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Led Zeppelin Quiz: The beginnings of the legend
By Fraser Lewry published
How much do you really know about Led Zeppelin’s beginnings? Test yourself now!

How Led Zeppelin seized control of the industry and became the biggest rock band on the planet
By Mark Blake published
Magic hexes, hotel robberies and cut-throat deals: Led Zeppelin band members and associates chronicle the heady days of 1972/73

Rare footage of Led Zeppelin on tour in 1972 has surfaced online
By Fraser Lewry published
The newsreel footage was filmed by Dutch music show Popzien in 1972

This is what Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore really thought about Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham
By Classic Rock published
Friendship or rivalry? A little bit of both

What Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward really thought of Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham
By Classic Rock published
Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward and Led Zeppelin”s John Bonham rose through the ranks together

Jimmy Page looks back on the tests and turmoil of Led Zeppelin's final albums
By Mark Blake published
The man who led Zeppelin looks back on Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda

The makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin say there's some amazing unseen footage that isn't in the film
By Fraser Lewry published
Becoming Led Zeppelin is in cinemas now

The chaotic night Led Zeppelin jammed with Ten Years After and the Jeff Beck Group
By Max Bell published
"My last memory was of Bonham’s hairy backside disappearing, illuminated by a spotlight"

Behind the scenes at Led Zeppelin's first UK show, by the people who were there
By Ian Ravendale published
When people turned up to a Newcastle ballroom, they expected to see The New Yardbirds. Instead, they saw the future of rock'n'roll

“John Bonham said rock and blues wasn’t a good place for girls. He wanted me to be a vet or a lawyer… for a while I went down the opera route”: Despite her brother’s misgivings, Genesis helped shape Deborah Bonham’s career
By Jo Kendall published
Singing sister of Led Zeppelin drummer had tried to become Gong’s Shakti Yoni - but that was before Selling England By The Pound and Foxtrot changed her life
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