Get the Led out.

I've been a Led Zeppelin fan for years, being as my dad was a teenager when they came out he always listened to them. I remember radio shows always had certain times when they would play a block of Zeppelin (block = 4 songs). One station had a Whole Lotta Lunch parody song, good stuff.

So when Page/Plant got back together and did the whole "un"plugged thing, I was ecstatic, as were some of my friends, missed them on the first pass, but got them on the second leg of the tour. Tuesday, October 24, 1995 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA. First concert ever, and the only true concert experience (since most of the venues wanted clean air, so people could bring their kids to a rock concert and just sit there and listen to the band like they're listening to a CD) because as soon as the lights went that odd smoke smell filled the arena. Wonder what it was? Caught Page/Plant again in 1998, July 10. That was a Friday, the next day we went back down to witness Ozzfest in Camden, NJ (but they all called it Philly).

Then in 2000, I caught Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes in Camden, NJ. Great show, played for 2 hours, then did a 30 minute encore. Somewhat unheard of if you ask me, most bands play 1 hour 30 mintes, and that includes the encore. But whatever.

All of this was aided by this web site: Tight But Loose

Which I can say I've been viewing since 1995, constantly checking for updates. It use to be a daily basis, but it has come to about once a week, since I have other things to check. This site is/was great always had updates about what was going on in the world of Led Zeppelin.

Which brings me to this, about a year ago Led Zeppelin reunited for a benefit concert, which made the rumor mill swirl about them going on a world wide tour. Which of course, we all knew wasn't going to happen. Plant was going on support the release of Raising Sand which he did with Alison Krauss, which I must say was a fine CD quite surprising to me. But then Jimmy, John Paul, and Jason were said to be getting together and rehearsing which to even more rumors. One even saying that Plant was in. But come on people you had to know Plant wasn't going to, and he said no.

Fine, that's cool with me, had they toured I would have shelled out the money to go see them, it wouldn't be the same as actually seeing them in their heyday, but still something to see.

But what gets me to my point is, in one of the articles it said that Jimmy, John Paul, and Jason had another singer coming in. Which is fine as well, Plant doesn't have the vocal range and they could probably sound even better with a younger guy in there. But please, don't call it Led Zeppelin, because it is truly not without Plant. Call your new found band just Zeppelin, plain old Zeppelin. It gets the point across without ruining the legacy.