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====== Led Zeppelin ====== | ====== Led Zeppelin ====== | ||
- | ===== ABBA ===== | + | ==== ABBA ==== |
- | + | You wouldn' | |
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- | ===== Jimmy Page and Occultism ====== | + | |
+ | ==== Jimmy Page and Occultism ===== | ||
Prior to his breakthrough with Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page dabbled in the dark arts and even ran an occult bookshop and publishing firm, The Equinox Booksellers and Publishers on London' | Prior to his breakthrough with Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page dabbled in the dark arts and even ran an occult bookshop and publishing firm, The Equinox Booksellers and Publishers on London' | ||
- | ===== Atlantic ===== | + | ==== Atlantic ==== |
Before forming Zeppelin, each member of the band had a solid reputation as a session musician. As a result, when it came time to sign their first album deal with Atlantic, they were able to negotiate an unprecedented $200,000 advance as well as nearly entire writing rights to their music. [([[https:// | Before forming Zeppelin, each member of the band had a solid reputation as a session musician. As a result, when it came time to sign their first album deal with Atlantic, they were able to negotiate an unprecedented $200,000 advance as well as nearly entire writing rights to their music. [([[https:// | ||
- | ===== Partying ===== | + | ==== Partying ==== |
The partying of Led Zeppelin is legendary. For example, have you ever heard the tale of how they once booked six floors of the Andaz West Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles for their entourage and pals, staging a drug-fueled orgy while drummer John Bonham drove a motorcycle along the hotel corridors? [([[https:// | The partying of Led Zeppelin is legendary. For example, have you ever heard the tale of how they once booked six floors of the Andaz West Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles for their entourage and pals, staging a drug-fueled orgy while drummer John Bonham drove a motorcycle along the hotel corridors? [([[https:// | ||
- | ===== Audio Breakthrough ===== | + | ==== Audio Breakthrough ==== |
+ | Zeppelin made some significant audio advances. Jimmy Page's usage of reverse echo, as heard on "Whole Lotta Love," for example, was groundbreaking at the time. Of course, Page played it down: " | ||
- | Zeppelin made some significant audio advances. Jimmy Page's usage of reverse echo, as heard on "Whole Lotta Love," for example, was groundbreaking at the time. Of course, Page played it down: " | + | ==== Starship ==== |
- | + | Zeppelin had their own special plane, the Starship, by 1973. It cost $30,000 to lease and included a bar with a built-in keyboard organ, a video library and a shower area. The plane was also used by Deep Purple, the Rolling Stones and Peter Frampton. [([[https:// | |
- | ===== Starship ===== | + | |
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- | Zeppelin had their own special plane, the Starship, by 1973. It cost $30,000 to lease and included a bar with a built-in keyboard organ, a video library, and a shower area. The blimp was also used by Deep Purple, the Rolling Stones, and Peter Frampton. [([[https:// | + | |
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- | ===== Gibson EDS-1275===== | + | |
+ | ==== Gibson EDS-1275 ==== | ||
Jimmy Page, a well-known early adopter of Gibson' | Jimmy Page, a well-known early adopter of Gibson' | ||
+ | ==== Hidden Messages ==== | ||
+ | According to televangelist Paul Crouch in 1982, if you play the “bustle in your hedgerow” portion of Zep's “Stairway To Heaven” backward, you can hear subliminal Satanic undertones. “You must have a lot of time on your hands to even consider that people would do that,” Robert Plant responded. [([[https:// | ||
- | ===== Hidden Messages ===== | + | ==== Impostor Robert Plant ==== |
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- | According to televangelist Paul Crouch in 1982, if you play the “bustle in your hedgerow” portion of Zep's “Stairway To Heaven” backwards, you can hear subliminal Satanic undertones. “You must have a lot of time on your hands to even consider that people would do that,” Robert Plant responded. [([[https:// | + | |
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- | ===== Impostor Robert Plant ===== | + | |
In 2012, Robert Plant admitted to the Guardian that he had pretended to be an NME journalist in order to gain entry to a festival in Marrakech. “I said I worked for the NME. And I could get up to the front with my recorder, and there were a lot of fantastic Berber rhythms,” he continued.[([[https:// | In 2012, Robert Plant admitted to the Guardian that he had pretended to be an NME journalist in order to gain entry to a festival in Marrakech. “I said I worked for the NME. And I could get up to the front with my recorder, and there were a lot of fantastic Berber rhythms,” he continued.[([[https:// | ||
- | ===== Hendrix Didn't Like Zeppelin ===== | + | ==== Hendrix Didn't Like Zeppelin ==== |
According to a former bandmate, Hendrix disliked Led Zeppelin, claiming the band " | According to a former bandmate, Hendrix disliked Led Zeppelin, claiming the band " | ||
- | ===== The Who ===== | + | ==== The Who ==== |
+ | The Who's man is rumored to have given Zep their name. Moon and Who bassist John Entwistle recorded the instrumental “Beck' | ||
- | The Who's man is rumored to have given Zep their name. Moon and Who bassist John Entwistle recorded the instrumental “Beck' | + | ==== Fans Of Tolkien ==== |
- | + | There aren't many bigger | |
- | ===== Fans Of Tolkien ===== | + | |
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- | There aren't many Tolkien | + | |
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- | ===== Minibus Pimps ===== | + | |
+ | ==== Minibus Pimps ==== | ||
Earlier that year, John Paul Jones announced the formation of a new band, Minibus Pimps, in partnership with Norwegian ambient musician Deathprod. [([[https:// | Earlier that year, John Paul Jones announced the formation of a new band, Minibus Pimps, in partnership with Norwegian ambient musician Deathprod. [([[https:// | ||
- | ===== No Singles | + | ==== No Singles ==== |
- | + | Zep's stubborn unwillingness to produce singles helped to establish the concept of "AOR:" | |
- | Zep's stubborn unwillingness to produce singles helped to establish the concept of "AOR": album-oriented rock.[([[https:// | + | |
- | ===== 30 Hours ===== | + | ==== 30 Hours ==== |
+ | This is the amount of time it took Zep to develop and produce their debut album after founding in 1969. The band barely spent 30 hours in the studio. [([[https:// | ||
- | The amount of time it took Zep to develop and produce their debut album after founding in 1969. The band barely spent 30 hours in the studio.[([[https:// | + | {{tag>music celebrities}} |