The Official Led Zeppelin Thread

The Monkey · 07-24-2009, 06:16 PM

III is a highly underrated album. It beats both PG and HotH IMO.

cantstop · 08-04-2009, 03:52 AM

Would you consider led zeppelin to be metal??

I came across a "Top 100 Metal Songs List" some one had compiled, and they had listed several Zeppelin songs on this list implying them to be a metal band..

What is your opinion?

mr dave · 08-04-2009, 04:00 AM

a handful of songs from the better part of a dozen albums worth of material hardly makes a band metal. doesn't mean the songs don't sound like precursors to the metal style though.

Antonio · 08-04-2009, 04:14 AM

if you're looking at a majority of their work, no. while they did have a few tendencies towards it, they had many more dimensions to them than that.

Classof75 · 08-04-2009, 04:41 AM

Zeppelin was a pretty diverse band. They did some "metal" type stuff, but many other styles also (blues, country, rock-a-billy, psychedelic, etc..) That's why they are considered one of the best rock bands in the history of music.

RonaldSays · 08-04-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Classof75

Zeppelin was a pretty diverse band. They did some "metal" type stuff, but many other styles also (blues, country, rock-a-billy, psychedelic, etc..) That's why they are considered one of the best rock bands in the history of music.

Yes, I totally agree. If you listen to their songs in random order it's amazing to hear all the styles they play. You also have to see things in perspective. What's considered metal nowadays doesn't compare to the 70s but you sure hear where it's coming from. And many metal bands are inspired by bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

cantstop · 08-04-2009, 11:20 AM

Cool, I was very confused for a while. And yeah, they are one of the greatest bands of all time.

~~The Unfan~~ · 08-04-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Classof75

Zeppelin was a pretty diverse band. They did some "metal" type stuff, but many other styles also (blues, country, rock-a-billy, psychedelic, etc..) That's why they are considered one of the best rock bands in the history of music.

Yet they did none of them particularly well and blatantly stole most of their material.

The Monkey · 08-04-2009, 11:58 AM

No, much of their output is hard rock, but they aren't even close to being metal.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 08-04-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by The Unfan

Yet they did none of them particularly well and blatantly stole most of their material.

Wow the chorus to a song sounds simular to the chorus of another song boo hoo. They played covers like any other blues band.

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Classof75 Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 127	Zeppelin was a pretty diverse band. They did some "metal" type stuff, but many other styles also (blues, country, rock-a-billy, psychedelic, etc..) That's why they are considered one of the best rock bands in the history of music.

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cantstop Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9	Cool, I was very confused for a while. And yeah, they are one of the greatest bands of all time.

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The Monkey Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 803	No, much of their output is hard rock, but they aren't even close to being metal.