What was the difference between Led Zeppelin and The Beatles? For one thing, Zep’s studio approach was far less tedious. You aren’t going to hear about Zep running through 100 takes of a song, as the ...
Led Zeppelin rarely worked with other musicians on their albums. That aligns with the band’s tendency to do things their way. Founding guitarist Jimmy Page insisted Zep sign with Atlantic Records so ...
The members of Led Zeppelin felt they needed to do something different with In Through the Out Door. They hadn’t released an album since Presence (1976), and the music world was changing quickly. The ...
On this day (September 8) in 1979, Led Zeppelin topped the UK Albums Chart with In Through the Out Door. It spent two weeks at No. 1 in the band’s home country. The LP also went to the top of the ...
Call it Led Zeppelin's most ambitious reissue yet. Since 2014, guitarist Jimmy Page has remastered and re-released all nine of the legendary British rockers' studio albums. But curating The Complete ...
This is where hard rock begins. Seriously. Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut defined hard rock as we know it -- not heavy metal; that’s Black Sabbath’s dominion, even though Zep helped inspire parts of ...
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin, here's a track-by-track retrospective. By Morgan Enos Back when Led Zeppelin made their maiden flight, rock critics expected them to land with a thud.