The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin

by Nigel Williamson, Rough Guides

Rock legends Led Zeppelin remain a colossal music force with songs at once mystical, heavy, traditional and highly original. The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin tells the story of the life and afterlife of this most extraordinary supergroup. Features The Story : from the first meeting of Plant and Page to the untimely death of John Bonham, detailing the magic, mayhem and excesses of the era. The Music : the band’s fifty best songs unpicked, plus coverage of blues influences, bootlegs, solo careers, and the best Jimmy Page guitar solos and most outstanding Robert Plant vocals. The profiles of collaborators and colleagues including Roy Harper and Mickie Most. The Zeppelin films, places, myths and memorabilia, books, websites and the afterlife of “Stairway to Heaven.” It’s a whole lotta Zep…

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published September 3, 2007

Reviews

[PatrickV · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good book about the band, by someone who seems to know them well, without being indulgent