On mainstream radio, it’s as if the first four albums—seven years of music—didn’t exist. For someone who likes to dive into a band’s early stuff, it was like Evil Dead or Friday the 13th and the first films in both franchises.

Although it’s not a biopic, Becoming Led Zeppelin could also serve to introduce a generation born this century to more rock gods of old, the way Bohemian Rhapsody, Elvis, and now A Complete Unknown already have. MacMahon says that wasn’t the plan, yet he can envision such a scenario.

The documentary ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ charts the individual stories from their childhood up until the band’s early days and second album.

Legendary rock group Led Zeppelin had a slightly different name when they first began and its meaning could have been bad luck for the band, with legendary drummer Keith Moon allegedly intervening

Becoming Led Zeppelin' is an explosive and exciting (if rose-colored) documentary of the band's origin story and meteoric rise to fame.

Unlike so many fame-obsessed rock documentaries, Becoming Led Zeppelin maintains a dedicated focus on the music itself.