LED ZEPPELIN
The band is made up of four members:
John “Bonzo” Bonham born May 31, 1948, died September 25, 1980, Drums
John Paul Jones born January 3, 1946, Bass and Keyboards
Jimmy Page born January 9, 1944, Guitar
Robert Plant born August 20, 1948, Vocals
Passion is the word....It was a very passionate band, and that’s really what comes through
Zeppelin's Start
Led Zeppelin's music was a hard rock sound mixed with British folk music. They were as influential as the Beatles were in their time. Led Zeppelin are widely considered to be one of the most successful, innovative and influential bands in the history of rock music The group formed in 1968 from the ashes of The Yardbirds, for which guitarist Jimmy Page had served as lead guitarist after Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. The group’s use of familiar blues-rock forms mixed with exotic flavors found favor among their rock audience. Led Zeppelin. The band has released 9 studio albums and by 1973, they had sold more albums than any other band worldwide with over 200 million albums sold. The epic "Stairway to Heaven," is the most played song in the history of radio. The very thing Zeppelin was about was that there were absolutely no limits,” explained bassist Jones. “We all had ideas, and we’d use everything we came across, whether it was folk, country music, blues, Indian, Arabic."
September 1968 the group began recording their first album, Led Zeppelin, which was recorded and mixed in nine days, with all costs covered by Page himself. The band officially declared they were changing their name to Led Zeppelin on 14 October 1968, after a previous run as clean up with Page's former band The Yardbirds. Grant, their Manager, also secured for the band an advance deal of $200,000 from Atlantic Records in November 1968, which was then one of biggest deals of its kind for a new band. Atlantic, at the time, was a label known for a catalogue of blues, soul and jazz artists, but in the late 1960s it began to take an interest in progressive, british rock acts, and signed Led Zeppelin without having ever seen them.
Their first show, under the new name Led Zeppelin, took place on October 25th 1968. This followed with their first U.S. debut on December 26th 1968. Led Zeppelin was released in the states offically on January 12th 1969 and in the UK on March 31st 1969. In their first year, Led Zeppelin managed to complete four U.S. and four UK heavy concert tours, and also released their second album, entitled Led Zeppelin II, recorded almost entirely on the road at various North American recording studios. The second album was an even greater success and reached the number one chart position in the US and the UK. Following the album's release, Led Zeppelin completed several more U.S. tours. They started out as many did playing in clubs and ballrooms, then in larger type aduitoriums as their popularity grew.Some early shows lasted more than four hours. The band further developed ideas established on their debut album, creating a work which became even more widely acclaimed and more influential. For the composition of their third album, Led Zeppelin III, Page and Plant retired to a remote cottage in Wales in 1970. The result was a more acoustic sound which was strongly influenced by Celtic and Folk music.
Led Zeppelin's fourth album, non-titled, was released on November 8th 1971. The band decided not to put a album name on the cover to prove that the music could sell itself by giving no indication of who they were. Although many names derived over time such as Led Zeppelin IV and Zoso. It is one of the best-selling albums in history and its massive popularity cemented Led Zeppelin's super-stardom in the 1970's. Led Zeppelin's next album, House of the Holy was released in 1973. It featured further experimentation, with expanded use of synthesisers and orchestration. broke records for attendance, as they consistently filled large auditoriums and stadiums. .
Zeppelin in the years to follow
In 1974, Led Zeppelin took a break from touring and launched their own record label. Swan Song. In addition to using Swan Song as a vehicle to promote their own albums, the band expanded the label's roster, signing artists such as Bad Company ,Maggie Bell, Dave Edmunds, Midnight Flyer, Sad Cafe' and Wildlife. The label was successful while Led Zeppelin existed, but folded less than three years after they disbanded.
