However, after The Who’s drummer Keith Moon said the band would go down like a “lead balloon,” they decided to call themselves Led Zeppelin.Įxploring their heavy blues influences, the band hit the road to play a series of live shows before eventually recording a studio album that would alter the course of classic rock history forever. With the lineup of Plant, Bonham, Jones, and Page ready, you would think that all musicians would have total faith in the band’s success. Before long, Led Zeppelin was making waves in the music industry and was soon on its way to becoming a pioneering force in music. The band was formed in 1968 after Jimmy Page left another star-studded band, The Yardbirds ( Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Keith Relf). You may think that Led Zeppelin has a large collection of songs under their belt but, all in all, there are only around 100 attributed to the band’s original famous line-up.Ĭompare this to other colossal bands such as The Beatles with over 300 songs or Pink Floyd with over 165 and you come to realize Led Zeppelin’s extraordinary impact from their quality of work rather than the quantity. Thankfully, the classic rock recipe helped create many incredible songs that still sound as fresh over 50 years on. The pool of world-class rock n roll bands was deep and vast during that decade with the likes of The Who, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Free to name just a small few.īut, it can be argued that Led Zeppelin was the biggest of the lot and went on to influence more artists than most bands in history.Ĭomprising of a young Jimmy Page (lead guitar), Robert Plant (lead vocals), John Bonham (drums), and John Paul Jones (bass guitar), the ingredients were there for an iconic sound. During the 1970s, they ruled the world of classic rock. Influential, brilliant, and era-defining, Led Zeppelin is one of the biggest and most mesmerizing bands that has ever been.
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