For the sake of propriety and respect, is there a way in the future that could refrain from ever implying that, somehow, even in an inadvertant way, that Scott Stapp and Reobert Plant are contemporaries or on the same level of rock stardom?

It will be a disaster without Plant. Who would want to listen to this new version? Any form of LZ has to include Plant. There is no one that comes close to replacing his voice and sound. Page & Jones should let it be. They will only ruin the legacy of LZ.

Ok children, I’ve heard your prayers. I will sprinkle some fairy dust on Robert Plant on Christmas Eve while he’s sleeping that will alter his brain waves and get him to change his way of thinking and regroup with Led Zeppelin and go on a major tour. I still have plenty of magic in me for a 1,000+ year old man. This will be my Christmas present to you all! Ho-ho-ho!

@ your mom:

I don’t think they meant to imply that Stapp and Plant are contemporaries or on the same level; if Page/Jones took Kennedy, Alter Bridge would lack a lead singer and might feel more obligated to make nice with Stapp. That’s all.

Anyway, I wish people would stop asking Plant about reuniting with Zep. It must get under his skin that he just got nominated for an album of the year Grammy (and has had several great if not Zep-Great solo albums in his career), yet all anyone ever asks him about is a band that broke up nearly 30 years ago (and let’s face it: In Through the Out Door and Presence weren’t the band’s best moments, either).

Does it bother anyone else to see Led Zeppelin and Creed in the same article?

That to me is the most disturbing thing about this whole situation.

Page, Jones and Bonham should pick someone else. ANYONE else to sing.

Comon man Presence was a great album. In through the out door wasn’t great I’ll give that…But presence was totally different and they made it work very well

Oh, I love both Presence and In Through the Out Door – don’t get me wrong (Coda is really the only thing in the entire Zep catalogue I can’t stand, but you can’t expect much from the scraps), but both albums definitely felt like the band was past its heyday and on a creative downturn.

who cares at this point if they tour

Scott Stapp singing ‘Stairway to Heaven’. How amusing would that be….’Higher’ segues into ‘STH’…bwahahahah!!

Page’s rep has stated it can’t be Zeppelin “without the involvement of Robert Plant” — but do plan to record a new album.
Curt D. – no one ever said they will call it Led Zeppelin. Right now, this is Page-Jones project. It might never happen, but I think it would be great to see Page and Jones one more time together while they are still alive and healthy enough to play 2 hours show. Mylles Kennedy is great singer and would sound great, but they need somebody who would write words for their music and I am not sure if Mylles is on the same page with them.

to AJ
no one said Stapp would sing with Zeppelin….up there is said that Myles Kennedy would sing with Zepp memebers and rest of Alter Bridge would reunite with Stapp to reform Creed

Santa, come back to Lapland. The bed is too big without you.

Love, Mrs. Claus
xxx

Why does Jimmy have the worst taste in singers? (Other than Robert, who’s amazing). But this Myles Kennedy is a pop metal singer, glossy and manicured, there must be someone who can sing with feeling, soul and attitude, who aren’t from that genera,that Jimmy could get behind…..

i don’t get people sometimes….plant and paged toured several times before….whats the big deal?

To Toby: Are you serious? I’ve had it with people who spew garbage just to sway sheep. IMO people who create negative talk on artists who are indeed talented are derived from pure jealously. Myles is a fantastic singer who sings with a lot of soul. Look up any youtube video – I double dare you.

Myles Kennedy is pathetic. Zero soul, zero personality, zero reason for being anywhere near a microphone, certainly on stage with Led Zeppelin! Deplorable idea. Doubt it will come to pass, as saner minds usually prevail, but if it did, they wouldn’t get much in the way of ticket sales. Not with a singer like that! They’d be better off doing an instrumental Zep tour!

They have the right idea here, no Robert Plant means no Led Zeppelin!! I prfer to remember them how they were, the mystique, the power. I would love to see them, but somehow, I just think they would be hurting their legacy to do a cheap reunion tour!!!

YES MYLES KENNEDY!!!! LOTS OF SOUL, LOTS OF PERSONALITY, AND IF THE BOYS OF ZEP HAD CONSIDERED HIM – THEN THERE IS ONE OF MANY REASONS WHY HE SHOULD BE BEHIND THE MIC. Myles sounds just as good live as he does on the CD. He has the best male vocals of today’s music. Who else do you know that is alive and currently working that has a 4 octave range?

