Archive for July, 2012

When Led Zepp appeared on the scene they took the world by storm! Riff after riff blew everyone away, including the competition. They roared around America in a haze of drugs, drink and magnificent guitar rock. Drummer John Bonham’s sad demise was a direct result of this crazed excess but he was as instrumental in the mighty sound of Led Zepp as Jimmy Page’s hot riffing, Robert Plant’s gargantuan vocals and the deep-down-and-dirty bass of John Paul Jones.

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Guns N Roses have inspired some pretty extreme reactions over the years, but their outstanding ability to create brilliant riff-driven songs has elevated them into Rock-God Heaven. Buy this song at iTunes and Amazon.

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Cream’s farewell concert in November 26th 1968 at the Royal Albert Hall in london, filmed by Robert Stigwood. You can buy the original track from iTunes or Amazon.

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Lively, wobbly-taped, TV show performance from 1965. Jagger and Richards were so skinny!

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Raw, blousy live video from, I think, 2008. You can buy this song from iTunes , Amazon. The official band site is here.