Becoming Led Zeppelin
Did I ever tell you about that time in my 8th grade art class? We were discussing Led Zeppelin and even though I was a big fan, I told this guy named Frank that I thought they sucked. Just to mess with him. Bad move as Frank was tougher than me and an even bigger fan. He proceeded to get me in a headlock. Took a minute to escape. The instructor, an elderly fella who may well have been deep into an upright nap, didn't react. I became a convert to the music of vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page. bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham a year or so before, when I was twelve. They were always all over FM radio, but when my friend Eric lent me their untitled album - Led Zeppelin IV , of course - I dropped the needle probably enough times to necessitate me buying him a new copy. Think of all the pennies Boomers and Gen Xers carefully stacked on styluses the world over to "get the Led out". I also fondly...
