Zep reunion on again - or maybe not

MoominPapa

Sunset V wrote: »

It's a farce if they keep the name. Farce in the same way Queen are operating. Although that dude from Alter Bridge wouldn't be the worst candidate, heard him do a cover of Rock and Roll and Kashmir, and, to his credit, they were solid.

The boy can sing for sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTc5h8aHNxc

lucky they're not looking for a drummer as well though:pac:

Actually they should look up the singer from Kingdom Come

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7W2BOu6i1I

remember Jimmy Page saying that he didn't mind others ripping off the Zep sound but when he saw KC for the first time he fell off the bed laughing

Sunset V

MoominPapa wrote: »

lucky they're not looking for a drummer as well though:pac:

Indeedy doody! Although I can become available very quickly!!

Furious-Red

here is a clip from Taylor and Dave playing with Zepplin in Wembley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSmCAnYlsK0

Furious-Red

Led Zeppelin have replaced their frontman Robert Plant with American singer Myles Kennedy, according to reports.

MuchMoreMusic claims that Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham have been rehearsing with Kennedy recently, after Plant issued a statement quashing rumours of a reunion tour and album.

On September 29 Robert Plant issued a statement saying Led Zeppelin would not record or tour with him in the line-up.

The claim came after Twisted Sister's Dee Snider supposedly leaked details of the rehearsal sessions.

Snider described Page, Jones and Bonham as saying to Robert Plant: "We're all rehearsed, we're ready to go. Here's a gazillion dollars on the table.

"If you don't do it, we're going out with this kid [Kennedy]. And he can sing the **** out of Zeppelin And they're gonna hope that Robert, at the last minute, will go, 'OK', and step in."

Myles Kennedy is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Washington who currently fronts rock band Alter Bridge.

Wonder what they will sound like

dr.bollocko

That would be disappointing if true TBH.
Sounds like a bit of a Chad Kroeger from youtube clips

big b

I'd have mixed feelings about this too.

On one hand, it'd be great for all those classic - in every sense of the word- songs to get another live airing, it'd be great to see Jimmy, JPJ & Jason doing their stuff on stage, it'd be brilliant for all those too young to have ever seen Zep live to get a chance to experience it.

On the other hand, no matter how good the replacement singer, it can only be a diluted version of what went before.
Look what happened to Genesis. (not everyone's favourite band, I know, but bear with me here!)
At the time of the Invisible Touch & We Can't Dance albums, Genesis were about the biggest band on the planet. Then Phil Collins decides to leave, Mike Rutherford & Tony Banks decide to carry on & recruit Ray Wilson from Stiltskin.
From selling out Knebworth, 4 nights at Wembley Stadium etc etc, the band find themselves playing to half-sold theatres in Europe & the American tour cancelled altogether. Fast forward to 2007, Phil agrees to come back for a farewell mini-tour, and the band play to about 1 million in Europe & sell out about 18 major gigs across the States.

There really are some things that are better left as priceless memories of grandeur past.
Would Zep with a new singer sell out Knebworth? I seriously doubt it. They'd sell it out for a week with Robert Plant singing.
Would I go see them? Sure, but I'd be less manic about it. I'd drop everyting & head to the States if I had to, to see the band with RP on vocals. I'm not sure I'd go much further than a cheap flight to London for what amounts to a covers band.

Honestly, guys, if it can't be done properly, I think I'd rather you didn't do it at all.

MoominPapa

big b wrote: »

Honestly, guys, if it can't be done properly, I think I'd rather you didn't do it at all.

QFT