tilinmyowngrave said:
Heres a better question... who doesn't like Led Zeppelin here? And WHY do yo0u like them? whats so special about them?
They were pretty much the Pioneers of Hard Rock. Sure, there were others before them, but there was something magical about Zeppelin.
Page wasn't the greatest lead guitarist to ever pick up the guitar, but he was an incredible songwriter and really creative - not to mention all of the studio tricks he had up his sleeve from years of doing session work.
The most underrated member of Zeppelin was John Paul Jones, yet to this day - he is one of my favorite bass players. He was simply incredible. Anybody who doubts this needs to pick up his solo release called
Zooma. Check out the video of him playing slide/steel guitar on this live video of Nosumi Blues, or even better the Triple Neck guitar solo! It's just him, a guitar/mandolin with 3 necks, and a delay pedal. It's awesome!!
http://www.johnpauljones.com/multimedia.html
Plant had the looks and voice of a god. Need I say more?
And Bonzo had the groove and the drumsound. He wasn't the best technical drummer at the time - Ian Paice from Deep Purple had much better snare work - Just listen to Machine Head from DP - but Paice didn't have "the sound". Bonzo's drum sound was just really bombastic and it was a combination of the fact that he used big drums and tuned them high in pitch, combined with Pages mic'ing techniques to give the drums "room to breathe" - by mic'ing the kit farther out, the sound really had time to form in the room - and it just made it sound so much bigger than everything else that was out at the time.
On top of the sound of the drums, was Bonham's groove or feel - it was almost like he was dancing behind the drumkit, and I think part of that came from his love of Motown music. He just had this certain swagger in his playing that I think you're either born with, or you're not. For examples:
Trampled Under Foot,
The Rover,
Out on the Tiles, or
In The Light.
So, that's why I loved Led Zeppelin.
Tim