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“I’d be there with bass pedals, a triple-neck guitar and keyboards, and Robert Plant would ask, ‘Can you sing, as well?’” How John Paul Jones became Led Zeppelin’s ultimate wingman

Armed with years of experience as a session bassist and arranger – having worked with the Yardbirds, Jeff Beck and the Rolling Stones – John Paul Jones could do it all

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“I play the drums like I drive – crazy”: the epic life and tragic death of Cozy Powell

Drum legend Cozy Powell passed away on April 5 1998 at the age of 50. This is his story, by the people who knew him best

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Danny Carey reveals that Tool have never recorded to a click: “As soon as I count it off, the click goes off. We’ll do however many takes it takes for me to be happy with my thing”

The Tool drummer also spoke to Rick Beato about playing with Jeff Buckley, his favourite Led Zeppelin drum parts, and why he loves turning his snares off

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“I felt Jimmy's excitement for music... He played with absolute conviction and passion and power at all times”: Rich Robinson reflects on the time Jimmy Page performed with The Black Crowes

The band has unreleased recordings of Page playing on Black Crowes songs in 1999 – and plan to release them next year

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We put together the ultimate Led Zeppelin IV covers album

Led Zeppelin IV reimagined by Van Halen, Heart, A Perfect Circle and more

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The Black Crowes played a Led Zeppelin classic on the Howard Stern Show this week, and broke news many fans have been waiting for

The Black Crowes also performed their classic Remedy, revealed details of an unexpected night out with David Bowie, and spoke of their breakthrough and breakup

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How a photo of notorious German fighter ace the Red Baron provided the cover of Led Zeppelin II

Also in the picture are Miles Davis (or is it?), Neil Armstrong (or is it?) and a possible in-joke aimed at engineer Glyn Johns

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“You can almost hear The Beatles influence and the Led Zeppelin influence at the front of the song”: How Dave Mustaine channelled unlikely influences for Megdeth's Hangar 18

"These were songs that I took with me to that first band – didn’t get a chance to get them out in my second band – but my third one I did”

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“I thought, ‘He’s got to be joking,’ because John Paul Jones is God on bass, as far as I’m concerned”: How Lita Ford almost ended up joining Led Zeppelin – on bass

In the early '70s, Jones was poised to take a step back from his role as the band's bassist – and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant eyed up The Runaways lead guitarist as a potential successor

Guitar World

Inside Biba: Kensington's Sixties fashion palace where Diana Ross, Princess Anne and David Bowie used to shop

From Barbara Hulanicki – the legend who started it all – to the Biba girls who worked the shop floor, as a new exhibition opens in London Isobel Van Dyke meets those who built London’s fashion empire of the swinging Sixties

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“We’ve arrived at something that’s really special”: Gibson launches Jimmy Page’s ultra-exclusive Collector’s Edition 1969 EDS-1275 double-neck signature guitar – a meticulous, $50,000 recreation of an enduring rock ’n’ roll symbol

Only 50 units exclusive to the Gibson Garage will be made, and each come played and hand-signed by the Led Zeppelin legend himself

Guitar World

"It captures the very essence of Page’s original instrument": Gibson drops $50,000 Jimmy Page EDS-1275 Doubleneck signature model, and each guitar has been played and signed by the Led Zeppelin legend himself

If there's a bustle in your wallet, don't be alarmed now

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“I was scared to death. Miles didn’t say a word to me. Afterwards, I asked what he thought of my playing. He said, simply, ‘It was cool’”: T.M. Stevens on playing with Miles Davis and James Brown – and what went wrong on Vai’s Sex & Religion project

Vai hired the “flashy bassist with the long hair” after spotting him in a Joe Cocker video

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"Though these songs have a hard rock edge, blues is the stronger influence in the solos": 3 ways to play like Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin I

Fundamental steps to avoid a communication breakdown

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“I know Pagey made me mix the outro section half a dozen times: ‘Not enough of me, dear boy! Not enough of me, make me louder!’” – Andy Johns on the challenges of engineering Led Zeppelin's Rock And Roll

In 2011 the acclaimed engineer revealed some of the realities behind making Led Zeppelin IV: "John’s got his hi-hat nearly all the way open and that was bleeding all over the place"

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“We weren’t tempted to pursue that particular avenue, no. Led Zeppelin did it much better than us”: the Pink Floyd song that made Nick Mason realise they would have been a “terrible” heavy metal band

In an alternative universe, a late 60s Pink Floyd song could have taken them down an entirely different path

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The rarest and most expensive records by 10 major rock bands

Own one of these rarities from Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, AC/DC and more? You could be sitting on a goldmine

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Jimmy Page and Jackie De Shannon: the songwriting partnership that inspired the future Led Zeppelin star's only lead vocal

Listen to Jimmy Page sing She Just Satisfies, released as a single in 1965 and inspired by his relationship with Jackie De Shannon

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“I became this musician because of jazz. I mean, I still wake up every day and work on Charlie Parker’s Hot House!” Even with a broken finger, Helmet’s Page Hamilton is one of the all-time great heavy riffsmiths – but he owes it all to jazz

Nothing can stop Hamilton's flow as Helmet return with a politically charged masterclass in punishing rhythms, off-kilter melodies and open-tuned acoustics

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"If you absolutely hated Stairway to Heaven, nobody can blame you for that because it was so… pompous": The glory and burden of Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven, over half a century on

In early 1970 Jimmy Page had a concept for an epic song that “would unravel in layers as it progressed”. More than five decades on, Stairway To Heaven still has a hold on its writers and the world

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"Leslie said to the audience 'There’s a technical hitch,' and he touched the microphone and the guitar. And that was it": The tragic story of Stone The Crows, Scotland's great lost band

With musical talent to spare and Led Zeppelin’s manager behind them, Stone The Crows should have been a success story. Instead it’s one of tragic death and unfulfilled potential

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The Depeche Mode track and album that saw them conquer US stadiums: "It's about the concept of fleeing from reality and the evil awakening afterwards. Any kind of fleeing - drugs, alcohol, or whatever"

Led Zeppelin samples and happy accidents, with the Gore and Wilder songwriter/soundscaper dynamic in full flow

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“We think of Jimmy as an ambassador emeritus of guitars and a music trailblazer in the birth and evolution of rock!” Gibson and Jimmy Page are teaming up for a “multi-year partnership”

The news broke as the Led Zep legend appeared the Gibson Garage London launch event, with the epic signature collaboration to kick off with a repro of Page's iconic EDS-1275 Doubleneck

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"There is a spirit in the place": Watch Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Queen's Brian May and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi unite to launch London's new Gibson Garage

Guitar legends join forces to launch Gibson's new flagship store in London

Evening Standard

Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page cuts the ribbon on London's brand new Gibson Garage guitar shop

The new London store also features a performance space

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