To celebrate the 45th anniversary of Houses of the Holy, we took six of our writers to the top of a mountain and asked them five questions about Led Zeppelin's classic album. Here are their responses.
Led Zeppelin’s homage to James Brown proved to be a bold experiment. It also happens to be the worst Houses of the Holy song. It has a promising start. John Bonham flashes his drumming chops with a ...
Starting with the galloping entrance of “The Song Remains the Same” — with Jimmy Page’s layered guitars, John Paul Jones’ bopping bass line, and John Bonham’s beat anchoring it all — it’s clear Houses ...
Veiled blues, shimmering acoustic guitars, James Brown funk, quasi-reggae, a little jazz -- Zeppelin's first post-"Stairway" LP, released March 29, 1973, captured the band at its most playful and ...
The second wave of reissues in Led Zeppelin's overhaul of their classic catalog pretty much follows the path set by the first: remastered versions of the original albums on one disc, and alternate ...
Following the 1-2-3 punch of its first three albums—first released between January 1969 and October 1970 and reissued in June, 2014 as the first batch of a year-long series of overdue (and expanded) ...
The band wrapped up their Australian tour in 1972 and used the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio to start working on the album. Many of the songs had already been worked out before they sat down to record, ...
It’s easy to forget just how quickly Led Zeppelin went from sharply juxtaposing blues thump with delicate folk on their debut to blending the two sounds seamlessly at once. After releasing three ...
A look back at the surprising chart record held by Led Zeppelin's most divisive and talked-about songs.
It takes a certain sense of courage to cover a Led Zeppelin song, and it takes a whole new level of courage to cover a Led Zeppelin song and reshape it completely. So H.C. McEntire is a brave person.
On Friday evening the historic Mobile Saenger Theatre will thunder to the sound of Led Zeppelin, courtesy of the Black Jacket Symphony. Here's the lowdown. 1. The Black Jacket Symphony isn't a ...
Facebook has reversed its decision that saw Led Zeppelin‘s Houses of the Holy album cover temporarily banned from the social network. The ban of the iconic and controversial artwork, conceived by ...