THE BEST BAND EVER CREATED. ROBERT PLANT,JIMMY PAGE,JOHN PAUL JONES, AND JOHN BONAHAM

No; not really.

Can't say they're the best ever created band, but can say the original members were a great band.

I dig 'em. I'll go and listen to IV now.

they like the gods of rock
JImmy page could kick prince is ass in a guitar ooff.

Funkmaster3000 said:

saw plant with alison krauss last week. One of the best gigs i have ever seen...check them out if they are in your area...

You'll get love from regarding Zeppelin. I've always championed these cats on here. Hands down one of my all time favorite bands. Definately in my top 5. Grew up digging the shit out of them. Had the Jimmy Page poster on my wall with him playing the double neck and the dragon pants when I was a kid. Led Zeppelin...the power and the majesty. Had one of the funkiest, in the pocket drummers to ever play in a "rock" band. And the other John was no joke on bass, mellotron and all of the other weird ass shit that he played. Big reason for Zepp's sound. And of course, Page. Wrote great pieces. Especailly on acoustic. And I'm not just refering to "Stairway" either.

They're an okay COVER band at best.

Zeppelin RAWKS!

Funkmaster3000 said:

Jimmy was from my home town in the UK, gotta give a whole lotta love to Led Zeppie

Zep were a great band, and a good example of the old adage "the whole is more than the sum of its parts"

I dug Fool In The Rain

A love-hate dynamic. Plant's bitch-screech wailing wears me out and singing about faeries and wizards gets to be a bit much. If Page & Plant hadn't plagirized so much blues they'd get more love more regularly, but I think Cream and Allman Brothers were better rock bands.

Funkmaster3000 said:

I'll take Duane Allman any day.

Dance said:

Yeah that kinda ruins them for me. But I still listen to them, I just can't call them gods anymore.

Zeppelin did a good job copying other artists songs. Some of the versions that they did sounded even better than the originals. I still think that they could have picked some better songs to rerecord. Word on the new configuration of Led Zeppelin is that Jimmy Page has been replaced by none other than Curly Owens. The addition of Owens will be really interesting. Zeppelin may be the best band ever but I am not sure. I can't think of another band that rerecorded songs as well as Zeppelin though.

In my opinion they were the greatest rock band ever. No one compares. The dynamic between all four members was incredible. People go on forever about Page's ability but he came up with some of the greatest riffs ever. His playing was wonderfully emotive and you got the impression he truly enjoyed being up there playing those songs. Also he was a fantastic arranger of songs and a fine producer. Sure there's technically better players but there were few more interesting and exciting than Jimmy Page.

PFunkjazz said:

A pity he passed so early he could've been out of this world. The Allman Brothers Band IMO deserve more respect. I wish they would come to Europe.

check out a psych Garage band from the 60's called "Bubble Puppy" great band

PFunkjazz said:

I like Zep after they got over the whole blues thing. Houses Of the Holy is a great album and there's little blues to be found on it.

To me, the best part of Zeppelin is Bonham and Jones. Those two motherfuckers GROOVED!

I like them, but I'm so burned out on hearing them on classic rock stations that I don't really care if I never hear them again. :^P

guitarslinger44 said:

DAMN! This is exactly what I wanted to add, but I was too tired to finish.

I only got into Zep last year, and Houses of the Holy is definitely my favourite album but...damnit they never quite made that one definitive masterpiece, did they?


And please, don't give me that Led Zep IV spiel, it just is NOT that good.

You have to get Physical Graffiti for that, dave.

PFunkjazz said:

Yeah...sort of...but....nah. Not quite a full-on stand-alone humdinger of a masterpiece. Just my two cents, but..

rocknrolldave said:

4 is a terrific album. Side 2 is flawless but Physical Graffiti is their crowning achievement. This was their peak IMO. I love their early albums but from Houses Of The Holy onward they really carved their own path instead of reinterpreting blues songs, albeitly brilliantly. Get Physical Graffiti as soon as possible!

OLDHATJ said:

The fact that Jimmy Page er, 'borrowed' quite heavily from old blues songs is hardly unique to him and Zeppelin; everybody was at it back then and well before, rightly or wrongly. But then, I generally prefer my blues from the 'sources' (original 'proper' blues artists) than the messengers (like '60s UK blues rock bands). I come to bands like Zeppelin and the Stones for what new they bring to the table.

But Zeppelin definitely developed their own style, and perhaps their greatest original contribution was their use of 'eastern/oriental' sounds and scales into their existing blend of heavy blues-rock and folk on tracks like 'Kashmir' (for me perhaps their greatest tracks. (Like Robert Plant, I'm no great fan of 'Stairway' ) . But with 'Kashmir' and to a degree their awesome metal experiment 'Achilles Last Stand', I would be surprised if anyone had heard these particular sounds before.

I'm also big fan of Page and Plant's 'No Quarter' album for its use of Arab sounds etc, and also Plant's excellent last solo album 'Mighty Rearranger' for it's cool 'Morrocan Roll' overall sound.

just started getting into
these guys maybe 2 years ago...

my favorite right now is
probably "Friends" from III

but I've been playing the hell
out of the first album
(which I only liked for
"How Many More Times")
it's more entertaining than
I made it out to be @ first listen

Miles said:

Mighty Rearranger was excellent i loved that whole eastern ambient rock thing that was going on. The live shows were good too.

DirtyChris said:

Friends is a cool song. Kinda underrated and definitely a hint of what was to come with Kashmir.