Loved it! No complaints, I am so excited to continue.

Favorite song: Good Times Bad Times

Least Favorite: Black Mountain side

(loved the how many more times solo)

This is referencing my other post I made about finally starting the Zeppathon. (I will make updates after I finish an album cause I know you're all waiting on bated breath for updates)

EDIT: This might be the greatest stretch of songs in history

simply incredible

I am really excited, cause I have NOT heard every one of their songs

So I was home last night making dinner. Just as I was pulling the delightful frozen pizza from the oven my daughter called. She said she and her boyfriend were at Bryant Lake Bowl (a local bowling alley here in Minneapolis). They were 90% certain that Robert Plant was there bowling.

At first I scoffed. But she insisted and as we talked her boyfriend chimed in that he was positive that indeed it was Mr Robert Plant.

My heart raced. Led Zeppelin was the first band I obsessed over. The first vinyl I bought was Led Zeppelin III. A couple years later it was the same album I chose as my first CD purchase in 1989. They were foundational in my life and inspired my love of great music.

So I abandoned my dinner and took off in my truck to get there and possibly *fingers crossed* snag a picture with Mr Plant.

Along the way my daughter called, warning me to hurry as it looked like Mr Plant and his entourage were getting ready to leave.

I floored it.

I scored a parking spot right on Lake Street in front of Bryant Lake Bowl. Yes!

I calmly raced into the bowling alley and found that my daughter and her boyfriend with 2 lanes down from Mr Plant. They warned me that Plant's manager was preventing anyone from approaching Mr Plant.

But I knew I had to try. This was Robert friggin Plant, after all. How could I find myself so close to someone so foundational to my life and not try to at least express my gratitude for him and the music he created?

So I calmly approached Mr Plant. His manager obstructed me, shaking his head, "No, mate". I pleaded, "I just need to tell him how much his music has meant to me." "No, mate" his manager said again while shaking his head. I could tell I wasn't going to get anywhere and ultimately I chose to respect his boundaries and move on. I bowled a few rounds with my daughter (with Mr Plant a couple lanes over - and bowling better than me, I might add!), downed my beer and headed home.

I woke up this morning to this picture. It turns out my daughter's boyfriend (who plays in a bluegrass band here in the Twin Cities) struck up a conversation with Mr Plant's bandmates. They spoke for over an hour. Just as Mr Plant and his entourage were getting up to leave my daughter's boyfriend tried to ask for a picture. The manager re-buffed him. But, Mr Plant shrugged him off and motioned them over for a photo.

So this is them, with Mr Plant posing with their leftover nachos.

I wish I was there but it warms my heart that my daughter got to meet a living musical legend.

I was involved with a now defunct music fest here in Pensacola called Springfest. Held in May of each year, we'd get the cream of the crop from Jazz Fest in NOLA due to proximity. It's much cheaper to book an artist if they're already in the region.

One year we had Jerry Lee Lewis playing and at the same time frame as the fest, Page & Plant were in town for a week rehearsing their new tour. One of the stage hands needed to go to the Civic Center ( huge indoor venue for the P&P show ) to get something for a band, and P&P were there rehearsing. Apparently Robert heard Jerry Lee was playing and he wanted to watch him. Arrangements were made and Robert arrives on site with his assistant. Myself and another festival person escorted Robert down to the front of the stage between the stage and the barricades and we watched Jerry Lee. He was so drunk he couldn't finish a song. He'd get about halfway through a song and then just jump into another one. Looking at the other band members faces as they tried to keep up was priceless lol. Jerry later commented that the reason he kept messing up was that seeing Robert in front of the stage made him nervous lmao.

At the end of the night, Robert graciously allowed me to get a picture with him and his assistant got my info to put me on the guest list for their show later in the week.

A certain disliked song on this album that I've always loved...

I understand that sampling the greatest rock band of all time is polarising, but I'd love for you to have a listen. I never released any of this because I had total impostor syndrome, and just didn't feel confident enough to share it, but I feel like I can now, and I hope it resonates with some, cheers

About a year and a half ago I got my first tattoo, the hummingbird from the cover of Led Zeppelin III, on my left forearm. I love it a lot and Im very happy with it, but I think I want to get a few small details fixed, like empty spaces where lines should connect. While im at it though I want to get a lyric done next to it. Right now the two lyrics im weighing are “Measuring a summer’s day, I only find it slips away to grey.” (Which is intuitive because its from III) and “Upon us all a little rain must fall. Its just a little rain.”
So although im not committing to either one right now, Id love to hear what you would do / prefer.

Led Zeppelin News reports Grant's former home in East Sussex has been removed from the market after failing to sell for 3 years and £1.5 million in price reductions.

Honestly, I can see why- it looks like a combination of a medieval castle, hunting lodge, and 70's shag den. Look at this place!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/86266017#/media?activePlan=1&id=media0&ref=photoCollage&channel=RES_BUY

Report: https://ledzepnews.com/2025/11/03/peter-grants-former-home-is-struggling-to-sell/

Zeppelin has always been my favourite band ever, and GVF are also up there for obvious reasons...

I always found the GVF hate very childish and weirdly "protective". But as I stumbled across this old Jeff Beck album called "Truth", I could't help but think about the clear similarities with this album and Led Zep's first 2 albums. I then did some digging to find out that this was a REAL dilemma back in the day, and that Led Zep were apparently under fire for copying Beck's sound from that album.

Does anyone have any further details on this one? Or opinions? Would love to hear your thoughts. As previously stated, Zep are my fav band and I'll never hold anything against these legends.

Like Page, Plant, and JPJ coming back for one show with Bonham's son as drummer. I think it would be badass, however not sure if they would do it, what do you guys think?

The new Narnia movie features Stairway to heaven, I personally would have chosen "What is and what should never be".

What zep song would you choose as appropriate for the magical lands of Narnia?