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Re: Robert Plant Opens Up About Led Zeppelin Reunion, Failed Follow-Up Wit
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Robert Plant Opens Up About Led Zeppelin Reunion, Failed Follow-Up With Alison Krauss
Zeppelin frontman also says he stopped writing songs because of Tony Blair
By Andy Greene
January 6, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
In the new issue of Rolling Stone - on stands and online in the digital archives now (subscription required) — Robert Plant explains to writer Stephen Rodrick why he was unwilling to keep performing with Led Zeppelin after their 2007 reunion concert.
"It was an amazing evening," Plant says. "The preparations for it were fraught and intense, but the last rehearsal was really, really good, for all that it represented and all that we were trying to capture. But I've gone so far somewhere else that I almost can't relate to it...It's a bit of a pain in the pisser to be honest. Who cares? I know people care, but think about it from my angle - soon, I'm going to need help crossing the street."
Other highlights from the piece:
- Plant and Alison Krauss began crafting a follow-up to their 2007 surprise smash LP Raising Sand, but it didn't go well. "The sound wasn't there," says Plant. "Alison is the best. She's one of my favorite people. We'll come back to it."
- Plant recently flew to Morocco and recreated a legendary trip he went on with Jimmy Page in 1978 where the duo wrote "Kashmir." "I wanted to go back and take that road," Plant says. "It just heads all the way down the coast. It was fucking amazing."
- Tony Blair's religious awakening horrified Plant to the point that he stopped writing new songs. "The last time I lifted a pen was when Tony Blair became a Roman Catholic," he says. "We were supposedly going into the Gulf, determined to sort the world out in the name of tyranny. Then, once he had to leave the throne, he became a Roman Catholic and became a peace envoy in the Middle East. That's when I knew the world was completely upside down."
- Plant is endlessly annoyed by his musical peers (he won't name names) who do little besides replay their old hits. "There's nothing worse than a bunch of jaded old farts, and that's a fact," he says. "People who have written their story — they've gotten to the point where nothing moves. I don't deal in that, and I don't deal with anybody who deals in that."
Re: Robert Plant Opens Up About Led Zeppelin Reunion, Failed Follow-Up Wit
That Zeppelin show was the only thing he did that anyone paid attention to in 30 years... but he'd rather keep making solo albums that are bought for drink coasters.
Who cares? Like every fucking hard rock fan on the fucking planet.
Re: Robert Plant Opens Up About Led Zeppelin Reunion, Failed Follow-Up Wit
ROBERT PLANT Nominated For BRIT AWARD - Jan. 14, 2011
Legendary LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has been nominated in the "British Male Solo Artist" category at this year's Brit Awards (the British equivalent of the Grammy Awards). The winners will be announced at the O2 Arena in London, England on February 15.
"Band of Joy", the new album from Robert Plant and BAND OF JOY, sold 49,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Plant's first release since recording the six-time Grammy-winning bluegrass album "Raising Sand" with collaborator Alison Krauss in 2007, the "Band of Joy" CD enlists the help of an array of U.S. musicians, all of whom are performing with Plant on tour.
The new lineup of BAND OF JOY includes: Patty Griffin on vocals; Darrell Scott on multiple instruments and vocals; Byron House on bass and vocals; Marco Giovino on drums, percussion and vocals; and co-producer Buddy Miller on guitar and vocals.
Re: Robert Plant Opens Up About Led Zeppelin Reunion, Failed Follow-Up Wit
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ROBERT PLANT And BAND OF JOY To Perform At BONNAROO http://bit.ly/hF2pTy about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
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Robert Plant & Band of Joy performed "House of Cards" on the Late Show with David Letterman on 2/4/2011.
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Re: Robert Plant Opens Up About Led Zeppelin Reunion, Failed Follow-Up Wit
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ROBERT PLANT To Release 'Harm's Swift Way' Single http://bit.ly/fo69VR
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