Hey, in response to NotSurprised comment. I have a show from Feb of 75 at MSG. Your ears must suck, not Zep. some of the 75 tour was pretty rough, it was Plant's voice

The music critic/genius 'notsurprised' is most likely just trying to stir sh#$ up. I've seen virtually all the great bands of the rock era, and Led Zeppelin were clearly in a class by themselves. When fully focused and firing on all cylinders, no band in the world, before or since, not even The Who at their absolute peak, could compete with Led Zeppelin. In the entire history of rock music, Led Zeppelin remain totally unique and without equal. In all honesty, without John Bonham, Zep's incomparable drummer, it can never truly be Led Zeppelin. That aside, the surviving members are so extraordinarily gifted that I'm sure it was a spectacular show.

My mother majored in music from the University of Wisconsin in 1952 and eventually became a pianist for the Milwaukee Symphony's Spring League. As a student of classical music, she surprisingly had an enormous respect for contemporary rock including Emerson Lake and Palmer, the Beatles, and Led Zeppelin. She enjoyed listening to their "clever arrangements" and could hammer out some serious renditions. Many of my friends would want to hang out with my mom and hear her play. Now 76 and suffering from a recent stroke, she wants to see her favorite rock band- Led Zeppelin. I can only hope they come to the US.

What an exiting day it has been. Even though I wasn't there physically, I was in spirit and thought. Their music was the soundtrack of my youth, hell my life. I am in the Bay Area and was at the infamous show in Oakloand in July 1977. I will listen to and revere their music until the day I die! Zep Rules forever.

macdmc, didn't Nas say that hip hop is dead? Loser. Go post in the rap forums.

Princess.. when you open the tv what you see? hiphop, when you go on MTV what do you hear? the great rap music that everyone wants to see or else they would play other music styles. when you look at young people what do you see? hiphop fashion, even white people. We the black are so best at music that even white people want to be like us and try to speak and move like us. We are the biggest influence in this generation and we will dominate the future. This is our time, we are not being your slaves anymore. We know what is cool and we rap about it in our songs with the best music equipment that there ever was, no prehistoric instruments like led zeppelin. All that you said is stupid because we the rap generation is the best and we rule over stupid bands like led zeppelin who are not worth nothing and I just proved it! take that! rap represent !

..."we are the biggest influence in this generation and we will dominate in the future..."

Yeah, right. Did you ever stop to think that that might be what's WRONG with this generation? All these young punks like you are so dumbed down, it's taking less and less to make you think your stuff don't stink. Well, let me tell you, you better pull your head out of that self centered universe and get a dose of reality.

To MACDMC and Princess, you grew up on Rap and Hip Hop, we grew up on Rock & Roll. Don't speak like a thug, it only shows your complete ignorance. There is really good talent that has come out of the Hip Hop generation. Too bad the other 90% of it is total crap! What you see is a generation of angry people that think society owes them something. Get a grip! Oh, and Zepplin rocks!

I saw Zeppelin in 77 in LA, when Keith Moon joined John B for a drum solo two really great drummers, who were giants of the music industry of their time. Kids who listen to r and b and rap don't have a clue how big these artist were compared to back then. Zeppelin sold out 5 or 6 consecutive nights in the LA at the Forum in in 77, no artist today could do that. In those days concerts could draw 200 thousand or half a million people, and people could walk around in the masses safely. Nowadays try going to a hip concert or any big event and not worry about being carjacked or robbed in the parking lot or gang violence. They say that music is a reflection of the culture, and while zeppelins music wasn't going to shed light on the theory of relativity, it was popular, and a lot more descriptive of th soul of of the human race for their time and respectfully with dignity which compared to what we have being produced today, ghetto music now just reflects the inability of the uneducated to grasp anything but fear , violence and racial hatred. Its not a matter of white music or black music, a lot of African music is really good yet sounds nothing like US ghetto music or but like Led Zeppelin and the old motown stuff the music has soul, and that is what makes good listening.

The show was utterly fantastic!!! Led Zeppelin didn't perform every song we fans wanted to hear, but my God... what an experience!! Hammer of the Gods indeed. (And lovely Pamela DesBarres - your book rocks, too, sweetheart.)

Let see, I'm too stupid to play an instrument, I have a terrible voice so I can't sing, what do I do? I know I'll rap. And along with rapping I'll murder someone for street cred, sell drugs and push some black chicks into being my ho's, that's the ticket. Hey MCstupid, when you wake up and get your check from the mailbox why don't you spend some of it on a Led Zep album and see what real music sounds like, oh and by the way, your mother says hi and where the hell was my fathers day card.

I also saw those 1977 concerts in LA at the Forum. It was a musical highlight of my life when Keith Moon joined John Bonham for Moby Dick and Whole Lotta Love.