Out of every Led Zeppelin song, the sound and context of this epic track still leaves Robert Plant feeling completely ...
Despite having shut down legions of authors and filmmakers interested in their story, the members of Led Zeppelin said yes to Bernard MacMahon. Why?
Members of Led Zeppelin, particularly guitarist Jimmy Page, worked hard to make sure that Becoming Led Zeppelin authentically ...
Jimmy Page's decision to break the chains of being a muzak session musician to form the eight-legged rock behemoth known to ...
The three surviving members of cult rock band Led Zeppelin have been famously media-shy since their bandmate John Bonham died in 1980. In Becoming Led Zeppelin, we hear all four of them reflecting on ...
The prospect of Led Zeppelin reforming to play Live Aid, the biggest music event of the 1980s, sparked great excitement. But their return to the stage on July 13, 1985 did not work out as anyone had p ...
Led Zeppelin may be the epitome of a hard-edged rock band, but Jimmy Page felt that there was a limit on how soft they could get.
In “Sly Lives!” and “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the divergent expectations faced by White and Black musical artists become ...
Shortly after forming in London in 1968, Led Zeppelin bombed as gig audiences ... The band’s first, eponymous album, released in early 1969, peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard album chart.
A new documentary about the band’s early days offers a rich backdrop to an unlikely performance of a star on the rise.
"One thing that's clear from this early period of Led Zeppelin's existence is that you can't reach their level of musical success if you're out of your mind," MacMahon says. "And yet most books ...
When filmmaker Bernard MacMahon began thinking about making a documentary about the early days of Led Zeppelin, he was warned against it. The British director recalls, “We had a couple of people ...