RP is the real deal and a self effacing gentleman through and through. The casualness of the Zep rise to prominence and Robert's "I want to SING!" stories were precious. His love for the band coupled with his "everyman" ignorance certainly grates on the conversation, but Plant handled it masterfully! Busting Howard's balls appropriately and not taking it all so seriously was a winning combo for Robert. I LOVED the interview from the point of view that Howard is just a simply INSANE Zeppelin fan like most of us. Yeah, the East Cost NYC mindset is pretty bleak. “I thought, all those years later, you know, that it was just one ridiculous loss.” “What it was was his boy was playing drums,” he told Howard. The performance (above) brought tears to Robert’s eyes as he watched from his seat in the audience. Joining them on stage behind the drum kit was John’s son Jason Bonham. “He was a loose cannon but he was a spectacular guy.”ĭuring the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors, the band Heart performed “Stairway to Heaven” live in tribute to Led Zeppelin, whose three surviving members were being honored. “He was my brother,” Plant said of Bonham. Rather than replace him, Zeppelin ultimately decided to break up In 1980, Bonham died in his sleep after a full day of heavy drinking. However, Zeppelin’s drummer John Bonham, often regarded as the greatest drummer who ever lived, struggled with substance abuse and addiction throughout the band’s history. “Drugs, I have no interest in … It got in the way of joy,” he told Howard. Living life to the fullest meant avoiding doing drugs for Robert. “Why waste a second of time after that?” he said on Tuesday. Though the accident could have killed him, it gave Robert a new perspective on how precious his life is. “I was in a wheelchair for seven months,” Robert told Howard, adding that his injuries put Zeppelin’s plans for a seventh studio album on hold. In 1975, Robert and his then wife Maureen were involved in a serious car wreck while visiting Greece. Howard wondered if Zeppelin ever felt competitive with the Who or any of the other big rock acts of the day, but Robert explained they were all just “kids” who hadn’t any time to think about matters like that. “And we said, ‘Yeah, yeah it was an early show.’ So we went in and ate all the band’s food and ran away.” “We walked in the door and they said, ‘Wow, you’re early,’” Robert continued. Turns out that’s where the Who was scheduled to eat after their show. “Sorry, Roger.”Īfter seeing the Who live at a New York concert, Robert admitted he and Led Zeppelin left before the encore and wound up at the famed restaurant Max's Kansas City. “I looked a little bit like Roger Daltrey but a bit taller,” Robert said of the Who’s lead singer with a laugh. Some of the most celebrated albums in rock history were released in 1969, including the Beatles’ “Abbey Road,” the Rolling Stones’ “Let It Bleed,” the Who’s “Tommy,” and the massively successful “Led Zeppelin II.” After Howard brought up “Tommy,” Robert recalled a prank he and his bandmates once pulled on the Who way back when. The Who's Roger Daltrey in 1969 Photo: Shutterstock Rather, he remembers them standing around his hotel room for hours, talking about music.Īs for whether Robert and Led Zeppelin ever hosted their own sumptuous fan meet-and-greets, Plant told Howard they were more likely to just avoid people altogether. It’s not sashay, it’s not slink … he just grooved his way through the people,” Robert said.ĭespite worshipping Elvis in his youth, Robert told Howard he wasn’t nervous on the night he met him. “When the room was suitably full … when the room was buzzing with anticipation, the door opened and this guy just, I don’t know what the word is. Robert can still recall how the room slowly but surely filled with female fans who all seemed to resemble the actress Sandra Dee. The band was invited to meet with Elvis at his Los Angeles hotel room - Presley was staying in the royal suite on the top floor. “He knew that we were selling tickets faster than him and he wanted to know what kind of phenomenon this was,” Robert told Howard. I just knew the voice … it just was celestial,” Robert said, explaining he had no access to video of Elvis’s moves - he could only hear his music on the radio.įast forward a few years to Led Zeppelin hitting it big and actually catching the King’s attention. “I didn’t know what he danced like, to be honest. Music was an interest of Plant’s from a very early age and he recalled for Howard how he would pretend to be rock superstar Elvis Presley as a kid growing up in England.
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