When Giants Walked the Earth

from exfed

I always enjoyed the music of Led Zeppelin, and now I know the story of the band members and their manager. Fairly typical story of a band's rise to prominence, and everything that comes with it -- sex, drugs and destroying hotel rooms. One exception for Zeppelin is that they led the way in the h...

from aeceyton

The author shows a deep fascination with the bands and its members and an innate understanding of the mythology around them. The book is interspersed with "POV" narratives of the members, all from before the band was even thought of. Clever idea and worked well at first.

from satyridae

I am a Led Zeppelin fan. I am not a fan of this book. I listened to it on CD, and the shifts from third to first person were dizzying and insanely hard to follow. The breathless authorial style didn't work for me. The Crowley/occult/Satanism speculation bored my pants off and caused me to actuall...

from stevierbrown

Subject matter is fascinating, the stories are great but the writing leaves a lot to be desired.If this had been a biography of any other band there is no way I would have continued beyond the first chapter.However, the structure of the book encourages listening to the albums in turn as each albu...

from hectorius123

It was amazing to read the rise and fall of the rock band. I didn't feel we ever truly get under the skin of why they were so good. I wanted more detail about the creative process and less about the Crowley influence