Led Zeppelin Reunion

[brettac1]

Apparently this is going to happen (it had been rumored for a long time recently):

 

Zeppelin Reunion

 

Granted, it will most likely be a one-off, but that's so much more tasteful than a band full of 60 year olds touring the world and treating them to mediocre performances.

[TooLiveBrew]

WHOOAAAA

 

This is, simply put, gigantic news. Holy crap I wonder what nosebleeds are gonna run for this. I just hope I can save up if they come near me! Wow!

[RockCoCougars]

Granted, it will most likely be a one-off, but that's so much more tasteful than a band full of 60 year olds touring the world and treating them to mediocre performances.

I doubt it. Once they see the insane money they could make with this, my guess is they'll hit the road.

[brettac1]

They've resisted that temptation for 27 years, I think they will continue to.

[gypcasino]

This is one reunion I'm actually excited about and hope they make a tour out of it.

[homer]

Didn't this happen already and they called it Coverdale Paige?

[JoeHova]

this is cool, but like homer pointed out, they've reunited several times in the past.

 

I just wonder if the inevitable live record will be worth picking up. I don't think the Cream one really was, even though the show (I only saw the DVD, didn't see it live) was pretty good.

 

If they actually do reunite, I hope they do it right and include a few new songs (by which I mean, newly ripped off of old blues singers by them). Reuniting just to play old hits always seems kind of lame to me. Sure, it's nice for the fans who never got to see them live before, but what's really the point? They might as well be KC & The Sunshine Band playing Potawatomi Casino. After all, they haven't played but 3 or so dates together in almost 30 years, they surely won't be anywhere near what they once were. To make it an actual live record (rather than just a glorified concert tape) by including some new material or radically reworking older stuff like "Rust Never Sleeps" or "1969: Velvet Underground Live" or even "Frampton Comes Alive" or "Erykah Badu Live" would be a real accomplishment. I realize that "How The West Was Won" comes kind of close to accomplishing what I just was talking about, but that record was recorded 35 years ago and is a bit uneven to my ears. Too many 25 minute songs that don't really go anywhere. I have nothing against really long songs (Isaac Hayes has several 20 minute songs that are among my favorites), it's just that I didn't really find any of the ones on HTWWW more compelling than the studio versions.

 

To conclude, I'm excited but skeptical.

[BrewCrewForever]

If they tour and come around Milwaukee or Madison, Im going. This would be amazing, how don't care how old they are. This is even bigger then Rage reuniting. And I thought that was pretty damn big.

[igor67]

To clarify I believe that former members have teamed up before, but not all 3 and that does strike me as significant. Perhaps more important is their attitude about. Including new stuff is fine, but most people are still paying to Stairway live.

[brettac1]

This is more or less a tribute show for Ahmet Ertegun (who TLB had quoted in his sig for a while), and I think the surviving members have played a total of three shows since Bonham died - Live Aid in '85, their Rock and Roll HOF Induction, and the 40th Anniversary party for Atlantic Records. I'm not really saying that it'll be great, either, because Zeppelin the live act wasn't as great after Plant got in the car crash, and his voice was pretty shot. I wouldn't expect a live album. Page is too much of a perfectionist for them to release one from a one-off show.

 

Either way, there's a press conference this week where I'd assume it will be confirmed:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003637012

[RockCoCougars]

Coverdale Page was David Coverdale from Whitesnake and Jimmy Page. Plant and Page have worked together in the Honeydrippers and for the Page/Plant "No Quarter" album and tour about 12 years or so ago.

 

I still contend that this will expand into at least a limited tour. Things have changed in the past 27 years. The average concert ticket has increased at least 10-fold. Bonham's son Jason has grown into a accomplished drummer (he's in Foreigner now), who will be able to step in and at least competently fill his dad's shoes. Factor in live albums, DVD's, endorsements, etc., I don't know how these guys will be able to turn it down.

