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Led Zeppelin

1968 to 1980, reunions in 1985, 1988, 1995 and 2007

Led Zeppelin's stationSee Hard rock on the network

The line diagram

Each member is a lane on the year axis, in the colour of the line the band was on. A filled station marks a joining, an open one a departure, a square a death. The dotted rail is a reunion. A dotted branch leads to a band that grew out of this one, or in from a band its members came from. The table below lists the same spells.

Members

MemberRoleYears
Jimmy Pageguitar1968 to 1980
Robert Plantvocals1968 to 1980
John Paul Jonesbass, keyboards1968 to 1980
John Bonhamdrums1968 to 1980

The line

  1. Hard rock1968 to 1980

    Four members, twelve years

    Jimmy Page recruited Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones after the Yardbirds' last show in 1968. The line-up never changed; John Bonham's death in September 1980 ended the band that December.

    Key album: Led Zeppelin IV, 1971

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Led Zeppelin (opens in a new tab)

Lineage

Comes fromThe Yardbirds

Born from the Yardbirds' ashes: Page kept the name, the booking obligations and then chose a new one.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Led Zeppelin (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Led Zeppelin (opens in a new tab)
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Led Zeppelin (opens in a new tab)

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