Let’s Rename Robert E Lee Road to Robert Plant Road
If you don’t think this is the best idea you’ve ever heard of, you’re a racist. Or anti-Zepplinist. Or both, which makes you twice as bad. #robertplantrd [...]
Led Zeppelin
Completely Unsubstantiated Led Zeppelin Reunion Rumors
I get a Led Zeppelin Google alert, because I am a huge nerd. When I woke up today my news feed was filled with stories of a cryptic message on Robert Plant’s website. [...]
Review: That time Robert Plant sang an entire show dedicated to me
I was born about 40 years too late to get on the original Led Zeppelin train, but that’s never stopped me from being a huge fan. HUGE. But because I’ll never see [...]
Hear Led Zeppelin’s previously unreleased song “Sunshine Woman”
September 16th will see the release of Led Zeppelin’s The Complete BBC Sessions (originally put together in 1997 but now expanded). The recordings come from a session [...]
Lawyer who sued Led Zeppelin suspended from practicing law
Well, this is an interesting turn of events. Francis Malofiy, the lawyer who represented the songwriter for the band Spirit but still failed to persuade an LA court that Led [...]
Led Zeppelin did not plagiarize “Stairway to Heaven”
So says the legal system. According to The Washington Post: Led Zeppelin’s guitar wizard Jimmy Page and charismatic lead singer Robert Plant both claimed that they hadn’t [...]
Led Zeppelin News 6.6.2016
So, what’s going on with Zeppelin this week? First, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant will be in court next week for the “Stairway to Heaven” lawsuit. If you [...]
Review: Black Pistol Fire @ Emo’s
Black Pistol Fire is a banging two-man band from Austin via Toronto that just released their second (and even better than the first) album Don’t Wake the Riot (2016). [...]
Train gives us what nobody was asking for
Train has re-recorded the 1969 album Led Zeppelin II and is releasing it at Starbucks. Let’s just let that soak in for a moment. Needless to say, the reaction from both [...]
Jimmy Page’s former home burns down because of Aleister Crowley curse
No, for real though, that place is cursed. On December 23rd, the Boleskine House near Loch Ness in Scotland caught fire and about 60% of the house burned. The [...]
Farewell LivingLovingMaid, Hello Smack Madness
Hey, have you guys noticed that Led Zeppelin hasn’t actually been a band since about 1980? Yeah, me too. So while this site started as a fanzine for all things Led [...]
Zeppelin in the Top 10 again
I was checking out the Billboard 200 (I know, I know, let me be) and lo and behold, Led Zeppelin’s got three albums in the top 20, because apparently it’s 1978. [...]
Led Zeppelin News 8.3.15
A broken leg isn’t keeping Dave Grohl down (because Dave Grohl is the most absurdly considerate rocker, ever. I dare you to find someone who claims differently), and he [...]
New track from Led Zeppelin
That is a straight-up lie; I’m sorry. There are no new tracks from Led Zeppelin. I am a horrible person. However, the “new” track “Sugar Mama,” which will be [...]
The Led Zeppelin Experience, to be experienced at later date
I was pretty psyched because tonight I had tickets to see the Led Zeppelin Experience – a Zepp cover band that automatically beats all other Zepp cover bands because the [...]
Joni Mitchell — my favorite covers
Joni Mitchell’s medical status is still a little dicey — a couple of days ago it was reported that she’s in a coma, but today it’s being reported that [...]
Review: Led Zeppelin, Part 2
Now, I’m not going to come right out and say that I moved to Austin because Robert Plant lives in Austin. But I’m not not saying that, you know what I mean? [...]
New Led Zeppelin
Apparently Jimmy Page has been busy (not including the time spent hassling Robert Plant to tour again). Page has been remastering several of Led Zeppelin‘s early albums [...]
The Led Zeppelin runion, Part 2: President Clinton edition
So apparently former US President Clinton can negotiate with North Korea to get hostages released, but even he can’t convince Led Zeppelin to get back together for a [...]
Neutral Milk Hotel reunion, Asian dates, hyperventilation
There have been rumors abounding that Neutral Milk Hotel would be reuniting for a some shows for a while now, but now it’s officially, no bullshit, honest-to-god [...]
The Led Zeppelin reunion
I am a fairly massive Led Zeppelin fan. In fact, the title of this site comes from a somewhat mediocre Led Zeppelin song, but come on — they can’t all be winners [...]
Smack Madness 