After Robert Plant sang “Stairway to Heaven” at a charity event in England last October — the first time he’d done so since 2007 — the rock god said it may have been the last time he’ll ever perform ...

Led Zeppelin approached its fourth album with a mission — make it all about the music. That’s why the cover doesn’t feature the band’s name, the album title, or the record label information. It was a ...

At the height of Led Zeppelin’s fame in 1975, Robert Plant called himself a “golden god,” a phrase he delivered with his tongue firmly in cheek. In the nearly 50 years since he uttered those words, ...

It would probably be fair to say that live performing was the thing that propelled Led Zeppelin. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant said so themselves the first time the band spoke with Rolling Stone in 1975 ...

Few labels have woven as vivid a narrative in the tapestry of rock as Swan Song Records. Launched in 1974 by Led Zeppelin and their legendary manager Peter Grant, Swan Song not only amplified Zeppelin ...

Led Zeppelin produced so many iconic songs that their catalog has become fodder for sampling. From “When the Levee Breaks” to “Kashmir,” the English rockers’ guitar riffs and driving drum lines have ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Led Zeppelin was rarely predictable, from extended drum solos ("Moby Dick") to multiple epics that stretch past 10 minutes ("Stairway to Heaven," "Achilles Last Stand") and mid-song psychedelic ...