Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love A People's History

Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love is a people''s history of the biggest rock band in the world, telling their story in the words of over 750 fans. Formed in 1968 by Yardbirds guitarist Jimmy Page, who recruited singer Robert Plant, drummer John ‘Bonzo’ Bonham and John Paul Jones to the cause, this is the Zeppelin story as recounted by concert goers, roadies, promoters and others who encountered the band in a 12-year career.Led Zeppelin toured North America relentlessly in the early part of the seventies, regularly smashing concert attendance and box office records, playing the legendary songs ‘Whole Lotta Love’, ‘Stairway To Heaven’ and ‘Rock & Roll’ at shows that fans now recall as the best they ever saw. Packed with memories going back to Robert Plant’s earliest performances, this book charts Zep’s concert career in all its glory and infamy and includes stories of:the earliest Zeppelin showsthe British, European and North American toursa trip Down Under in 1972five nights at London’s Earls Court in 1975the Knebworth Festival in 1979the final Over Europe tour of 19802007’s O2 reunion show, which saw 20 million fans apply for 20,000 tickets.This is a fresh take on the band that has sold over 300 million albums worldwide and which thrilled hundreds of thousands of concert-goers throughout the 1970s.