Led zeppelin, p.71
Led Zeppelin, page 71
“You’re an ugly fucker”: Andy McConnell, quoted in Cameron Crowe, “Led Zep Conquers the States, ‘Beast’ Prowls to the Din of Hordes,” Rolling Stone, May 22, 1975.
“We want to find somewhere”: RP, blind-quoted in Power, No Quarter, p. 369.
“If you want a record deal”: RP, quoted in Unity MacLean interview with the author, October 16, 2019.
“I seduced Dave Edmunds”: RP, quoted in Nigel Williamson, “Good Times, Bad Times,” Uncut, May 2005, p. 57.
“Brilleaux didn’t like”: “Jimmy loved Wilko’s lead-and-rhythm playing.” Jake Riviera, quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 292.
“It cost a lot of bread”: JB, quoted in Chris Welch, “John Bonham: Over the Hills and Far Away,” MM, June 21, 1975.
“come out of it”: JP, blind-quoted from an article in NME in Power, No Quarter, p. 373.
“So Customs and Excise were”: Benji Le Fevre, interview with the author, May 19, 2019.
“The BBC had a little”: David Williams, interview with the author, May 16, 2019.
“We’d all like to welcome”: Whispering Bob Harris, quoted in Lewis and Tremaglio, Evenings with Led Zeppelin, p. 475.
“a jolly raconteur”: Jan Iles, “Led Zeppelin: Earls Court” (review), Record Mirror, May 31, 1975.
“We want to take you”: RP in bootleg recording from Earls Court, May 17, 1975.
“the definitive rock performance”: Michael Oldfield, “The Ultimate Trip,” MM, May 24, 1975.
“a nocturnal delight”: Iles, “Led Zeppelin: Earls Court.”
“arrived at Earls Court”: Chris Charlesworth, Led Zeppelin: Five Glorious Nights (review), Just Backdated (blog), July 24, 2015.
“Despite Charles Shaar Murray”: RP in bootleg recording from Earls Court, May 23, 1975.
“The audience didn’t know what”: Chris Charlesworth, interview with the author, May 13, 2019.
“for our families and friends”: RP in bootleg recording from Earls Court, May 24, 1975.
“Thank you for very good”: RP in bootleg recording from Earls Court, May 23, 1975.
“He used to ring”: “John Paul Jones hated being a tax exile.” Carole Brown Woods, interview with the author, November 8, 2019.
“He couldn’t stomach”: Sally Williams, interview with the author, July 9, 2019.
“She was desperate”: Unity MacLean interview.
He was beating himself up: “I thought to myself: ‘I’m truly a schmuck.’ ” Abe Hoch, interview with the author, April 3, 2019.
“gave us a little peep”: RP, quoted in Chris Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations,” Creem, May 1976.
“For two months”: RP, quoted in Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations.”
The merchandising alone: “G always made sure we got a packet from the merchandising profits. It was an all-cash business and went unreported.” Confidential source, interview with the author.
“playing possibly in South America”: RP, quoted in Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations.”
“After a while”: RP, quoted in Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations.”
“I looked over at Maureen”: RP, quoted in Cole, Stairway to Heaven, p. 316.
“near death”: Benji Le Fevre interview.
“I was lying there”: RP, quoted in Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations.”
“Apparently, under Greek law”: Jeff Hoffman, interview with the author, July 30, 2019.
“I hired a private ambulance”: Cole, Stairway to Heaven, pp. 315–16.
“The doctor in London”: RP, quoted in Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations.”
“I’ve always felt”: JP, quoted in Chris Salewicz, “The Gig Interview: Jimmy Page,” Gig, May 1977.
“I know that my kind”: RP, quoted in Smith, Off the Record, p. 339.
“He looked white”: Benji Le Fevre interview.
“I bought the seats”: Peter Grant, quoted in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream, p. 75.
shelling out a cool £7,000: Ed Jones, “Bands on the Run from the Taxman,” MM, October 11, 1975.
“They each had their own”: Abe Hoch interview.
“We drove into Hollywood”: Benji LeFevre interview.
“He was so far gone”: Michael Des Barres, interview with the author, February 20, 2019. “Jimmy was really out of it.” Benji Le Fevre, interview with the author, April 3, 2019.
“Peter pulled me aside”: Abe Hoch interview.
“I’ve seen more movement”: Abe Hoch, quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 318.
When Jimmy was lucid: “We had a mutual interest in Crowley and drugs.” Michael Des Barres interview.
