Led Zeppelin (eBook)

The Oral History of the World's Greatest Rock Band

Barney Hoskyns (Autor)

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2012
576 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-1-118-23490-7 (ISBN)

Infos

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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The definitive oral history of the iconic, bestselling rock band Led ZeppelinWith 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 storyFeatures striking photos of the band both on and offstage, many published here for the first timeTakes 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 roadAnalyzes the way the band wrote, arranged, and recorded, from how they created the stupendous sound and dynamics on "e;Dazed and Confused"e; and "e;Whole Lotta Love"e; to the group's folk-suffused acoustic side embodied in songs like "e;Friends"e; and "e;That's the Way"e;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

Autor

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.

Inhalt

Preface xiiiPersonae Gratae xxiiiPART 1 ALL SHOOK UP 11 Surbigloom Blues 52 The Impenetrable Brotherhood 193 Walking into Stourbridge 314 The Freakout Zone 445 Happenings Fifty Years’ Time Ago 606 Turning to Gold 74PART 2 IN THE LIGHT 857 Whatever Jimmy Wants 878 Atlantic Crossing 1059 Like a Freight Train on Steroids 11610 Every Inch of My Love 13311 In the Misty Mountains 15112 Stairwell to Headley 17313 Heavy Friends 18914 Trampled under Foot 20815 When I Look to the West 226PART 3 TWITCHY TIMES 24116 Out of the Maelstrom of Mediocrity 24517 Almost Infamous 27318 Invocation of My Demon Brother 29419 Turning into the Storm 31620 A Powerhouse of Madness 33821 Roundheads and Cavaliers 34922 Does Anyone Remember Laughter? 37123 Polar Opposites 37924 Dinosaurs Rule! 396PART 4 WEARING AND TEARING 40725 Staggering from the Blast 40926 The Swan Song 41927 Jimmy’ll Fix It 42728 Dark Days for a Cocksman 44029 Mighty Rearrangements 45530 What Was 47131 And What Should Never Be 480Author Interviews 491Other Sources 497Acknowledgments 511Notes 515Index 517

Rezensionen

"An exhaustive and exemplary portrait"—Bernadette McNulty, London Daily Telegraph"This meticulously compiled oral history… has a wonderful humour and a careful examination of the how and why of the darkness that surrounded the band and its entourage."—Hugh MacDonald, Sunday Herald (Scotland)"An engrossing trip through the sordid '70s."—Will Hodgkinson, The Times (London)"Barney Hoskyns's exhaustive history… never forgets that behind the caricature was an extraordinary band, lithe and limber."—Michael Hann, The Guardian (London)"Hoskyns leaves no stone unturned." —Publishers' Weekly"Every time I think I know everything about Led Zeppelin, a book like this comes along and reminds me that I know nothing."—Chuck Klosterman"This is the proper book Zeppelin have always deserved."—Nick Coleman, author of The Train in the Night "Barney Hoskyns is rock's poet of observation, a journalist with a very valuable gift for separating the nugget from the slag. [This oral history] is a complex tale that makes sense of the senseless, weighing artistic triumph against human tragedy."—Fred Goodman, author of The Mansion on the Hill"The saga of Led Zeppelin told by those who knew them when, this intimate oral history goes beyond scandal to reveal the all-too-humans behind this most Promethean of rock bands."—Lenny Kaye

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.10.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: Band History • Biography • English Rock Bands • greatest rock band of all time • History • History of Rock • Led Zeppelin • music biography • Music History • Rock and Roll
• ISBN-10: 1-118-23490-1 / 1118234901
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-23490-7 / 9781118234907