Song for song, there isn't an album out there that celebrates the power of the riff like Led Zeppelin II. Almost every single track on the record – including the one that's a drum solo – packs a riff ...

What was the difference between Led Zeppelin and The Beatles? For one thing, Zep’s studio approach was far less tedious. You aren’t going to hear about Zep running through 100 takes of a song, as the ...

Page formed Led Zeppelin when his previous band, the Yardbirds, dissolved. That band’s manager asked Page for the group before the guitarist joined, but he initially declined and recommended his ...

Hey, man, I take it all back! This is one fucking heavyweight of the album Led Zeppelin II. OK—I'll concede that until you've listened to the album eight hundred times, as I have, it seems as if it's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The release of the Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary pushes several ...

Led Zeppelin brings two of their bestsellers, Four Symbols and Led Zeppelin II, back to the same chart in the U.K. this week. ENGLAND - 1969: Rock band 'Led Zeppelin' poses for a publicity portrait in ...

In terms of sheer rock 'n' roll greatness, it's tough to surpass the mighty Led Zeppelin. So in this edition of Clash of the Titans, we're giving this legendary band the only fair competition: ...

When the album came out 40 years ago, Rolling Stone critic John Mendelsohn wasn’t exactly glowing in his 1969 review of the album, writing tongue-in-cheekily, “I’ll concede that until you’ve listened ...

“On the second LP, you can really hear the group identity coming together,” Jimmy Page recalled years after its release. While Zeppelin recorded their first album in three weeks after a single, ...

This is a Trainwreck in the making. Elevator rock band Train announced Thursday that it will cover the entirety of “Led Zeppelin II” — but this horrible idea won’t get a whole lotta love or a thank ...

Accessible-pop stalwarts Train, in support of a “Led Zeppelin II” remake nobody asked for, have taken their tribute act on the road. Granted, it wasn’t terrible, despite all the hand-wringing on ...