The Official Black Sabbath Thread

Norg · 11-12-2019, 08:50 AM

if JOhn didnt die what would of led zeppelin have become ..???? in the 80s and 90s ..???

like would they start to sound like genesis or pink Floyd ..???? :P

**Frownland** · 11-12-2019, 10:12 AM

They probably would've stayed on the trajectory of trying out new things. I bet they would've made some very dated synth-based music in the 80s along the way but I think they'd also incorporate some more brooding post punk ideas.

Ideally though I'd like to have seen JPJ and Bonham start a new group taking a totally new direction or just falling back on the ultra dank blues rock though.

Chula Vista · 11-12-2019, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Norg

if John didnt die what would of led zeppelin have become ..???? in the 80s and 90s ..???

like would they start to sound like genesis or pink Floyd ..???? :P

Either John or Jimmy would have died during the early 80s. John was a massive alcoholic and Jimmy's smack problem had gotten so bad his teeth were starting to loosen.

Hate to say it, but Bonham dying helped to avoid the destruction of the Zeppelin mystique. It was bad enough seeing Page and Plant trying to navigate MTV post Zeppelin.

The Batlord · 11-12-2019, 11:45 AM

Bro they'd have totally made 5150 before Van Halen did.

Chula Vista · 11-12-2019, 11:59 AM

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Bro they'd have totally made 5150 before Van Halen did.

Seriously, Bonham and Page were both toast. Why do you think ITTOD sounds so different? It was a Plant/Jones solo album with JP and JB as guest artists.

Four of the seven tracks don't even list Page in the writing credits. That's Twilight Zone **** for a Zeppelin album.

Someone was going to die during the 1980 world tour if it had ever happened.

Chula Vista · 11-12-2019, 12:15 PM

Early 1980 during the small European warm-up tour.
He's over 6 feet and I'd guess, what - 120 pounds?

There's a few pics of him shortly after Bonzo croaked and he looks like Walking Dead.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Early 1980 during the small European warm-up tour. He's over 6 feet and I'd guess, what - 120 pounds? There's a few pics of him shortly after Bonzo croaked and he looks like Walking Dead. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,358	if JOhn didnt die what would of led zeppelin have become ..???? in the 80s and 90s ..??? like would they start to sound like genesis or pink Floyd ..???? :P