Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was an English rock band. The group was started in 1968 and broke up in 1980. The members were Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (lead guitar), John Paul Jones (bass), and John Bonham (drums). Led Zeppelin ended in 1980 after the accidental death of John Bonham. After Bonham's death, the band believed that nobody could take his place and decided not to continue. The band played together again in a tribute concert in London on 10 December 2007 with Jason Bonham, John's son, playing the drums. The band is one of the most influential rock bands of all time and one of the most successful music artists in history, selling 300 million albums around the world.
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Background information | |
Origin | London, England |
Genres | Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, heavy metal |
Years active | 1968–1980 (Partial reunions: 1985, 1988, 1995, 2007) |
Labels | Atlantic, Swan Song |
Website | www.ledzeppelin.com |
Past members | Jimmy Page John Paul Jones Robert Plant John Bonham |
Discography
- Studio albums
- Led Zeppelin (1969)
- Led Zeppelin II (1969)
- Led Zeppelin III (1970)
- Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
- Houses of the Holy (1973)
- Physical Graffiti (1975)
- Presence (1976)
- In Through the Out Door (1979)
- Filmography
- The Song Remains the Same (1976)
- Led Zeppelin (DVD) (2003)
- Mothership (DVD) (2007)
Led Zeppelin Media
A 1937 photograph of the burning LZ 129 Hindenburg taken by news photographer Sam Shere, used on the cover of the band's debut album and extensively on later merchandise
Bron-Yr-Aur, near Machynlleth, the Welsh cottage to which Page and Plant retired in 1970 to write many of the tracks that appeared on the band's third and fourth albums
Plant and Page perform acoustically in Hamburg in March 1973, just before the release of the band's fifth album, Houses of the Holy.
Led Zeppelin perform at Chicago Stadium in January 1975, a few weeks before the release of Physical Graffiti.
Plant and Page performing in Chicago Stadium in Chicago on 10 April 1977, during Led Zeppelin's last North American tour
The Pontiac Silverdome, Michigan, where the band set a record for the largest solo indoor attraction in 1977 with an attendance of 76,229
Page performs at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California in 1983.
Other websites
- Led Zeppelin: Official Site
- Led Zeppelin at MySpace
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bio
- Rolling Stone Magazine bio Archived 2009-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
- BBC interview with Robert Plant about the Led Zeppelin reunion
- 1971 interview with Led ZeppelinArchived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Heart-Led Zeppelin Stairway to heaven-kennedy center honors