Led Zeppelin had a significant impact on music, and it wasn’t only because of their tunes. Their manager, Peter Grant, changed everything about leading a group. But Led Zeppelin wasn’t his first showbiz rodeo. Before he guided that group, and before Allen Klein took over The Beatles, Grant threatened Klein and literally shook him down over $12,000 in a display of the managerial tactics he employed when Led Zeppelin formed.
(l-r) Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, singer Robert Plant, and bassist John Paul Jones | Ian Cook/Getty Images Before managing Led Zeppelin, Peter Grant threatened Allen Klein over a $12,000 debt
Grant and Klein’s reigns over two of the biggest bands in the world briefly overlapped. Klein recognized Jimmy Page’s starpower while he managed the Yardbirds, and he stuck with the guitarist when he formed Led Zeppelin in 1968. Klein took over The Beatles just before the band completely disintegrated.
(l-r) Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, singer Robert Plant, and bassist John Paul Jones | Ian Cook/Getty Images Before managing Led Zeppelin, Peter Grant threatened Allen Klein over a $12,000 debt
Grant and Klein’s reigns over two of the biggest bands in the world briefly overlapped. Klein recognized Jimmy Page’s starpower while he managed the Yardbirds, and he stuck with the guitarist when he formed Led Zeppelin in 1968. Klein took over The Beatles just before the band completely disintegrated.
- 6/8/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham’s larger-than-life drum sound mirrored his larger-than-life Bonzo persona. At least when he toured with the band. He once spent $85,000 in cash on a car while on tour just to embarrass the salesperson. Yet a Bonham hobby while at home proved to be a major passion. A case of mistaken identity by the girlfriend of Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman proved it.
Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham | Dick Barnatt/Redferns John Bonham’s hobby raising cattle and bulls led to a case of mistaken identity
Bonham earned his Bonzo nickname before he joined Led Zeppelin. The drummer lived up to it while on the road with the band. He often dealt with the boredom of life on the road and the adrenaline of playing sold-out concerts with alcohol. And when Bonham overserved himself, mischief often ensued.
That wild side stood in stark contrast to Bonham’s most domestic side.
Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham | Dick Barnatt/Redferns John Bonham’s hobby raising cattle and bulls led to a case of mistaken identity
Bonham earned his Bonzo nickname before he joined Led Zeppelin. The drummer lived up to it while on the road with the band. He often dealt with the boredom of life on the road and the adrenaline of playing sold-out concerts with alcohol. And when Bonham overserved himself, mischief often ensued.
That wild side stood in stark contrast to Bonham’s most domestic side.
- 3/26/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin brought out strong emotions in some people. Some critics lambasted them as pure hype. Several musicians hated the band. Led Zeppelin’s members even brought out strong feelings in each other. Robert Plant’s relationship with John Bonham hit a rough patch in Japan in 1971. A backstage fistfight left the singer with a split lip, but he and the drummer weathered the storm and patched things up like brothers.
(l-r) Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham and Robert Plant just days after Bonham punched Plant in the face | Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images Robert Plant and John Bonham argued and fought before a Led Zeppelin concert
Led Zeppelin was an international phenomenon by 1971. Three hit albums (with a fourth on the way late in the year) scored the band fans worldwide.
Their first Japanese tour kicked off on Sept. 23, 1971, at Tokyo’s famed Budokan. Led Zeppelin didn’t...
(l-r) Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham and Robert Plant just days after Bonham punched Plant in the face | Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images Robert Plant and John Bonham argued and fought before a Led Zeppelin concert
Led Zeppelin was an international phenomenon by 1971. Three hit albums (with a fourth on the way late in the year) scored the band fans worldwide.
Their first Japanese tour kicked off on Sept. 23, 1971, at Tokyo’s famed Budokan. Led Zeppelin didn’t...
- 3/2/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin wouldn’t have been the same without John Bonham. On the flip side, the drummer’s life wouldn’t have been the same without the band. Zep bassist John Paul Jones said Bonham never got the credit he deserved in the band, but he did get the paychecks. The group’s astounding success led to a financial windfall, which Bonham once used to impulsively spend 85,000 cash on a luxury car.
Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham | Pa Images via Getty Images John Bonham freely spent his Led Zeppelin money
Bonham grew up in a middle-class household. His dad owned a building and construction business, and the family was well-off but not necessarily wealthy. That changed for John Bonham when Led Zeppelin made it big.
The drummer, who always managed to make ends meet growing up, splurged with his newfound wealth. He upgraded his drums, purchasing several Ludwig kits (though...
Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham | Pa Images via Getty Images John Bonham freely spent his Led Zeppelin money
Bonham grew up in a middle-class household. His dad owned a building and construction business, and the family was well-off but not necessarily wealthy. That changed for John Bonham when Led Zeppelin made it big.
The drummer, who always managed to make ends meet growing up, splurged with his newfound wealth. He upgraded his drums, purchasing several Ludwig kits (though...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
AFC Richmond takes a knee (so to speak) during Friday’s Ted Lasso, as the players band together in support of rising star Sam Obisanya.
At the start of “Do the Right-est Thing,” Sam is elated to be the face of Richmond’s chief sponsor, Dubai Air. But as soon as his father brings to light the crimes carried out by Dubai Air’s parent company Cerithium Oil — a mega conglomerate that has been destroying Sam’s homeland of Nigeria with countless oil spills, and bribing government officials to look the other way — Sam is determined to get out of the deal.
At the start of “Do the Right-est Thing,” Sam is elated to be the face of Richmond’s chief sponsor, Dubai Air. But as soon as his father brings to light the crimes carried out by Dubai Air’s parent company Cerithium Oil — a mega conglomerate that has been destroying Sam’s homeland of Nigeria with countless oil spills, and bribing government officials to look the other way — Sam is determined to get out of the deal.
- 8/7/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
“On the second LP, you can really hear the group identity coming together,” Jimmy Page recalled years after the release of Led Zeppelin’s second LP. While the group recorded its first album in three weeks after a single, two-week Scandinavian tour, Led Zeppelin II was cut over six months on tour in London, New York, Vancouver and Los Angeles, with the band carrying the master tapes along the way in a steamer trunk.
“It was quite insane, really,” Page said. “We had no time, and we had to write numbers in hotel rooms.
“It was quite insane, really,” Page said. “We had no time, and we had to write numbers in hotel rooms.
- 10/22/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
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