Led Zeppelin

Urban Music Legend or Bizarre Fact?

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Copy Cats

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

Lost in Spice

Trashman takes a fateful trip to the cinema

Spyro Gyra

Trashman takes a fateful trip to the cinema

The Valley's Top 10 Local Guitarists

Phoenix teems with guitar players, and some of them are actually pretty good. A handful of them are exceptional.

Long Live Logos Charm at Chyro Arts

Sometimes you just need to see a little live music on a Friday night, and without much on the concert schedule this weekend (The Music of Led Zeppelin - A Rock Symphony! Smashmouth!) I found myself at Chyro Arts in Scottsdale to see San Diego's Long Live Logos. Turns out, they played a delighful set ... More >>

Chandler Ostrich Festival

Sometimes you just need to see a little live music on a Friday night, and without much on the concert schedule this weekend (The Music of Led Zeppelin - A Rock Symphony! Smashmouth!) I found myself at Chyro Arts in Scottsdale to see San Diego's Long Live Logos. Turns out, they played a delighful set ... More >>

Requiem for a Rock Band

Phoenix Symphony salutes a heavy-metal legend

Fuck Strange Young Things

Phoenix Symphony salutes a heavy-metal legend

Dancehall Daze

Believe it or not, there’s more to life than pot

Classical Gas

Bartók? de Falla? Led Zeppelin? Sweet.

"The Led Zeppelin of jazz"

Bartók? de Falla? Led Zeppelin? Sweet.

Eddie Kramer

Bartók? de Falla? Led Zeppelin? Sweet.

Witchcraft

The Alchemist
(Rise Above)

The Tao of Stevie

The Alchemist
(Rise Above)

The Neoprimitive

The Neoprimitive
(Self-released)

Clutch

Now and forever

Led Nuts

When you just have to keep a rock legend from swallowing his own tongue

How to Start a Record Collection

Vinyl solution

Plant Medley

Chia DVD

The Songs Are Not the Same

Followed or Led

The Sword

Not as mighty as the pen, but pretty mighty

Overseas MP3s

For pennies a tune, you can build a primo music library and support free enterprise in Russia

Nirvana

With the Lights Out
(Geffen)

METAL - Balls to the Wall

Grab an athletic supporter and clear the kids from the room as we count down the year's best hard rock and metal albums

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin DVD (Atlantic)

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, 'classic rock' is not a pejorative

Run, Rasta, Run

A clever reggae remake of Dark Side of the Moon lovingly lampoons the album's hazy cult

Without Him -- or Them

Internet mashers give new, weird lives to Eminem's "Without Me"

Backstage Past

Cameron Crowe's autobiographical Almost Famous is a classic rock gas

Austin, We Have a Problem!

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

WHO'S THE FIFTH LED ZEPPELIN?

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

VARIOUS ARTISTS

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

GOOD GOLLY, MISS GAL S!SINGER DIAMANDA GAL S AND JOHN PAUL JONES GIVE ROCK THE CROWBAR ENEMA IT SO RICHLY DESERVES

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

Alice Cooper Joins Obama at ASU Graduation Wednesday

As the press release announcing Alice Cooper's appearance at Arizona State's graduation ceremony Wednesday says, the local shock-rocker has played on some pretty big bills: John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix. Even Pele.All big, but not Barack Obama big.Cooper will perfor ... More >>

British Steel Turns 30, The Sweater Song Turns 15, 50 Cent Turns R. Kelly

Spin: Watch 50 Cent's Sensitive Slow Jam Pitchfork: Buy Billy Corgan Lunch! Rolling Stone: Weezer's "Undone - The Sweater Song" Turns 15: A Look Back Rolling Stone: Rob Halford on Recording at Ringo's, Opening for Led Zeppelin NME: Phil Spector demands iPod for new prison cell Electric Mustache: Vid ... More >>

Top Ten Musicians Spawned From Other Musicians

Bob Dylan's canceled show in Glendale tonight got us thinking about his son, Jakob Dylan, who is still young and fit enough to perform in just over 100 degree weather. He's less at risk for heatstroke, sure, but, of course, the number of folks who will shell out cash to see Jake is definitely not in ... More >>

The Mars Volta

Bob Dylan's canceled show in Glendale tonight got us thinking about his son, Jakob Dylan, who is still young and fit enough to perform in just over 100 degree weather. He's less at risk for heatstroke, sure, but, of course, the number of folks who will shell out cash to see Jake is definitely not in ... More >>

Led Zeppelin to Reunite Sans Robert Plant? Just Kidding...

Robert Plant: Who says Led Zeppelin needs him anyway?​According to NME, Jason Bonham, former drummer for Led Zeppelin and son of John Bonham, the band's original drummer, said that Zep came close to reuniting and playing new material -- without lead singer Robert Plant, that is. Apparent ... More >>

July 13 In Blogs: Rio Rico Shooting, Old Spice Man, Led Zepplin, Amarone Ristorante Italiano, and Medical Marijuana

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Robert Plant

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Led Zeppelin, "When The Levee Breaks"

​Song: Led Zeppelin, "When The Levee Breaks"Context: In memory of that giant lake Tempe used to have. Turns out holding nearly 1 billion gallons of water back with what basically amounted to a big balloon was a bad idea. When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

Everything Is a Remix Explains How Certain Dirigible-Named Bands Are Derivative

Perhaps the best known sampling of all time involved The Sugarhill Gang sampling Chic's "Good Times" for their 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight"Most, if not all, people know that Led Zeppelin is an obtusely derivative band. They took popular American blues and folk music and made it their own, without rea ... More >>

The Son Also Rises

Jason Bonham pays homage to daddy dearest

Liam's Problem: Liam's Problem EP

​Artist: Liam's ProblemTitle: Liam's Problem EPBasics: Liam's Problem describes themselves as a "musical journey through rock, soul, funk and blues" and "as likely to be influenced by The Allman Brothers or Parliament Funkadelic as they are Led Zeppelin or Pear Jam."There is definitely a Pearl Jam ... More >>

The Tubes to Headline KDKB 40th Anniversary Concert

The Tubes circa 1977​ The Tubes have serious roots in Arizona. Formed after two Phoenix-based bands, The Beans and Red, White and Blues Band, moved to San Francisco and combined, The Tubes were remarkably ahead of their time. The group's mix of simulated sex and hard rock landed them some primo op ... More >>

Diamond Head @ The Clubhouse Music Venue

The Tubes circa 1977​ The Tubes have serious roots in Arizona. Formed after two Phoenix-based bands, The Beans and Red, White and Blues Band, moved to San Francisco and combined, The Tubes were remarkably ahead of their time. The group's mix of simulated sex and hard rock landed them some primo op ... More >>

Five Beers and Their Musical Pairings

​As Munich's 17-day slosh-a-palooza wrapped up yesterday, it left us feeling a little empty. We didn't celebrate Oktoberfest the proper way -- by getting shithoused in lederhosen and violently gesturing toward the breasts of a beer wench with a full mug of god's greatest nectar, all while listenin ... More >>

Led Zeppelin 2's Bruce Lamont on Playing Robert Plant, Groupies, and Nirvana's Nevermind

In a "Tangerine" mood.​Given the nature of the tribute band game, acts usually wow or disgust. There's not much room for gray area. When it comes to the real legends and the emotional attachments fans have to their records, bands like Led Zeppelin, it's go big or go home. For example, "Achil ... More >>