Zeppelin

November 2016 Stairway to Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin one of the most influential bands of all time, with over 200 million albums sold, Led zeppelin took the 70s by storm. Despite being beat down by critics the fans loved the music Led Zeppelin put out. Before their big come up bands like the Beatles were living in the lime light of fame. Led Zeppelin set quite a few records in their time, one being “Stairway to heaven” the most played song in all radio history. Led Zeppelin all started with guitarist

How Led Zeppelin Influenced American Culture One of the most influential rock bands, Led Zeppelin, not only influenced American musicians, but also influenced the American culture with their combined rock, heavy-metal, blues, and folk to create an outstanding and timeless sound which can be followed from the origins of the band, through the height of the band's career, to the legacy they left behind. Before Led Zeppelin was founded, each of the members had previous experience playing different

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were never afraid to try new musical directions, drawing inspiration from such styles as blues, rock, folk, country (and everything in between!) to create a unique sound that almost defies description, probably the most appropriate way to describe their vast repertoire is simply as "Led Zeppelin". During their reign they created one of the most enduring and diverse catalogues in modern music and firmly secured their status as one of the most influential groups ever

Led Zeppelin: A Brief History Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones are four of the most iconic names in rock and roll history. Those famous names exist in the one and only… Led Zeppelin. Zeppelin itself has a very interesting formation and career including an unfortunate end to the legendary rock band. With eight UK number one albums that are still prevalent to this date, Zep is arguably the best and most influential band in history. Led Zeppelin formed as a super group

The song is about a materialistic path of life that people take, which only satisfies them with desires of the world for material objects. This in turn leaves a weak feeling of lack of spiritual fulfillment leading them a question of how they would get into heaven. The character in the song who is a lady in finds the fulfillment of worldly satisfaction by buying stairway that she may use to heaven. Otherwise she realizes that life is not all about being able to buy everything she can afford. The

Led Zeppelin was a 60’s and 70’s hard rock group. Many consider them to be pioneers of modern day heavy metal and hard rock. The band made many leaps in music and influenced many other musicians of the times and today. Led Zeppelin didn’t just turn into Led Zeppelin overnight. The band was formed from members of different bands which allowed for sharing of different musical ideas and concepts which overall made them unique. The band has its origins in Great Britain. Jimmy Page a member of the Yardbirds

Led Zeppelin and Rush are two of the most legendary, Billboard topping, Grammy award winning, Rock ‘n’ Roll bands in the world. They both are very similar in many ways. The two bands play similar genres and have been compared to each other a lot. Their likeness in sound has even gotten them mistaken on the radio one time. When a Rush song was first debuted on the radio, people were calling in asking when the new Led Zeppelin album was coming out. As being award winners and legendary, both bands

The End of the Zeppelin Age The golden age of aviation was a fantastic time in history. New discoveries were made as humanity made its way to the clouds. Unfortunately, in many cases, new discovery brought in its path great tragedy. This statement stands true for the era of the Zeppelin Aircraft. The public ignored the disasters that befell the massive balloons. That is until the Hindenburg crashed on May 6th, 1937, at the Lakehurst New Jersey Naval Air Station. The Hindenburg disaster brought

Led Zeppelin was created when the band Yardbirds, a previous band that Jimmy Page played in, disbanded. Page, the lead guitarist, found Robert Plant and John Bonham and created a new band which would be called the New Yardbirds; they would later adopt the name Led Zeppelin. The main goal they wanted to achieve was to emphasize the guitar, which they accomplished Plant, the singer, had a peculiar voice, raspy with many vocal ranges that he did not know when to hold back his voice. “Not only was

Burton’s (2007) description of Robert Plant in the peak of Led Zeppelin’s popularity accurately paints the picture of how the frontman challenged gender norms (p. 1): Madison Square Garden. 1973. Robert Plant, the 25 year old singer and frontman of Led Zeppelin, undoubtedly the world’s biggest rock band, takes to the stage in front of another sell out crowd. He is dressed in his trademark outfit of blue denim jeans and snakeskin boots. His torso is conspicuously left uncovered beneath a blue shirt several