Miss classic Led Zeppelin? While a reunion’s just not gonna happen – I don’t care what you say, a Led Zeppelin without John Bonham is not Led Zeppelin—former Zep frontman Robert Plant is currently touring with his new band, Band of Joy, and bringing the heat as if it were 1973 all over again.
There are a lot of hardcore tribute artists out there who perform the best music from some of the most iconic bands. Jason Bonham is one of them (The Pink Floyd Experience) and he’s put together an awesome tour filled songs from the rock gods, Led Zeppelin. It won’t be just another concert or a typical show, it will be an experience. Check out the tour dates below…
Singing and lyrics are important in a rock band; it’s hard to imagine The Beatles without John Lennon or The Rolling Stones without Mick Jagger. But once in a while, the singer sits back and lets the rest of the band take care of business and something wonderful happens as a result. These are those songs, in no particular order.
At the 2009 Grammys, when Radiohead‘s In Rainbows lost out to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ Raising Sand for Album of the Year I was crushed. But in that heart-breaking moment I learned that Led Zeppelin‘s frontman was a legend and he could do no wrong, even when Radiohead is his competition. This year, Plant is releasing another collaborative record only this time with Band of Joy. On September 14th, they’ll release their self-titled album via Rounder Records. This will be Plant’s first record since the six-time Grammy Award winning Raising Sand.
A ‘guitar hero’ if there ever was one, Jimmy Page is back in the studio recording new music. Hey, if Robert Plant can hang with country artist Alison Krauss and John Paul Jones can rock out with supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, then surely Page can find something musically creative to do while the universe waits patiently for a Led Zeppeiln reunion tour.
Page, who was inducted into the Mojo Hall Of Fame in London Thursday night, told 6 Music he was working on new material with a number of different projects.
The mudslinging continues in the “are-they or aren’t-they Aerosmith” breakup that probably should have occurred fifteen years ago. Amidst rumors of a Billy Idol takeover (setting this story’s relevance back to, say, 1985), and even Paul Rogers of Bad Company (ok, 1975), Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has confirmed to Classic Rock Magazine that his current sparring partner/ supposed former lead singer Steven Tyler did try out for Led Zeppelin after Robert Plant declined to tour in 2008.
Every typical rock star wannabe’s very first mission is to successfully play Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven.” It was the most popular song of 1971 and it’s still famous today. That Jimmy Page guitar is what makes the song, but it’s also known for being terribly long (or not long enough for you hard core glam rockers out there today).
The song itself is 8:02 minutes. That amount of time for a song was incredibly lengthy back then and it still is today. However, we now find out that lengthy Zeppelin song was also perfect for DJs and their cigarettes.
It turns out our little hunch about the supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures, was right on! The super rock group formed by Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin‘s John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age‘s Josh Homme unveiled themselves at the Lollapalooza‘s after-show and fans were not disappointed!
After a hot and sticky then wet and rainy three-day festival, everyone was psyched to catch the first Them Crooked Vultures show in history. Rumors were flying around and tickets were bought (no scalper would accept less than $2,000 according to Stereogum) and the anticipation for speculation to become reality seemed to give everyone in attendance an extreme high that night.
After numerous online speculations about Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin‘s John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age‘s Josh Homme forming a supergroup, it turns out that the rumors are ACTUALLY true! The three musicians collectively call themselves Them Crooked Vultures and apparently, they’ve been working on a studio album for three years.
If you’re happy with that mere tidbit, then you’ll be stoked to hear that Them Crooked Vultures have potentially been booked to play Lollapalooza‘s aftershow! Perhaps this also will soothe fans of the Beastie Boys and those not-much-fans of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The band name wasn’t officially announced but the sign above with the three symbols each representing 1/3 of the supergroup was posted.
