Any fans here. I became one awhile back by being exposed to them a number of different ways. I was just wondering because I wanted to get into and hear more of their stuff and learn more about them. I was wanting to know if you know of any good sites with some good info on them as far as stuff like When they were formed, how long they stayed together, why they broke up and like the best or most essential recordings of theirs to have.

Right now I only have a few songs by them that i've heard but i'd love to get into more of their stuff.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Big Zeppelin fan, don't really know about their sites. Do you know about The Yardbirds, that's a good place to start in terms of history. I suggest buying all the albums from first to last, but if you had to buy one right now it should be Physical Graffiti. A perfect double album that doesn't quit! What songs have you heard so far?

These to me are the essential Zep Tracks in chronological order.

Good Times Bad Times
Dazed And Confused
Communication Breakdown
Whole Lotta Love
The Lemon Song
Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
Ramble On
Immigrant Song
Black Dog
Rock And Roll
Stairway To Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
Four Sticks
Dancing Days
D'yer Mak'er
Custard Pie
The Rover
In My Time Of Dying
Houses Of The Holy
Trampled Underfoot
Kashmir
Achilles Last Stand
Fool In The Rain

Just the ones probably most known by everyone:

Communication Breakdown

A Whole Lotta Love

Dancing Days

Kashmir

Dazed and Confused

Stairway to Heaven

lilgish said:

So how recent is Physical Graffiti?

Love2tha9s said:

75, get that or Zep No.4.

lilgish said:

I wonder how hard they'd be to find?

Love2tha9s said:

very easy

You have to get acquainted with our org zep fanatic minneapolisgenius

but yes, huge fan here

minneapolisgenius hangs out at a site... I think she said it was www.led-zeppelin.com

there's some history there under "bio" and message boards

heartbeatocean said:

were has MinniG been anyways?

The Remasters 4 cd box was my introduction to Zeppelin and you should be able to pick it up at a very reasonable price. Every home should have one, as well as the DVD set which is jaw droppingly fantastic.

Stax said:

Last I heard, she was dancing in a ballet.

My favorites are II, III, Houses of the Holy, and Physical Graffiit. I've heard IV so many times that it's totally lost all meaning to me.

where's MinnieG?

Everything from Led Zeppelin (1969) through to Presence (1976) is worth having.

Yes.

Yeah, next time some funds come my way i'm going to have to check some of that stuff out. Where do you suppose is the best chain to look for them at?

This thread needs two things

1) Minne

2) pictures







Bonzo will live forever in my right foot and soul

You gotta...



...start from the start


MG definitely could've held court here.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

How the hell did I miss this thread??!!!!


I'll be back.....



with pics of course.....

Love2tha9s said:

The band formed in 1968, and started out orginally under the name The New Yardbirds since Jimmy Page was trying to re-group the Yardbirds. He got all new band members and changed the name to Led Zeppelin. The band existed for 12 years.

As for your question about why they broke up, their drummer John Bonham (Bonzo) died in 1980. From that moment on, they were no longer a band since he was irreplaceable.

I'd suggest their first 6 albums to start with.

Led Zeppelin I


Led Zeppelin II


Led Zeppelin III


Led Zeppelin IV (or Zoso, or "The Four Symbols" album)


Houses of the Holy


Physical Graffiti


Their other 3 studio albums that followed are probably best appreciated by diehard fans.

This is an awesome Zeppelin site:

http://www.led-zeppelin.com/home.html

They have great forums in the message board section, and also a "newbie" forum that houses all the threads with any basic questions about the bands that most new fans want to ask.

(I'm a regular there, but I'm not saying under which name I post )

Cloudbuster said:

Agreed.

blackguitaristz said:

Well, if you like rehased and retreaded, mediocre and exponentially over-rated music, then yes, I would agree as well.

chuckaducci said:

Ouch!

Pics, as promised.....

Cloudbuster said:

It's not an "ouch" to me. It's an opinion and opinions are very cool. I just happen to dig Zeppelin.

chuckaducci said:

With respect to your opinion, I'm just trying to understand it.

The media were consistently critical of the band while selling out stadiums so “over-rated” is confusing to me unless you’re referring to how popular they still are after disbanding in 1980. "Mediocre", all right I guess you're not a musician because music was written and written with quality in mind. "Rehased", I think you're saying "rehashed" and I would agree with that on the first album (being mostly blues covers) but everything else was original and people have been imitating it since.

:confused:

blackguitaristz said:

DON'T GET ME STARTED ON LED ZEPPELIN!!! LOVE THEM TO DEATH!!! I LOVE THEIR FUNKIFIED BLUES JAMS AS WELL - I'M GONNA CRAWL, SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU!!, ETC. REALLY EVERYTHING!!!

I think my favorite song of theirs is "Houses Of the Holy", although it doesn't seem to appear on the album of that name (and that is a great funky album but would be better with that track).