Led Zeppelin

Opinion: From Led Zeppelin to DJ Screw, Sundance Records keeps the beat going

source: Collecting Vinyl Records

It was 1972 when he started working at Budget Tapes and Records in Denver. The poppy, rhythm and blues-inspired stylings of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were giving way to bands such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. The advent of FM radio allowed for longer, higher-quality broadcas...

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RUSH "Rush" (Heavy Prog, 1974) by Bonnek

source: Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

3/5 STARS - This isn't the real Rush yet and there's not a second of prog in sight for miles, but this is just a very enjoyable hard rock album in its own right. Unlike later Rush albums, the influences from other bands is still very prominent in their sound. In my ears that would be from Led Zeppel...

Published Tue, Dec 1

A Sign of The Apocalypse: Led Zeppelin And Aerosmith Rumors Merge

source: Real Rock

Although this “superrumor” has been declared unfounded, the rock world was buzzing for a bit over the past couple of days over rumors of a new supergroup that would include members of Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith. Throw Eric Clapton into the mix and you’ve got the makings of a white hot rock ru...

Published Wed, Nov 25

Music News & Notes

source: Collecting Vinyl Records

THEM CROOKED VULTURES consists of FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl on drums, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE singer/guitarist Josh Homme and LED ZEPPELIN bass player John Paul Jones. The album also coincides with the former Beatles' seven-date European tour in December, which concludes in Lon...

Published Mon, Nov 23

U2 producer sneaks Robert Plant into L.A. studio for recording session

source: Lemon Squeezings

Around early October, Plant and Lanois recorded some demos with Black Dub's lead vocalist, Trixie Whitley. At 22, she is a singer-songwriter who plays piano and drums. She has lived in New York and Belgium and has followings in both places.

Published Sat, Nov 21

First Anthology for “Deep Blues” Author Robert Palmer

source: Rolling Stone

Compiled by Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis, Blues & Chaos collects revealing interviews with Eric Clapton, Jerry Lee Lewis and William S. Burroughs; liner notes for box sets by Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles and Bo Diddley; and in-depth stories on the history of Tex...

Published Fri, Nov 20

School of rock performs tonight in Santa Ana

source: ocregister.com

San Juan Capistrano students are ready to rock tonight at 8 at OC Pavilion in Santa Ana. Young musicians from Saddleback Valley Christian School have been developing their musical chops covering songs from bands such as Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, Kansas...

Published Fri, Nov 20

Will It Prog? Nov 19

source: aprogblog (WordPress)

Them Crooked Vultures: Super groups almost automatically always get recruited by the prog army. By nature, super groups are pretentious (Hey, I’m an awesome musician, screw my band, I only want to work with other awesome musicians) so the ground is fertile for a pompous progressive rock...

Published Thu, Nov 19