Jarate Presents: Music History through Jojo, the different references
Will Anthonio Zeppeli
Led Zeppelin
During 1968, at the height of the British invasion, the Beatles would soon be leaving the rock scene for good. But, the seeds implanted by the Beatles took root all over world rock culture. Led Zeppelin would fill one of those gaps, taking the heavier sounding rock tones popularized by bands such as Deep Purple.
Jimmy Page was presented an opportunity to shift his career in an interesting way. Playing alongside Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds, the band broke up in 1968, but, Jimmy Page was allowed to keep playing using the name of the band for a Scandinavian tour date the band had already booked. After recruiting for bandmembers, he ended up with the original starting lineup, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, and John Bonham.
Unfortunately for them, being the "New Yardbirds" ended up being a title they couldn't keep, as law prohibited them from using the name after their Scandinavian tour. Led Zeppelin was taken as a moniker. (Legend says the name came from a critic of his saying a super group consisting of him and Jeff Beck would sink like a Lead Zeppelin)
The band erupted on the scene at the height of British rock, and brought up an energy, and musical style that would be labeled as, "Hard Rock" or "Heavy Metal" after bands such as Black Sabbath popularized the more, "dark" themes of rock. Led Zeppelin had masters of their craft at every instrument, with extra emphasis on Robert Plant, one of the most talented vocalists in Rock music, and Jimmy Page, one of the most innovated and skilled guitar players of his time.
Their most influential album was probably Led Zeppelin 4, Featuring classic rock staples such as
Black Dog,
Rock and Roll, and of course their most popular song of all, Stairway to Heaven
In modern times, Led Zeppelin gets a lot of cultural flack due to their heavy prevalence in dad rock culture. But it's no doubt they were by far one of the most successful rock bands in rocks history. Led Zeppelin would go onto inspire many other bands along the way. I haven't given them a good listen to in a while, but just the amount of energy these guys can produce with only 4 members is astounding.