Glad to hear Robert taking this road. He obviously doesn’t want to travel down the same road from nearly 30 years ago and live in the past. They don’t need him to tour, and as stated 1000 times over in this and other articles, THEY WILL NOT BE TOURING AS LED ZEPPELIN. Those of you who can’t grasp the concept should stop posting because you sound like idiots. If they tour with Myles Kennedy, I’d go in a heartbeat, even though I’m completely unfamiliar with him or his band. It’s still Page, Jones, and (Jason)Bonham, for Chrissakes….how can that possibly be so bad?! Even if Plant were there, it’s still not Led Zeppelin. That band died 28 years ago, in case you weren’t aware.

Good for you, Robert. The sane and rational ones still support you

to; Rockher, I agree with Myles Kennedy?! I watched the youtube videos and well..he sings great for American Idol but not for pure unabridged 70’s Rock n Roll…It just comes from a different…unfiltered place..What can I say… I like what i like…just Like U do.

i hope the creed reunion tour comes to MY county fair!

I went to the Plant/Page Tour of ‘94 which didn’t quite qualify as the real thing. Although I dig LZ, I’d pass on the certain $250/ticket price tag if it came to pass.

As for Scott Stapp…I couldn ‘t even imagine the former members of Creed even wanting to attempt to resurrect this poser, half-wit, screw-up’s sorry excuse for a “rock star” impression. It is people like Scott Stapp that make me wonder why I didn’t make it if such an idiot stumbled upon it.

Yoooo . . Mr. Culy Head Robert Plant, I am the “Music Authority”, and I ‘demand” that you reunite with the other Zep Members immediately. I am well respected in Music circles, so don’t disappoint me- “Brutha J, that’s who!

Hi Everyone in Musicland . . .I nominate none other than “Tom Jones” to take over for Plant! that’s right, believe it or not, Tom Jones is a great Rock Singer, -ever hear him sing Lenny Kravitz’s “Going My Way”???, he rocks, and he’s still sexy!!!

plant should just get it out of the way. nobody will take what he does seriously until he does the reunion. just look at “raising sand.” it was a great record, but was largely ignored in hopes of a zep reunion after the tour to promote it.

and josaphine ishkabibbel, see a doctor. they have medicine for delusion.

For the record you people are idiots. Myles Kennedy has the best voice in rock n roll and by no standard is he a “pop metal” frontman. Have you even ever heard Alter Bridge? They are a pure no hands down in your face rock n roll band. Just because three of the members used to be in Creed does not mean that they are Creed. You people need to get over it. Yes Creed got annoying but it wasnt their fault. It was Scott Stapp’s. I personally do not want this to happen for many reasons. For one id rather see Alter Bridge stay together than see old ass Led Zeppelin get back together, two who really wants to see a Creed reunion, and three I dont want to see Myles sell out just to get back together with a group of rock geriatrics in their freakin late 60’s and 70’s. Its time to move on people.

Well Done: well done. Anybody who has seen the Who since Keith Moon died will probably tell you that it’s just not the Who without him. I couldn’t even imagine calling it the Who without Daltrey or Townshend, and without Entwistle it’s not really the Who, but more like ‘oo.
Robert Plant is free to do whatever he wants, be lucky they got back together once.

i can’t imagine a more comical sight then seeing plant sing lines like ‘i’m gonna give you every inch o my love,’ or ‘i got you in the sights o’ my gun.’

neither can plant, apparently.
buy the records instead.

Robert Plants last two projects (Mighty Rearranger and Raising Sand) prove that he does not need Page & Jones. These are among the best CDs of his career.

If he does LZ, he will have to play two hours of oldies, instead of being able to satisfy himself with his new art (which is why he is still out there – he can’t need the money)

The time for the the LZ reunion came and went… twice (1)1989 after Plant & Page did Tall Cool One and in the mid 90’s when they did Page & Plant. Both times they decided to focus on new material, as LZ would have kept them in the past.

Curt D gets it. Does anybody remember Outrider? Page had several good singers on that album…but the best songs were those sung by plant. If it were just about a great singer, it would be easy. Plant has a quality that other singers just don’t have. period.

Curt D gets it. Does anybody remember Outrider? Page had several good singers on that album…but the best songs were those sung by plant. If it were just about a great singer, it would be easy. Plant has a quality that other singers just don’t have. period.

Jungleland is exactly right. I commend Plant for doing what he wants to do. He has matured as an artist, and just like anything in life – we should all progress.

After seeing him with John Paul Jones at the Xmas Jam, they should get Warren Haynes to front.

