Stomp Box Addiction? Compulsive FX Disorder? You decide......

[DLR Bridge]

Um, Jimmy stole from everybody who he thought were too obscure for his ignorant fan base that has little to do with the 60's: Howlin' Wolf; Sleepy John Estes; Albert King; Sonny Boy Williamson (especially him); Ledbelly; Blind Willie McTell; Little Walter. Although many of these artist were still alive in the 60's, Jimmy had no financial respect for them.

Ok, so you read Hammer of the Gods. Tell us how you really feel. If he credited his influences every step of the way, would he still suck to you? Ed was very much inspired by Page by the way. He stumbled onto hammering while watching him FFS. Regardless, I respect your differing opinion.

[Etienne]

Why groundbreaking? I wrote this:

1. Because the sound of the band wasn't heard before. The early recordings.

2. You can hear in almost every modern, post Zep, rock riff influences by Jimmy Page. Especially in Van Halen.

Kristy, you disagreed especially with "the sound of the band wasn't heard before".

Tell me what band sounded as Zep in the 60s.

[Kristy]

Oh, okay. That it explains it then.

[Etienne]

Apparently you've never heard the first Jeff Beck Group album Truth, which predates the first Zep album by several months. It's been pointed out before that not only did Page like the album, he accompanied Beck's band on their first tour. And to top things off, both Page and Jones appear on the album!

I know that album. Still it doesn't sound like Zep to my ears.

[Kristy]

If he credited his influences every step of the way, would he still suck to you?

Yes, of course.

[So this is love]

Is Elbow off today??

[Jagermeister]

Apparently you've never heard the first Jeff Beck Group album Truth, which predates the first Zep album by several months. It's been pointed out before that not only did Page like the album, he accompanied Beck's band on their first tour. And to top things off, both Page and Jones appear on the album!

Man I haven't heard that in a long time.

[Jagermeister]

I know that album. Still it doesn't sound like Zep to my ears.

It's kinda does actually. It's just a slower less loud Zep kinda feel IMO.

[Etienne]

It's kinda does actually. It's just a slower less loud Zep kinda feel IMO.

Wich songs?

[chefcraig]

I know that album. Still it doesn't sound like Zep to my ears.

Perhaps to you, but when Beck heard Zep's debut, he was so agitated that Page had gone to such lengths to rip off his sound that the two stopped communicating for several years, with Beck taking shots at Page over the years in the press.

[Jagermeister]

Wich songs?

[So this is love]

Apparently you've never heard the first Jeff Beck Group album Truth, which predates the first Zep album by several months. It's been pointed out before that not only did Page like the album, he accompanied Beck's band on their first tour. And to top things off, both Page and Jones appear on the album!

Great album!! but that doesn`t make it Zep but just an era of sound influence, just like VH influenced other bands and the Nirvana grunge era...

[chefcraig]

It's kinda does actually. It's just a slower less loud Zep kinda feel IMO.

Hell, look at the pacing of the track listing on both albums, which is identical right down to featuring an acoustic guitar solo on side two.

[So this is love]

Wich songs?

You have to be open minded...

[Jagermeister]

I never was a huge fan of that album. Something about Rod's voice just doesnt work for me.