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“He was grateful just to play some music rather than just dwell on death”: When two members of Yes and one member of Led Zeppelin got together, anything could have happened. Sadly, very little did

The demise of the world’s biggest rock band coincided with two prog icons’ descent into bewilderment. The only evidence of their existence is four unreleased demos and a few other hints at what might have been

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“The first time I played it, I had such a connection with it. I thought, ‘This is it. This is the one’”: On his 26th birthday in 1970, Jimmy Page played his beloved Les Paul Custom ‘Black Beauty’ at the climax of a legendary Led Zeppelin show

And soon after, that famous guitar vanished

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“Clapton chose pure blues, and he hated it when the volume went up. He actually said to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, ‘You’re too loud!’ Because he’s a purist”: ’60s icon Donovan salutes a golden generation of guitar heroes

He also claims that Page "begged" John Paul Jones to join Led Zeppelin

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“He feels it should be in the hands of people who will put it to good use”: John Paul Jones’ studio gear goes up for auction – including a rare £24,000 Moog Model 15

John Paul Jones’ studio gear goes up for auction – including a rare £24,000 Moog Model 15

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Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones is auctioning off a load of studio equipment including a bass amp with speakers that were blown after being left at Dave Grohl's house

John Paul Jones intends for the equipment to end up in the hands of "people who will put it to good use"

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“If we had stuck together we could have been as big as Led Zeppelin – or at the very least, Deep Purple. We had the stuff!”: The heavy rock innovators whose hard-hitting drummer was a star before John Bonham

“There was always friction – but it all worked for the creation of what we had"

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"The drums were recorded on a massive concrete staircase in an old Victorian brewery": Out of step with Britpop, one of the Levellers' biggest hits was inspired by Led Zeppelin

During the post-grunge era, the Levellers were derided as obsolete crusties, but one of their biggest hits was influenced by classic 70s rock

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“I guess like John Lennon and Brian Jones, we’re not up front, but we keep it all sticking together”: Chris Dreja turned down Led Zeppelin, but he will be remembered as the Yardbirds’ unsung bass hero in a band of guitar superstars

Co-founder of the Yardbirds, Chris Dreja – who supported Clapton, Beck and Page on rhythm or bass guitar, then went on to become a photographer – has died, aged 79

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"It's remarkable that you can have a culture that's shunted into the west side of England that has nothing to do with the English at all." Robert Plant on how the mystique of Wales and the magic of J.R.R. Tolkien influenced Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant channelled Tolkien into his lyrics - even if his Led Zep bandmates didn't realise it at the time

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“Having Tommy Bolin play on my songs was a compliment, but artistically it ruined it for me. It led to a lot of conflict”: Moxy’s Earl Johnson lost control of his band as they tracked their debut album. After decades away, he might have got it back

The Canadian hot riffer explains how he was edged out of playing solos on his own songs, how it broke down his partnership with his singer, and why he’s still chasing his Led Zeppelin-style vision

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"You only get in trouble if you steal people’s melodies and words, as Led Zeppelin did": The story of the classic "inspired" by John Lee Hooker that paid for Foghat's drummer's Lamborghini

"Of course Slow Ride is about sex,” says Foghat drummer Roger Earl. "All rock'n'roll songs are about sex, aren’t they?"

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Because nothing screams punk rock louder than millionaire rock stars performing for hedge fund bros, watch Eddie Vedder, Anthony Kiedis, Brandi Carlile, Slash and friends play Stooges, Motorhead, Dead Boys covers at billionaire's private corporate gig

Who said money can't buy you happiness?

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Master the 12-string guitar: restringing, tuning and strumming made simple

Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, the Eagles, and Richie Sambora swear by 12-string guitars for sonic sparkle – after this guide, you will too

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"I wanted people to leave the concert saying, I expected them to be good, but I had no idea they could or would deliver like this." Jimmy Page looks back on Led Zeppelin's historic 2007 reunion

"The euphoric tidal wave was overwhelming." Jimmy Page

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Robert Plant’s Saving Grace review – self-effacing superstar still sounds astonishing

Playing a mix of traditional folk and radically rearranged acoustic Led Zeppelin classics, the former Zep frontman is in fine voice – but also happy to step out of the spotlight

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“I was in my boxers and my mother caught me in this heightened creative moment. It was pretty embarrassing”: Inspired by Tool, Led Zeppelin and classic sci-fi, Coheed And Cambria turned a tumultuous break-up into a landmark prog metal song

Thanks to its venomous lyrics and hard, screeching riff, Welcome Home became a Platinum-selling breakthrough moment

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“I think Jimmy's pointing at Ed, but he motions for me to come over. He said, ‘You have something that these other guys here don't’”: Steve Lukather was hanging out with Eddie Van Halen, when Jimmy Page paid him the highest compliment

Getting endorsed by the Led Zeppelin legend is something most guitarist could only dream of – but Lukather recalls the moment the icon gave him his flowers

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“If they are going to stick so violently to the form, then the standard of content must get a lot higher”: Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Free and the forgotten godfather of British blues who helped them all get off the ground

There were bigger and more famous British blues musicians, but few were as influential as the late Alexis Korner

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The Independent UK

The price of fame? Experts find being a celebrity can shorten your life

Despite the glitz and glamour – researchers found that life in the limelight can shorten lives

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“I hit the drum maybe five times. That was it. Concorde flights, 14 days in a 5-star hotel. The most expensive bit of drumming in history”: When stars of Duran Duran and Chic formed a decadent ’80s supergroup to rock out like Led Zeppelin

“I had to be, like, strapped to the desk if I was gonna get a bass line finished," John Taylor said

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“There was always friction – but it all worked for the creation of what we had"

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"We owed everybody money. We knew that if the next album didn't succeed, the ship would sink": The inside story of the album that saved Queen

Fifty years on, Brian May and Roger Taylor reveal the vision, precision and daring behind Queen’s A Night At The Opera, the album that rewrote rock’s rules

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“I was almost throwing down a challenge with some of those basslines: play me if you can!” John Paul Jones’ best Led Zeppelin basslines – including an eight-string classic

A choirmaster, organist and expert in many archaic music styles, John Paul Jones also happened to play bass guitar in the biggest heavy rock band there has ever been

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“A feral supernova awaits if you dime those dials”: EarthQuaker Devices Barrows Fuzz Attacker

EarthQuaker Devices' latest fuzz is a love letter to the fabled Tone Bender MkII that presents its dynamite sound in a mini-pedal format

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"I walked up behind him: ‘Hi Brian Johnson, I’m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?’ He went, 'Yeah mate!'" How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a famous baseball player's wedding

We reckon a lot of wedding guests couldn't believe their own eyes seeing this!

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