“In this authoritative unsparing history of the biggest rock group of the 1970s Spitz
delivers inside details and analysis with his well-known gift for storytelling.” — PEOPLE
From the author of the iconic bestselling history of The Beatles the definitive account of
arguably the greatest rock band of all time. Rock star. Whatever that term means to you
chances are it owes a debt to Led Zeppelin. No one before or since has lived the dream quite
like Jimmy Page Robert Plant John Paul Jones and John Bonham. In Led Zeppelin Bob Spitz
takes their full measure separating myth from reality with his trademark connoisseurship and
storytelling flair. From the opening notes of their first album the band announced itself as
something different a collision of grand artistic ambition and brute primal force of English
folk music and African American blues. Spitz’s account of their artistic journey amid the
fascinating ecosystem of popular music is irresistible. But the music is only part of the
legend: Led Zeppelin is also the story of how the sixties became the seventies of how
innocence became decadence of how rock took over. Led Zeppelin wasn’t the first band to let
loose on the road but as with everything else they took it to an entirely new level. Not all
the legends are true but in Spitz’s careful accounting what is true is astonishing and
sometimes disturbing. Led Zeppelin gave no quarter and neither has Bob Spitz. Led Zeppelin is
the long-awaited full reckoning the band richly deserves.
