concert at London's O2 Arena, autographed by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones.

Robert Plant, the rock star who fronted the legendary Led Zeppelin, has revealed that Wolverhampton Wanderers' decision to make him an honorary vice-president has left him feeling a little strange.

But what if Led Zeppelin and these other musicians graced that stage in New York? It would have been pretty close to the end of The Beatles, while Led Zeppelin, The Stones and the others would have been in their prime. Dylan was probably the voice of that entire decade.

Tickets for the live debut of Them Crooked Vultures - the supergroup featuring Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones - reportedly sold out in three-minutes after they went on sale in Chicago on Thursday morning.

According to Antiquiet, Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal let it slip in an obscure interview with Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada's Power 97 radio station last week that Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme's new project with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Dave Grohl (Foo Figh...

Rock nobillty comes to Colne in the form of Deborah Bonham - sister of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Deborah was just six when brother John joined Led Zeppelin, but this powerful introduction to blues rock sparked in her an overwhelming desire to write and perform.

Robert Plant was involved in a serious car accident in northwest London earlier this month. Although the Led Zeppelin frontman walked away from the scene of the accident on the evening of July 2, his Audi A8 was reportedly unable to be driven after it collided with a Mercedes SL 300.

SUFFOLK-based music legend Jack Bruce has revealed how he received "death threats" after daring to criticise rock giants Led Zeppelin. Speaking to the press at an awards ceremony, Bruce described Led Zeppelin reunion gig at the 02 Arena as "lame" and chided them: "You're crap and you'll...

The follow-up to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand album is still in the formative stages, but Krauss is already certain the second disc will not be a carbon copy of the duo's Grammy winning debut. Revealing that she and Plant have had listening meetings about potential materi...

Obviously, there have been overtures made to Led Zeppelin, but if you start with the first track on the first album, Good Times Bad Times , and you think of the drum part that John Bonham did there, how many drummers in the world can actually play that, let alone dabble on a Christmas morning?...

Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. It Might Get Loud tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos – The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). It reveals how each develop...

Plant last year decided not to take part in a Led Zeppelin reunion tour, choosing instead to concentrate on his collaboration with American bluegrass singer Alison Krauss. He also joked that he and former Zeppelin band-mate Jimmy Page - who has an OBE - would not be fighting over rank.

Music bosses hope Led Zeppelin will play some of Jacko's O2 arena gigs. AEG Live, the team behind the King of Pop's 50-night stint, want the rock supergroup to alternate shows with Abba. Led Zep stars Jimmy Page, 65, Robert Plant, 60, and bassist John Paul Jones, 63, have been approached.

Jimmy Page echoed his sentiments by saying, "You think of the drum part that John Bonahm did on Led Zeppelin's first track on the first album, 'Good Times Bad Times'. How many drummers in the world can play that part, let alone on Christmas morning?"

WYRE Forest rock legend, Robert Plant, has raised £1,000 for the Worcester and District branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society after donating a signed guitar to a charity auction. Telephone bids for the "star attraction" - the guitar provided by the former Led Zeppelin frontman - cam...

We didn't mention this earlier, when reporting on the walk, to respect his privacy, but as it is now headline news in the local Press, we can report that Robert Plant, the famous singer from Rock Band Led Zeppelin, like Wyck Lohman, lives in the Artists Valley.

At that time, the Foo Fighters released the double album, In Your Honor, for which Jones met up with the Foo Fighters at their recording studio that was designed to look like the Stockholm facility where Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door was born as the brainchild of Jones, foremost am...

White, who is currently involved in three bands -- The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather -- is also rumoured to be working on a solo album. When asked if Page might make a guest appearance on the album, White quipped, "Jimmy needs to practice a little more first."

The band, which also features Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Dean Fertita of Queens Of The Stone Age and Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs, took the stage five minutes ahead of their scheduled 9:00pm start time to a packed house that included Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, Josh Homme of Q...

