Led Zeppelin



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Bio

The band was formed in 1968 in London, England. The band rocked the charts from 1968 through 1980. The group's main members are Jimmy Page guitarist, Robert Plant vocals, John Paul Jones bass, John Bonham drums. Led Zeppelin was rock's first real Heavy Metal band. Yet many of their fans were not even fans of metal music. They started out as the New Yardbirds but soon changed there name to Led Zeppelin. They wanted to play the blues in a way no one has ever played them before. Led Zeppelin then signed with Atlantic Records in the United States and began to record their debut album, which was released in early 1969, along with a tour of the U.S. The album Led Zeppelin, made the US top ten and the band toured non stop the entire year in both America and England. While on the road they recorded their second album Led Zeppelin II, which was released on October 22, '69 and spend seven weeks at number one. Considering it passed the Stones new album Let It Bleed and knocked the Beatles' Abbey Road from the number one spot two months after its release, it was most definitely a powerful statement.Led Zeppelin kept touring through 1970. They found the time to record their third LP and Led Zeppelin III was released that October. Although it still had some heavy numbers like "Immigrant Song", the album was a little more mellow than the first two albums. That December they started to record their fourth album and sessions lasted till the next summer, several things held up the new album and the LP would not be released till the end of 1971. The band not only wanted the album to be untitled, but wanted nothing written on it; no credits or any text anywhere on the album, on its inside or outside sleeves. They wanted the music to do the talking. They were eventually talked out of it by Atlantic Records and there were credits added to the inside paper sleeve, but still, nothing was written on the front cover to identify the album or who put it out, and the album was left untitled by the band. It did get to be know unofficially as Led Zeppelin IV. The songs on the album were indeed powerful and the album reach number two on the charts. One of the songs was "Stairway to Heaven", which would not only go down as Led Zeppelin's best song ever, but rock's best ever song too, as far as most rock fans feel. Their eighth studio album, In Through The Out Door, wasn't released till September of 1979. What would go down as their final tour started in May of '80 in Europe. That September as they were preparing for their upcoming American tour at Page's home, Bonham was found dead in bed following an all-day drinking binge. More than likely rock's best drummer, Led Zeppelin knew they could not go on without him and disbanded a month later. After the breakup the remaining members went on to solo careers. In 1985, they reunited to play Live Aid. Then in '88 the got together one more time to play at Atlantic's 25th Anniversary Concert. Page and Plant would get together as a duo in '95 and completed a successful international tour.

List of top three songs



  1. Stairway to Heaven
  2. Immigrant Song
  3. Comunication Breakdown