In 1975 Led Zeppelin released the double album, Phyiscal Graffiti, which was their first release on the Swan Song label. It consisted of fifteen songs, eight of which were recorded in 1974, the remainder being tracks previously recorded but not released on earlier albums. Shortly after the release of Physical Graffiti, all previous Led Zeppelin albums simultaneously re-entered the top-200 album chart, and the band embarked on another North American Tour, again playing to record-breaking crowds. In May 1975, Led Zeppelin played five sold-out nights at the Earls Court Arean in London, at the time the largest arena in Britain. Shortly after that, Led Zeppelin took a break and planned a series of outdoor summer concerts in America, scheduled to open with two dates in San Francisco. These plans were shattered in August of 1975 when Robert Plant and his wife Maureen were involved in a serious car crash while on holiday in Greece. Robert suffered a broken ankle and Maureen was badly injured; a blood transfusion saved her life. Unable to tour, Plant headed to the Jersey to spend August and September recuperating, with Bonham and Page in tow. It was during this forced hiatus that much of the material for their next album was written. In March 1976, Led Zeppelin released their Fifth album, Presence, which marked a change in the Zeppelin sound towards more straightforward, guitar-based jams, departing from the acoustic ballads and intricate arrangements featured on their previous albums. In 1977 Led Zeppelin set out on another North American Tour where the band set another attendance record, with 76,229 people attending their Pontiac Silverdome concert in April of 1977. It was said to be the largest attendance to date for a single act show. In 1978 the band started on their Sixth Album in Stolkholm, Sweden. The album, In Through the Out Door, easily reached #1 in the UK and US in it's second week on the billboard charts. As a result of this album's release, Led Zeppelin's entire catalogue made the Billboard Top 200 between the weeks of 27 October and 3 November 1979. In August of 1979, Led Zeppelin headlined two concerts at the Knebworth Music Festival where crowds of close to 120,000 witnessed the return of the band. By this time, Led Zeppelin were the world's number one rock attraction, having outsold most bands of the time, including The Rolling Stones.
Zeppelin's Final Course
By this time in their careers, Plant was not eager to tour full-time again, and even considered leaving Led Zeppelin. He was persuaded to stay by Peter Grant. After that, Zeppelin embarked on a brief, low-key European Tour that took place in June and July of 1980, featuring a stripped-down set without the usual lengthy jams and solos. At a show on June 27th 1980, in Germany, the concert came to an abrupt halt in the middle of the third song when John Bonham collapsed on stage and was rushed to a hospital. The press stated it was from all the drugs and alcohol Bonham was involved in, but the band said it was from pure heat exhaustion and countinued. was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend rehearsals for an upcoming North American tour, the band's first since 1977, scheduled to start on October 17th. During the journey Bonham had asked to stop for breakfast, where he downed four quadruple vodkas (450 ml), and a ham roll. After taking a bite of the ham roll he said to his assistant, "Breakfast". He continued to drink heavily when he arrived at the studio. A halt was called to the rehearsals late in the evening and the band retired to Page's house. After midnight, Bonham had fallen asleep and was taken to bed and placed on his side. At 1:45 pm the next day Benji LeFevre, band's tour manager at the time, and John Paul Jones found him dead. The cause of death was asphyxiation from vomit, and a verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held on 27 October. An autopsy found no other drugs in Bonham's body. Bonham was cremated on October 10th 1980, and his ashes buried at Rushock parish church in Droitrich, Worcestershire. Despite rumors of replacements for the iconic drummer, the remaining members decided to disband after Bonham's death. They band released a press statement on December 4th 1980, confirming that the band would not continue without Bonham. The statement said, "We wish it to be known that the loss of our dear friend, and the deep sense of undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not continue as we were," and was simply signed "Led Zeppelin". In 1982, the surviving members of the group released a collection of out-takes from various sessions during Led Zeppelin's career, entitled Coda. This was Zeppelin's final and 9th album. It featured a 1976 John Bonham drum instrumental with electronic effects added by Jimmy Page, called "Bonzo's Montreux".
