Despite decades of people begging for a reunion, remaining band members of a deeply admired rock group say they are done for good.
Listening to Led Zeppelin for the first time is akin to a religious experience. The forefathers of rock music as we know it today captured pure magic over their 12 year career, in which they produced nine albums. From 1970 to 1975 they were considered the biggest band in the world and made a comeback after several traumatic instances in the late 70s, including the death of lead singer Robert Plant’s five-year-old son Karac.
In 1980, the band’s drummer John Bonham was found dead by their new tour manager Benji LeFevre and bassist John Paul Jones, thusly ended Zeppelin as we know and love them today.
The remaining members reunited once in 1988 for the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert and featured Bonham’s son Jason on drums, however the band considered it a failure due to several internal issues. While they have reunited and collaborated on certain projects over the years, the living members have adamantly rebuked a full touring reunion.
And after it was recently brought up again following press around Netflix’s Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary, Plant once again described why the reunion is never going to happen.
In summary: Plant fully acknowledged that he doesn’t believe they’d be able to do it any justice, and what to preserve what they created. While fans are sad to hear it, many of them truly understand why they are so against picking up where they’ve left off.
“It’s so annoying he’s said it a hundred times,” empathized one fan. “He doesn’t have the energy or the voice to do it justice and he doesn’t want to mess with the legacy.”
“While I would love to see it, I can respect Plant’s POV on the amazing difficulty to remake the magic,” added another.
“People forget the human side of this, Bonham was one of Robert’s best friend’s,” stated another. “Imagine being on stage, playing those songs, without him. How painful must that be?”
While there has been a resurgence of ’70s and ’80s rockers giving it one final go, we can fully cross these music industry giants off the list for a reunion.
