Led Zeppelin, Master Blasters

‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Review: The Master Blasters
A new documentary looks back at the band’s early years, featuring interviews with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones in retrospective mode.
Becoming Led Zeppelin film review — rockumentary sidesteps scandal to honour master-musicianship
According to the British Board of Film Classification, the rockumentary Becoming Led Zeppelin contains “brief moderate violence” and “drug references”. How can this be? A glance at John Bonham’s index entry in the book Hammer of the Gods — “heroin use”,
Led Zeppelin's 'Physical Graffiti' turns fifty
In late February, 1975, Led Zeppelin put out Physical Graffiti. I realize of course that such a bold pronouncement is bound to piss off fans of the Beatles and Stones, as well as Zeppelin fans who prefer Led Zeppelin II or the iconic Untitled album (known these days as IV.
Rock-doc ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’
The first documentary authorized by the legendary band recounts how Led Zeppelin came to be. Rick Damigella talked with the filmmakers.
Frumpy Mom: Going to see the Led Zeppelin movie
Like every other teenager I knew, back in the Dark Ages before people even had pagers, I was a fan of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin. For those of you who recall only vaguely through a drug-induced haze,
Becoming Led Zeppelin Chased John Bonham Around the World
R obert Plant never thought a documentary about Led Zeppelin would be possible. Not, say, for reasons of vanity or hesitancy to discuss the past, as he indulged this very outlet t
Led Zeppelin Stands Out As Several Massive Albums Climb
Led Zeppelin is one of the onlly acts to fgll multiple spots on the U.K.'s rock albums chart and push all their current wins ...
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Led Zeppelin fans admit they used to 'avoid' hit song for one terrifying reason
Led Zeppelin IV. Now considered one of the greatest songs of all time, the eight-minute masterpiece has been cemented in rock history. But a more negative attitude towards the song was around at ...
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'Becoming Led Zeppelin:' The studio albums revisited
Led Zeppelin IV was a huge album. Just about every track is regarded as a classic, and when you have songs like “Stairway to Heaven,” “Black Dog” and “Rock N Roll” to compete with ...
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Becoming Led Zeppelin
If you’re someone who treasures the music of Led Zeppelin more than you’re interested in the legend—or the gossip, or the ...
Rolling Stone3d
The Led Zeppelin Documentary Attempts to Show the Rock Gods As People
From the start, director Bernard MacMahon and writer and producer Allison McGourty knew there would be obstacles involved in making a documentary about Led Zeppelin, especially one done with the ...
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'Raw hunger' to 'scandalous excess': How Led Zeppelin became Britain's ultimate 70s rock band
Becoming Led Zeppelin is a new authorised documentary that tells the "untold story" of the band, who despite achieving global influence and legendary status, are difficult to define. Rock's ...
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How Led Zeppelin Changed the World
Led Zeppelin, if you take in the full measure of their annihilating sunburst grandeur, are a very hard band to categorize. They’re usually thought of as the gods of metal, and few would deny tha ...
How Led Zeppelin were formed after 'room just exploded' creating huge rock icons
A new movie has explored how legendary rock band Led Zeppelin were formed and it appears to have been quite the unusual start for the legendary rockers ...