“Our fan base”: Michael Des Barres, quoted in Salewicz, Jimmy Page, p. 313.
“We pulled up”: Michael Des Barres interview.
“She used to call”: Unity MacLean interview.
“It was a bagful”: Elizabeth Iannaci, interview with the author, January 17, 2019.
“When something like drugs”: Sam Aizer, quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled p. 329
“drive into him”: Peter Grant, quoted in Benji Le Fevre interview, May 19, 2019.
“He was carried”: Michael Des Barres interview.
“Michael and I tried”: Danny Goldberg, quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 330; Danny Goldberg, interview with the author, August 28, 2018.
“We’d all go”: Elizabeth Iannaci interview. “There were nights the band went out together to the Whisky.” Benji Le Fevre interview, May 19, 2019.
As the band arrived: “We walked in as a group, and there she was.” Elizabeth Iannaci interview.
“I brought David Cassidy”: Abe Hoch interview.
“Just wait here”: Benji Le Fevre interview, May 19, 2019.
“It turned out to be”: Phil Carlo, interview with the author, May 12, 2019.
“There was a lot of tension”: Peter Grant, quoted in Dave Lewis, “The Peter Grant Interview,” in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: Celebration II, p. 96.
“a sarcastic dig”: RP, blind-quoted in Cross, Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell, p. 142.
Borrowing from the masters: Mat Snow, “Robert Plant’s Record Collection,” Q, May 1990.
“We just couldn’t find him”: JPJ, quoted in “The John Paul Jones Interview,” in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: Celebration II, p. 115.
Robert kicked things off: Lewis, Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream, p. 75.
“You could see Robert”: Elizabeth Iannaci interview.
“I was sitting”: RP, quoted in Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations.”
“There just wasn’t a lot”: JPJ, quoted in Dave Lewis, “The John Paul Jones Interview,” in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: Celebration II, p. 116.
Chapter Eighteen: The Other Side of the Spectrum
“We went in with nothing”: JP, quoted in Mick Houghton, “Zeus of Zeppelin: An Interview with Jimmy Page,” Circus, October 12, 1976.
“We all agreed”: JP, quoted in “Led Zeppelin Fab Pix Hot Poop” (cover story), NME, February 27, 1977.
“When we eventually”: JPJ, quoted in Dave Lewis, “The John Paul Jones Interview,” in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: Celebration II, p. 120.
“If ever there was”: RP, quoted in “Led Zeppelin’s Fab Pix.”
“We didn’t see him”: Abe Hoch, interview with the author, April 3, 2019.
“sitting in a fucking chair”: RP, quoted in Jaan Uhelszki, “Led Zeppelin: Sodom and Gomorrah in a Suitcase,” Creem, July 1977.
“What rhymes with ‘Achilles’?”: Abe Hoch interview.
“Robert was behind”: Peter Grant in interview with Malcolm McLaren.
“Bonzo, Jimmy, and I”: Cole, Stairway to Heaven, p. 322.
“There were enormous”: Benji Le Fevre, interview with the author, May 19, 2019.
“The band was splitting”: JPJ, blind-quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 323.
“My main memory”: JPJ, quoted in Lewis, “The John Paul Jones Interview,” p. 120.
“He hadn’t even showered”: Abe Hoch interview.
“loud as fuck-all”: Abe Hoch interview.
“I don’t regret it”: JP, quoted in Nick Kent, “Bring It On Home,” Q Special Edition: Led Zeppelin, March 2003, p. 139.
“I mean, that was eighteen”: JP, quoted in Nick Kent, “Jimmy Page: The Roaring Silence,” NME, November 20, 1976.
“pure anxiety and emotion”: JP, quoted in Wesley Strick, “The Tour in Progress: Jimmy Page Files His Report,” Circus, June 9, 1977.
“it was straight off”: JP, quoted in Kent, “Jimmy Page: The Roaring Silence.”
“about travels and dreams”: RP, blind-quoted in Cross and Flannigan, Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell, p. 142.
“I just dove in”: JP, quoted in Cameron Crowe, “Jimmy Page Beats the Devil,” Rolling Stone, August 12, 1976.
“give the piece”: JP, quoted in Dave Schulps, Trouser Press interview, Part 3, p. 21.
“I knew that every guitar”: JP, blind-quoted in Cross and Flannigan, Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell, p. 142.
