Led Zeppelin controversy here.
When I was one of the biggest fans of Creem* I was crushed when they broke up and never accepted the recording industry’s replacement band Led Zeppelin.
As Eric Clapton said of them “I can’t really stand hearing all that high pitched singing.” He respected former bandmate in the Yardbirds, Jimmy Page, though. I also just listen for the guitar work in all those ubiquitous hits that are now classics of rock.
* I coordinated by vacation from work at the library to travel to NYC to see the first tour of the new band Creem.
Note: not the brief appearance on the long bill of groups like Mitch Ryder, the Young Rascals and Simon and Garfunkle on March 25, 1967, at the RKO Keith Theater on 58th and 3rd Ave in New York City, when Cream and The Who both made their live debut in America.
The first US tour as headliners.
Reporter to snarly drummer Ginger Baker: “How do you like the US so far?”
Baker: “That’s an idiotic question. We saw the airport and now we’re in here. What the f-— could we have an opinion about?”
LOL, Ginger could be quite the crank. Well at least that time Ginger didn’t beat the interviewer with a stick.
Re Ginger: Ya gotta respect sincerity.