Yes! Warren would be the s**t!! Why not? He’s in four bands already – what’s five?? Do it Page and Jones! Do it! Led Mule!!!!!

I wouldnt mind a creed reunion. But if it means a diffrent singer for ledzepplin ill pass.

Who is Myles Kennedy? Is that a joke?

Spencer opined:

“plant should just get it out of the way. nobody will take what he does seriously until he does the reunion. just look at “raising sand.” it was a great record, but was largely ignored in hopes of a zep reunion after the tour to promote it.”

If this isn’t a free bit of advertising for the anti-drug movement, I don’t know what is.

People won’t take him seriously until he goes backwards almost 30 years? Consider yourself banned from this conversation. If you won $10 million in a lottery, you couldn’t even buy yourself a clue. Moron.

Such morons. Plant is doing quite well artistically on his own- I love his album with Alison Kraus and would rather buy their next one than see Zeppelin. The rest of the Zeps should find something else to do rather than try to recycle Plant- can’t be done. Pathetic. So’s Creed- ugh.

Most ticket buyers are imbeciles. If they see “Led Zeppelin” at ticketmaster, they’ll want Black Dog the way it sounded in 1972: they don’t care about Plant’s vocal limitations and desire to do his own thing. If they don’t get “Whole Lotta Love” like they heard it on Led Zeppelin II in 1970, they’ll boo and whine about how they were ripped off. Believe me, classic rock goons are that childish and stupid. They don’t read Rolling Stone rock dailies and don’t have the emotional maturity to comprehend that Plant wants to do his own thing.

It’s true that “classic rock” bands become tribute (or parodies?) of themselves after a while. The unique creative fire of Zeppelin was that they set the bar higher for every other hard rock band nearly every time they recorded and toured. It’s a mystique that’s never going to come back.

More power to Plant for being true to his own current vision and not the nostalgic bullshit dreams of fat ugly old goons.

It matters not who JP, JPJ, and JB record with gauranteed there are still millions that poney up the cash to see them. For those who think that Mighty Rearrangers and Krauss is Plants best work you may consider taking a look at their tastes before airing that bit of important information. Other than Gone gone gone I never heard a single from those albums aired. Course I suppose the folks out in the far reaches of the west may have appreciated these fine works of art.

Let it go and give these guys the opportunity to prove their ability. Pages work on Outrider cetainly did not include JPJ and JB which some think that they may produce something spectacular. Frankly this blogger has long tired of Led Zeppelin music though he appreciates the music and its impact. Lets all move on and those of you who want to dawn on your shi* kickers and cowboy hats I am sure you will support Plants future projects. And those of you who want to rock….we will see.

The song may remain the same, but they aren’t. Zep died when Bonzo died and I loved them more than any group. My first 8-Track was Led Zep I in 1969 and I fell in love. But it’s over, plain and simple. It’s been over for 28 years now. Jimmy Page use to make it look effortless (like Slash does now), now he’s huffing & puffing as he plays and it looks like a chore. It will never be the same, and if it can’t be, then I don’t want it. The look old, they play old, and they are old.

The problem i have with a possible Led Zep reunion, is the moronic want of nostalgia from fans. Unfortunately i wasnt alive during the Zep heyday, however discovering their music was inevitable. They are without doubt the best ever. For me it would be amazing to see all three remaining members touring again, as i didnt experience it originally. I can see Plant’s want to change, after Bonzo’s death, all the band members careers changed, they moved on. Robert Plant probably doesn’t want to return to worldwide tours at the age of 60.

Hey all you Morons, forget about Plant & Zep, what we need is to see Peter gabriel, join up with the original Genesis, and do Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Selling England By The Pound, & Foxtrot, my understanding, is that Peter is pretty close, with the original lineup all set to go, dont get better than that Jack, now that’s the type of show I’m willing to pay big bucks for!! otherwise, in this ecoomy, how the hell can you afford these type of shows with tickets @$150.00 plus, this whole dammed depressed economy is because of the Democrats, you heard me right, those liberal bastards!!!-you all know who you are, now we are ALL payin the price!

The Truth Commission stated, “Most ticket buyers are imbeciles. If they see “Led Zeppelin” at ticketmaster, they’ll want Black Dog the way it sounded in 1972.”

Imbeciles is a rather harsh term, here’s why…If a classic rock band plans on charging premium ticket prices, they should plan on playing premium music that stands the test of time. If you want to play “new s**t,” charge me less. Say, instead of $250/ticket, how about $50/ticket.