Robert Plant, frontman of rock band Led Zeppelin, has donated a signed acoustic guitar to the Worcester and District branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) via his neighbour. Robert Plant lives "a couple of fields away" from Mr Hancox, who secured the guitar after bumping into t...

Here's an animation for the song Kashmir, used as a performance backdrop by Led Zeppelin for their reunion concert. Animation by Steve Scott. It was created with Maya for 3D objects and After Effects for compositing. http://vimeo.com/4868843

Coming in August will be the limited-edition book Then As It Was: Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979 -- 30 Years Gone. Lemonsqueezings.blogspot.com reports that the book by Dave Lewis will feature previously unpublished photos and fan recollections of Zeppelin's final UK performances on Au...

John Bonham, with his gong in the background, performing with Led Zeppelin. Bonham's son, Jason Bonham, 42, is also a drummer and played with Led Zeppelin in their reunion show in December 2007. Bonham's daughter, Zoe, 33, is a singer-songwriter. Thanks to KPE6zep

As a young performer he belted out some of music's hardest blues rock. Now 61, the former Led Zeppelin singer, Robert Plant, proved last night he remains a crowd pleaser with a performance full of mystical energy. 6. Black Dog 8. Rock And Roll 9. Whole Lotta Love

He tells the New York Post, "I know Duane didn't feel that way and never said that. We loved (Led Zeppelin guitarist, Jimmy) Page and those guys. It's ludicrous. And it's not fair to Duane Allman, who has passed away and can't speak for himself. He had velvet pants himself."

In July 1973, Led Zeppelin played three shows in New York City at the legendary Madison Square Garden. The night before their final performance, over $200,000 of the band's cash was stolen from their safe deposit box and never recovered in what would become the largest safe deposit theft i...

4. Jimmy Page's signed guitar is one of the most prized signed possessions on sale at £49,000. The Led Zeppelin star began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame twice.

Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones will perform with American singer-songwriter and fiddler Sara Watkins on the "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" show on Monday, April 13. Watkins released her self-titled debut solo album on April 7 via Nonesuch Records. The CD was produced by John Paul Jo...

Jimmy Page appearances are rare, but the Led Zeppelin guitarist was happy to come to Cleveland on Saturday to induct his longtime friend and former Yardbirds bandmate Jeff Beck into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. Audio of Jimmy Page's Speech

The two roller coasters named after Led Zeppelin and The Eagles at Hard Rock Park will be renamed for the 2009 season, an official with the park's new owners said Thursday, though he declined to say whether new names have been picked out for the rides, among the park's largest attractions.

The legendarily eccentric singer noted, however, that she only intends to perform songs from the band's first and fourth albums, including Good Times Bad Times, You Shook Me, Dazed And Confused, Communication Breakdown, Black Dog, Rock and Roll, and Stairway to Heaven.

The son of original Led Zep drummer John Bonham, Jason jammed with the band during their encore. He performed Rock And Roll with the rockers. The last time Bonham played Led Zeppelin songs for an audience was behind the real thing at the group's 2007 reunion show in London.

John Paul Jones confirmed to an employee of a music store in LA that there would be no further Led Zeppelin reunions - at least not with him. Take that for what you and read between the lines, if you will. http://www.drumforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44200

As reported last October, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and alternative rock legends Sonic Youth have collaborated on an original musical piece for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and will perform together in Brooklyn, N.Y. in April. "Nearly Ninety," a new full length work com...

As the BRITs music awards got underway at Earls Court in London, one name stood out as a major absentee from the nominations announced last month - Robert Plant. Surely some mistake? Could this be the British music establishment's way of punishing the 60-year-old for scuppering a Led Zepp...

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has revealed that he decided against performing again with the band over fears a full reunion might disappoint fans. The singer's former bandmates - Jimmy Page, Jason Bonham and John Paul Jones – later abandoned plans to tour without him after attempts...