“It’s got quite a pace”: JP, quoted in Kent, “Jimmy Page: The Roaring Silence.”
“prog rock gone mad”: RP, blind-quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 324.
“I put all my weight”: RP, blind-quoted in Cross and Flannigan, Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell, p. 142.
“I’ve never known”: RP, quoted in Chris Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations,” Creem, May 1976.
“And where it got”: RP, blind-quoted in Cross and Flannigan, Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell, p. 142.
“us looking back”: JP, quoted in Wall, When Giants Walked the Earth, p. 346.
“It was basically a twelve-bar”: JP, quoted in Tobler and Grundy, Guitar Greats, p. 106.
“It’s so held back”: JP, quoted in Jonh Ingham, “Jimmy Page: Technological Gypsy,” Sounds, March 13, 1976.
“no acoustic songs”: JP, quoted in Tolinski, Light & Shade, p. 205. “All our urgency and pent-up passion is there more than ever. That’s why there’s no acoustic stuff on the album.” JP, quoted in Crowe, “Jimmy Page Beats the Devil.”
“a lot of movement”: JP, quoted in Ingham, “Jimmy Page: Technological Gypsy.”
“people who come and go”: RP, blind-quoted in Cross and Flannigan, Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell, p. 142.
“It was a mish-mash”: JPJ, quoted in Mat Snow, “John Paul Jones: The Quiet One,” Mojo, December 2007.
“We were under”: JP, quoted in Tolinski, Light & Shade, p. 205.
“Can I have two days”: JP, quoted in David Fricke, “Jimmy Page: The Rolling Stone Interview,” December 6, 2012.
“That was the ultimate”: JP, quoted in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream, p. 76.
“I didn’t think I’d be”: “I did all the guitar overdubs on that LP in one night.” JP, quoted in Steven Rosen, “Jimmy Page,” Guitar Player, July 1977.
“I had a copy”: JP, quoted in Fricke, “Jimmy Page: The Rolling Stone Interview.”
“Peter had called and said”: Abe Hoch interview.
“I can’t even walk”: RP, quoted in Lisa Robinson, “Surprise Live Act by Zep in Jersey,” Hit Parader, July 1976.
“It was one small step”: RP, quoted in Lewis and Tremaglio, Evenings with Led Zeppelin, p. 483.
“Do me a favor”: Peter Grant, quoted in Abe Hoch interview.
“Rudolf Nureyev was in”: Maggie Bell, interview with the author, May 8, 2019.
“quite agitated”: Dave Northover, quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 327.
“Honestly, I was trying”: JP, quoted in Benji Le Fevre interview.
“Hi, I’m John Bonham”: JB, quoted in Wall, When Giants Walked the Earth, p. 352; also, in a truncated form, in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream, p. 77.
“It was clear that he”: Benji Le Fevre interview.
“Buffin wanted no part”: Aubrey Powell, interview with the author, May 15, 2019.
“a very powerful band”: Storm Thorgerson, quoted in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream, p. 77.
“I held out for Presence”: JP, quoted in Crowe, “Jimmy Page Beats the Devil.”
“I’m glad people”: RP, quoted in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream, p. 77.
“Nobody would get it”: Abe Hoch interview.
“I picked up the phone”: Aubrey Powell interview.
“confirms the quartet’s status”: Stephen Davis, “Presence” (review), Rolling Stone, May 20, 1976.
“their better albums”: Robert Christgau, “Christgau’s Consumer Guide,” Village Voice, July 12, 1976.
“This album is unadulterated”: “This album is very reminiscent of the first album.” Jonh Ingham, “Led Zeppelin: Presence” (review), Sounds, April 10, 1976.
“solid, non-stop, copper-bottomed”: Charles Shaar Murray, “Led Zeppelin: Presence” (review), NME, April 10, 1976.
And Chris Welch carried: Chris Welch, “Led Zeppelin: Presence” (review), MM, April 10, 2976.
“It’s not an easy album”: JP, quoted in Nigel Williamson, “Forget the Myths,” Uncut, May 2005, p. 72.
“Glo called the office”: Unity MacLean, interview with the author, October 16, 2019.
“Gloria and the kids”: Maggie Bell interview.
“She used to do all ”: Chris Most, interview with the author, May 14, 2019.
“It was absolute drug paranoia”: Peter Clifton, quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 301.
“I felt humiliated”: Peter Clifton, quoted in Welch, Peter Grant, p. 134.
