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Monday, February 8, 2010

THE ZEPPELIN DRUMS, GUITAR AND BASS

Led Zeppelin II the second studio album released in 1969 has always been a reference material for drummers. The album's sound was direct, wrought of the revised blues and rock & roll standard of the band on stage. Widely considered as one of the band's heaviest albums and as a blueprint for heavy metal bands that followed it. The album reached number one in the United Kingdom and United States and was certified 12x platinum. 


Led Zeppelin IV the fourth studio album released in 1971 will always remain  indisputably as a source of referral for guitarists. The monumental album's combination of mystical, rural English folk gave the record an epic scope. It encircled heavy metal, folk, rock & roll, blues and defined the sound and style of '70s hard rock. The album sold 37 million units and ranked 66th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.


Houses of the Holy the fifth studio album released in 1973 is a definite citation for bass guitarists. The album portrays musical diversity and made up of compositions of original materials. Music critics has since regarded this as one of Led Zeppelin's finest albums. It has sold over 11 million copies in the United States and was ranked 149th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.