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Led Zeppelin was originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name "The New Yardbirds," based on Page's previous band, The Yardbirds. While The New Yardbirds arose at first simply to fulfill some performance commitments booked in Scandinavia before the original band's break-up, Page attempted to create a rock-supergroup out of the new band, which would have been composed of the Yardbirds' own Page and Jeff Beck, The Who's Keith Moon and John Entwistle (who were considering leaving their band), and possibly Steve Winwood or Steve Marriott. |
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Grouses on the Holy: Kenny and Spenny argue who's better, The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin? Date: 21 Nov 2009
National Post -
Kenny Hotz Originally, we were going to do The Beatles vs. the Stones and I picked The Beatles. Spenny came to me freaking out: “I don’t want to do this, this is stupid,” because we both love The Beatles. I said, “Fine, let’s do something else.” I’m the daddy; he’s the baby, and when he proposed Stones-Zeppelin, I said, “Great.” I’d take Spenny’s mother over the Stones. What makes The Rolling ...
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Murray: 'I can beat Federer twice in a week' Date: 21 Nov 2009
Independent -
According to Phil Anderton, chairman of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, ticket sales for next week's event at the O2 Arena make it "the equivalent of 15 sold-out Led Zeppelin concerts".
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Murray looks to perform well in London Date: 21 Nov 2009
Belfast Telegraph -
According to Phil Anderton, chairman of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, ticket sales for next week's event at the O2 Arena make it 'the equivalent of 15 sold-out Led Zeppelin concerts'. Related Stories England placed to trouble Proteas Olympic hero Edwards on new mission Houvenaghel stays on glory trail Murray handed del Potro opener Belfast Giants 6 Nottingham Panthers 3
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Murray looks to perform well in London Date: 21 Nov 2009
Belfast Telegraph -
According to Phil Anderton, chairman of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, ticket sales for next week's event at the O2 Arena make it 'the equivalent of 15 sold-out Led Zeppelin concerts'. Related Stories Belfast Giants 6 Nottingham Panthers 3
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Them Crooked Vultures is not roadkill Date: 20 Nov 2009
Tulane Hullabaloo -
Them Crooked Vultures, a rock supergroup that consists of Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, dropped its first studio album Tuesday after spending the summer playing a number of shows in Europe. A refreshing synthesis of each artist’s individual [...]
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Concert review: Supergroup Crooked Vultures more than lives up to its hype Date: 20 Nov 2009
Contra Costa Times -
Band fronted by Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones delivers relentless rock at Oakland's Fox Theater.
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Last Night: Them Crooked Vultures at the Fox Date: 20 Nov 2009
SF Weekly Blogs -
Them Crooked VulturesNovember 19, 2009Fox Theater Better Than: Listening to Robert Plant shy away from the high notes at Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion show. It's no accident that the supe...
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Album Review: Them Crooked Vultures, "Them Crooked Vultures" (Interscope) (LiveDaily)
Date: 20 Nov 2009
The worst thing about supergroups is that they're never as much fun on record as they are on paper. Putting Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Nirvana and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones together in the studio and on the road seems like a no-brainer, a lineup of all-star--if not Hall of Fame--caliber, but does it work in practice? Them Crooked Vultures [ tickets ...
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