‘Raw hunger’ to ‘scandalous excess’: How Led Zeppelin became Britain’s ultimate 70s rock band

Rock’s greatest songs and the stories that accompany them are frequently played over and over again, and occasionally their impact wanes with time. However, Led Zeppelin’s mythos and legendary status have persisted, especially after their founding in 1968. The British band, which consists of the poetic powerhouse rhythm unit of drummer John Bonham and bassist John Paul Jones, visionary guitarist/producer Jimmy Page, and extravagantly swaggering vocalist Robert Plant, has remained instantly recognizable and worldwide influential despite being difficult to pinpoint. Blues, hard rock, folk stories, African, Asian, and Latin grooves, masculine bombast, and avant-garde flair are all prevalent in their multi-million-selling discography. They generally avoided the media while gaining a reputation for scandalous excess, but today their first authorized documentary, Becoming Led Zeppelin.