The Complete Discography Thread Led Zeppelin

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Robert Plant



Born: August 20, 1948
Instruments Played: vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar
Major Song Writing Credits By the second album Page and Plant had become the bands primary song writing team. Plant handling the lyrics mainly.

The signature whine of Plant’s prolific vocals and the desperate delivery he moved back and forth from helped define the sound that would spark the Hard Rock generation of rock and roll music. Not the first choice of Jimmy Page for the spot of front man, in fact never even considered until Page’s primary option Terry Reid turned the part down and recommended Plant for the gig. Traveling all across England music scene trying to find a home for his Blues driven love of music, Plant developed a reputation as a prodigious showman with a powerful set of pipes despite the lack of commercial success of many of his early pre-Zeppelin projects. The shared passion for modernizing the blues and for collaborating on music in general made Page and Plant fast friends and the duo would begin a long and illustrious career as co-writers of many of Zeppelins most popular and acclaimed songs. One of the original “Gods of Rock” Plant legacy as a front man lives on as he continues to play and perform with many of today’s artists including a recent stint with Allison Krauss.

“When I auditioned him and heard him sing, I immediately thought there must be something wrong with him personality-wise or that he had to be impossible to work with, because I just could not understand why, after he told me he'd been singing for a few years already, he hadn't become a big name yet. So I had him down to my place for a little while, just to sort of check him out, and we got along great. No problems.”

Page on Robert Plant



A collection of Plant’s noted vocal displays





John Bonham



Born: May 31, 1948
Instruments Played: drums, timpani, various percussion
Major Song Writing Credits: Bonham was co-writer on a number of Zeppelin tunes including “Good Times, Bad Times”, “Communication Breakdown”, “Heartbreaker”, “Moby ****”, “Out on the Tiles”, “When the Levee Breaks”, “Royal Orleans”, “Rock & Roll”, “The Ocean”, “Kashmir”

The hardest person to convince to join the band turned out to be the skittish percussionist from Worcestershire. Despite the immediate infatuation of Page who had previously considered such luminaries as B.J Wilson, Clem Cattini and Ginger Baker, Bonzo held out on joining the band until the last minute considering other offers. In the end it was probably his relationship with Plant that leads to his rounding out the line-up as the rock and roll drummer proto-type and the backbone of the Biggest Band in the World. Always a wayward spirit Bonham took up the drums late, but took an interest in the arts and music particularity early. He was always looking for new and creative challenges. During his heyday with the band his famous Moby Dick drum solo was a highlight of most live shows. He met his end to soon as substance abuse got the best of him. Bonham died September 25th 1980 after drinking himself to his end. His headstone epitaph reads “Cherished memories of a loving husband and father, John Henry Bonham who died Sept. 25th 1980; aged 32 years. He will always be remembered in our hearts, Goodnight my Love, God Bless.”


A portion of Bonham’s famous Moby Dick solo