American Songwriter

On This Day in 1968, a Band Called Len Zefflin Made a Stop at Gonzaga University on Their First American Tour

On this day, December 30, 1968, an up-and-coming band from the United Kingdom played at Gonzaga University in Spokane, ...

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page disagreed about who composed the world’s “first heavy metal riff”

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page had been close friends ever since they met in their teens. It was Page who recommended Beck as Eric ...
Louder

"It's remarkable that you can have a culture that's shunted into the west side of England that has nothing to do with the English at all." Robert Plant on how the mystique of ...

"It's remarkable that you can have a culture that's shunted into the west side of England that has nothing to do with the English at all" ...
collider

Led Zeppelin’s Greatest Song Became Their Biggest Hit — Even Though It Was Never Released as a Single

Dyah (pronounced Dee-yah) is a Senior Author at Collider, responsible for both writing and transcription duties. She joined the website in 2022 as a Resource Writer before stepping into her current ...
collider

The Led Zeppelin Album No One Believed Would Work — and How It Became a Rock Masterpiece

Dyah (pronounced Dee-yah) is a Senior Author at Collider, responsible for both writing and transcription duties. She joined the website in 2022 as a Resource Writer before stepping into her current ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1968, Led Zeppelin (Sort Of) Made Their Debut—Let Me Explain

Led Zeppelin might have built their reputation on their big, brash, and explosive live sets, but their first concert tour started as more of a whimper than a bang. The band’s inaugural U.K. tour began ...
loudwire

The 11 Best and Most Brazen Led Zeppelin Rip-Off Songs

It's no secret that Led Zeppelin ripped off lesser-known blues artists to craft some of their most timeless songs — so consider this list of the 11 best and most brazen Led Zeppelin rip-offs a loving ...
Forbes

Led Zeppelin’s Blockbuster Album Debuts — More Than 50 Years After Its Release

Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin II debuts at No. 93 on the U.K.’s Official Album Downloads chart, the band's first new entry on the tally in seven years. ENGLAND - 1969: Rock band 'Led Zeppelin' poses for ...
Cinema Blend

Becoming Led Zeppelin Is The Best Rock Documentary In A Long Time, But I Have A Bone To Pick

Finally, Becoming Led Zeppelin is hitting streaming this weekend. If you haven’t seen it, you’ll get your chance with a Netflix subscription, and let me tell you, it’s well worth your time, especially ...
Forbes

Led Zeppelin’s Biggest Hit On The Charts Was Never Actually A Single

Led Zeppelin's Four Symbols album returns to the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, hitting 600 weeks on the tally in the process. (NO SUB AGENCIES IN UK, FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, SWEDEN, FINLAND, ...
Spin

Every Led Zeppelin Album, Ranked

Jimmy Page was a guitarist in the Yardbirds and one of the busiest session musicians in London in the mid-‘60s when he first proposed forming a group of his own with the Who’s rhythm section—and ...
USA Today

'They always said 'No': Why Led Zeppelin's surviving members agreed to a documentary

The amazing thing about "Becoming Led Zeppelin" is that it shouldn't exist. The new documentary about the colossally successful '70s rock band (in select theaters and IMAX now) features candid ...