Led Zeppelin
The Biography
(Sprache: Englisch)
From the author of the definitive New York Times bestselling history of the Beatles comes the authoritative account of the group Jack Black and many others call the greatest rock band of all time, arguably the most successful, and certainly one of the most...
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From the author of the definitive New York Times bestselling history of the Beatles comes the authoritative account of the group Jack Black and many others call the greatest rock band of all time, arguably the most successful, and certainly one of the most notorious.Rock stars. Whatever those words mean to you, chances are, they owe a debt to Led Zeppelin. No one before or since has lived the dream quite like Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham. In Led Zeppelin, Bob Spitz takes their full measure, for good and sometimes for ill, separating the myth from the reality with the connoisseurship and storytelling flair that are his trademarks.
From the opening notes of their first album, the band announced itself as something different, a collision of grand artistic ambition and brute primal force, of delicate English folk music and hard-driving African-American blues. That record sold over 10 million copies, and it was the merest beginning; Led Zeppelin's albums have sold over 300 million certified copies worldwide, and the dust has never settled. Taken together, Led Zeppelin's discography has spent an almost incomprehensible ten-plus years on the album charts.
The band is notoriously guarded, and previous books shine more heat than light. But Bob Spitz's authority is undeniable and irresistible. His feel for the atmosphere, the context-the music, the business, the recording studios, the touring life, the radio stations, the fans, the whole ecosystem of popular music-is unparalleled. His account of the melding of Page and Jones, the virtuosic London sophisticates, with Plant and Bonham, the wild men from the Midlands, into a band out of the ashes of the Yardbirds, in a scene dominated by the Beatles and the Stones but changing fast, is in itself a revelation. Spitz takes the music seriously, and brings the band's artistic journey to full and vivid life. The music is only part of the legend, however: Led Zeppelin is also the story of how
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the 60's became the 70's, of how playing in clubs became playing in stadiums and flying your own jet, of how innocence became decadence. Led Zeppelin may not have invented the groupie, and they weren't the first rock band to let loose on the road, but they took it to an entirely new level, as with everything else. Not all the legends are true, but in Bob Spitz's careful accounting, what is true is astonishing, and sometimes disturbing.
Led Zeppelin gave no quarter, and neither has Bob Spitz. Led Zeppelin is the full and honest reckoning the band has long awaited, and richly deserves.
Led Zeppelin gave no quarter, and neither has Bob Spitz. Led Zeppelin is the full and honest reckoning the band has long awaited, and richly deserves.
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PrologueSunday, January 26, 1969
They had been playing the band throughout the week. Entire sides of the album. FM radio, the underground free-form pipeline, was a godsend. He'd been tuned in to WNEW-FM, New York's preeminent alternative outlet, when it started: "Dazed and Confused," "Communication Breakdown," "You Shook Me," even "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You," a Joan Baez number that had been hot-wired and jacked. Scott Muni, the station's afternoon deejay, couldn't help himself. He played the grooves off that record. Alison Steele, NEW's Nightbird, programmed it as though it were on a loop.
Led Zeppelin.
The name alone had visceral power. Sure, it was incongruous. A lead zeppelin was the ultimate sick joke, but spelling it "Led" took nerve. It told you everything you needed to know about this band-it was dynamic, irreverent, subversive, extreme-primed to rock 'n roll, not a toady to Top 40 populism. Led Zeppelin wasn't gonna hold your hand or take your daddy's T-Bird away. They meant business. This was serious, meaty stuff.
He loved what he'd heard. All that was left was to see them for himself.
As luck would have it, his friend Henry Smith was humping Led Zeppelin's equipment into a club in Boston that weekend. If he could get himself to the gig, Smith had agreed to slip him into the show. But how? He was basically broke. They'd been crashing at his parents' apartment in Yonkers, where his band, Chain Reaction, had been scratching for work. If he was going to get to Boston, he'd have to hitch.
Sunday-afternoon traffic was sparse along the I-95 corridor. The weather hadn't cooperated. An area of low pressure in Oklahoma had been creeping its way eastward, dropping temperatures below the freezing point along the Atlantic coastline. The sky was grim. The forecast predicted a nor'easter would hit Boston later that
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night or tomorrow morning. With a little luck, he might beat it to the gig.
