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jackhammer · 09-27-2007, 12:54 PM

Maybe I can explain mine? It has took me a while to grasp EXACTLY why i'm not a big Zep fan, and I have finally found my answer. Let me just state that I do like some Zep tracks. In fact NO QUARTER and TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT would get into my top 100.

When Zep reached their peak in the 70's it seemed that no one could touch them. Black Sabbath were still (essentially) churning out the same heavy riffs and DEEP PURPLE always seemed to be in the throes of line up changes and disbanding. zeppelin however were still at the top of their game. Unfortunately this had a detrimental effect on them. They became one of the most imitated and plagarised groups within the rock fraternity, so because I had heard countless rock bands before hitting the Zeppelin back catalogue, I found their music to be average. Their heavy blues reminded me of bands like CREAM, who I had heard before Zeppelin.

If I had heard Zep before a lot of other bands of similar ilk, then I may well be a huge fan. I was always more of a Sabbath fan. I don't hate zep;far from it. I just don't find myself listening to them as much as other 70's bands. I think I can also say that the whole genre of commercial hard rock that Led Zep was so good at is not my preferred genre anyhow.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Maybe I can explain mine? It has took me a while to grasp EXACTLY why i'm not a big Zep fan, and I have finally found my answer. Let me just state that I do like some Zep tracks. In fact NO QUARTER and TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT would get into my top 100. When Zep reached their peak in the 70's it seemed that no one could touch them. Black Sabbath were still (essentially) churning out the same heavy riffs and DEEP PURPLE always seemed to be in the throes of line up changes and disbanding. zeppelin however were still at the top of their game. Unfortunately this had a detrimental effect on them. They became one of the most imitated and plagarised groups within the rock fraternity, so because I had heard countless rock bands before hitting the Zeppelin back catalogue, I found their music to be average. Their heavy blues reminded me of bands like CREAM, who I had heard before Zeppelin. If I had heard Zep before a lot of other bands of similar ilk, then I may well be a huge fan. I was always more of a Sabbath fan. I don't hate zep;far from it. I just don't find myself listening to them as much as other 70's bands. I think I can also say that the whole genre of commercial hard rock that Led Zep was so good at is not my preferred genre anyhow. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”