"Becoming Led Zeppelin" OFFICIAL documentary coming in 2025

[Quadmon]

First LZ album was a great surprise. Loved it! Then I went to an LZ concert and was disappointed to say the least. Joe Walsh was the better guitarist that night and the James Gang was the better band-by a long shot!
So a year or so later I went to see LZ again and was even more disappointed and received affirmation that they (imo) were not really that good. After I had seen them twice I was no longer a fan.
Imo Jimmy Page does not live up to his reputation. Some of the sloppiest playing I have ever seen.
You gotta walk the walk. I’ve seen many bands that could do that. LZ was not one of them.

 

[esimms86]

First LZ album was a great surprise. Loved it! Then I went to an LZ concert and was disappointed to say the least. Joe Walsh was the better guitarist that night and the James Gang was the better band-by a long shot!
So a year or so later I went to see LZ again and was even more disappointed and received affirmation that they (imo) were not really that good. After I had seen them twice I was no longer a fan.
Imo Jimmy Page does not live up to his reputation. Some of the sloppiest playing I have ever seen.
You gotta walk the walk. I’ve seen many bands that could do that. LZ was not one of them.

I’ve only seen LZ live once and I was not disappointed. I did, however, see them before owning the first album(they were an opening act at the time). I have never seen the James Gang in concert but I agree that they seriously rock (and that Joe Walsh is killer on guitar). There is a tiny bit of irony in your post given that Joe sold Jimmy his Les Paul.

Jimmy is well known for being a sloppy player when performing live.

 

[5.1 4 Life]

Physical release expected in April.

https://ledzepnews.com/2025/02/19/becoming-led-zeppelin-will-get-a-physical-release-in-april/

Thanks For The News!

 

[gwlbe]

I thought every LZ album was golden up to and including PG. Perhaps PG would have been stronger as a single album instead of a double. After that the albums were weaker but a weak Zeppelin album was still pretty damn awesome.

100 % agree. As a foursome they were pretty solid at every position. Live they were a 3 piece + Vox, pretty impressive considering the studio material they were trying to recreate. Notice the O2 show, although tuned downed, no ear pieces, auto tune, etc, straight up RnR. ITOD was credited for keeping Atlantic records in the black.

 

[~dave~~wave~]

I'll just leave this here: Sunset Blvd billboard, July 1, 1973, photo by Ed Ruscha, from the Getty Archive
https://www.getty.edu/research/collections/object/102FXA