A ride . . . then another, as the succession of cars plowed up the interstate, stitching a seam from Stamford to Bridgeport to New Haven to Providence and beyond. The songs in his head carried him through dozens of miles. These days, you couldn't take a breath without inhaling a killer. "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Dock of the Bay," "All Along the Watchtower," "White Room," "Hey Jude," "Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Hurdy Gurdy Man," "Fire." You could feast all day on those babies and never go hungry. But Led Zeppelin had thrown him an emotional curve. Their songs hit him deep. There was something dark and sensual about them, something strangely provocative in their nature. They rolled over him, allowing his imagination to run wild.
Small wonder that they'd erupted via Jimmy Page. He knew all about Page, a guitar virtuoso in the tradition of Clapton, Stills, and Jimmy's itchy alter ego Jeff Beck, with whom Page had served a brief but stormy stretch in the Yardbirds as that seminal band was coming apart at the seams. There was already a heady mystique about Page. He'd contributed uncredited licks to scores of hit records, not least on sessions with the Who, the Kinks, and Them. But Page had taken Led Zeppelin into another dimension, a province of rock 'n roll that was hard to define. Sometimes it was basic and bluesy, sometimes improvisational, other times a hybrid strain they were calling heavy metal, and all of it seasoned with enough folk, funk, and rockabilly elements to blur the lines. That was a lot to take in for a budding rock 'n roller. Seeing Page and his band would help to put things in perspective.
It was dark by the time he pulled up at the gig, a club called the Tea Party in a converted Unitarian meeting house-cum-synagogue that stood halfway along a solitary street. A hallucinatory gloom had fallen over the South End of Boston, casting East Berkeley S
A ride . . . then another, as the succession of cars plowed up the interstate, stitching a seam from Stamford to Bridgeport to New Haven to Providence and beyond. The songs in his head carried him through dozens of miles. These days, you couldn't take a breath without inhaling a killer. "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Dock of the Bay," "All Along the Watchtower," "White Room," "Hey Jude," "Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Hurdy Gurdy Man," "Fire." You could feast all day on those babies and never go hungry. But Led Zeppelin had thrown him an emotional curve. Their songs hit him deep. There was something dark and sensual about them, something strangely provocative in their nature. They rolled over him, allowing his imagination to run wild.
Small wonder that they'd erupted via Jimmy Page. He knew all about Page, a guitar virtuoso in the tradition of Clapton, Stills, and Jimmy's itchy alter ego Jeff Beck, with whom Page had served a brief but stormy stretch in the Yardbirds as that seminal band was coming apart at the seams. There was already a heady mystique about Page. He'd contributed uncredited licks to scores of hit records, not least on sessions with the Who, the Kinks, and Them. But Page had taken Led Zeppelin into another dimension, a province of rock 'n roll that was hard to define. Sometimes it was basic and bluesy, sometimes improvisational, other times a hybrid strain they were calling heavy metal, and all of it seasoned with enough folk, funk, and rockabilly elements to blur the lines. That was a lot to take in for a budding rock 'n roller. Seeing Page and his band would help to put things in perspective.
