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"This has to be the album against which every rock album that followed should be measured": Led Zeppelin attain peak Led Zeppelin status on Led Zeppelin IV

By Classic Rock Magazine published 8 April 24

Of all their records, Led Zeppelin’s fourth album, released in late 1971, remains their most admired work

John Bonham onstage in Los Angeles, 1973

Moby Dick began life as a modest instrumental showcase for John Bonham: Played live, it took on an epic, often drug-fuelled life of its own

By Mick Wall published 6 April 24

The epic story of Led Zeppelin's ever-expanding instrumental tour-de-force, Moby Dick

Danny Carey of Tool playing drums in 2016

“I bought it with lawnmowing money!” Tool’s Danny Carey reflects on the first album he ever paid for himself

By Matt Mills published 2 April 24

Tool drummer Danny Carey has named the very first album he bought with his own money – and it was funded by him doing chores around the house

Images of Heart’s Ann Wilson, Van Halen and Henry Rollins onstage

We put together the ultimate Led Zeppelin IV covers album

By Paul Travers published 31 March 24

Led Zeppelin IV reimagined by Van Halen, Heart, A Perfect Circle and more

The Black Crowes on the Howard Stern Show

The Black Crowes played a Led Zeppelin classic on the Howard Stern Show this week, and broke news many fans have been waiting for

By Fraser Lewry published 28 March 24

The Black Crowes also performed their classic Remedy, revealed details of an unexpected night out with David Bowie, and spoke of their breakthrough and breakup

The cover of Led Zeppelin II and Jagdstaffel 11 Division during World War I in 1917

How a photo of notorious German fighter ace the Red Baron provided the cover of Led Zeppelin II

By Fraser Lewry published 27 March 24

Also in the picture are Miles Davis (or is it?), Neil Armstrong (or is it?) and a possible in-joke aimed at engineer Glyn Johns

Jimmy Page and Jackie De Shannon circa 1964

Jimmy Page and Jackie De Shannon: the songwriting partnership that inspired the future Led Zeppelin star's only lead vocal

By Fraser Lewry published 6 March 24

Listen to Jimmy Page sing She Just Satisfies, released as a single in 1965 and inspired by his relationship with Jackie De Shannon

James Bay, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Brian May

"There is a spirit in the place": Watch Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Queen's Brian May and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi unite to launch London's new Gibson Garage

By Paul Brannigan published 22 February 24

Guitar legends join forces to launch Gibson's new flagship store in London

Led Zeppelin fans! Peter Grant's Ferrari 246 Dino GTS could be yours, although it won't be cheap

By Fraser Lewry published 20 February 24

Peter Grant purchased the Ferrari in 1973 and drove it for three years. Now to be auctioned, it comes with Grant’s original logbook

"I’m glad I didn’t sign them. They were too dangerous": Island Records co-founder Chris Blackwell explains why he has no regrets about Led Zeppelin breaking their promise to sign with his label

By Paul Brannigan last updated 15 February 24

Peter Grant made a verbal agreement with Island Records boss Chris Blackwell that Led Zeppelin would sign to his label, then signed a deal with Atlantic instead. Blackwell is fine with it

"It was cathartic... a trial by fire": Robert Plant on how it felt to sing Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven for the first time in 16 years, and possibly the last time ever

By Paul Brannigan published 14 February 24

Many people thougtht that Robert Plant would never perform Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven ever again, Robert Plant among them

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss studio portrait

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss announce extensive North American tour

By Fraser Lewry published 13 February 24

A year after their Raise The Roof tour, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will return to North America for 28 more shows

A scene from Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian with insets of Robert Plant and George Harrison

“Nobody wanted Life Of Brian except George Harrison”: how Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and an ex-Beatle bankrolled two of the greatest comedy films ever made

By Paul Travers published 10 February 24

1970s comedy classics Monty Python And The Holy Grail and The Life Of Brain wouldn’t have got off the ground if it hadn’t been for George Harrison, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd

"I was sitting way back, in the cheap seats, and I must tell you that I was weeping": why watching Jimmy Page play with The Firm made his former Led Zeppelin bandmate Robert Plant cry

By Paul Brannigan published 7 February 24

Post-Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were more supportive of one another's solo careers than one might imagine

Led Zeppelin's original contract with Atlantic Records stated that Jimmy Page could replace the other band members if he wanted

By Fraser Lewry published 1 February 24

The historic 1968 contract between Atlantic Records and Jimmy Page has been uncovered

Greta Van Fleet’s Josh Kiszka, Rush’s Geddy Lee, Whiitesnake’s David Coverdale and Heart’s Ann Wilson

The 10 best Led Zeppelin songs that aren’t by Led Zeppelin

By Joe Daly published 28 January 24

Soundalikes, homages and bare-faced rip-offs – these are the 10 best Led Zeppelin songs not actually by Led Zeppelin

"I'd seen Led Zeppelin, loved it, but you can't touch them: they fly away on a jet plane that says 'Led Zeppelin' on it. The Clash pulled up in a station wagon": Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan on the gig that changed his life forever

By Paul Brannigan published 25 January 24

In October 1979, 15-year-old Michael 'Duff' McKagan attended a punk rock show in Seattle which turned his world upside down

“The audience just wouldn’t let us go!” Jimmy Page recalls Led Zeppelin's legendary four-night stand in Boston in January '69, the gigs that set his band up for superstardom

By Paul Brannigan published 24 January 24

On this week in 1969, Led Zeppelin played their first dates in Boston, and blew the minds of everyone in attendance

Led Zeppelin onstage at the 1970 Bath Festival

"Led Zeppelin played to a crowd of 150,000, but no-one on the bill was looking for a big break or even a record deal": How 60s' music festivals turned a generation of blues aficionados into the first rock stars

By Paul Henderson published 22 January 24

Some of the events still exist today, but back in the 60s they played hosts to bands for whom future possibilities were entirely unknown

“John Paul Jones kept to himself, but Jimmy Page took great delight in showing you what he’d been doing the night before”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on touring with Led Zeppelin, John Bonham’s pranks and Jimmy Page’s ‘fruity’ Polaroids

By Paul Brannigan published 18 January 24

When Jethro Tull opened up for Led Zeppelin on their 1969 US arena tour, it was an eye-opening experience for frontman Ian Anderson

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