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Official Website. Led Zeppelin - PyZep. Led Zeppelin. Page wrote most of Led Zeppelin's music, particularly early in their career, while Plant generally supplied the lyrics. Jones' keyboard-based compositions later became central to the group's catalogue, which featured increasing experimentation. The latter half of their career saw a series of record-breaking tours that earned the group a reputation for excess and debauchery. Although they remained commercially and critically successful, their output and touring schedule were limited during the late 1970s, and the group disbanded following Bonham's death from alcohol-related asphyxia in 1980.

In the decades that followed, the surviving members sporadically collaborated and participated in one-off Led Zeppelin reunions. The most successful of these was the 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert in London, with Jason Bonham taking his late father's place behind the drums. Led Zeppelin are widely considered one of the most successful, innovative, and influential rock groups in history. John Bonham. “And that's for breakfast!” ~ John Bonham on consuming six ham rolls and about 64.3 litres of vodka “He killed my dog!” ~ Elton John on John Bonham Bonham's mighty otherworldly life force still shines down from the Stairway To Heaven. John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Edit Formation of Led Zeppelin The cover of the band's first album, and all their subsequent albums (on later albums, they simply crossed out the old title and wrote the new one underneath). edit Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin quickly finished recording their first album, creatively called "Led Zeppelin".

Bonham's drumming was so loud, the only way the rest of the band could keep him from drowning them out was having the band play in one room of the studio, and Bonham play drums in another building, usually on the other side of whatever city they were in. Edit The Party Years edit Death edit Lost solo album. Robert Plant. “I still haven't found the God damn bridge.”~ Robert Plant on that confounded bridge “Baaaaabe, baaaaaaabe, baaaaaabe...”~ Robert Plant on his favourite food “The love scene in our movie was quite passionate, actually; it's just too bad we can't remember anything.” “Baaaaabe, baaaaaaabe, baaaaaabe...”~ Robert Plant on winning a Grammy “I wish I could wear pants like that.” “Baaaaabe, baaaaaaabe, baaaaaabe...”~ Robert Plant on almost anything “I don't have to wait in line,I'm Robert Fuckin Plant!” ~ Robert Plant on Demonstrating his frustration with not being allowed cutsies in the McDonalds line Robert Plant performing on stage in 1977 Intricate formula used by Hitler to create Robert.

Robert Plant was born in Middle Earth, in the Shire, to Mr Frodo Baggins and some blond haired tree-ent. Edit Early Years As baby, he was born in Wolverhampton, just outside its capital city Krypton in the Middle Earth region. Robert formed his first band Slade on his 9th birthday. Edit Zed Leppelin edit Plant Today. Jimmy Page. “Fucking hell. My goodness gracious, what a funny chap!” ~ Jimmy Page in The Yardbirds after Jeff Beck made Keith Relf smash a harmonica “The Zeppelin's gonna fly man. It's never gonna go down.”~ Jimmy Page on drugs “I'm not quite sure, I'm still yet to work that one out”~ Jimmy Page on Robert Plant's gender Jimmy Page (Pronounced ) is the guitarist of post-progressive industrial dreamfunk band Led Zeppelin, and also the vocalist and solo guitarist of Page Against The Machine.

Jimmy has often been cited by music snobs as being the "greatest plagiarist of 'da blooz'". Edit Early History After Stalin's death, Russian Scientists pursued many efforts to resurrect their infamous leader, finally they decided to clone a new leader from fragments of his DNA. When the Reds decided that they no longer needed a semi-copy of Stalin to become the world's leading superpower, they sent the newborn Page to Scotland to be raised by Ashenaski Jews. Edit His Musical Career edit Personal life edit See also. John Paul Jones. “The real promise of America... a crazed pirate Scotchman of the the high seas stealing foreign money and then working for the Russians.” ~ Alexis de Tocqueville John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born Navy boy and the best damn general/pirate the American navy has ever seen.

The English tried to kill him several times but failed because they were tea-drinking pussies. edit Biography He is chiefly famous for his naval career, notably the naval gazing he took part in whilst looking for English mariners to rob. Edit Early Years JPJ was born in 1946 to John Jones and Paula Jones. From a very early age Jones was interested in planes, aka flying aluminum death traps. Edit Later Life 25 years and a couple of airplanes later, JPP was hired by the Bismarck von Zeppelin to be the head pilot on the Zeppelin's new Zeppelin. On his arrival in England he found his home had been repossessed by a ghost that had been exorcised many years earlier. Edit See also.