It was dark by the time he pulled up at the gig, a club called the Tea Party in a converted Unitarian meeting house-cum-synagogue that stood halfway along a solitary street. A hallucinatory gloom had fallen over the South End of Boston, casting East Berkeley S
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Autoren-Porträt von Bob Spitz
Bob Spitz is the award-winning author of the biographies The Beatles and Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, both New York Times bestsellers, as well as six other nonfiction books and a screenplay. He helped manage Bruce Springsteen and Elton John at crucial points in their careers. He's written hundreds of major profiles of figures, ranging from Keith Richards to Jane Fonda, from Paul McCartney to Paul Bowles.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Bob Spitz
- 2021, 688 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiss-Abbildungen, Masse: 16,2 x 24,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0399562427
- ISBN-13: 9780399562426
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.11.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
A gossipy, readable account. New YorkerIn this authoritative, unsparing history of the biggest rock group of the 1970s, Spitz delivers inside details and analysis with his well-known gift for storytelling. People
½ out of four . . . The good, the bad and the ugly coexist in the Led Zeppelin story, and Spitz knows well enough to report and tell it all. USA Today
Spitz s deep research shows in spades: He s either interviewed or culled past interviews with the principals as well as many of the lesser-visited people around them childhood friends, former bandmates, various people from the business to present a view of the band that, while familiar, provides enough new detail to capture even the most educated Zep fan s imagination. Variety, Best Music Books of 2021
Spitz, who has written well-regarded biographies of the Beatles and Julia Child, delivers a 600-page tome that collects every (reliable) story previously reported, and is bolstered by original reporting and interviews all delivered in brisk and straightforward prose . . . The book is peppered with musical references that Spitz describes as evocatively as mere writing can describe music. Washington Post
Explaining how songs were written, arrangements developed onstage and in the studio, and performances built into towering displays of showmanship and power, Spitz writes intriguingly about how the band made magic through moves both purposeful and coincidental. The details of how classic tunes like Kashmir and Stairway to Heaven came together, as well as Spitz's analysis of what makes them so exciting, dynamic and singular, prove especially engaging. . . . Spitz has assembled a thorough and detailed history of Zeppelin, and his interviews with the band's employees and contemporaries give the tale veracity. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The book is a towering achievement of research and storytelling that eschews rock hagiography to tell the full
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story of the humans who comprised the legend. The eliciting of complicated feelings is a testament to Spitz s work, not a mark against it. Chicago Tribune, Best 5 Memoirs and Biographies of 2021
Big and definitive . . . . Led Zeppelin: The Biography by Beatles biographer Bob Spitz glides past the rowdy fun of past histories for something more authoritative . . . It finds room for both the hedonistic superstar cruelty and a well-researched appreciation. Chicago Tribune
A doorstop biography befitting the premier rock band of the 1970s. Kirkus
Music biographer Spitz (The Beatles) calls on his supreme research and analytical skills to deliver the definitive story of one of the greatest rock groups of the 1970s. While this isn t the first (or second) telling of the Zeppelin saga, it reigns superior to its predecessors with an exhaustive history that never flags in momentum or spirit. He takes an unsparing look at how the band s massive success snowballed into a heedless hedonism that led to their decline and disbanding . . . For all the excess and cruelty Spitz recounts, his passion for the band s musical genius will captivate rock enthusiasts. Publishers Weekly (starred)
Wielding his signature tools of meticulous reporting, piercing analysis and trenchant writing, Bob Spitz proves again that he's a modern master of cultural biography. Led Zeppelin: The Biography cuts through the myth and murk to reveal the true story of the biggest, bawdiest rock 'n' roll band of the 1970s. Like the music they made, Led Zeppelin's story is equal parts inspiring, electrifying and shocking. Led by the most brutal manager in the business, the quartet blitzed the world like a marauding army, crushing critical resistance and sales records as easily as they seduced groupies and consumed mammoth quantities of booze and drugs. Spitz goes deeper and sees more clearly than any previous biographer, and his storytelling powers make it spellbinding. Peter Carlin, author of Bruce and Sonic Boom
As he did with his book on the Beatles, Bob Spitz uses deep research and a wide lens to create the single most comprehensive book about a legendary band. So much of Zeppelin s history is cemented in lore that hardcore fans may feel they know all the history already, but Spitz s great accomplishment is to make every corner of LZ s history from their 1968 debut to their Berlin swan song feel fresh again. You simply don t want this story to end, or this book. Charles R. Cross, author of Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain and Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