Although names such as Jack White, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, and Steven Tyler had surfaced as possible vocalists for the new project, rumors have been rampant for months that Page, Jones, and Bonham have been rehearsing with Kennedy, with tentative plans to record and tour without Zep...

Peter Mensch, Led Zeppelin's manager, has said that Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham are likely to record and tour with a new singer. Mensch told the BBC's 6music, As previously reported, Q Prime have already stated that the band, without Robert Plant, would not be working unde...

Despite published reports indicating otherwise, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham have abandoned plans to record and tour together. MusicRadar spoke exclusively with Peter Mensch, Jimmy Page's manager, who stated categorically, "Led Zeppelin are over! If you didn't see t...

LONDON (Reuters) - Rock singer Robert Plant, fantasy author Terry Pratchett and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton were all honoured by the Queen on Wednesday. Plant has forged a successful career since Led Zeppelin's demise in 1980, recently collaborating with singer Alison K...

Brian Stoker and friend David Richards booked rock super group Led Zeppelin for just £100 to play at the Argus Butterfly pub in Peterlee on March 23, 1969. He said: "We booked Led Zeppelin for £100 and they went down a storm. Everyone loved it and I remember me and Dave had a drink with the lads fr...

Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same has been expanded and remastered for a four LP heavyweight (180g) vinyl box set, released today (July 22), and 100 copies have been made as limited edition white vinyl. Black Dog Over The Hills And Far Away Misty Mountain Hop

Page and John Paul Jones joined the FOO FIGHTERS onstage Saturday night (June 7) during the final encore of the Dave Grohl-fronted band's concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The ZEPPELIN duo and the FOOS played "Rock And Roll" with Dave Grohl on drums and FOO FIGHTERS drummer Ta...

Led Zeppelin's lead singer, Robert Plant, has spoken out for the first time about his experience at the band's O2 reunion gig last year (December 10). Concluding the interview Plant remained adamant that a world tour would not happen saying he wanted to concentrate on his project with Ali...

Months before the lineup went public, though, several unsubstantiated rumors had spread like wildfire, suggesting that other band, Led Zeppelin, who had recently reunited to play a gig in London, would be anchoring the festival's bill, performing their first Stateside concert in we...

Each of the ride's three trains has a built-in, 64-speaker, 1,200-watt sound system. While the ride itself only lasts 90 seconds, the "Led Zeppelin - The Ride" experience lasts the entire 5½ minutes of the band's 1969 hit song "Whole Lotta Love."

The Web has been rife with speculation about why footage from the historic Led Zeppelin reunion concert on Monday in London has been removed from YouTube. It is believed a DVD of the event, which served as a tribute to late Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, will be released next ye...

According to UK's The Sun, Led Zeppelin are rearranging classic tracks for their big reunion, after aging frontman Robert Plant found he could no longer hit the high notes. The rockers, whose legendary 1976 live album was called "The Song Remains The Same", have been rehearsing songs in a...

Both Mothership and The Song Remains The Same soundtrack will be released in collectible vinyl editions sometime in March 2008. Specific details for the vinyl release of The Song Remains The Same have not been released, but it is expected to have a simultaneous release with Mothership, m...

Page, Jones, singer Robert Plant and drummer Jason Bonham, son of the fourth member of Zeppelin, John Bonham, who died in 1980, are playing a two-hour set Nov. 26 at the 02 Arena in London, England, as part of a tribute concert in aid of the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund. Ertegun was the forward...

It’s been a long time, but Led Zeppelin, one of the last superstar acts to refrain from selling its music online, is finally offering its catalog to digital-music fans. Led Zeppelin’s decision to sell its music online coincides with the end of a fierce bidding war over the rights to adminis...

Mothership, a collection including 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Whole Lotta Love' and 'Dazed and Confused', will be available on Apple's iTunes and is the band's first venture into selling on the internet. Only the Beatles' back catalogue, along with Radiohead, remain substantial iTunes r...