Maybe $50 isn’t worth the time of such a fabulous act. By the same token, maybe $250 isn’t worth a concert-goers money without the favorite songs.

Lastly, Plant/Page wouldn’t perform “Stairway to Heaven” in the mid-90’s on tour. Why? Don’t give that “musical integrity” BS. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. I love their music, but that is pompous stuff. Better they don’t reunite. Let’s not lie, these bands get together for a payday, not for musical integrity.

Why do I get the feeling that Plant doesn’t dig Jonesy?

…remember the Hall of Fame ceremony?–Jones thanked Plant and Page for finally remembering his phone number. Jones wasn’t invited on the Page and Plant tours?…now he is and Plant doesn’t want anything to do with it. …any thoughts?

Breedlove 72- Your absolutely right. If you notice that in most, if not all, of his interviews he commands the time and rambles on in his British jargon that now would appear no longer represents who he looked up too as a young adult. My take is he has had several years of running the show and has no intentions on sharing the lime light with the others. Frankly can’t wait till he jumps back on the stage this next year with Krauss claiming his new musical influences will have changed from Robert Johnson, Skip Jones Jerry Miller to Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens and Jerry Reed! Give him a ten gallon hat and rinestone shirt and we all be set.

The Music scene is in trouble, with all these Reunion Groups minus their original lead singers. Everything is all screwed up, and I blame all the Democrats for that. I wonder if Robert Plant is a democrat???

is Robert Plant dating Allison Krause??? no wonder he is so distracted!!!

Don’t worry y’all, I am the “Music Authority”, and I’m gonna have my people spek to Plant’s people about a Reunion, & that’s the bottom line cause Brutha J says so, that’s who

ask barry manilow!

Robert Plant is a nerd. VINCE NEIL RULES!!!!!

chris robinson from black crowes should take his place

How about Keith Partridge or Eddie Money to replace Robert Plant, or Sammy Hagar??

I think Robert is absolutely right. Basically, what he is saying is no Bonzo, no Led Zep. it’s all in the past now, if you want to see them, then buy the DVDs that are out there, don’t wish for this as this will be a disaster. You cannot recreate the 1970’s anymore; applaud him for moving on, not berate him for not living up to your rock and roll fantasies.

John Garcia from Kyuss

I understand that Robert doesn’t want to tour because Bonzo is gone but you have to remember that some of us don’t want to hear Zeppelin from the 70s, we just want to experience the magic that comes between them on the stage. Theres no denying it and they all know it. Maybe if Allison Krauss & him would quit having their love affair he’d actually realize that Zeppelin is more important than some blonde chick. I saw Plant & Krauss in concert and it was very good but I just can’t even fathom how great Zeppelin would be! PLEASE ROBERT, WE MISS YOU!

Who.Gives.A.Flying.Fuck?Oh yeah the gullible septics.Fuckwadds.

Kinkajou- If Plant has moved on from playing zep music why is it that his show are filled with re worked zep music? “Please read the letter” was a tune Jimmy and Plant wrote in their Plant and Page days. If Plant had any intentions on getting back with JP, JPJ,JB they could have written new music by now, re worked some of their oldies and been on their way to a tour and made the other several millions happy.

But noooo.

Kinkajou- If Plant has moved on from playing zep music why is it that his show are filled with re worked zep music? “Please read the letter” was a tune Jimmy and Plant wrote in their Plant and Page days. If Plant had any intentions on getting back with JP, JPJ,JB they could have written new music by now, re worked some of their oldies and been on their way to a tour and made the other several millions happy.

But noooo.

bring back the beatle

I’ll do it.

since no one would ever agree on who should front the band,
maybe simon cowell could come up with a contest to find the singer.
put it to a vote.
different singers for different shows.
make millions.
aaaaaahhhhhh !

one more time, WHO CARES ANYMORE, PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AND GO F**K YOURSELF OR ALLISON ONE!

Scott Stapp and Robert Plant are on the same level of rock stardom! Creed was the most successful band of their era and will go down in history as one of the greatest of all time. It doesn’t matter what all you haters say!

I respect Robert Plant’s desire to move on, and not simply to be seen as a ‘greatest hits’ band. What makes it hard is that there are so many great Zep songs that have never been played on stage. It would be nice to hear them done in front of a live audience at least once.

In a way, too, I think Zep ought to have done one gig in a major city in the US. They got their start here, when they weren’t well known or received in Britain.

