No ‘Zep’ Tour, No Zep Anything?
What’s the bigger crime: ‘Zep’ touring without Robert Plant or Jimmy, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham never touring together again with any singer?
First came rumors of the band trying out new singers because Robert Plant didn’t want to tour. Robert said categorically that he would not tour for at least 2 years.
Then the rumors were confirmed by Peter Mensch, Jimmy Page’s manager, who told the BBC that:
“So they [Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Jason Bonham] did the show with Robert Plant; they had a really good time rehearsing, the three of them, before Robert showed up. And they decided that if they could find a singer that they thought would fit their bill, whatever their bill was at this stage in their career, that they’d make a record and go on tour.”
“It’s gonna be a long and difficult process,” he said about finding a singer.
And now, Mensch told Music Radar that “Led Zeppelin are over. If you didn’t see them in 2007 [when they played a one-off reunion at London’s O2 Arena], you missed them. It’s done. I can’t be any clearer than that.
“They tried out a few singers, but no one worked out. That was it. The whole thing is completely over now. There are absolutely no plans for them to continue. Zero. Frankly, I wish everybody would stop talking about it.”
Damn! Sounds like Jimmy’s manager is a little frustrated too. When asked what new projects Jimmy Page was going to be involved with in 2009, Mensch told MusicRadar, “Fuck if I know. I’m waiting to hear.”
For his part, it seems that Plant’s heart isn’t in Zep tunes anymore. When the BBC asked him recently about a reunited Zep, he said: “I am dug in with Alison Krauss.”
I kid you not. Robert Plant is picking Alison Krauss over Led Zeppelin.
So what’s the bigger crime: ‘Zep’ touring without Robert Plant or Jimmy, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham never touring together again with any singer?
That’s a tough one.
Jimmy’s chops seem to have gotten better over the last few years, and just in case you somehow don’t think JPJ is a whale of a musician, check this out:
Category: Jimmy Page/Zep
Subscribe
If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it.
