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When giants walked the earth : a biography of Led Zeppelin / Mick Wall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: viii, 504 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0312590008 (alk. paper)
  • 9780312590000 (alk. paper)
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Contents:
Ascension! The dawn of now -- Daze of my youth -- Light and shade -- Going to California -- High in the sky -- Cannons! -- Cracking the whip -- A bustle in your hedgerow -- The curse of King Midas. So mote it be -- All that glitters -- We are your overlords -- The golden gods -- The devil in his hole -- Caesar's chariot -- The outhouse -- To be a rock -- -
Summary: Veteran rock journalist Wall tells the comprehensive and yet intimately detailed story of Led Zeppelin--the band that pushed the envelope on both creativity and excess, even by rock 'n' roll standards.
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Veteran rock journalist Mick Wall unflinchingly tells the story of the band that pushed the envelope on both creativity and excess, even by rock 'n' roll standards. Led Zeppelin was the last great band of the 1960s and the first great band of the 1970s--and When Giants Walked the Earth is the full, enthralling story of Zep from the inside, written by a former associate of both Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Rich and revealing, it bores into not only the disaster, addiction and death that haunted the band but also into the real relationship between Page and Plant, including how it was influenced by Page's interest in the occult. Comprehensive and yet intimately detailed, When Giants Walked the Earth literally gets into the principals' heads to bring to life both an unforgettable band and an unrepeatable slice of rock history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-475) and index.

Ascension! The dawn of now -- Daze of my youth -- Light and shade -- Going to California -- High in the sky -- Cannons! -- Cracking the whip -- A bustle in your hedgerow -- The curse of King Midas. So mote it be -- All that glitters -- We are your overlords -- The golden gods -- The devil in his hole -- Caesar's chariot -- The outhouse -- To be a rock -- -

Veteran rock journalist Wall tells the comprehensive and yet intimately detailed story of Led Zeppelin--the band that pushed the envelope on both creativity and excess, even by rock 'n' roll standards.

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