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Led Zeppelin to reunite ....

metirish Oct 28 2008 10:13 AM

without Robert Plant... Hardly a surprise I suppose. ] Band are auditioning for new singers after original frontman prefers to concentrate on his collaboration with Alison Krauss Led Zeppelin have confirmed they will be reuniting once again for a full tour. There's only one problem: singer Robert Plant won't be joining them. After some will he, won't he rumours in the press, bassist John Paul Jones confirmed that the band were auditioning for new singers following Plant's decision not to hit the road again. Jones told the BBC: "It's got to be right. There's no point in just finding another Robert." He also said they were hoping to write new material. Plant joined the band for an 02 Arena show last year, originally planned as a one-off. But the massive success of the concert spurred on members of the band, who established their success in the 1970s, to consider a more permanent reunion. Their singer, however, had other ideas: namely his relatively successful joint project with country singer Alison Krauss. Plant has recently finished touring their critically acclaimed album Raising Sand. When rumours surfaced last month that a Led Zeppelin reunion was back on, Plant was quick to dismiss them as "ridiculous and frustrating" and asserted he would not be touring again for at least another two years. His statement, in which he wished the remaining members of Led Zeppelin "nothing but success" with their future endeavours, was swiftly followed by rumours that John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham (son of original drummer John) would tour without Plant. It was reported that the band were rehearsing with singer Myles Kennedy, but there has been no confirmation of a replacement from the band. Jones described the experience of playing the 02 Arena last December as "wonderful", and said: "The most pleasure is making music. I love listening to it, but nothing as much fun as having an instrument in my hand and communicating with people." No further details have been released about a tour.

AG/DC Oct 28 2008 10:28 AM

Wow. That's batshit insane. I mean, yeah, it's the best thing to ever happen to Billy Squier, but other than that, in-fucking-sane.

metirish Oct 28 2008 10:32 AM

Good for Plant though , he's doing some good stuff right now.

AG/DC Oct 28 2008 10:39 AM

They toured without John Paul Jones and they billed it as Page-Plant. If they do this, hopefully it'll be as Page-Jones or Page-Jones-Dolby or whatever.

Fman99 Oct 28 2008 11:06 AM

Stop it. Give out the award for "Shenanigan-based thread title" right now. Unless you've got the Poltergeist midget or an Ouija board, you're not reuniting Led Zeppelin.

sharpie Oct 28 2008 12:12 PM

What AG said about the name. The whole thing sounds ridiculous to me.

seawolf17 Oct 28 2008 01:14 PM

Lots of rumors about who would lead the group. One rumor has Steven Tyler rehearsing, and I read another about Pat Monahan from Train. Lots of wannabe Plants out there (Jack Russell from Great White and Chris Robinson from the Black Crowes come to mind as guys who have released faithful Zep cover albums).

sharpie Oct 28 2008 01:32 PM

There are some bands where the singer isn't that important. If the Who needed to replace Roger Daltrey, that would be ok (instead of having to replace two far more important members). Just as the Doors shouldn't have gone out as the Doors without Jim Morrison or Queen without Freddie Mercury, having an ersatz Robert Plant is just wrong.

AG/DC Oct 28 2008 01:33 PM

I'm holding out for Squier. Other suspects will include professional Plant imitators like David Coverdale (of course) or Randy Jackson or --- I dunno --- Sebastian Bach. (They should star in a reality show called The Secret Life of Plants.) Guys who might take them in a new direction: Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Bruce Fuckin' Dickinson. The one I say gets it... Doug Pinnick of King's X. You heard it here first.

metirish Oct 28 2008 02:01 PM

The Doors touring with "Shaman" Ian Astbury was quite funny , I think he actually thought he and Morrison were kindred spirits. The tours seem to be successful so there must be a market for this.

soupcan Oct 28 2008 02:17 PM

="AG/DC"](They should star in a reality show called The Secret Life of Plants.) TransPlants

metsguyinmichigan Oct 28 2008 04:07 PM

Randy Jackson, late of Zebra, tours now with symphonies doing Zep tunes. That said, it ain't Zep without Plant.

Kong76 Oct 28 2008 06:59 PM

Betcha they drag the story on for another six months and Plant does the tour and they all do the misty mountain hop giggling to the bank.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 28 2008 08:10 PM

KC wrote: Betcha they drag the story on for another six months and Plant does the tour and they all do the misty mountain hop giggling to the bank. That's exactly what I was thinking.