From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dan wrote:> I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather
> different aspects of rock. Zeppelin did a wonderful job of exploring and
> extending the blues that underlie rock. Rock and Roll is a good example of
> this. Yes explored the possibility of a more classical music approach to
> rock.
rob replied:Even Zep took some hits over their penchant for experimentation that led to songs such as D'yer Maker.
I like D'yer Maker, and I'd say that most of the Zep heads I knew liked it as well, even if we did pronounce it "Dire Maker" for years. I never figured out the small line at the end of the liner note lyrics for this song: "What ever happened to Rosie and the Originals?"
And yet by the same token, Zep wannabe bands like White Snake are partially to blame for the GlamRock trend of the 1980's. Of course, Alice Cooper and Kiss were also influences there....
I think Whitesnake had enough talent to rise above the "Zep wannabe" label.
At least for their "Slide It In" album (my favorite), they had three Deep Purple
band members on board. They did have that Zep sound though: the first time
I heard them, it was my friend, saying "Check these guys out, they sound like
Zeppelin".
My head is going to explode.
Glam rock started at least in 1968 and was nailed by David Bowie with Ziggy. I will admit ignorance here, if Whitesnake's early stuff was glam-like then so be it but I doubt it. If you meant instead a direct line to heavy metal, then that's wrong also, IMHO. If you meant Glam metal, I still think it's a stretch. Whitesnake of the 80's was not glam. Again this is all IMHO, but glam has to first be pretty boys and stage presence before music. Whitesnake had neither, except David Coverdale.
"Slide It In" did not have three Deep Purple band members on the album. Paice was back with Deep Purple. In fact to call Coverdale Deep Purple would be like saying Blaze Bayley is Iron Maiden, and I at least recognize the different IM songs. (On the third hand, I didn't know IM had a different first singer).
Jimmy Page was the guitar player for Zep, unless you meant something else Reggie, about the music.
I do hate the tag Zep wannabees. There was a band in the eighties that was practically a rip-off of Led Zeppelin and damn if I can think of their name now. But how much music is created in a vacuum? Some bands do have unique sounds but it'd be hard to point to a first album that was much different than what was released at the same time. Pink Floyd's early stuff was out there, but not far off from others. The Ramones or Devo could be exceptions. Maybe that's related to the music industry. A band isn't going to be signed if the label can't pigeonhole them, but after a few successful albums they can afford to be different.
Sorry. I love this type of music.
Kevin T. - VRWC Disregard for timekeeping
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