Article: Led Zeppelin, Allmans rock way into Hall of Fame

NEW YORK -- The timing is perfect. Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are mounting their first tour in years next month. In a quirk of fate, they were the focal point of the 10th annual Rock Hall of Fame awards last night in Manhattan, where they were inducted by Boston's own Aerosmith.

Neil Young, the Allman Brothers, Al Green, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa were also inducted, but the Zep alums provided the electricity. "They were like Lord Byron -- mad, bad and dangerous to know," said Aerosmith's Joe Perry. "It was kind of like Howling Wolf meets the Loch Ness monster."

Aerosmith's Steve Tyler, during the three-hour ceremonies at the Waldorf-Astoria ...

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