Led Zeppelin
The Oral History of the World's Greatest Rock Band
Published on 1. October 2012
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-470-89432-3 (ISBN)
Description
The definitive oral history of the iconic, bestselling rock band Led Zeppelin
With Robert Plant on lead vocal and Jimmy Page on guitar, Led Zeppelin is one of the most iconic, legendary, and influential rock bands in musical history. Tales of their indulgence in sex, drugs, and excess have swirled for decades. In this definitive oral history of the band, Barney Hoskyns finally reveals the truth about Led Zeppelin, paring away the myths and describing what life was really like for four young men on top of the world, enjoying fame on a scale that not even the Beatles experienced as a touring live act. Through fresh new interviews with the surviving band members, close friends, their tour manager, and scores of other fascinating characters, Hoskyns provides deep insights into the personalities of the band members and chronicles the group's dramatic rise, fall, and legacy.Based on more than 200 interviews with everyone from Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones to road manager Richard Cole, their late manager Peter Grant, and many others central to the Zeppelin story
Features striking photos of the band both on and offstage, many published here for the first time
Takes a fresh look at Led Zeppelin's music, cultural significance, and legend, as well as the highs and lows of the sex, drugs, and rock and roll lifestyle on the road
Analyzes the way the band wrote, arranged, and recorded, from how they created the stupendous sound and dynamics on ""Dazed and Confused"" and ""Whole Lotta Love"" to the group's folk-suffused acoustic side embodied in songs like ""Friends"" and ""That's the Way""
Written by Barney Hoskyns, contributing editor at British Vogue who is the author of the bestselling book Hotel California and the co-founder of online music-journalism library Rock's Backpages
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Turner Publishing Company
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1038 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-89432-3 (9780470894323)
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E-Book
09/2012
1st Edition
Wiley
€20.99
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Person
BARNEY HOSKYNS cofounded and editorially directs the online music-journalism resource Rock's Backpages (www.rocksbackpages.com). He is the author of several books, including "Hotel California," an acclaimed history of the Los Angeles music scene. A former U.S. correspondent for "MOJO" and a contributing editor at British "Vogue," he currently writes for "MOJO," "the Guardian," and other publications.