Fifty-four years ago today, February 21, 1972, Led Zeppelin released “Rock and Roll / Four Sticks” as a 7-inch single in the United States. While “Rock and Roll” quickly became a staple of the band’s ...

If you want to hear raw power in a rock drummer, look no further than John Bonham, the heartbeat of Led Zeppelin. While Bonham could swing with the best of them, his physical strength and massive ...

Flanked between “Misty Mountain Hop” and “Going to California,” “Four Sticks” was a harder deliverance that moves in a trance-like state between 5/4 and 6/8. The song was difficult to record and ...

Although the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's "Four Sticks" don't depict a fantastical, far-away battle, a very real struggle ensued during the song's recording process. The sixth track on Zep's untitled ...

In 1977, as Led Zeppelin toured the U.S. in support of Presence (1976), Guitar World’s Steve Rosen asked Zep guitarist-composer-producer Jimmy Page if he considered his playing on Led Zeppelin IV his ...

Led Zeppelin IV is the most popular album from Led Zeppelin, one of the biggest bands ever. The 1971 recording, which includes classic rock radio favorites “Stairway to Heaven,” “Black Dog,” and “Rock ...

In a case of life imitating art, Robert Plant has joked that in his older years, he's become the guy that is featured logging around sticks within the artwork of Led Zeppelin's fourth self-titled ...

Each week in The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First’s Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen dive into a featured album, highlight standout tracks, and explore what makes it truly unique. This week, Tony and Parker ...