

It's where the work of these aging, best-days-behind-them rockers is best situated. It's called the world of work - and of pleasure. There is a realm between the purely crass and the empyrean romantic. that there is zero chance that the legendary rock act will tour ever again. The great 'Bonzo' was a notorious lover and consumer of strong drink, but not even his body could process the '40 measures' of vodka (according to The Guardian) that he had poured down his gullet during a 12-hour band rehearsal that day.

That is not rock'n'roll."īrian Doherty: "Those who insist that rock 'n' roll must be about youth and rebellion and represent some sort of Dionysian explosion are being critical fascists. Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has scotched any possibility of the. Led Zeppelin effectively ended on September 25, 1980, when Bonham culminated a massive drinking binge by passing out and dying. The band formed when Jimmy Page (guitar) recruited Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin), and John Bonham (drums). In a follow-up to this, it is being reported that Led Zeppelin and Jimmy Page, in which Page recently broke his silence on a long-awaited reunion album, have also considered making use of a. Led Zeppelin conclude their reissue campaign with a new edition of the soundtrack to the concert film ‘The Song Remains The Same’, originally released in 1976 and featuring newly remastered audio supervised by Jimmy Page.

It should not be trapped behind glass in a museum display and gawked at like remnants of a lost civilisation. Led Zeppelin was an English rock band originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name 'The New Yardbirds', based on Page's previous band, The Yardbirds. Its prime audience should not be middle-aged, balding, jelly-bellied dads who've brought along their wives and kids. John Strausbaugh: "Rock simply should not be played by 55 year-old men with triple chins wearing bad wighats, pretending still to be excited about playing songs they wrote 30 or 35 years ago and have played some thousands of times since. Competing views of the 60-year-old rocker phenomenon:
