“It had so much weight. So much power”: How Led Zeppelin’s Communication Breakdown set the template for heavy metal and inspired a legendary punk guitarist

Led Zeppelin.

On the morning of 3 October 1968, four young men collectively known as the New Yardbirds arrived at Olympic Studios in the leafy suburb of Barnes, south-west London, to record a song that would become a high point of their self-titled debut album.

The band had just completed their first tour, in Scandinavia, and the new song was already a fan favourite. It had originally been called Too Good. But by the time they arrived at Olympic Studios on that autumn morning, it had a new title, Communication Breakdown.