When the four members of Led Zeppelin played their first shows together in 1968, they went by the name “The New Yardbirds.” And while that name wouldn’t last beyond a few concert dates it was an ...

“Albumwise, it usually takes a year for people to catch up with what we’re doing,” Jimmy Page told Rolling Stone in 1975. But listeners needed at least a decade to fully absorb the stylistic ...

It’s common form for bands to focus their first two albums assigning themselves to a specific sound. With a successful debut, fan bases grow accustomed to a band’s style. Naturally, that style is ...