Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song

By Chris Welch

Book Overview

Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham make up Led Zeppelin, one of the greatest hard rock bands ever. This heavily illustrated book gives readers an in-depth examination of everything that inspired the songs of Led Zeppelin. What was the "House of the Holy"? Where was the "Stairway to Heaven"? Which strange encounters led to such classics as "Kashmir" and "Trampled Underfoot"? Was it an earthquake that inspired "Going to California" on their untitled fourth album? Dazed and Confused reveals the roots and origins of the songs on all eight of the band's celebrated studio albums, together with all the stories behind material released after Zeppelin's break-up in 1980, including Unledded: No Quarter and the BBC Sessions album. You are invited to explore the inspiration behind the sound of four brilliant musicians who defined the concept of hard rock, and yet imbued their work with passionate magic and mystery. That mystery is heavily explained in Dazed and Confused.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560258187
• ISBN13: 9781560258186
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 0.3" x 0.2"

Customer Reviews

LED ZEPPELIN FOREVER

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS EVER.PLEASE IGNORE THE ONE STAR GIRL REVIEWER'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU MUST READ OR BUY THIS BOOK .VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Zeppelin rules

If you like knowing the stories behind the songs, then you'll like this book. Some of the stories will surprise you. Then again, any book on Zeppelin will be infinitely more interesting than any book on any other band.

Really Informational

This book really gives you a lot of info about the stories behind Zeppelin's songs. I highly recommend getting it if you are a hardcore Zeppelin fan. It includes quotes, rare pictures, and many other great things.

Awesome photos and unique insights into their music.

A stunning book as much for the pic material as for the text content. Chris Welch knows this group and obviously isn't jaded by his back-stage association with them. Led Zeppelin are icons and Chris Welch goes a long way to explain why. Especially appreciated by me are the glorious full page photos of John Bonham; for some reason usually absent from most other books. Well done.

Amazing text with amazing pictures

This book is a great Led Zep companion with lots of great, rare pictures, and indepth commentary on each Zep song, that allow brief glimpses at the songwriting processes and little known facts. An excellent book!