When Jimmy Page was first considering how best to sequence Led Zeppelin's fifth album, he was hoping to feature a beginning segment of some kind. "My original idea for the opening tracks for Houses of ...

During an interview with Guitar World (per Guitar), Page explained why Led Zeppelin wrote their 1973 tune, “The Rain Song,” which appears on Houses of the Holy. A critique from George triggered them ...

Led Zeppelin’s homage to James Brown proved to be a bold experiment. It also happens to be the worst Houses of the Holy song. It has a promising start. John Bonham flashes his drumming chops with a ...

This iconic song from 1969 is one of Led Zeppelin’s most loved songs, and it initially took over a year to finish. Jimmy Page came up with the “original” riff sometime in 1968 while living in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Swang Song Records logo surrounded by Bad Company, Robert Plant, Maggie Bell and Jimmy Page. Few labels have woven as vivid a ...