Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
Foreword xv
Prelude: In Which a Future Rock Star Considers a Career in Biology xxi
Part I Whole Lotta Love
Jimmy Page Is Just Wild About Led Zeppelin
December 27, 1968 | Go! magazine 3
Led Zeppelin Climbs Before Its First LP Ritchie Yohke
January 11, 1969 | Globe and Mail 6
Led Zeppelin: Plant Mark Williams
April 11, 1969 | International Times 9
Forget Blind Faith, Led Zeppelin's the Biggest Ritchie Yorke
August 14, 1969 | Globe and Mail 13
Jimmy Page Talks About Led Zeppelin Valerie Wilmer
1970 | Hit Parader 16
Ask-In with a Led Zeppelin: Bassist John Paul Jones-"Motown Bass Deserves a Lot of Credit" Ritchie Yorke
April 4, 1970 | NME 21
Ask-In with a Led Zeppelin: "Thinking as a Sex Symbol Can Turn You Into a Bad Person"-Robert Plant Ritchie Yorke
April 11, 1970 | NME 28
Ask-In with a Led Zeppelin, Part Three: John Bonham, Extraordinary Known as Bonzo Ritchie Yorke
April 18, 1970 | NME 36
Jimmy Page Answers the Questions in the Final Led Zeppelin Ask-In Ritchie Yorke
April 25, 1970 | NME 42
Jimmy Page: Zep Come to the People Keith Altham
February 27, 1971 | Record Mirror 51
Robert Plant
August 14, 1971 Rock Magazine 55
Led Zeppelin: Vancouver 1971 Rick McGrath
Fall 1971 | Georgia Straight 64
Led Zeppelin Radio Interview, Sydney Australia David White
February 27, 1972 | Radio 2SM 73
"Don't Label Us": "Zeppelin" on Japan Tour Lon Cabot
October 2, 1972 | Stars and Stripes 121
Led Zeppelin (Part 1): A Whole Lotta Rock 'n' Roll Nick Kent
December 23, 1972 NME 123
Led Zeppelin: The Zeppelin Road Test Nick Kent
February 24, 1973 | NME 129
Part II When the Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page: A Heavy Blimp That Gives No Quarter Arthur Levy
July 19, 1973 | Zoo World 137
Robert Plant: Recording's No Race for Us Chris Charlesworth
February 8, 1975 | Melody Maker 145
Rock Magic: Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, and a Search for the Elusive Stairway to Heaven William S. Burroughs
June 1975 | Crawdaddy 150
John Bonham: Over the Hills and Far Away… Chris Welch
June 21, 1975 | Melody Maker 165
Led Zeppelin to Record New Album in Munich This November: No Tour Plans Until Plant's Ankle Fully Heals Danny Goldberg
November 13, 1975 | Swan Song Records Press Release 173
Plantations: Should Ralph Nadar Join Led Zeppelin? Chris Charlesworth
May 1976 | CREEM 175
Jimmy Page Radio Interview Alan Freeman
1976 | Capital Radio/DIR 183
Led Zeppelin: Smiling Men with Bad Reputations Chris Salewicz
August 4, 1979 | NME 209
Part III Ramble On
Plant Back on Track Liam Lacey
June 26, 1982 | Globe and Mail 233
Robert Plant with Denny Somach, First US Solo Tour Denny Somach
August 1983 | NBC Friday Night Videos 238
From Hot Dog to Big Log: Robert Plant Hits the Road Dave Dimartino
October 1983 | CREEM 240
Jimmy Page on Stage '85 Chris Welch
April 1985 | CREEM 249
Rockin' Robert Likes 'a Bit of Grit Below the Waist' Liam Lacey
June 8, 1985 | Globe and Mail 258
Robert Plant: Guilty! Tom Hibbert
March 1988 | Q magazine 261
Emerging from the Shadows: Jimmy Page Patrick McDonald
July 7, 1988 | Advertiser 271
Robert Plant Keeps the Faith John Swenson
October 14, 1988 UPI 275
A Decade Later, Plant Refuses to Live Has Past Thor Christensen
July 22, 1990 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 278
Coverdale/Page Electronic Press Kit Video
March 1993 | Geffen Records Public Relations 283
Plant's NEW Work Harks Back to LED Zeppelin'S Acoustic Folk Neil Spencer
May 5, 1993 Observer News Service/Guardian 291
Musician Robert Plant Discusses HIS Latest Album Mark McEwan
October 25, 1993 CBS This Morning 294
Page and Plant Mat Snow
December 1994 | MOJO 298
Led Zeppelin: The BBC Sessions (Atlantic) Mat Snow
December 1997 | MOJO 313
Jimmy Page Interview: Bring It On Home Hp Newquist
August 1998 | GUITAR magazine 323
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of the Former Led Zeppelin Discuss Their Upcoming Tour Mark McEwen
May 11, 1998 | CBS This Morning 329
John Paul Jones: Life After Led Zeppelin Steven P. Wheeler
October 1999 Happening 333
Zeppelin Raider's Soft Side Sue Williams
December 8, 2000 Derby Evening Telegraph 345
Getting the Led Out: A John Paul Jones Interview Gail Worley
April 1, 2002 KNAC.com 348
Plant Returns to Interpretation Adam Howorth
July 20, 2002 Billboard 360
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones Discuss Their Led Zeppelin Careers and Their New Tour-Footage DVD Matt Lauer
May 29, 2003 NBC TODAY 363
Atlantic Captures Plant's Solo Side on Compilation Melinda Newman
October 11, 2003 | Billboard 368
Robert Plant: Starting Over After Led Zeppelin Ashley Kahn
June 22, 2006 | NPR Morning Edition 372
Getting the Led Out: Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones on Led Zeppelin's Historic Reunion Alan Light
November 12, 2007 | MSN Music 391
Country Rocks; Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Team Up Charles Osgood Katie Couric
October 12, 2008 CBS Sunday Morning 399
Led Zeppelin Sunday Morning Anthony Mason Charles Osgood
December 16, 2012 | CBS Sunday Morning 407
Coda: In Which a Guitar Hero Pays Tribute to His Youth Playing Skiffle, and One of His Inspirations John Sugar
October 11, 2011 BBC Radio 4 416
Contributors 419
Credits 430
Index 436
