The Official Led Zeppelin Thread (house, albums, fan, quote)

[Ninetales]

I think the initial point wasn't that Led Zeppelin aren't influential, but that there are other artists that are equally/more influential.

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by Ninetales

I think the initial point wasn't that Led Zeppelin aren't influential, but that there are other artists that are equally/more influential.

The Beatles, The Stones, and Bob Dylan. Joni Mitchell too.

Pretty everyone that came after them took a huge amount of influence from one or more of them.

“I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could pick up your acoustic instruments or you could go out and rock or you could play a country song." - Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament

[Oriphiel]

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

The Beatles, The Stones, and Bob Dylan. Joni Mitchell too.

Pretty everyone that came after them took a huge amount of influence from one or more of them.

“I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could pick up your acoustic instruments or you could go out and rock or you could play a country song." - Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament

Grrr... Everyone loves to praise Bob Dylan, and yet they never say a word about Joan Baez... Even Judas Priest loved her enough to cover "Diamonds and Rust". Although Judas Priest did get their name from a Bob Dylan song... Ah, I just can't escape him!