“Who was that guy”: Ahmet Ertegun, quoted in Welch, Peter Grant, p. 132.
“How could you say that?”: Peter Grant, quoted in Welch, Peter Grant, p. 133.
“completely off his face”: Peter Clifton, quoted in Welch, Peter Grant, p. 135.
Gloria had caught him: “When she left, he never saw it coming.” Maggie Bell interview.
“He was quiet”: Maggie Bell interview; Aubrey Powell interview; Phil Carson, interview with the author, July 2, 2019; Unity MacLean interview. Also: Helen Grant, quoted in Blake, Bring It On Home, p. 169.
“polite, always a gentleman”: Unity MacLean interview.
“all these bad vibes”: Dave Northover, quoted in Blake, Bring It On Home, p. 169.
“a shotgun and a few”: Richard Cole, quoted in Welch, Peter Grant, p. 180.
“very scary person”: JP, quoted in Kent, “Bring It On Home,” p. 139.
“He was a dangerous character”: Carole Brown Woods, interview with the author, November 8, 2019.
“We all knew”: Maggie Bell interview.
“Johnny Bindon had the biggest”: Michael Des Barres, interview with the author, February 20, 2019.
“three big ale glasses”: Author interview with Unity MacLean, October 16, 2019.
“hang beer mugs off it”: Cynthia Sach, quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 348.
People extolled John Bindon’s: “He was an extremely funny guy, but truly frightening.” Benji Le Fevre interview.
“beyond scary”: “He ripped a friend’s balls right off.” Abe Hoch interview.
“She and Johnny spent”: “Bindon would roar with laughter.” Phil Carlo, interview with the author, May 12, 2019.
On other occasions: “He’d just pull the poppers apart on her skirt so she’d be standing there naked.” Unity MacLean interview.
He never left: “It was all Richard—he arranged the drugs for Peter, Bindon, and Jimmy.” Carole Brown Woods interview.
“There were now a ton”: Unity MacLean interview.
From time to time: “Peter would look in through the keyhole. It was seamy.” Unity MacLean interview.
“Jimmy never got off”: Unity Maclean interview.
“He had absolutely no time”: Maggie Bell interview.
“One year later”: Michael Des Barres interview.
“Dave knew he was trapped”: Jake Riviera, quoted in Hoskyns, Trampled, p. 346.
“I was besotted”: Goldberg, Bumping into Geniuses, p. 89.
“She was terrible”: Shelley Kaye, interview with the author, July 15, 2019.
“I’m not happy”: Abe Hoch interview.
“There was no hanging out”: Abe Hoch interview. Also: Phil Carson interview; Phil Carlo interview; Benji Le Fevre interview; Danny Goldberg, interview with the author, August 28, 2018; Elizabeth Iannaci, interview with the author, January 17, 2019; Janine Safer Whitney, interview with the author, April 2, 2019.
Chapter Nineteen: Their Own Private Sodom and Gomorrah
“It was the social”: Terry Reid, interview with the author, February 14, 2018.
“endless solos that went”: Tommy Ramone, quoted in “Fight Club,” Uncut, January 2007.
“I am actually out of touch”: JP, quoted in Mick Houghton, “Interview with Jimmy Page,” Sounds, July 10, 1976.
“It’s an honest soundtrack”: JP, blind-quoted from a 1977 interview in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: A Celebration, p. 41.
“It was the live material”: JP, quoted in Chris Salewicz, “The Gig Interview: Jimmy Page,” Gig, May 1977.
“There’s a winning version”: JP, blind-quoted from a 1977 interview in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: A Celebration, p. 41.
Ten years later: “It’s all in the tape vaults, but it would take a long time to do it.” JP, blind-quoted from a 1988 interview in Lewis, Led Zeppelin: A Celebration, p. 41.
“Hey, baldy, what are you”: “The stewardess had to tell them to shut up and behave.” Chris Charlesworth, interview with the author, May 17, 2019.
“Theaters in those days”: JP, quoted in Tolinski, Light & Shade, p. 200.
“told the projectionist”: Peter Clifton, quoted in Welch, Peter Grant, p. 136.
“You can look at those”: JP, quoted in Blake, Bring It On Home, p. 166.
“Members of the group”: “For the first two-thirds, which was all this reviewer stayed [for] . . .” Richard Eder, “Zeppelin’s Rock Pulverizes Eardrums at Cinema I,” New York Times, October 21, 1976.
