Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

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Once the group’s thuggish manager, Peter Grant, enters the picture and it becomes clear, over and over, that nobody will tell him or any member of the band “no” for the next decade, human decency joins the hotel televisions in going out the window. Those not already completist super-fans are unlikely to ever consider purchasing this book, so it may not be much use writing a review. Next, it was The Yardbirds, at first on bass playing the band s Epiphone Rivoli, then switching to guitar. After changing their name from the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that afforded them considerable artistic freedom. He lets Robert Plant’s famous proclamation of “ I am the golden god” lay flat on the page in a way that allows the idiocy to speak for itself.

The stories I have from people about how the music of Led Zeppelin has affected their lives has been a moving experience. In that spirit, what this elegant coffee table book proposes to do is chart the explosive live stage history of the band, along with the iconic albums and their attendant pioneering cover arts. Led Zeppelin's blend of rock and heavy metal with other genres of music such as blues, soul, folk, pop, Indian and Celtic ranks them as one of the all-time greatest bands whose influence is still felt today. The only two fans quoted in the book to give their impression of a Led Zeppelin show are found in the book’s introduction. Page, Plant and Jones have also written their own exclusive annotations so you get to live the life of Led Zeppelin through their eyes and through the images only they have access to, including material from the Atlantic Records archives.He also knows said behavior doesn’t eliminate Led Zeppelin’s mighty musical triumphs as the most popular rock band of its generation (they routinely outsold The Rolling Stones).

Offstage and performance photography, as well as images of rare memorabilia, bring the band’s story to vivid life.

Included as a special bonus, he also offers an introductory essay on each of the band’s nine studio albums, and sidebar features that explore influences on the band as well as song details, such as running time, instruments played, engineers, and studios. Spitz, whose previous subjects include The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Ronald Reagan, knows he needn’t exaggerate the band’s abhorrent behavior, from drummer John Bonham’s blind-drunk sexual assaults to guitarist Jimmy Page’s petulant entitlement.

In any case, LZ remains, to me, one of the greatest bands of all time, which of course everyone on here will disagree with me, saying they’re they’re ‘the greatest band of all time’! It’s generally accepted that punk rock was — to a degree — a response to what many saw as the self-indulgence and pompousness of the band and others of its ilk who shared a proclivity for stadium spectacle and extended drum solos.But the music is only part of the legend: Led Zeppelin is also the story of how the sixties became the seventies, of how innocence became decadence, of how rock took over. Bob Spitz is the award-winning author of the biographies Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child and The Beatles, both New York Times bestsellers, as well as seven other nonfiction books and a screenplay. Rock ‘n roll bands – especially Led Zeppelin, perhaps the most egregious in the behavior department – were given a pass.