Zosofancmr1

I think if you want to think about it purely in terms of who caused more people to pick up a guitar, then that would be Jimmy Page. His music has a broader base of appeal. When Led Zeppelin reformed in 2007, how many millions of people registered just to get the chance to get a ticket? How many rock legends were in the audience that night. I think also to say that Page was second in the blues rock category is also unfair as that boils down to a question of taste. Also, if you don't think Page didn't do acoustic, listen to Led Zeppelin III, almost all of there albums have some acoustic music, and after 1972, they did an acoustic set every night. Jimmy Page could play circles around Tony Iommi, he was just a more talented guitarist, that isn't opinion, that is just fact.

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blastingas10

O I know page could do acoustic. He did it a lot, and that has something to do with iommi being the more influential metal guitarist.

And really, that's a fact? It's a fact that it's not a fact. I'd say it's a fact that page is second to Hendrix when it comes to blues rock, but that's just me.

Key

Difference is, Black Sabbath are heavy metal and pack a punch.

Led Zeppelin are not heavy metal, never have been, and are good when the mood strikes.

blastingas10

I can't lie, I'm a little biased when it comes to zepp because I really can't stand Robert plant. He's one of the most overrated musicians I can think of. But page, bonham and jones were great, no doubt.

Key

Robert Plant definitely ruins it for me as well. His vocal style isn't one I favor at all, and makes it very difficult for me to listen to Zep.

blastingas10

Listen to a song called "you need loving" by the band The Small Faces. You'll not only see where Zeppelin ripped off "whole lotta love" (but the small faces also took it from muddy waters and Willie Dixon) but you'll also see wher Robert plant stole his vocal style.

Key

I remember hearing at a lot of instances that Zeppelin stole a lot of styles and riffs from a lot of different songs.

blastingas10

They did, I admit it can be blown out of proportion a bit. A lot of bands did it, but zepp did it a lot.

A similar example would be the allman brothers. They took old blues songs and completely rearranged them, made them a lot more complex and basically made the music completely different to the point where you really couldn't tell it was an old blues song if it weren't for the lyrics. Even though they changed the songs so much, they still credited the original writers. If the allman brothers were like Zeppelin, they would have just changed the lyrics a little and taken full credit as the writer of song, the only difference is that the allmans altered the music of the original songs a lot more than zepp did.

blastingas10

Are you forgetting how much pages playIng was saturated with gain? It was quite a bit. I know he did a lot of acoustic work, but other than that he used a lot of gain. "planet caravan" exemplifies iommi's less gainy, jazzy style. He could do more than just play with high gain.

SATCHMO

Just because Iommi is missing a few fingertips doesn't necessarily mean he's Django Reinhardt. Planet Caravan is more the exception to the rule than anything else. I will give you that it does have a bit of a jazzy flair to it and it definitely showcases a different side of Iommi's playing, but here are many more examples of Page's work that are clean or acoustic than there are of Iommi's. It's true though, you don't really see Page diving into the jazz idiom at all. It just didn't fit into his style.