Led Zeppelin's Albums
- Led Zeppelin released 1969. - Led Zeppelin II released 1969
- Led Zeppelin III released 1970
- Led Zeppelin IV, or Untitled
- House of the Holy released 1973
- Physical Graffiti released 1975
- Presence released 1976
- In Through the Out Door released 1979
- Coda released 1982
The band is made up of four members:
John “Bonzo” Bonham born May 31, 1948, died September 25, 1980, Drums
John Paul Jones born January 3, 1946, Bass and Keyboards
Jimmy Page born January 9, 1944, Guitar
Robert Plant born August 20, 1948, Vocals
Passion is the word....It was a very passionate band, and that’s really what comes through
Zeppelin's Start
Led Zeppelin's music was a hard rock sound mixed with British folk music. They were as influential as the Beatles were in their time. Led Zeppelin are widely considered to be one of the most successful, innovative and influential bands in the history of rock music The group formed in 1968 from the ashes of The Yardbirds, for which guitarist Jimmy Page had served as lead guitarist after Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. The group’s use of familiar blues-rock forms mixed with exotic flavors found favor among their rock audience. Led Zeppelin. The band has released 9 studio albums and by 1973, they had sold more albums than any other band worldwide with over 200 million albums sold. The epic "Stairway to Heaven," is the most played song in the history of radio. The very thing Zeppelin was about was that there were absolutely no limits,” explained bassist Jones. “We all had ideas, and we’d use everything we came across, whether it was folk, country music, blues, Indian, Arabic."
September 1968 the group began recording their first album, Led Zeppelin, which was recorded and mixed in nine days, with all costs covered by Page himself. The band officially declared they were changing their name to Led Zeppelin on 14 October 1968, after a previous run as clean up with Page's former band The Yardbirds. Grant, their Manager, also secured for the band an advance deal of $200,000 from Atlantic Records in November 1968, which was then one of biggest deals of its kind for a new band. Atlantic, at the time, was a label known for a catalogue of blues, soul and jazz artists, but in the late 1960s it began to take an interest in progressive, british rock acts, and signed Led Zeppelin without having ever seen them.
Their first show, under the new name Led Zeppelin, took place on October 25th 1968. This followed with their first U.S. debut on December 26th 1968. Led Zeppelin was released in the states offically on January 12th 1969 and in the UK on March 31st 1969. In their first year, Led Zeppelin managed to complete four U.S. and four UK heavy concert tours, and also released their second album, entitled Led Zeppelin II, recorded almost entirely on the road at various North American recording studios. The second album was an even greater success and reached the number one chart position in the US and the UK. Following the album's release, Led Zeppelin completed several more U.S. tours. They started out as many did playing in clubs and ballrooms, then in larger type aduitoriums as their popularity grew.Some early shows lasted more than four hours. The band further developed ideas established on their debut album, creating a work which became even more widely acclaimed and more influential. For the composition of their third album, Led Zeppelin III, Page and Plant retired to a remote cottage in Wales in 1970. The result was a more acoustic sound which was strongly influenced by Celtic and Folk music.
Led Zeppelin's fourth album, non-titled, was released on November 8th 1971. The band decided not to put a album name on the cover to prove that the music could sell itself by giving no indication of who they were. Although many names derived over time such as Led Zeppelin IV and Zoso. It is one of the best-selling albums in history and its massive popularity cemented Led Zeppelin's super-stardom in the 1970's. Led Zeppelin's next album, House of the Holy was released in 1973. It featured further experimentation, with expanded use of synthesisers and orchestration. broke records for attendance, as they consistently filled large auditoriums and stadiums. .
Zeppelin in the years to follow
In 1974, Led Zeppelin took a break from touring and launched their own record label. Swan Song. In addition to using Swan Song as a vehicle to promote their own albums, the band expanded the label's roster, signing artists such as Bad Company ,Maggie Bell, Dave Edmunds, Midnight Flyer, Sad Cafe' and Wildlife. The label was successful while Led Zeppelin existed, but folded less than three years after they disbanded.
