When Giants Walked the Earth
A Biography Of Led Zeppelin
Will be published approx. on 3. December 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-1-3996-4377-1 (ISBN)
Description
'Wall has done his subject proud' The Sunday Times
Reissued as part of White Rabbit's prestigious Deep Cuts series, with a new Foreword from Lenny Kaye, comes the fully updated edition of Mick Wall's definitive biography of Led Zeppelin. Written by respected rock writer and former confidant of both Page and Plant, When Giants Walked the Earth features never-before-seen material and exclusive interviews with those who were there at the heart of the band's rise to fame.
It's a story of a band that wrote the rulebook for on-the-road excess - and eventually paid the price for it, with disaster, drug addiction and death. Looking back over the last six decades, Wall unflinchingly tells the story of the band's phenomenal success, fallouts and feuds and the toll this has taken on their lives.
Above all, this is a book that tells the full, shocking story of Led Zeppelin from the inside. For now, it is the closest you'll get to the truth.
'The very best and most cogently argued account. Sensational' New York Times
'The only Led Zeppelin biography I have in my house' Jason Bonham
Reissued as part of White Rabbit's prestigious Deep Cuts series, with a new Foreword from Lenny Kaye, comes the fully updated edition of Mick Wall's definitive biography of Led Zeppelin. Written by respected rock writer and former confidant of both Page and Plant, When Giants Walked the Earth features never-before-seen material and exclusive interviews with those who were there at the heart of the band's rise to fame.
It's a story of a band that wrote the rulebook for on-the-road excess - and eventually paid the price for it, with disaster, drug addiction and death. Looking back over the last six decades, Wall unflinchingly tells the story of the band's phenomenal success, fallouts and feuds and the toll this has taken on their lives.
Above all, this is a book that tells the full, shocking story of Led Zeppelin from the inside. For now, it is the closest you'll get to the truth.
'The very best and most cogently argued account. Sensational' New York Times
'The only Led Zeppelin biography I have in my house' Jason Bonham
Reviews / Votes
So this is the big one: a fat, juicy biography of the biggest band ever...Mick Wall, the veteran rock journalist, lays it all bare in a book that can only be described as definitive * Daily Telegraph * As well as being the most complete account yet of a great British rock band, When Giants Walked the Earth is, as its name implies, a document of a bygone age....Wall has done his subject proud * Sunday Times * It deftly strikes the balance between lofty authority and finding a way to get inside the heads of its subjects * Guardian * This fantastic account of Led Zeppelin's wild and decadent heyday is as detailed and definitive as music biographies get * London Lite * The definitive account of rock legends Led Zeppelin * Daily Record * A fascinating and diligently researched account of rock'n'roll excess * Yorkshire Evening Post * The definitive book about Led Zeppelin... Mick Wall has done a fine job here and certainly knows his stuff * Birmingham Post * That Wall can add so much fresh detail to the Led Zep story is in itself an extraordinary achievement. That he manages to humanise these planet-striding giants while doing so puts this book into the "definitive" category * Classic Rock Magazine * We've read about the booze, drugs, devil worship and deviant sex... Mick Wall delves a lot deeper into the dark stuff * Irish Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3996-4377-1 (9781399643771)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Mick Wall is the UK's best-known rock writer, author and TV and radio programme maker, and is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed books, including definitive, bestselling titles on Led Zeppelin (When Giants Walked the Earth), Lou Reed (The Life), The Doors (Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre), and Jimi Hendrix (Two Riders Were Approaching). He lives in England.