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Article: Led Zeppelin: The godfathers of rock 'n' roll mayhem

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August 10, 1992
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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Led Zeppelin Uncensored By Richard Cole

HarperCollins, 391 pp., illustrated, $20

Reading about Led Zeppelin's heyday of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll seems almost like science fiction by today's conservative standards. Most leading rock bands have cut back dramatically on lifestyle indulgences, partly because they don't want to be walking zombies and partly because record labels aren't as willing to condone such lunacy and anger at the Tipper Gores of the world.

But the members of Led Zeppelin were the godfathers of rock 'n' roll excess and mayhem. They were an absolutely brilliant band -- the creme de la creme of boundary-pushing, blues-metal acts of the '70s ...

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