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‘jimmy page’
(age 33)
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‘john bonham’
(age 27)
‘robert plant’
(age 29)
‘john paul jones’
(age 34)
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(“led zeppelin” was an ‘english rock band’ formed in ‘london’ in 1968)
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(the group consisted of…)
guitarist ‘jimmy page’
singer ‘robert plant’
bassist / keyboardist ‘john paul jones’
drummer ‘john bonham’
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(the band’s heavy, guitar-driven sound, rooted in ‘blues’ and ‘psychedelia’ on their early albums, has earned them recognition as one of the progenitors of ‘heavy metal’, though their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences, including ‘folk music’)
(after changing their name from the ‘New Yardbirds’, ‘Led Zeppelin’ signed a deal with ‘Atlantic Records’ that afforded them considerable artistic freedom)
(although the group was initially unpopular with critics, they achieved significant commercial success with albums such as Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), and Physical Graffiti (1975))
(their 4th album, which features the track “Stairway to Heaven”, is among the most popular and influential works in rock music, and it helped to secure the group’s popularity)
(‘Page’ wrote most of Led Zeppelin’s music, particularly early in their career, while ‘Plant’ generally supplied the lyrics)
(Jones’ keyboard-based compositions later became central to the group’s catalogue, which featured increasing experimentation)
(the latter half of their career saw a series of record-breaking tours that earned the group a reputation for ‘excess’ and ‘debauchery’)
(although they remained commercially and critically successful, their output and touring schedule were limited during the late 1970s, and the group disbanded following Bonham’s death from “alcohol-related asphyxia” in 1980)
(in the decades that followed, the surviving members sporadically collaborated and participated in one-off Led Zeppelin ‘reunions’)
(the most successful of these was the 2007 “Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert” in London, with ‘Jason Bonham’ taking his late father’s place behind the drums)
(‘Led Zeppelin’ are widely considered one of the most successful, innovative, and influential rock groups in history)
(they are one of the best-selling music artists in the history of audio recording; various sources estimate the group’s record sales at 200 to 300 million units worldwide)
(with RIAA-certified sales of 111.5 million units, they are the second-best-selling band in the US)
(each of their 9 studio albums placed in the top 10 of the Billboard album chart and 6 reached the #1 spot)
(they achieved 8 consecutive UK #1 albums)
(‘rolling stone magazine’ described them as “the heaviest band of all time”, “the biggest band of the Seventies”, and “unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history”)
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(they were inducted into the ‘rock + roll hall of fame’ in 1995)
(the museum’s biography of the band states that they were “as influential during the ‘1970s’ as ‘the beatles’ were during the ‘1960s'”)
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