In 1975 Led Zeppelin released the double album, Phyiscal Graffiti, which was their first release on the Swan Song label. It consisted of fifteen songs, eight of which were recorded in 1974, the remainder being tracks previously recorded but not released on earlier albums. Shortly after the release of Physical Graffiti, all previous Led Zeppelin albums simultaneously re-entered the top-200 album chart, and the band embarked on another North American Tour, again playing to record-breaking crowds. In May 1975, Led Zeppelin played five sold-out nights at the Earls Court Arean in London, at the time the largest arena in Britain. Shortly after that, Led Zeppelin took a break and planned a series of outdoor summer concerts in America, scheduled to open with two dates in San Francisco. These plans were shattered in August of 1975 when Robert Plant and his wife Maureen were involved in a serious car crash while on holiday in Greece. Robert suffered a broken ankle and Maureen was badly injured; a blood transfusion saved her life. Unable to tour, Plant headed to the Jersey to spend August and September recuperating, with Bonham and Page in tow. It was during this forced hiatus that much of the material for their next album was written. In March 1976, Led Zeppelin released their Fifth album, Presence, which marked a change in the Zeppelin sound towards more straightforward, guitar-based jams, departing from the acoustic ballads and intricate arrangements featured on their previous albums. In 1977 Led Zeppelin set out on another North American Tour where the band set another attendance record, with 76,229 people attending their Pontiac Silverdome concert in April of 1977. It was said to be the largest attendance to date for a single act show. In 1978 the band started on their Sixth Album in Stolkholm, Sweden. The album, In Through the Out Door, easily reached #1 in the UK and US in it's second week on the billboard charts. As a result of this album's release, Led Zeppelin's entire catalogue made the Billboard Top 200 between the weeks of 27 October and 3 November 1979. In August of 1979, Led Zeppelin headlined two concerts at the Knebworth Music Festival where crowds of close to 120,000 witnessed the return of the band. By this time, Led Zeppelin were the world's number one rock attraction, having outsold most bands of the time, including The Rolling Stones.
Zeppelin's Final Course
By this time in their careers, Plant was not eager to tour full-time again, and even considered leaving Led Zeppelin. He was persuaded to stay by Peter Grant. After that, Zeppelin embarked on a brief, low-key European Tour that took place in June and July of 1980, featuring a stripped-down set without the usual lengthy jams and solos. At a show on June 27th 1980, in Germany, the concert came to an abrupt halt in the middle of the third song when John Bonham collapsed on stage and was rushed to a hospital. The press stated it was from all the drugs and alcohol Bonham was involved in, but the band said it was from pure heat exhaustion and countinued. was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend rehearsals for an upcoming North American tour, the band's first since 1977, scheduled to start on October 17th. During the journey Bonham had asked to stop for breakfast, where he downed four quadruple vodkas (450 ml), and a ham roll. After taking a bite of the ham roll he said to his assistant, "Breakfast". He continued to drink heavily when he arrived at the studio. A halt was called to the rehearsals late in the evening and the band retired to Page's house. After midnight, Bonham had fallen asleep and was taken to bed and placed on his side. At 1:45 pm the next day Benji LeFevre, band's tour manager at the time, and John Paul Jones found him dead. The cause of death was asphyxiation from vomit, and a verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held on 27 October. An autopsy found no other drugs in Bonham's body. Bonham was cremated on October 10th 1980, and his ashes buried at Rushock parish church in Droitrich, Worcestershire. Despite rumors of replacements for the iconic drummer, the remaining members decided to disband after Bonham's death. They band released a press statement on December 4th 1980, confirming that the band would not continue without Bonham. The statement said, "We wish it to be known that the loss of our dear friend, and the deep sense of undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not continue as we were," and was simply signed "Led Zeppelin". In 1982, the surviving members of the group released a collection of out-takes from various sessions during Led Zeppelin's career, entitled Coda. This was Zeppelin's final and 9th album. It featured a 1976 John Bonham drum instrumental with electronic effects added by Jimmy Page, called "Bonzo's Montreux".
Led Zeppelin's Albums
- Led Zeppelin released 1969. - Led Zeppelin II released 1969
- Led Zeppelin III released 1970
- Led Zeppelin IV, or Untitled
- House of the Holy released 1973
- Physical Graffiti released 1975
- Presence released 1976
- In Through the Out Door released 1979
- Coda released 1982
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