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1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Rock Gods For Sure! Aug 21, 2009
Love this band they can do no wrong in my eyes. Definately the best heavy rock band ever. There will never be another Jimmy or Robert, the combination was magic. Loved the book hard to put it down, very raw!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A Tale of Excess, but not too excessive Aug 17, 2009
This is a well written book and an easy read. I have read many other rock n roll bio's and this one stacks up as follows:
Drugs: Cocaine, some heroin. Anecdotes are the best- no real withdrawl or scoring stories, minimal arrest tales.
Sex: Some teenage type perversity, nothing really sick. Some pedophila suggested. Groupie talk is OK, but nothing really shocking.
Rock n Roll: The best part of the book. Learning about the professional history of the band and some personal history. Great to know the origins of some of the songs and the relationship (if any) between the band members and crew. Manager Peter Grant would probably write a better book on his own (if he didn't write this one). Not sure why they thought the Vanilla Fudge was so big.
Not a children of divorce story (Cobain, Motley Crue) or a livin the Blues story (Stones, Gram Parsons) or tragic end to hard life story (Patsy Cline, Marvin Gaye). A real 'take the money and run' story...the music business ain't what it used to be.
They made a lot of money, sold a lot of records and love to brag about it. I wish there was more stuff on the satanism dabblings, but that is a leit motif of the story in this book anyway. I know first hand they were un-reliable in concert. I am a huge fan so it was an enjoyable if quick read.
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 Not Enriching, But Good Inside Story Aug 14, 2009
So everyone who told me to read this for years was right: this is "the" epic and definitive account of their birth and wanton tales of wandering in the 70s. Thanks to Aram for seconding the recommendation, and lending me it so I could read it at last. I liked the personal warmth between the band members, or at least most of them. I also love getting a sense of just what drove such incredible innovation and energy. It's inspiring to me and makes me want to jam. Get my very own Bonzo set of classic hard rock drums. While it's not especially enriching, it sure was fun vicarious living. Grade: C+.
 Great info on song backgrounds. May 11, 2009
I wanted more behind the scenes or personal interviews from the band. The book was very informative about the songs and touring but for me not enough about the members and what made them become backstage legends.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Unreadable Jan 26, 2009
I'm a long time fan of Led Zeppelin and, if you are too, I suggest you look elsewhere for a decent read about the band. I winced my way through the first half of the book before giving up. Repetitive overblown prose.
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