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Did the Rolling Stones hate Led Zeppelin?

Did the Rolling Stones hate Led Zeppelin?

One thing is clear even though Richards certainly is not a fan of Led Zeppelin, his attacks were always about the music and never a personal assault against any of the members. If there’s one thing that Keith has always been then that’s honest in his opinion and saying exactly what’s on his mind.

When did Rolling Stone magazine release Led Zeppelin’s first album?

January 1969
“They were very hard-working. The Stones took nine months to make a record; these guys took nine days — including mixing.” When Led Zeppelin was released in January 1969, it went to the Top 10 in the U.S. and the U.K. charts, despite lukewarm reviews.

What was led zeppelins first album?

Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin/First album

What did Rolling Stone say about Led Zeppelin?

“The magazine that trashed ‘Layla,’ broke up Cream, ripped every album Led Zeppelin ever made!” Rolling Stone had, in fact, panned Zeppelin’s first two albums.

What was the first review of the Zeppelin album?

The nastiest bit: “In their willingness to waste their considerable talent on unworthy material the Zeppelin has produced an album which is sadly reminiscent of [the Jeff Beck Group’s] Truth. Like the Beck group they are also perfectly willing to make themselves a two- (or, more accurately, one-a-half) man show.

What’s the name of Led Zeppelin’s backwards version?

A fine Page solo then leads the band into what sounds like a backwards version of the Page-composed “Beck’s Bolero,” hence to a little snatch of Albert King’s “The Hunter,” and finally to an avalanche of drums and shouting.

Who was the lead singer of Led Zeppelin?

Unfortunately, he is also a very limited producer and a writer of weak, unimaginative songs, and the Zeppelin album suffers from his having both produced it and written most of it (alone or in combination with his accomplices in the group).