![]() ![]() He lost control when he learned that he had finished behind. ![]() For all the excess and cruelty Spitz recounts, his passion for the band’s musical genius will captivate rock enthusiasts. Bonham became known as The Beast, with a temper like a monster and the maturity of a five-year-old. To start, Spitz provides a fascinating look at each band member’s evolution and their common love of American blues, detailing how the British electric blues boom of the late ’60s “laid the groundwork for a musical upheaval” and how guitarist Jimmy Page used the form-and the power of vocalist Robert Plant and bassist John Paul Jones-“as a springboard to something bigger and more dynamic.” He gives new insights into each of Zeppelin’s eight main recordings, as well as their dynamic live performances, which, he writes, were “comparable with how jazz combos performed, with loose arrangements that depended on synchronicity and intuition.” At the same time, he takes an unsparing look at how the band’s massive success snowballed into a “heedless hedonism” that led to their decline and disbanding after the alcohol-fueled death of drummer John Bonham. This is a truly amazing look into Johns life. Led by the most brutal manager in the business, the quartet blitzed the world like a marauding. I bought a book in London last summer that was a biography of John Bonham called, John Bonham: The powerhouse behind Led Zeppelin, written mostly by his brother Mick, but dies unfortunately and was later finished by their sister Debrah. Like the music they made, Led Zeppelin’s story is equal parts inspiring, electrifying and shocking. While this isn’t the first (or second) telling of the Zeppelin saga, it reigns superior to its predecessors with an exhaustive history that never flags in momentum or spirit. Led Zeppelin was a British band noted for their innovative, influential approach to heavy blues-rock and as one of the most popular and influential bands of. Led Zeppelin: The Biography cuts through the myth and murk to reveal the true story of the biggest, bawdiest rock ‘n’ roll band of the 1970s. Led Zeppelin - Biography Gigs at the Marquee club: 4 Period of performances: 1968/1971 Formed in: London, UK, 1968 Members who played at the Marquee: Robert. Music biographer Spitz ( The Beatles) calls on his supreme research and analytical skills to deliver the definitive story of one of the greatest rock groups of the 1970s.
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