The definitive oral history of the iconic, bestselling rock band Led Zeppelin
With Robert Plant on lead vocal and Jimmy Page on guitar, Led Zeppelin is one of the most iconic, legendary, and influential rock bands in musical history. Tales of their indulgence in sex, drugs, and excess have swirled for decades. In this definitive oral history of the band, Barney Hoskyns finally reveals the truth about Led Zeppelin, paring away the myths and describing what life was really like for four young men on top of the world, enjoying fame on a scale that not even the Beatles experienced as a touring live act. Through fresh new interviews with the surviving band members, close friends, their tour manager, and scores of other fascinating characters, Hoskyns provides deep insights into the personalities of the band members and chronicles the group’s dramatic rise, fall, and legacy.
- Based on more than 200 interviews with everyone from Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones to road manager Richard Cole, their late manager Peter Grant, and many others central to the Zeppelin story
- Features striking photos of the band both on and offstage, many published here for the first time
- Takes a fresh look at Led Zeppelin’s music, cultural significance, and legend, as well as the highs and lows of the sex, drugs, and rock and roll lifestyle on the road
- Analyzes the way the band wrote, arranged, and recorded, from how they created the stupendous sound and dynamics on ‘Dazed and Confused’ and ‘Whole Lotta Love’ to the group’s folk-suffused acoustic side embodied in songs like ‘Friends’ and ‘That’s the Way’
- Written by Barney Hoskyns, contributing editor at British Vogue who is the author of the bestselling book Hotel California and the co-founder of online music-journalism library Rock’s Backpages
Cuprins
Preface xiii
Personae Gratae xxiii
PART 1 ALL SHOOK UP 1
1 Surbigloom Blues 5
2 The Impenetrable Brotherhood 19
3 Walking into Stourbridge 31
4 The Freakout Zone 44
5 Happenings Fifty Years’ Time Ago 60
6 Turning to Gold 74
PART 2 IN THE LIGHT 85
7 Whatever Jimmy Wants 87
8 Atlantic Crossing 105
9 Like a Freight Train on Steroids 116
10 Every Inch of My Love 133
11 In the Misty Mountains 151
12 Stairwell to Headley 173
13 Heavy Friends 189
14 Trampled under Foot 208
15 When I Look to the West 226
PART 3 TWITCHY TIMES 241
16 Out of the Maelstrom of Mediocrity 245
17 Almost Infamous 273
18 Invocation of My Demon Brother 294
19 Turning into the Storm 316
20 A Powerhouse of Madness 338
21 Roundheads and Cavaliers 349
22 Does Anyone Remember Laughter? 371
23 Polar Opposites 379
24 Dinosaurs Rule! 396
PART 4 WEARING AND TEARING 407
25 Staggering from the Blast 409
26 The Swan Song 419
27 Jimmy’ll Fix It 427
28 Dark Days for a Cocksman 440
29 Mighty Rearrangements 455
30 What Was 471
31 And What Should Never Be 480
Author Interviews 491
Other Sources 497
Acknowledgments 511
Notes 515
Index 517
Despre autor
BARNEY HOSKYNS cofounded and editorially directs the online music-journalism resource Rock’s Backpages (www.rocksbackpages.com). He is the author of several books, including Hotel California, an acclaimed history of the Los Angeles music scene. A former U.S. correspondent for MOJO and a contributing editor at British Vogue, he currently writes for MOJO, the Guardian, and other publications.
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