Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti 50th Anniversary- Jimmy Page 2-10

Fifty years on, Led Zeppelin’s 1975 double album Physical Graffiti‘s sonic slam has not diminished one iota in strength, sheer number of exceptional songs, the band at peak performance, and Jimmy Page’s impeccable production. Funky “Custard Pie”, “The Rover”, the furious “In My Time of Dying”, the playful “Houses of the Holy”, funky electricity of “Trampled Underfoot”, and epic synth/French horn arrangement of “Kashmir” can still leave the listener breathless five decades later…and that’s just the halfway mark.

There is a reason why multi-platinum bands Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, Course of Empire, and Soundgarden all looked past an Eighties decade of pop metal for inspiration to what Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, savage drummer John Bonham, and synth, French horn, and clavinet-innovating bass player John Paul Jones had locked into twenty years earlier while waiting for singer Robert Plant. Find out from Jimmy Page of Led Zepplin here with me In the Studio for Physical Graffiti @50 the week of February 10. –Redbeard