To celebrate the 45th anniversary of Houses of the Holy, we took six of our writers to the top of a mountain and asked them five questions about Led Zeppelin's classic album. Here are their responses.
Led Zeppelin’s homage to James Brown proved to be a bold experiment. It also happens to be the worst Houses of the Holy song. It has a promising start. John Bonham flashes his drumming chops with a ...
Starting with the galloping entrance of “The Song Remains the Same” — with Jimmy Page’s layered guitars, John Paul Jones’ bopping bass line, and John Bonham’s beat anchoring it all — it’s clear Houses ...
Veiled blues, shimmering acoustic guitars, James Brown funk, quasi-reggae, a little jazz -- Zeppelin's first post-"Stairway" LP, released March 29, 1973, captured the band at its most playful and ...
Led Zeppelin has released the track listings for the next two projects in its well-received album-by-album reissue campaign, 'IV' and 'Houses of the Holy.' As with 'I-III,' each will again be offered ...
Following the 1-2-3 punch of its first three albums—first released between January 1969 and October 1970 and reissued in June, 2014 as the first batch of a year-long series of overdue (and expanded) ...
Hipgnosis defined the visual identity for some of the U.K.’s most iconic rock albums of the ‘70s. From 1968 to 1983, the ...
The band wrapped up their Australian tour in 1972 and used the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio to start working on the album. Many of the songs had already been worked out before they sat down to record, ...
On Friday evening the historic Mobile Saenger Theatre will thunder to the sound of Led Zeppelin, courtesy of the Black Jacket Symphony. Here's the lowdown. 1. The Black Jacket Symphony isn't a ...
It’s easy to forget just how quickly Led Zeppelin went from sharply juxtaposing blues thump with delicate folk on their debut to blending the two sounds seamlessly at once. After releasing three ...
Two new albums, produced and newly remastered by Jimmy Page, are set for release on Oct. 28 in multiple CD, vinyl, digital formats, including a limited edition, super deluxe boxed set. By Roy Trakin ...
Facebook has reversed its decision that saw Led Zeppelin‘s Houses of the Holy album cover temporarily banned from the social network. The ban of the iconic and controversial artwork, conceived by ...