Having said that, I think Plant is truly committed to his own creative development, and respect him for that – for him Zep is over.

I think the time has come for all us zep fans
To let it go…..RIP JB

Page, Jones & Bonham should wait until Plant is done with his stint with Krause. But if it could be done, a back up plan or singer should be Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes. Listen to how great the live album was with Jimmy Page.

I think it’s odd that Page actually looks healthier than Plant now…

If only the true talent was still with us. I bet the best band is in heaven, jamming together, just waiting to see who comes through heavens’ gate, free of charge, to see them play, and witness true R&R 1.) Brad Delp – Lead Singer
2.) Randy Rhoades – Guitar
3.) John Entwistle – Bass
4.) John Bonham – Drums

Well since Led Zepplin isn’t going to regroup, now we can focus on The Faces return. It looks like Rod, Woody, Ian, Kenney, and Ronnie’s replacement will be on tour in 2009.

I guess we won’t see anything from the Rolling Stones since Woody is busy with his old band.

I saw Zep in the early 70’s. Best concert I ever went to BUT it was only last year that my sister pointed out (while watching How The West Was Won DVD) that Plant sings every song himself, no haromies, no back up. No way he or anyone could do that now.

Creed is in NO WAY on the same level as Led Zeppelin. In fact very FEW bands are at Leds Level of success and overall dynamic on the entire rock industry. (Rolling Stones, Beatles, thats about it)

Creed was a 90s band, thats all. They wont be remembered for much.

And the lead singer comparison is way off as well. Stapp went to rehab, isnt even with the band.

Plant has won Grammys, has one of the most unique voices in rock and EVERYONE knows who he is and what he has done.

Creed blows.

creed sucks who would want to listen to that clown trying to sing zeppelin songs

What is it with these groups? Is there anything to be learned from the Beatles? Wait too long to reunite and the fan base will not be there and maybe they won’t either? As a Genxer, I never got to see Zep because they disbanded in ‘80, and I was too young to see them earlier. Now is the time to do this. Fans will understand that Page won’t be as fast and that Plant won’t hit those high notes and sure John is gone, but all in all, it would still be a great experience. The fans can listen to the old recordings, anytime. I would love to see a tour with Zeppelin, The Who, and the Stones. And of course, Black Sabbath with Ozzy, who do reunite, on occasion and I finally did get to see. Ok, enough crying. Now for my pick in case they had to find someone for Plant, it would be Tortelvis(Greg Tortell). Remember him and Dread Zeppelin?

Page looks great now! Plant can’t hit the notes & create the energy that ZEP had in the 70’s and that would ruin their legacy. It would be like putting Mike Tyson back in the ring, people want to see him but he would get his ass kicked.

My comment about this,….is…well
…I don’t really have a comment….B_U_T!! T_H_A_T!!!

Z_E_P_P_E_L_I_N! !!!!….R_U_L_E_S!!

D_U_D_e …agh!..agh!..agh!..OH!!

m an… gimmee a nuther hitta that shi ..agh!..agh!..agh!………
D OOOOOOOOOOOGH..ED!!!!!…..I’M MM
FOCKEN STONED!!!!

Old rockers never die, they just fade away, so do the rest of us.

Hey Ken, don’t hog it…pass it down!

Wow. Conmparing Creed to Zep – someobody’s lost it. Stapp is good and I like but he’s no Plant. Saw Plant/Zep early 70’s – they were awesome as well as mysterious. Played 4 1/2 hrs. at the old Boston Garden (one of their fave cities) Check out Kashmir from the O2 arena in 07 and tell me Pant can’t hit the notes – I am a singer, so I know…..lower register maybe as happens to all us guys as we age, but man, the dude can still belt ‘em out! Most awesome group I ever saw – and I saw a lot!

I agree – Raising Sand is probably the best I’ve heard Plant since Zep III – it is infectious and as he said, he’s not hiding behind slapback as he did in his Zep days – although not denigrating that at all for they were the world’s best. Zep was the epitomy of cool and saw ‘em all back n the day. His voice was and remains amazing. Wish I were my cuz’s in England who have pints with him at the local pub!

i had the privlige of seeing LZ twice in my life(I’m 55).Plus i’ve seen Plant and Page solo and am still a tremendous LZ fan and always will be.They were awesome in their day and still are…as LZ. We need to let Mr.John Bonham rest in peace,and let Robert,Jimmy ,and john Paul Jones…all musicians extrodinare…find another walk in the music world.Robert already has,and country music nowdays is pretty good.