Brilliant that so many people are still so passionate about the band, and long may it continue to be so…. There are lots of photo's that I haven't seen before but there aren't very many from the Knebworth concerts and the subsequent final tour of Europe in 1980. Spitz claims in the book that “We’re Gonna Groove” on Coda was recorded in London in June 1969, seemingly sourcing the information from the album’s original liner notes.

The book’s chapter titles give an early indication of the scope of Spitz’s interest: “Just Boys Having Fun,” “Flying Too Close to the Sun,” “The Year of Living Dangerously,” and “Their Own Private Sodom and Gomorrah” are particularly telling examples. FWIW I was leaning towards getting “hammer of the gods” but the heavy dose of 1/2 true stories, apparently, made me pause. For his job as a busy session guitarist on the 60s London circuit, he acquired a Les Paul Custom and a Danelectro 3021. The band — Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John “Bonzo” Bonham — epitomized either the dreamy idealism of the ’60s or the bloated vapidity of the ’70s.The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound, rooted in blues and psychedelia on their early albums, has earned them recognition as one of the progenitors of heavy metal, though their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences, including folk music. No act as big as Zep wants to be remembered for the inevitable decadence associated with ALL of the music business , particularly of the 60s and 70s era.

Led Zeppelin: The Biography cuts through the myth and murk to reveal the true story of the biggest, bawdiest rock ‘n’ roll band of the 1970s.These stories would filter out from girls who'd supposedly been in my room when in fact they'd been in his. Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker and others made these young musicians’ hearts go pitter-patter, including a skinny, outrageously talented guitarist named Jimmy Page. This story, the outrageous story of Led Zeppelin and all its rock ’n roll craziness, is right here in these pages. Throughout the last five decades there have been new fans arriving every day to witness these master musicians," says Jimmy. There is some slight staining to the first page, otherwise the condition of the pages is very good plus.