Yeah, Zeppelin didn't invent the power ballad, I can't think of any of their songs being power ballads. Power ballads didn't really become a concept until the late 70s.
If you're gonna blame anyone for the power ballad, blame the record companies that invented the concept as well as AOR in general, blame bands like Journey and Styx.
Granted Zep and Who somewhat paved the way for arena rock, but it's really unfair to hold such hostility against them for it, it's not like they were concocting some evil plan to unleash bands like Foreigner on the world, if you're a very influencial band, you're gonna influence some sh*t bands as well as good ones, that's just the way it is, and if you don't think your favorite artists have influenced some serious trash themselves then you're not looking hard.
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