Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin, 2nd Edition: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time

Jon Bream

Voyageur Press, Nov 9, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 304 pages

This second edition of the history of rock's heaviest band gives you even more reasons to rock!

This all-star tribute features many of today's top rock journalists from Rolling Stone, CREEM, Billboard, and more, as well as reflections on the band from some of rock's greatest performers, including members of the Kinks, Aerosmith, Heart, Mott the Hoople, the Minutemen, the Hold Steady, and many more.

Glorious concert and behind-the-scenes photography cover the band from the first shows in 1968 as the New Yardbirds through today. More than 450 rare concert posters, backstage passes, tickets, LPs and singles, t-shirts, buttons, and more illustrate the book. A discography and tour itinerary complete the package, making a book as epic as the band it documents.

Created from the ashes of the Yardbirds by guitarist and session wizard Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin featured virtuoso bass player John Paul Jones, gonzo drummer John Bonham, and Robert Plant, a vocalist like no other before him. The band single-handedly defined what rock 'n' roll could be, leaving in their wake tales as tall or as real as we wanted them to be.

All of that, plus exclusive commentary from Ray Davies of the Kinks, Steve Earle, Kid Rock, Ace Frehley of Kiss, Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Lenny Kravitz, Dolly Parton, and many more make this book one that no fan of Led Zeppelin will want to miss!

About the author

Jon Bream, the award-winning critic of the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 1975, has the second longest tenure of any current daily newspaper pop-music critic in the United States. His work has appeared everywhere from the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times to Rolling Stone and TV Guide. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Bream is the author of the bestselling biographies Prince: Inside the Purple Reign (1984) and Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time (2008). Visit www.jonbream.com.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin, 2nd Edition: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time
• Author: Jon Bream
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Voyageur Press, 2015
• ISBN: 0760349320, 9780760349328
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Biography & Autobiography / Music; Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal; Music / Genres & Styles / Rock; Music / Individual Composer & Musician