Bob Spitz shows Led Zeppelin as the iconoclasts they were, grinding the self-consciousness of rock n roll in the 70s into submission without a backward glance. Infamous stories from the road, tales of excess, dominance, and ego are balanced by the band s insatiable desire for heat and beauty. This is the story of poetry and power, rape and pillage, of rock n roll incarnate. A valuable recording of rock art history. So well done! Ann Wilson, Heart
As he did with his magisterial The Beatles, Bob Spitz tells the story of Led Zeppelin with a poet s heart, and with a knowledge of that sweep of musical and cultural history that is breathtaking. Every detail, from their formation via leader Jimmy Page s Yardbirds to their last show, in Berlin, in 1980 the recordings, the live shows, the business, the debauchery, the way it all landed in the world is explored with sophistication. And the book makes a serious contribution to the #MeToo canon. Panoramic, viscerally exciting, and sociologically majestic: books on popular culture simply don t get any better than this. Sheila Weller, author of Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon And the Journey of a Generation
Bob Spitz always gets right to the heart of the story, whether it s the story of Dylan, the Beatles, or Julia Child. This story, the outrageous story of Led Zeppelin and all its rock n roll craziness, is right here in these pages. Graham Nash
From LZ's guitar-god origins through its boozy, drug-addled decline, Bob Spitz doesn't miss a riff, solo or trashed hotel room. But like the band itself, what emerges most profoundly is the historic, stop-what-you're-doing sound loud, bluesy, unapologetic. This is everything you could want in a rock biography. Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins
Big and definitive . . . . Led Zeppelin: The Biography by Beatles biographer Bob Spitz glides past the rowdy fun of past histories for something more authoritative . . . It finds room for both the hedonistic superstar cruelty and a well-researched appreciation. Chicago Tribune
A doorstop biography befitting the premier rock band of the 1970s. Kirkus
Music biographer Spitz (The Beatles) calls on his supreme research and analytical skills to deliver the definitive story of one of the greatest rock groups of the 1970s. While this isn t the first (or second) telling of the Zeppelin saga, it reigns superior to its predecessors with an exhaustive history that never flags in momentum or spirit. He takes an unsparing look at how the band s massive success snowballed into a heedless hedonism that led to their decline and disbanding . . . For all the excess and cruelty Spitz recounts, his passion for the band s musical genius will captivate rock enthusiasts. Publishers Weekly (starred)
Wielding his signature tools of meticulous reporting, piercing analysis and trenchant writing, Bob Spitz proves again that he's a modern master of cultural biography. Led Zeppelin: The Biography cuts through the myth and murk to reveal the true story of the biggest, bawdiest rock 'n' roll band of the 1970s. Like the music they made, Led Zeppelin's story is equal parts inspiring, electrifying and shocking. Led by the most brutal manager in the business, the quartet blitzed the world like a marauding army, crushing critical resistance and sales records as easily as they seduced groupies and consumed mammoth quantities of booze and drugs. Spitz goes deeper and sees more clearly than any previous biographer, and his storytelling powers make it spellbinding. Peter Carlin, author of Bruce and Sonic Boom
As he did with his book on the Beatles, Bob Spitz uses deep research and a wide lens to create the single most comprehensive book about a legendary band. So much of Zeppelin s history is cemented in lore that hardcore fans may feel they know all the history already, but Spitz s great accomplishment is to make every corner of LZ s history from their 1968 debut to their Berlin swan song feel fresh again. You simply don t want this story to end, or this book. Charles R. Cross, author of Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain and Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
Bob Spitz shows Led Zeppelin as the iconoclasts they were, grinding the self-consciousness of rock n roll in the 70s into submission without a backward glance. Infamous stories from the road, tales of excess, dominance, and ego are balanced by the band s insatiable desire for heat and beauty. This is the story of poetry and power, rape and pillage, of rock n roll incarnate. A valuable recording of rock art history. So well done! Ann Wilson, Heart
As he did with his magisterial The Beatles, Bob Spitz tells the story of Led Zeppelin with a poet s heart, and with a knowledge of that sweep of musical and cultural history that is breathtaking. Every detail, from their formation via leader Jimmy Page s Yardbirds to their last show, in Berlin, in 1980 the recordings, the live shows, the business, the debauchery, the way it all landed in the world is explored with sophistication. And the book makes a serious contribution to the #MeToo canon. Panoramic, viscerally exciting, and sociologically majestic: books on popular culture simply don t get any better than this. Sheila Weller, author of Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon And the Journey of a Generation
Bob Spitz always gets right to the heart of the story, whether it s the story of Dylan, the Beatles, or Julia Child. This story, the outrageous story of Led Zeppelin and all its rock n roll craziness, is right here in these pages. Graham Nash
From LZ's guitar-god origins through its boozy, drug-addled decline, Bob Spitz doesn't miss a riff, solo or trashed hotel room. But like the band itself, what emerges most profoundly is the historic, stop-what-you're-doing sound loud, bluesy, unapologetic. This is everything you could want in a rock biography. Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins
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