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"There were guitar players weeping. They had to mop the floor up": How Jimi Hendrix invented everything we love

By Johnny Black published

When Jimi Hendrix arrived in London he blew the minds of the British rock elite. Soon they would follow his lead and develop and explosive new form of electric blues

Robert Plant onstage at Glastonbury 2022

Robert Plant is reportedly working on a new version of a Led Zeppelin classic for a "top-secret project"

By Fraser Lewry published

Mystery surrounds the song being worked on at the session in Wolverhampton

Led Zeppelin onstage in Richfield, Ohio, in 1975

In what's turning out to be a bumper year for Led Zeppelin fans, more unseen live footage has emerged

By Fraser Lewry published

The previously unseen film, shot in Ohio in 1975, was discovered in the archives of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jimmy Page onstage in Chicago

"Jimmy's very lucky to be even playing tonight": Watch an ailing Jimmy Page lead Led Zeppelin through a truncated show as unseen live footage emerges

By Fraser Lewry published

Rare live footage from Chicago in 1977 finds Led Zeppelin frustrating fans with a six-song set

Led Zeppelin onstage at The Forum, Montreal

Nearly an hour of previously unseen Led Zeppelin footage from 1975 has been posted online

By Fraser Lewry published

The Led Zeppelin footage was shot at the Montreal Forum in Canada on February 6 1975

Led Zeppelin IV cover art

"This has to be the album against which every rock album that followed should be measured": Led Zeppelin attain peak Led Zeppelin status on Led Zeppelin IV

By Classic Rock Magazine published

Of all their records, Led Zeppelin’s fourth album, released in late 1971, remains their most admired work

John Bonham onstage in Los Angeles, 1973

Moby Dick began life as a modest instrumental showcase for John Bonham: Played live, it took on an epic, often drug-fuelled life of its own

By Mick Wall published

The epic story of Led Zeppelin's ever-expanding instrumental tour-de-force, Moby Dick

Danny Carey of Tool playing drums in 2016

“I bought it with lawnmowing money!” Tool’s Danny Carey reflects on the first album he ever paid for himself

By Matt Mills published

Tool drummer Danny Carey has named the very first album he bought with his own money – and it was funded by him doing chores around the house

Images of Heart’s Ann Wilson, Van Halen and Henry Rollins onstage

We put together the ultimate Led Zeppelin IV covers album

By Paul Travers published

Led Zeppelin IV reimagined by Van Halen, Heart, A Perfect Circle and more

The Black Crowes on the Howard Stern Show

The Black Crowes played a Led Zeppelin classic on the Howard Stern Show this week, and broke news many fans have been waiting for

By Fraser Lewry published

The Black Crowes also performed their classic Remedy, revealed details of an unexpected night out with David Bowie, and spoke of their breakthrough and breakup

The cover of Led Zeppelin II and Jagdstaffel 11 Division during World War I in 1917

How a photo of notorious German fighter ace the Red Baron provided the cover of Led Zeppelin II

By Fraser Lewry published

Also in the picture are Miles Davis (or is it?), Neil Armstrong (or is it?) and a possible in-joke aimed at engineer Glyn Johns

Jimmy Page and Jackie De Shannon circa 1964

Jimmy Page and Jackie De Shannon: the songwriting partnership that inspired the future Led Zeppelin star's only lead vocal

By Fraser Lewry published

Listen to Jimmy Page sing She Just Satisfies, released as a single in 1965 and inspired by his relationship with Jackie De Shannon

James Bay, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Brian May

"There is a spirit in the place": Watch Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Queen's Brian May and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi unite to launch London's new Gibson Garage

By Paul Brannigan published

Guitar legends join forces to launch Gibson's new flagship store in London

Peter Grant's Ferrari

Led Zeppelin fans! Peter Grant's Ferrari 246 Dino GTS could be yours, although it won't be cheap

By Fraser Lewry published

Peter Grant purchased the Ferrari in 1973 and drove it for three years. Now to be auctioned, it comes with Grant’s original logbook

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"I’m glad I didn’t sign them. They were too dangerous": Island Records co-founder Chris Blackwell explains why he has no regrets about Led Zeppelin breaking their promise to sign with his label

By Paul Brannigan last updated

Peter Grant made a verbal agreement with Island Records boss Chris Blackwell that Led Zeppelin would sign to his label, then signed a deal with Atlantic instead. Blackwell is fine with it

Robert Plant, 2023

"It was cathartic... a trial by fire": Robert Plant on how it felt to sing Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven for the first time in 16 years, and possibly the last time ever

By Paul Brannigan published

Many people thougtht that Robert Plant would never perform Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven ever again, Robert Plant among them

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss studio portrait

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss announce extensive North American tour

By Fraser Lewry published

A year after their Raise The Roof tour, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will return to North America for 28 more shows

A scene from Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian with insets of Robert Plant and George Harrison

“Nobody wanted Life Of Brian except George Harrison”: how Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and an ex-Beatle bankrolled two of the greatest comedy films ever made

By Paul Travers published

1970s comedy classics Monty Python And The Holy Grail and The Life Of Brain wouldn’t have got off the ground if it hadn’t been for George Harrison, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd

The Firm, 1986

"I was sitting way back, in the cheap seats, and I must tell you that I was weeping": why watching Jimmy Page play with The Firm made his former Led Zeppelin bandmate Robert Plant cry

By Paul Brannigan published

Post-Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were more supportive of one another's solo careers than one might imagine

Led Zeppelin in 1968

Led Zeppelin's original contract with Atlantic Records stated that Jimmy Page could replace the other band members if he wanted

By Fraser Lewry published

The historic 1968 contract between Atlantic Records and Jimmy Page has been uncovered