Led zepplin

Led Zeppelin was a British rock band formed in 1968 with a boisterous, feral, and revolutionary approach to the British blues-rock. In the early 1970s, they became one of the most popular bands in the world. More than two and half decades after the band dissolved in 1980, their music continues to sell well, gain widespread FM radio play, and continues to influence modern rock. To date, they have sold more than 100 million albums in the United States alone, and they are the fourth best selling music group of all time.

The band was originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name The New Yardbirds in order to fulfil some performance commitments booked in Scandinavia before the break up of the original Yardbirds. The original Led Zeppelin line-up consisted of Page, vocalist Robert Plant, drummer John Bonham, and former Yardbirds bassist Chris Dreja, but Dreja left very early in the band's existence to become a photographer (and would later take the photograph which appeared on the back of the group's debut album). He was replaced by Page's long time friend John Paul Jones. Page's first choice as singer, Terry Reid, declined the opportunity but recommended Plant, who accepted and then brought in his old friend Bonham from the defunct Band of Joy. Reports vary as to where the band first all met - a pub in Walsall, Staffordshire or a rehearsal room in London being cited by some.

The most famous of the nine albums originally released by the group was an untitled 1971 recording—often called "ZOSO" after the four runes on its cover—that included "Stairway to Heaven." Led Zeppelin disbanded after Bonham's death from alcohol. The group was inducted into the Rock...

Members
Jimmy Page — guitar
Robert Plant — lead vocals, harmonica
John Bonham — drums
John Paul Jones — bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin
The band has often cited influential manager Peter Grant as a "fifth member"