| Formed from the
ashes of British blues-rockers the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin shot to the
stratosphere in the early 1970s. With Dionysian frenzy and a blast of
blues-drenched riffs, they became one of the biggest bands of the era.
Their intense musical excursions helped define the sound of hard rock,
while their penchant for folk balladry added to their mystique as rock
gods. The group called it quits after the death of drummer John Bonham
in 1980, and remaining members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul
Jones pursued (mostly) separate musical ventures. |