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HISTORICAL FACTS: 6 - The Untold Story

100 schoolkids in New Zealand go viral after prize day performance of Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven

Parents wishing to send their offspring to a school with a decent music programme may wish to relocate to Christchurch

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The least popular songs by 10 legendary rock bands

We’ve combed Spotify to find out the least popular songs by Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Beatles, AC/DC and more

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"He used to stand at the side of the stage and watch our every move": How Johnny Kidd & The Pirates made one of the great British rock'n'roll records and inspired Jimmy Page

Knocked up in a hurry, intended as a B-side and with a title the band were all originally “ashamed of”, Shakin' All Over was an instant hit and a huge influence over those who followed

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"Someone said that I sounded like the damned howling in Hades": Geddy Lee on why Rush shunned their record label and management's wishes that they'd become the next Led Zeppelin or Bad Company

Rush "always agreed that the very idea of compromise was offensive" says Geddy Lee

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32 Great Songs Featured In Almost Famous

Almost Famous is jam packed with carefully chosen classic rock tracks and other favorites.

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ARC to walk Stairway To Heaven in Led Zeppelin celebration

Led Zeppelin features Black Dog, Rock and Roll and Stairway To Heaven.

Newcastle Herald

Original 'Stick-Man' from Led Zeppelin album cover is identified 52 years after its release – and it's a photo, not a painting!

Led Zeppelin IV, an album released in 1971, has sold over 39 million copies – and now we know who the cover star is!

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The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

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Engineer Andy Johns on recording and mastering Led Zep IV: “I put the tape on and the first song goes by and sounds bloody awful. Then the second one comes along and that’s really horrid, too... Pagey should’ve fired me at that point"

"Pagey was going on about seeing ghosts on the stairs and we were like, ‘Oh yeah right, Jimmy!’"

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Bonus Track review – boy meets boy in sweet route-one romcom

Julia Jackman’s feature debut about two teenagers with a shared passion for music is entertaining and sympathetic if a bit formulaic

The Guardian - UK

‘Every Cocteau Twins song sounds like an orgasm’: Perry Farrell’s honest playlist

The Jane’s Addiction man grew up on the Beatles and has played Led Zeppelin to Trump, but who can he no longer listen to?

The Guardian - UK

“It needs a tune – but we’ll do that free of charge!”: Meet the Gibson Firebird that Jimmy Page lost in a drinking game with John Bonham

This heavily modified Non-Reverse Gibson Firebird III is a lost Led Zeppelin guitar with a fascinating history – we get the story behind the Page-owned beauty and the buoyant market for Gibson’s under-appreciated cult hero

Guitar World

For 30 years, this Japanese guitarist has dedicated his life to becoming Jimmy Page – watch the first trailer for Mr. Jimmy, a documentary about his incredible story

See the remarkable tale of Akio Sakurai, who recreated Led Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in small Tokyo clubs, until a meeting with Page changed his life forever

Guitar World

BBC confirms sale of its legendary Maida Vale Studios as it plans move to Stratford

The Oscar-winning composer recalls the “awe” of working for the legendary London studios 45 years ago

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The 10 filthiest rock’n’roll riffs ever

Rock’n’roll is best when it’s powered by down and dirty riffs – and here are 10 of the filthiest, according to LA firebrands Dirty Honey

Guitar World

“I knew exactly what I wanted to do in every respect”: How Jimmy Page built Led Zeppelin from the ashes of the Yardbirds

Using knowledge gleaned from his time as a first-call session pro – and his brief but crucial tenure alongside Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds – Page formed a rock colossus from the ground up

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Fight Tracks: UFC 291 walkout songs with Led Zeppelin and ‘Top Gun’ – but a missed opportunity with Sinead O’Connor

Check out all the fighter walkout songs from Saturday's UFC 291 event in Salt Lake CIty.

Evening Standard

Greta Van Fleet - Starcatcher album review: retro rock with muscular guitar solos and retro jumpsuits

The Michigan-formed band have had two top 10 albums and won a Grammy

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“There was an extraordinary amount of tension...” Inside Led Zeppelin’s final US tour

Led Zeppelin's record-breaking final run of shows coincided with trouble and tragedy

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Classic Rock tracks of the week: eight new songs you need to hear right now

The Struts, Sweet and Greta Van Fleet are among the best new rock songs this week – Vote for your favourite

Metal Hammer

“Led Zeppelin write weak, unimaginative songs”: 10 original reviews of classic albums that got it completely wrong

Everyone from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses had their haters

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Hans Zimmer has reportedly bought the BBC’s iconic Maida Vale Studios for £10.5 million

Legendary facility has been used to record sessions by David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana and Beyonce

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"Like Starcastle fronted by Bruce Dickinson!" - how Metal Church man went prog with Presto Ballet

Metal Church guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof reveals a much proggier side to his musical character with US prog outfit Presto Ballet

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Black Sabbath almost junked Paranoid because they thought it sounded too much like Led Zeppelin

When Tony Iommi first played Paranoid to his bandmates, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler tried to veto its inclusion on the album that eventually took its name

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Crown Lands: the duo ushering prog’s illustrious past into a magisterial future

Canadian hopefuls Crown Lands on the "mathiness" of modern prog, world building, indigenous rights, and sounding a LOT like Rush

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