Led Zeppelin
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Led Zeppelin was an English rock band that performed from 1968 to 1980 and became one of the most influential and commercially successful groups in music history. The band is widely credited with pioneering heavy metal and hard rock, and their innovative approach to music, songwriting, and live performance had a lasting impact on rock music and popular culture.
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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bass-guitarist and keyboardist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. Their combination of a heavy electric-guitar sound with elements of blues and folk music popularised album-oriented rock and stadium rock and established them as the progenitor of hard rock and heavy metal. They are amongst the best-selling music artists of all time, with an estimated 200 to 300 million records sold worldwide.
Led Zeppelin evolved from a previous band, the Yardbirds, and were originally named "the New Yardbirds". They signed a deal with Atlantic Records that gave them artistic freedom. Although it was initially critically unpopular, their music achieved both critical and commercial success in eight studio albums over ten years.
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1968 establishments in England1980 disestablishments in EnglandAtlantic Records artistsDecca Records artistsEnglish blues rock musical groupsEnglish folk rock groupsEnglish hard rock musical groupsEnglish heavy metal musical groupsEnglish musical quartetsGrammy Award winnersGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award winnersIvor Novello Award winners