Review: ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ brings riffage and volume but little in the way of fresh insight
Though blessed with new interviews with surviving band members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant, the timid profile represents a missed opportunity.
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Review: The Master Blasters
A new documentary looks back at the band’s early years, featuring interviews with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones in retrospective mode.
Becoming Led Zeppelin Is a Fascinating Look at the Iconic Band’s Formation: Review
The three surviving band members are all interviewed in this new documentary. Becoming Led Zeppelin Is a Fascinating Look at the Iconic Band’s Formation: Review
'They always said 'No': Why Led Zeppelin's surviving members agreed to a documentary
Despite having shut down legions of authors and filmmakers interested in their story, the members of Led Zeppelin said yes to Bernard MacMahon. Why?
Becoming Led Zeppelin Isn’t Trying to Tell the Whole Story
A thoroughly researched documentary blessed by control freaks who still can’t, or won’t, wrestle with the less flattering parts of the band’s history.
Led Zeppelin Stands Out As Several Massive Albums Climb
Led Zeppelin is one of the onlly acts to fgll multiple spots on the U.K.'s rock albums chart and push all their current wins upward, joining My Chemical Romance in the feat.
Becoming Led Zeppelin: an 'exhilarating' documentary
First authorised documentary captures the legendary rock band's energy – but avoids their 'nearly mythic destructive arc'
Times Led Zeppelin Went Too Far On Tour
Every generation of rock stars has its wild cards, but Led Zeppelin set the bar for everyone. Even by 1970s standards, they often took things way too far.
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Anniversary Album: 50 Years of ‘Physical Graffiti,’ Led Zeppelin’s Double-Album Tour de Force
If you’re looking for Led Zeppelin at their expansive best, it’s hard to match Physical Graffiti, an album released 50 years ago this month. The double album displays the band trying everything, and ...
Variety6d
How Led Zeppelin Changed the World
Led Zeppelin, if you take in the full measure of their annihilating sunburst grandeur, are a very hard band to categorize. They’re usually thought of as the gods of metal, and few would deny tha ...
The Mirror5d
People are only just realising what Led Zeppelin actually means
People are only just realising what the meaning behind Led Zeppelin's name is – and what the band were called before hitting the big time. The legendary rock group – known for hits like ...
Rolling Stone5d
The Led Zeppelin Documentary Attempts to Show the Rock Gods As People
their reaction, McGourty says, “was very moving.” So, will there be a sequel that ventures into Led Zeppelin’s later years? The filmmakers are cagey. “I haven’t even given it a second ...
Led Zeppelin in their own words: The first band-authorised doco hits NZ cinemas
The three surviving members of Led Zeppelin have been mysteriously media-shy - until the new doco Becoming Led Zeppelin.