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“Vanilla Fudge had covered a Supremes hit and turned it into something else. That’s what the band tried to do – put their own spin on it”: The iconic cover version that launched a legendary hard rock band – but nearly turned them into one-hit-wonders

It came a year before Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath released their debut albums

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“People talk to me on the street about it and say, ‘That song was really there for me when I needed it’”: the stirring 90s anthem inspired by Nazareth and featuring strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin that made this band absolutely massive

How a stirring 90s anthem made these alt-rock trailblazers huge, was inspired by Nazareth and featured strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin

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‘I’m all for instilling more playfulness’: the unusual musical world of Stephen Prina

The uniquely irreverent artist, whose work includes everyone from Mozart to Sonic Youth, has a career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art

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“They jammed Cream and Jimi Hendrix at their earliest concerts, and critics compared the thunder of their debut album to Led Zeppelin”: Why Rush are secretly the coolest band on the planet

They eschewed prog cliches, inspired all of your favourite rock bands and made songs that still sound ground-breaking – for 50 years, Rush have been badass

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“My producer Mickie Most said, ‘We can’t let a wild boy like Hendrix in there. We have to control the song, Don’”: ’60s icon Donovan tells the story of the “heavy metal folk” song that connects him to Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles

But was Hurdy Gurdy Man really the template for Stairway To Heaven?

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Tributes pour in for late Yardbirds co-founder Chris Dreja

Chris Dreja passed away in September after battling health issues for many years.

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Founding Yardbirds guitarist Chris Dreja dead at 79

Chris Dreja played in The Yardbirds alongside Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page

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Zeppelin and Floyd hoped his magic would rub off on them. The Happy Mondays just wanted to kidnap him. Donovan just dropped the most epic, name-dropping answer to a question ever

After all, why reply with a short response when you can weave a long tale involving Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and more instead?

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“He would always say to me, ‘Listen to Led Zeppelin and tell me what the loudest thing is’. And me, having my confidence, I’d be like, ‘it’s the drums. John Bonham.’ He said, ‘Nope…’“: Andrew Watt on what Ozzy Osbourne taught him about mixing

“He was a literal genius”, says producer

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Robert Plant doesn't want to be 'a big deal'

Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant isn't interested in being "a big deal any more".

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David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane could become most expensive album art ever sold

Original image shot by Brian Duffy estimated to fetch £300,000 when it goes under the hammer in October

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I've Missed A Lot Of Movies On The Big Screen This Year. Why Skipping Becoming Led Zeppelin Is My Biggest Regret

I dropped the ball with this one...

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"It was only £45 or something, and all the other guitars were getting into the hundreds": Jimmy Page's 5 most iconic guitars, in his own words

Jimmy Page tells all, sharing the stories behind his most significant guitars – plus we tell you how to nail his iconic tone at home at various price points

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Robert Plant's Saving Grace with Suzi Dian announces UK tour dates

Legendary Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant will bring his "song book of the lost and found" to ten UK venues in the buildup to Christmas

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"A gigantic, impermeable, orbital black achievement which has intensified with age": Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti receives a 50th Birthday polish

The latest iteration of Led Zeppelin's epic double album Physical Graffiti is accompanied by an EP of live recordings

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"Being the lone guy at the front was a huge challenge. It was really nerve-wracking." Robert Plant recalls his anxiety during the early days of Led Zeppelin, and admits the band had their off days

"It wasn’t sent down from the gods every day"

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Watch the video for Robert Plant's new single Chevrolet, the opening track on the former Led Zeppelin frontman's forthcoming album Saving Grace

Watch the video for Chevrolet, single three previewing new Robert Plant album Saving Grace

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"It's so broad a concept that it's impossible to answer objectively": We asked who the 'big four' of classic rock were and you did not hold back

The results are in, and a Mount Rushmore of classic rock is ready to be carved

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"He created rolling barrages of tribal intensity": When British rock drumming ruled the world

Half a century ago, a select handful of British drummers became the most talked about and influential players in the world

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“It's the first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page combined to create a groundbreaking song – and then argued over the writing credit

It also features Keith Moon drums – and screams

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"The band have enough experience and style of their own for it never to sound like a pastiche": Black Country Communion's debut album is a heartfelt homage to 1973

Original it ain't, but Black Country Communion's debut ticks all the right boxes for anyone who can't get enough of that classic early-70s sound

Guitar World

“That’s one of the things that made us sound so heavy”: Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song, Kashmir, and The Song Remains the Same are wildly different classic rock staples, but one key element ties them all together, says John Paul Jones

Zeppelin’s power lay in their timing, the low-end giant explains, but there was more in the method to the band's madness

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“Brand X was great fun to play with – not so much fun to listen to”: Phil Collins’ adventures outside Genesis with Robert Plant, Eric Clapton and others made him so big he had to apologise

Wherever you looked in the 80s and 90s, there he was as a session man, producer or solo artist. But it wasn’t ego – it was down to his passion for music

Guitar World

“I remember when Led Zeppelin II came out and hearing The Lemon Song. That bass solo is one of my favorite bass parts ever”: Why The Lemon Song is John Paul Jones’ finest moment in Led Zeppelin

The third cut from 1969's Led Zeppelin IIis considered the peak of John Paul Jones’ melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic brilliance

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"I don’t know anything about what’s going on in that world now." Robert Plant reveals why he turned down Tony Iommi's invitation to Black Sabbath's last ever show

This is why you didn't see Led Zeppelin's frontman at Black Sabbath's final show

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