by matt rodabaugh. band members jimmy page guitarist of led zeppelin born jan. 9, 1944 worked as a...

By Matt Rodabaugh

Band Members

Jimmy Page Guitar John Paul Jones Bass/Keyboards Robert Plant Vocals John Bonham Drums

Jimmy Page

• Guitarist of Led Zeppelin

• Born Jan. 9, 1944• Worked as a session guitarist.• Joined the Yardbirds in 1966.• The Yardbirds broke up in 1968. Page held the rights

to the name.• Page decided to form The New Yardbirds, to perform

concerts the band had committed to previously.

John Paul Jones

• Bassist of Led Zeppelin

• Born Jan. 3, 1946• Did session work for numerous bands, including the

final Yardbirds album, along with Jimmy Page.• He requested to be a part of any future projects Page

was involved in.• Page contacted Jones to play as bassist for The New

Yardbirds.

Robert Plant

• Vocalist of Led Zeppelin

• Born Aug. 20, 1948• Was recommended to Page by Terry Reid.• After hearing Plant sing, Page asked him to join The

New Yardbirds.

John Bonham

• Drummer of Led Zeppelin

• Born May 31, 1948• Died Sept. 25, 1980• Was the drummer for Band Of Joy, which featured

Robert Plant on vocals.• Plant recommended to Jimmy Page that Bonham be

invited to join.• Despite getting offers to join other bands for more

money, Bonham joined The New Yardbirds.

The New Yardbirds

• The New Yardbirds completed all of The Yardbird’s previous commitments.

• After finishing their tour, they started work on their first album together.

• After a comment made by Keith Moon (drummer of The Who), the band changed it’s name to “Led Zeppelin”.

• The band completed their first album in one month, and released it (in the UK) in January of 1969.

Led Zeppelin 1969 Led Zeppelin II 1969 Led Zeppelin III 1970 Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 1971 Houses Of The Holy 1973 Physical Graffiti 1975 The Song Remains The Same 1976 Presence 1976 In Through The Out Door 1979 Coda 1982 BBC Sessions 1997 How The West Was Won 2003

Led Zeppelin

• Released in 1969.

• “Good Times Bad Times”• “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”• “You Shook Me”• “Dazed and Confused”• “You’re Time Is Gonna Come”• “Black Mountain Side”• “Communication Breakdown”• “I Can’t Quit You Baby”• “How Many More Times”

Led Zeppelin II

• Released in 1969.

• “Whole Lotta Love”• “What Is and What Never Should Be”• “The Lemon Song”• “Thank You”• “Heartbreaker”• “Livin’ Lovin’ Maid (She’s Just A Woman)”• “Ramble On”• “Moby Dick”• “Bring It On Home”

Led Zeppelin III

• Released in 1970.

• “Immigrant Song”• “Friends”• “Celebration Day”• “Since I’ve Been Loving You”• “Out On The Tiles”• “Gallows Pole”• “Tangerine”• “That’s The Way”• “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp”• “Hats Off To (Roy) Harper”

Untitled (IV)

• Released in 1971.

• “Black Dog”• “Rock and Roll”• “The Battle of Evermore”• “Stairway To Heaven”• “Misty Mountain Hop”• “Four Sticks”• “Going To California”• “When The Levee Breaks”

Houses of the Holy

• Released in 1973.

• “The Song Remains the Same”• “The Rain Song”• “Over the Hills and Far Away”• “The Crunge”• “Dancing Days”• “D’Yer Mak’er”• “No Quarter”• “The Ocean”

Physical Graffiti

• Released in 1975.

• “Custard Pie”• “The Rover”• “In My Time of Dying”• “Houses of the Holy”• “Trampled Under Foot”• “Kashmir”• “In the Light”• “Bron-Yr-Aur”• “Down By the Seaside”• “Ten Years Gone”• “Night Flight”• “The Wanton Song”• “Boogie With Stu”• “Black Country Woman”• “Sick Again”

The Song Remains the Same

• Released in 1976.

• “Rock and Roll”• “Celebration Day”• “The Song Remains The Same”• “The Rain Song”• “Dazed and Confused”• “No Quarter”• “Stairway To Heaven”• “Moby Dick”• “Whole Lotta Love”

Presence

• Released in 1976.

• “Achilles Last Stand”• “For Your Life”• “Royal Orleans”• “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”• “Candy Store Rock”• “Hots on for Nowhere”• “Tea for One”

In Through the Out Door

• Released in 1979.

• “In the Evening”• “South Bound Saurez”• “Fool in the Rain”• “Hot Dog”• “Carouselambra”• “All My Love”• “I’m Gonna Crawl”

The End

• On Sept. 24, 1980, Bonham drank over three dozen shots of vodka.

• That night, he passes away in his sleep. He was 33 years old.

• Three months later, the band announces that they are breaking up.

Coda

• Released in 1982.

• “We’re Gonna Groove”• “Poor Tom”• “I Can’t Quit You Baby”• “Walter’s Walk”• “Ozone Baby”• “Darlene”• “Bonzo’s Montreux”• “Wearing and Tearing”

BBC Sessions

• Released in 1997.

• “You Shook Me #1”• “I Can’t Quit You Baby #1”• “Communication Breakdown #1”• “Dazed and Confused #1”• “The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair”• “What Is and What Should Never Be”• “Communication Breakdown #2”• “Travelling Riverside Blues”• “Whole Lotta Love”• “Somethin’ Else”• “Communication Breakdown #3”• “I Can’t Quit You Baby #2”• “You Shook Me #2”• “How Many More Times”

BBC Sessions

• Released in 1997.

• “Immigrant Song”• “Heartbreaker”• “Since I’ve Been Loving You”• “Black Dog”• “Dazed and Confused #2”• “Stairway To Heaven”• “Going To California”• “That’s The Way”• “Whole Lotta Love”• “Thank You”

How The West Was Won

• Released in 2003.

• “LA Drone”• “Immigrant Song”• “Heartbreaker”• “Black Dog”• “Over the Hills and Far Away”• “Since I’ve Been Loving You”• “Stairway To Heaven”• “Going To California”• “That’s The Way”• “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp”

How The West Was Won

• Released in 2003.

• “Dazed and Confused”• “What Is and What Should Never Be”• “Dancing Days”• “Moby Dick”• “Whole Lotta Love”• “Rock and Roll”• “The Ocean”• “Bring It On Home”