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Led Zeppelin postersJimmy Page (born January 9, 1944 in Heston, Middlesex) was a renowned session musician before joining the Yardbirds to replace Paul Samwell-Smith, participating in numerous disks groups and soloists, including the Who, Dave Berry, the Herman's Hermits, Donovan and the Kinks. In several of these recordings coincided with the bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones (born January 3, 1946 in London), another experienced excellent session musician and arranger, with whom he played on "Hurdy Gurdy Man" Donovan's song which also appeared to drummer John Bonham (born May 31, 1947 in Redditch). When Dreja left the project of the New Yardbirds to engage a professional photographer, Page Jones immediately thought to form a new band, adding the duo a singer and a drummer. The singers were allowed Terry Reid and B. J. Wilson, a member of Procol Harum. Both Reid rejected the offer, but advised them to an unknown young singer named Robert Plant (born August 20, 1948 in West Bromwich), who had sung in a band called Hobbstweedle. Plant was, like Page, a great lover of the blues, but also had a penchant for the sounds of the West Coast, where their favorite bands Love and Moby Grape. The fourth member of the New Yardbirds would Bonham, his former partner on "Hurdy Gurdy Man", who had gone through bands like Crawling King Snakes and Band of Joy, and was also a close friend of Plant. The quartet, represented by Peter Grant, debuted live in September 1968, when he acted, by prior contractual obligations in the Danish city of Copenhagen. When they returned to England, Page decided to adopt the name of Led Zeppelin, recalling a phrase from Keith Moon, when it, planning to leave The Who and the possibility of forming a supergroup with Page, Jeff Beck, John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins and even the Moon, a quintet had recorded the instrumental "Beck's Bolero", defined the fate of the band with the feeling of being mounted on a lead balloon. After performing successfully in British clubs and touring with the massive influx of people from the United States with Vanilla Fudge, the group published in Atlantic "Led Zeppelin" (1969), an extraordinary debut LP recorded in thirty days and produced and arranged by Jimmy Page, a fact repeated in all records of the band. His burly, epic showcase of blues-rock, folk, psychedelia and hard rock conquered the audience with songs like "Communication Breakdown" "Dazed and Confused", "Good times" or "Babe, I'm gonna leave you" . "Led Zeppelin II" (1969) outsold her first album, reaching # 1 in the United States and Great Britain with songs like "Whole Lotta Love," Heartbreaker "and" Ramble On. " With this album, vocalist Plant, the mammoth guitar riffs and inventive Page and the powerful rhythm section of Jones and Plant mirror became central to many sets arising in its wake. On "Led Zeppelin III" (1970), a disc with classic cuts like "Immigrant Song" or "Since I've Been Loving You," the band most influenced in their folk roots. The album achieved again climb to the top of the best charts of the world, as well as would all the LPs of his career. At the same time their attitudes and their sweaty rock star and huge concerts were increasing their indomitable rock legend as with violent behavior in hotels and relationships with wild groupies, being censored in various countries. Even Eva von Zeppelin, the descendant of Ferdinand von Zeppelin, banned the group to act in Denmark as Led Zeppelin, and she points out, the group of young musicians were just "screaming monkeys." Act under the name The Nods. Although almost every Led Zeppelin album is essential (especially until 1975), "Led Zeppelin IV" (1971), is one of his most important and one of the best to expose their communion between hard rock, folk and blues. The album includes some of her best known as "Black Dog", "Rock and Roll" or "Stairway to Heaven." "Houses of the holy" (1973) demonstrated the ability of its makers eclectic, funk and reggae with bits expanding and confirming its traditional sound, alongside the Rolling Stones as the best and most influential rock band of the planet in the 70 . After this LP, the group formed record label Swan Song. "Physical Graffiti" (1975) would be his debut in his own company, a double album more adventurous and experimental than other work which included songs like "Kashmir", "Custard Pie" or "Trampled Under Foot." This masterful work again showed his exceptional quality as both musicians and their diverse composition and search for new spectrum sound without losing their well-known references. On August 4, 1975, Robert Plant and his wife Maureen Wilson, whom he had married in 1969, would suffer a serious car accident while they were vacationing on the island of Rhodes. This incident caused the discontinuity of the band's tour, filling all areas to those who came. Including the Madison Square Garden, performances held in the summer of 1973, published on disk would appear with the name of "The Songs Remains The Same" (1976) and a film of the same name. The same year in which appeared this directory also publish "Presence" (1976), an album less than that incurred bygone works in the epic and progressive treatment of many of his compositions, including "Achilles last stand" or " Nobody's Fault But Mine. " In 1977 he died of a stomach infection Karac, the six year old son of Robert Plant. This unfortunate event fell into a deep and long depression the blond singer for a long time away group stage. After this unstable period, Led Zeppelin would return to live performances and recording studio, publishing "In Through the Out Door" (1979), heterogeneous Lp would become the last studio work of the band. The album, which gave place to pop lines and synth sounds, including the catchy AOR ballad "All My Love" and the opening rocker "In the evening, where the great Jimmy Page, a key figure in the history of guitar rock, let's again another masterful riff for his huge collection. On September 25, 1980, John Bonham would perish drowned in his own vomit at home in heavy binge Page. The home of Jimmy Page, next to Loch Ness, was the famous mansion Boleskine, a building that had been owned by the occultist Aleister Crowley, an enigmatic figure who has always attracted the famous guitarist, not in vain Page decided to call Seal banda "Swang Song" by the nickname he gave himself Crowley, Paramahansa, which means "divine swan." The disappearance led to the disbanding of the band, which published posthumously "Coda" (1982), an album nourished footage. After the split, Page and Plant were about to join the members of Yes, Chris Squire and Alan White, to form the supergroup XYZ, but eventually the project would never take place, initiating both a solo career paths. Jimmy Page formed in the mid-80's group The Firm, which also included singer of Free and Bad Company Paul Rodgers and drummer Chris Slade Uriah Heep. This venture only lasted until 1986. For his part, Robert Plant solo debut with "Pictures at Eleven" (1983), drive which involved Phil Collins on drums and guitarist Robbie Blunt, with whom he formed the group Plant The Honeydrippers, which would also end collaborating Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. John Paul Jones had resumed his role as arranger and producer to publish his first solo LP in 1999, "Zooma." Subsequently, alternating many projects the various members of Led Zeppelin will be reunited on several occasions, Page & Plant recording albums such as "No Quarter" (1994) or "Walking into Clarksdale" (1998), without much relevant work in their discography. The fundamental legacy of Led Zeppelin would be expanded and direct collections over the decades after his sad dissolution, as the compilation "Remasters" (1990) or direct "BBC Sessions" (1997) and "How the West Was won "(2003). In 2007, Page, Plant and Jones, accompanied by the son of John Bonham, Jason, got together to perform live in November, recovering the name of Led Zeppelin. After learning of this meeting, Jimmy Page himself, the main songwriter for the group, did not rule out the band return to record new songs. Albums: Led Zeppelin (1969) Led Zeppelin II (1969) Led Zeppelin III (1970) Led Zeppelin IV (1971) Houses of the Holy (1973) |
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