Led Zeppelin continue teasing us with bits and pieces from the upcoming reissues of their first three albums. Yesterday (May 2), they released a new trailer video for 'Led Zeppelin II.' Scored by the ...

Song for song, there isn't an album out there that celebrates the power of the riff like Led Zeppelin II. Almost every single track on the record – including the one that's a drum solo – packs a riff ...

There’s a lot of pressure and little time to write and record a sophomore album, which makes these follow-up releases so ...

What was the difference between Led Zeppelin and The Beatles? For one thing, Zep’s studio approach was far less tedious. You aren’t going to hear about Zep running through 100 takes of a song, as the ...

Page formed Led Zeppelin when his previous band, the Yardbirds, dissolved. That band’s manager asked Page for the group before the guitarist joined, but he initially declined and recommended his ...

We covered Led Zeppelin I in a lesson already, but with the rock-oriented sound of II came heavy riffs. Lots of them! And, though Whole Lotta Love and Heartbreaker are the bona fide classics, even ...

During the early days of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page and the band worked tirelessly, and it entailed a regret for the virtuoso ...

When the album came out 40 years ago, Rolling Stone critic John Mendelsohn wasn’t exactly glowing in his 1969 review of the album, writing tongue-in-cheekily, “I’ll concede that until you’ve listened ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The release of the Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary pushes several ...

For Led Zeppelin fans, June 3 is Celebration Day. Each deluxe edition will be accompanied by a second disc of previously unreleased music. Page says in a statement, "The material on the companion ...

This is a Trainwreck in the making. Elevator rock band Train announced Thursday that it will cover the entirety of “Led Zeppelin II” — but this horrible idea won’t get a whole lotta love or a thank ...

Accessible-pop stalwarts Train, in support of a “Led Zeppelin II” remake nobody asked for, have taken their tribute act on the road. Granted, it wasn’t terrible, despite all the hand-wringing on ...