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Led Zeppelin will possibly reunite; look into buying face-melting insurance
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UPDATE: From MTV:
I had also found a story from another source which indicated that "it is believed that if the gig is successful, a tour could follow" but I can't find it now and it was pretty iffy to begin with anyway.
The three living members of English hard-rock legends Led Zeppelin — singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones — have confirmed their long-rumored performance at a November 26 concert at the O2 arena in London in honor of late music icon Ahmet Ertegun. The show, in support of the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, will pay tribute to the Atlantic Records founder and feature the Zeppelin trio joined by Jason Bonham, son of late Zep drummer John Bonham. Though Page and Plant have played and recorded together since the group's demise in 1980 following Bonham's death, they have been estranged from Jones for much of that time and the trio have not performed together since an Atlantic Records anniversary concert in 1988. The O2 show will also feature Who guitarist Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings, Foreigner and Paolo Nutini. "During the Zeppelin years, Ahmet Ertegun was a major foundation of solidarity and accord," Plant said in a statement. "For us he was Atlantic Records and remained a close friend and conspirator — this performance stands alone as our tribute to the work and the life of our longstanding friend."
I had also found a story from another source which indicated that "it is believed that if the gig is successful, a tour could follow" but I can't find it now and it was pretty iffy to begin with anyway.
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Yeah, I do recall reading an interview with Plant a while back where they suggested having Jason fill in for his dad: Plant's reply was "what the fuck for? John Bonham's son isn't as good as John Bonham." Which is why this recent news seems weird to me. I don't know, I'm not a drummer and really have no knowledge of the technical aspects, but is it really going to sound much different with Jason than it would with John?
And Page and Plant toured in 95 (and maybe again in 98, I forget). But they did it without JPJ, so whatever.
I doubt they could pull off a good show anymore. Plant's voice is only good for softer songs nowadays.
Hey, they're pretty good.
I like Led Zeppelin as much as the next guy, but I don't think people over the age of 50 should really be trying to "rock out" to any significant degree.
GTFO. I like Wolfmother, but GTFO.
Mick Jagger disagrees.
You assume they tour for reasons beyong making a shit ton of money.
I agree, of course, but you can't blame them for milking it like they are. Perhaps Jimmy Page needs more money for heroin (and then rehab).
Nametags.
In short, I'd expect a pretty good show. It won't be like when they were in their prime, but I'd still take a Zep reunion tour over most younger bands.
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Fixed. Vedder's voice seems alright nowadays. He can't scream like he did on Blood or anything back in the day, but most of their latest concert self-bootlegs have sounded fine.
That's kinda what I'm getting at. I miss Vedder's voice from before Vs came out, but it's still good now. It's not as good, but mostly it's just different.
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Haha, all I can think of now is seeing Dio in the Pick of Destiny. Looked like hell, but the man can still sing.
On that note, Meat Loaf. The man looks like somebody's boring dad now, but he he can still belt out a tune like nobody's fuckin' business.
They came back on for the encore and played whole lotta love, without the solo. Meh. Tickets were $80, totally not worth it.
Fucking Iron Maiden disagrees.
They sound exactly the same and you know it. Wolfmother are a crappy ripoff of Zeppelin , but the current crop of emo-kids and fratters will think its the other way around. I for one look forward to slapping a lot of teenagers in the back of the head.
You know, that stereotype isn't true. Wearing a Zeppelin or Floyd shirt is as trendy as wearing a sports jersey or stupid alcohol relatd slogan.
Oh, I dunno... when I was at Windsor Castle a number of years ago, someone asked the tour guide why they built it so close to Heathrow airport. o_O
This is what I'm talking about, people.
Architecture does not rank the same as popular music among youth. There are so many things to hate about teenagers, Cat. Are you really going to go with this one?
Plus, y'know, every fourth person says that Wolfmother sounds like Led Zeppelin. (Actually, I've heard more music-savvy people compare them to Black Sabbath, but I'm taking their word for it). So it's a hard thing to escape.
I think it's a bit of both. Basically they're like Zeppelin if Ozzy Osbourne sang for them, doing a Robert Plant impression. Or something. You get the idea.
Actually I'mma disagree and say they pretty much exclusively sound like early Black Sabbath.
Black Sabbath was the first band I thought of when I first heard Wolfmother, but the keyboards make them tad reminiscent of Deep Purple too.
every band has ripped off some other band. and Wolfmother is quite good compared to everything else on the radio
Most bands are clearly influenced by other bands, but manage to have their own sound at the same time. Wolfmother don't have their own sound. They have Led Zeppelin's sound.
I would argue that. Probably less than 50% of bands have their own sound
That's not really true. Their influences are definitely rooted in riffy 70's rock. They're not nearly as articulate as Zep, and their music's definitely not as varied, but they're passable. They've been around since, what, 2001 or something?
Let them mature, let them grow into their own musical groove, I think there's some potential there if they get a good case of Neil Young syndrome and experiment like there's no tomorrow.
They've done one CD and they don't really sound that much like Zep. And again, if to you they sound like Zep, is that a bad thing?