Official website: shop.dreadzeppe... Facebook: / dreadzeppelin Robert Plant Talks about Dread Zeppelin. Apparently he is a big fan of the band. I always go the bands official website: www.dreadzeppel...
Despite being the ultimate rock n' roll God, Plant always took things with a pinch of salt, always reminding people that music is for having fun and nothing else. Dread Zep is a great tribute indeed
Black Dog is called Black Hound Dog and Heartbreaker is called Heartbreaker Hotel, that's pretty funny, how cool is Robert Plant, giving props to Dread Zeppelin.
Elvis actually adds to it because Robert happens to worship Elvis Presley. These guys are priceless to see live. I'll never forget it! They had the whole club's attention the entire time, and we all laughed so much.........it was worth every penny. I also recommend the Jimi Homeless Experience. Party on, people!!
In the mid 90s a group of my SF friends and I were in LA visiting a buddy who was in med school at USC. It was late in the day and we had taken some mushrooms at little bar/nightclub in Pasadena. As the sun set the shrooms started coming on, and just as a wave of giggled hit us a band started warming up. We had no F'n clue what was about to happen. By pure happenstance Dread Zeppelin took the stage and fried our innocent minds to a little crisp. Been a Dread fan ever since.
dread zep played the wauwatosa fest a couple years ago. some friends and I just walked backstage and spent a good hour or more with them. SUPER cool time
You know you're on to a good thing when you've been endorsed by one of the guys who wrote your stuff. I've been a fan of LZ and DZ for decades. They're both awesome.
Saw them twice live. Awesome, hilarious, transcendent! I've played their stuff for friends and they are either offended or just don't get it. Lighten up and enjoy!!!
never saw them live, never saw any of their videos before today, was listening to some music and thought" I wonder if they have any Dredd Zep" and was pleasantly surprised by how much you tube has. I was turned on to them by a friend way way back when their first album came out, and loved them from the first note. Alot of people don't get it. They think it's just a joke. It is a joke but they are also really good. Original concept that combines three musical things that are great , reggae, Zepplin, and Elvis. 3 great tastes that taste great together, like the fried peanut butter and banana sandwich!
Agreed, the work Jimmy put on the albums is a lot different than his live stuff. Mid to late 70s when he was all smacked up live, his playing was suspect, but man the solo for Good Times Bad Times and the flamenco style acoustic on Babe, I'm gonna leave you is second to none.
the guitarist in Dread Zep knows Page inside out... he plays Page licks at different tempos, alludes to Page lines, plays them reggae style. it's amazing...
You're right. I'm totally agree with you :) in my opinion the old GNR was great! and I miss them... in the same way I wish I could to see Led Zeppelin before I die... or before they die O_o
for the last time page was never sloppy on record.what you call sloppy is his way of playing live he never plays a solo the same form night to night...so when he is on he is one of the best and when he is off or misses his mark its so called sloppy..and thats based on his words and my time as a guitar player....
I agree with you. Many people seem to think that a live version should be exactly the same to prove that the band is good. But I think if playing the song with slight variants each time is a mark of a great band. It proves that they haven't just learnt the song exactly the way it's supposed to be, what I mean is the can put a different spin on it at each show. (If any of that makes any sense lol)
listening to led zeppelin do mouth guitar noises just like all us die hard fans was something I just didn't know was missing from my life. And yeah - Dread Zeppelin was/is awesome. I was dumbstruck the first time I saw them on Much Music.
A testimony to the everlasting and extensive coolness of this band, that they do not take themselves so serious as to not be able to enjoy a unique show featuring their music. They themselves were accused of perverting southern blues with heavy metal by some.
@antimarxism don't get shirty. i meant that the guitarist (while obviously playing jimmy page riffs) understands jimmy page and the songs they cover to an incredible degree. he plays riffs in half time, plays trippy melody lines drenched in reverb, and twists and plays with classic jimmy page music with alarming intelligence, and musicality. my point was, this is no mere cover band. if you know the zep songs well, this guys' guitar work will leave you smiling, laughing and gasping in awe...
Robert and Jimmy have great senses of humor -- no egos about being covered by -- well, by what I wouldn't exactly call a tribute or covered band, but nonetheless, they are okay with it.
Dread Zeppelin is another world, level and feeling. Try to find a similar sounding band, you will fail. Plant's opinion about DZ is just cool for me. (:
@guitarttimman Do you play an instrument? He is a great guitarist and so talented that the average ear couldnt tell when he was having a bad night. There were times when he was sloppy and he was lucky to have Jones and Bonham help mask it!
Can't believe he likes them..Robert has some patience..but hey dread zeppelin are not so bad they do have rythmn! and plus i think robert digs them cause he likes Elvis and there's an Elvis impersonater!
Hah, that is so great to see, that he's able to be in such a great band as led zep without taking himself so seriously that he can't appreciate the high art of dread zep, and i bet he realizes that what DZ does is a respectful homage, not a mockery
Hey! he talked about guns n roses before??? anybody knows?? please tell me! I love Led Zeppelin and GNR and i really like to know if he said something about them!
It is not about improvising or deviating from the record, but rather as you said making mistakes, Page was not always perfect and I bet he would admit that. I am more talking playing the hammer and trills smoothly, being in sync with the band and keeping your bends in tune. Page is a brilliant guitar player, my favorite of the big 3 (Clapton, Beck, Page), but he was at times sloppy, but hey Rock guitar is not about being perfect, its more about feeling and emotion.
One more thing, where do you think Page came up with the DADGAD tuning that so many give him credit for? Answer, Davey Graham. Does that make Page a thief? Not to me, but Davey doesn't get the credit for it.
@MuskateerGripWeed sorta. But McCartney has no control these days over his hamming it up and singing deadpan at the drop of a hat. Plant usually doesn't go there. This seems like just a one-off comment from him. much as I worship Macca, he oughtta just answer questions naturally like he used to, instead of trumping up the obvious like he does on all those interviews he gives. And he seems to be interviewed daily which is too much for anyone. No mystique left in him anymore.
While you do have -5, I have to say I agree about Jimmy Page, but not so much about Robert Plant. At least he can laugh about them making fun of a band of whose awesomeness they could never understand.
@vdbdg "music is for having fun and nothing else?" ... Guess I must have been listening to the wrong kind of music! I know what you mean (Plant and his r-n-r persona). But if it's nothing else Dread Zepplin beats Plant's old band all to hell.
