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In 1977, during Led Zeppelin's US tour, their five-year-old son, Karac, died of a stomach illness. [109] The song "All My Love", co-written with John Paul Jones, is a tribute to him. [110] The couple divorced in August 1983. In 1991, Plant and Shirley Wilson (sister of ex-wife Maureen) had a son, Jesse Lee. [108]
Since late 1969, Led Zeppelin had been planning on filming one of their live performances for a projected movie documentary of the band. The group's manager, Peter Grant, believed that they would be better served by the big screen than by television, because he regarded the sound quality of the latter as unsatisfactory.
Their 1969 debut, Led Zeppelin, was a top-ten album in several countries and features such tracks as "Good Times Bad Times", "Dazed and Confused" and "Communication Breakdown". Led Zeppelin II (1969), their first number-one album, includes "Whole Lotta Love" and "Ramble On". In 1970, they released Led Zeppelin III which opens with "Immigrant Song".
After the screening, Led Zeppelin granted Crowe the right to use one of their songs on the soundtrack—the first time they had ever consented to this since allowing Crowe to use "Kashmir" in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)—and also gave him rights to four of their other songs in the movie itself, although they did not grant him the ...
Yugoslav heavy metal band Pomaranča (Orange), formed in 1979, chose their name inspired by the novel and Stanley Kubircks's film. [24] Their debut album was entitled Peklenska Pomaranča ( Hell Orange )—which was the Yugoslav translation of the film's title—and their 1981 single "Mleko s noži" ("Milk with Knives") referred to the drink ...
Led Zeppelin members (left - right) John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant pose in front of their private airliner The Starship in 1973. - Hulton Archive/Getty Images
For a band that’s now thought of as the Beatles of heavy metal, not to mention one of the four or five greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time, Led Zeppelin got shockingly little critical ...
Following a benefit performance in the summer where the Black Crowes guested with him, Page teamed up with the band for six shows in October 1999, playing material from the Led Zeppelin catalogue and old blues and rock standards. [52] [53] The last two concerts were recorded in Los Angeles and released as a double live album, Live at the Greek ...