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Old 08-20-2008, 12:51 AM   #474 (permalink)
lucifer_sam
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I am fairly coherent about what constituted metal in the seventies. Whitesnake, Krokus, Trust, UFO, etc were really when it began. Early arena rock bands like Queen could be called influences, but they weren't themselves. They could be listed as influences for heavy metal, certainly, but Zeppelin themselves never were. Go listen to ANY Zeppelin record and show me ONE heavy metal song. The fact is they had neither the songwriting nor the lyrics to be called "metal."

And being glam rock pioneers doesn't change what Zeppelin actually played. Jimmy Page's tone and style was hardly much of a departure from his beginnings in The Yardbirds. Collectively, they had more in common with blues rock and folk rock than anything else. Led Zeppelin's status as "heavy metal" has oft been disputed, even by their own members. I believe both Robert Plant and Jimmy Page reject this misnomer.

Please understand that I enjoy metal (and Led Zeppelin), but as a fan of both I can't see the similarities.
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