Led Zeppelin made the most of their relatively brief time together. They made eight studio albums between 1969 and 1979, added a 1976 movie soundtrack, and released a posthumous record in 1982.

Led Zeppelin song titles didn’t necessarily convey the massive amount of creativity the band put into their music. “Black Dog” took its name from a stray canine. “Four Stick” was so dubbed because ...

How a harrowing accident inspired Robert Plant to write the epic Led Zeppelin song, deeply rooted in the tradition of Greek mythology.

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, ...

However, on IV, released in 1971, Led Zeppelin were ready to explore blues more curiously and with more historical closeness. The fourth studio album closes with “When The Levee Breaks,” which begins ...

Compiling such a finite list presents tough choices for anyone, as the band’s recorded output of great music during its heyday was impressively prolific by any standard and includes well over 50 gems.

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Perhaps no track in the band’s catalog demonstrates this better than “The Rain Song,” the second cut on Zeppelin’s fifth album, 1973’s Houses of the Holy. Combining guitar work inspired by folk, blues ...

You jump in the car. You just want to hit the open road. Music can take on a different role in this setting. You may have a co-pilot, or you may be solo. Either way, it can be liberating to fly down ...

Led Zeppelin are the Gods of the rock world. Few bands live up to their legendary status, with the band releasing nine albums in a span of just thirteen years. Their rise to dominance wasn’t achieved ...

The first Led Zeppelin album, featuring its Hindenburg explosion artwork, is iconic. The band truly exploded onto the scene with the album, and were one of the heaviest groups making music. At the ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...