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Doppelgängers: Robert Plant and Pink Mountaintops’ Stephen McBean
Posted in Doppelgängers, Features with tags Led Zeppelin, Pink Mountaintops, Robert Plant, Stephen McBean on 06/02/2026 by Kurt OrzeckLed Zeppelin Officially Broke Its Post-Breakup Vow — and Set a Ticket-Sales Record
Posted in Features with tags Ahmet Ertegun, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant on 05/30/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
When Led Zeppelin’s founding drummer, John Bonham, died due to an alcohol overdose in 1980, the classic-rock band broke up, and its three surviving members vowed to never reunite. Guitarist Jimmy Page, vocalist Robert Plant and bassist John Paul Jones did so informally a few times, mostly for tribute events.
But it wasn’t until a 2007 concert celebrating the life of music executive Ahmet Ertegun – who signed Led Zeppelin to his Atlantic Records – that Page, Plant and Jones played a full set for the first time in almost three decades. The show was so historic, and demand to attend it was so high (with 20 million ticket requests tallied), that Led Zeppelin set a new Guinness World Record.
Cover Me: Cassorla’s Songs Of Hair, Trees, Portraits, Shouts And Alphabets EP
Posted in Cover Me, Features, Interviews with tags Beirut, Cassorla, D'Angelo, David Bowie, Dirty Projectors, John Cage, Krystle Warren, Levon Helm, Robert Plant, Slang Chickens, Staples Singer, Talk Talk, Vienna Philharmonic on 09/18/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
When’s the last time you heard an indie-rock band – or any rock band … or, hell, any band at all – pine for the day when D’Angelo would cover one of its songs? Leave it to Los Angeles’ unpredictable and imaginative troupe Cassorla to make such a wish. Continue reading
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