After Robert Plant sang “Stairway to Heaven” at a charity event in England last October — the first time he’d done so since 2007 — the rock god said it may have been the last time he’ll ever perform ...
Some hard rock albums are good, and others are straight-up perfect. Most would agree that's the case for these three classic ...
Led Zeppelin song titles didn’t necessarily convey the massive amount of creativity the band put into their music. “Black Dog” took its name from a stray canine. “Four Stick” was so dubbed because ...
Led Zeppelin made the most of their relatively brief time together. They made eight studio albums between 1969 and 1979, added a 1976 movie soundtrack, and released a posthumous record in 1982.
Few labels have woven as vivid a narrative in the tapestry of rock as Swan Song Records. Launched in 1974 by Led Zeppelin and their legendary manager Peter Grant, Swan Song not only amplified Zeppelin ...
How a harrowing accident inspired Robert Plant to write the epic Led Zeppelin song, deeply rooted in the tradition of Greek mythology.
However, on IV, released in 1971, Led Zeppelin were ready to explore blues more curiously and with more historical closeness. The fourth studio album closes with “When The Levee Breaks,” which begins ...
What's the best Led Zeppelin song? That’s what we want to find out from you in this week’s Loudwire Nights Artist of the Week poll! Each week, we’ll be asking you to choose your favorite track from a ...
When Jimmy Page was first considering how best to sequence Led Zeppelin's fifth album, he was hoping to feature a beginning segment of some kind. "My original idea for the opening tracks for Houses of ...
Although the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's "Four Sticks" don't depict a fantastical, far-away battle, a very real struggle ensued during the song's recording process. The sixth track on Zep's untitled ...
The first Led Zeppelin album, featuring its Hindenburg explosion artwork, is iconic. The band truly exploded onto the scene with the album, and were one of the heaviest groups making music. At the ...