Results tagged “ledzeppelin”

Houstonist still likes its classics, though. From the 90's, we have southern-flavored rock from Southern Culture On the Skids and a favorite from Ben Folds Five's album Whatever and Ever, Amen. Our sole 80's entry comes from L.A. new wave band The Sparks. Finally, one of our contributors has spent a little too much time in his 1975 Camaro: he suggested Led Zeppelin and Foreigner. more ›

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market... more ›

What we have here is the legendary Dread Zeppelin live at The Engine Room in 2000. Who is Dread Zeppelin you ask? Well, they are a band who covers Led Zeppelin, Elvis, Bob Marley as well as many others with an Elvis impersonator, Tortelvis, singing lead all while playing the music reggae style! They've even been endorsed by the legendary, Robert Plant! They are a fun band to see live but mostly these days... more ›

The Music of Led Zeppelin: A Rock Symphony Now this one's personal. We can almost rememeer every detail of the day our visionary parents placed in our hands 4 cassettes. Standing in the kitchen, near the old antique dresser that held their supply of 8 tracks, albums, and cassettes; The place where we first laid eyes on the cover of Blind Faith's Blind Faith and knew we were looking in a drawer we shouldn't be;... more ›

Folk Legend Bert Jansch, who has influenced artists from many genres, including Neil Young (who refers to him as the acoustical version of Jimi Hendrix), Devendra Banhart, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Nick Drake, Beth Orton, Noel Gallagher (Oasis) and Mike Oldfield, will make a rare live appearance at the Orange Show. Infused with American folk, blues and Traditional British Isles music, his style is singularly unique and his song-writing very affecting.... more ›

Muse’s popularity is just kicking off here in the U.S., while in their home country, the English lads have been reaping the rewards of stardom, including MTV Europe’s Best Alternative Act in 2004 and a Q Magazine award for Best Live Act. You can see if you agree with the Brits tonight at their show at Verizon Wireless. Musically, Muse can be best described as progressive rock. One Amazon reviewer compared them to “Led Zeppelin,... more ›