There are a few different approaches one can take in chronicling Led Zeppelin, the larger-than-life hard rock band that blazed through the 1970s like an out-of-control comet. You can stick to the ...
After reaching the summit of the rock world in the early ’70s, Led Zeppelin got used to the outsized expectations and ever-shifting standards of critics. If the band dug in with blues material, people ...
A groupie who hounded Page and Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant in the band’s early days inspired “Living Loving Maid.” The subject of the Led Zeppelin II track could also be a composite of several ...
When it comes to defining years, 1969 is a standout in Led Zeppelin’s history. It was only in October ’68 that Jimmy Page had adopted the Zep moniker for his new band, who had briefly been treading ...
Why did Stephen Davis write “LZ-’75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 American Tour” (Gotham: 218 pp., $22.50)? He’s already the author of the band biography “Hammer of the Gods”; what more ...
Fifty years ago today, on November 8, 1971, one of the greatest albums in rock’n’roll history was born: Led Zeppelin’s fourth album. Officially untitled—but often referred to as Led Zeppelin IV—the ...