 

I guess the only question is whether Plant's voice can hold up. I saw him solo about 10 years ago, and he still sounded great- but that was 10 years ago. By all accounts I've heard, Plant has been the one to reject the reunion overtures in the past. I'm pretty sure the other three will be up for it. Another thing working in favor of a tour is that there was never really an acrimonious parting of the band. I think John Paul Jones was upset about the Page/Plant thing, but I think he's along for the ride regardless.

[Boy Jeenius]

It's not Zeppelin without Bonham. Plain and simple. Not interested.

[homer]

"Coverdale Page was David Coverdale from Whitesnake and Jimmy Page."

 

Yes, I know. I was kidding around,.

[M Skjellyfetti]

It's not Zeppelin without Bonham. Plain and simple. Not interested.

Well, then this could still be Zeppelin, seeing as how they have (a) Bonham and all. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[RockCoCougars]

If they tour and come around Milwaukee or Madison, Im going.

As am I. The problem is even if they do get back together for a tour, no way it sniffs Milwaukee. The closest it will come is Chicago. It seems to me that for the past 5 years or so that most of the "big" acts skip Milwaukee altogether or hit it on the "second leg" of the tour. As recently as 10 years ago, pretty much every major tour stopped at the Bradley Center. I just checked the Bradley Center's "coming attractions" and there isn't anything on there beside kid stuff. I wonder why all of the major tours skip Milwaukee.....poor attendance, inept Bradley Center management, or what?

[sgtcluels]

Wow.. if they'd tour I could cross off them off the list of bands I'd like to see. That would be awesome.

[gypcasino]

"Coverdale Page was David Coverdale from Whitesnake and Jimmy Page."

 

Yes, I know. I was kidding around,.

 

You silly goose you.

[M Skjellyfetti]

Looks like it's official. Also looks like it's a one-off deal. Kudos to them for resisting the temptation to become the Rolling Stones for all these years, but one tiny little tour over here in America wouldn't hurt too much, would it?

 

LINK

[burniebrewer]

So what exactly does the cost (125 pounds) convert to in American money?

 

I'd have a hard time imagining what people would be willing to pay for this.

[Invader3K]

This gets a big *yawn* from me. I know a lot of people worship Led Zep, but I just have never been into most '70s arena/progressive/whateveryouwanttocallit rock.

[gypcasino]

So what exactly does the cost (125 pounds) convert to in American money?

 

I'd have a hard time imagining what people would be willing to pay for this.

 

$250 or somewhere around there. I believe the exchange rate is pretty close to 2 to 1.

[BrewCrewForever]

This gets a big *yawn* from me. I know a lot of people worship Led Zep, but I just have never been into most '70s arena/progressive/whateveryouwanttocallit rock.

I think I would go in the worship Zeppelin category. Im only really into a handful of bands from the "classic rock" genre. And Zeppelin is at the head of the class. As a matter of fact they are probably in my top 3 or 4 favorite bands of all time. Poster, shirts, cd's, records, dvd's I have a lot of Zeppelin stuff.

 

[brettac1]

Tonight's setlist:

 

Good Times, Bad Times

Ramble On

Black Dog

In My Time of Dying

For Your Life

Trampled Under Foot

Nobody's Fault But Mine

No Quarter

Since I've Been Loving You

Dazed and Confused

Stairway to Heaven

The Song Remains the Same

Misty Mountain Hop

Kashmir

 

Encore:

Whole Lotta Love

Rock and Roll

[TURBO]

It's not Zeppelin without Bonham. Plain and simple. Not interested.

agreed...

 

and, the poster above who said a zeppelin reunion was "even bigger" than a Rage Against the Machine reunion.......who the hell is Rage Against the Machine, a band who put out a couple of crappy rap/metal albums, a band who will fade into nothing over time, a band who could never, NEVER even begin to hold the jock of the mighty Led Zeppelin. Those 2 bands don't even belong in the same sentance.

 

over.

 

 

[NeedMoreFans]

Any word as to if they will be releasing the recording of the show? I am really curious to hear what they sound like.