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Article: Led Zeppelin.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2005
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Byline: By ROBIN TURNER Western Mail
Without a shadow of a doubt Led Zeppelin put the heavy into heavy metal.The group formed in 1968 from the ashes of the Yardbirds, in which brilliant guitarist Jimmy Page had starred after Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck both left.
Led Zeppelin virtually re- defined rock music.
The group's long set of stunning songs contained the visceral power and intensity of hard rock mixed with all the delicacies of British folk.
And beneath the driving rhythms of John Paul Jones (bass) and Page (lead guitar), John ...