Damian Jones of NME reports:
On September 30th, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page sated that he ruled out any chance of the band playing together ever again.
Page was hosting a playback of his remastered versions of Houses Of The Holy and Led Zeppelin IV at Olympic Studios in London when he confirmed the news.
Asked directly by NME if remastering the albums made him want to reform the band again, he said, “I don’t think it looks as though that’s a possibility or on the cards, so there’s not much more I can say about that. I’m not going to give a detail-by-detail account of what one person says or another person says. All I can say is it doesn’t look likely, does it?”
When pressed on whether this was down to frontman Robert Plant, Page added, “I’ve just said it doesn’t look very likely.”
His comments come after Plant recently said that he felt “disappointed and baffled” after Page dropped repeated hints about wanting to play with the band again. The guitarist also said that he was “fed up” with his bandmate for delaying his plans. Led Zeppelin last played together in 2007 for a one-off tribute to Atlantic Records’ Ahmet Ertegun at London’s O2 Arena.
But Page did today confirm that he is likely to form his own band and play live material right across his whole career, including his Zeppelin work, in the near future.
He told the Q&A session, “If I was to play again it would be with musicians that would be… some of the names might be new to you. I haven’t put them together yet but I’m going to do that next year. If I went out to play, I would play material that spanned everything from my recording career right back to my very, very early days with The Yardbirds. There would certainly be some new material in there as well.”
Page added, “I love playing live, I really do. Live concerts are always an interesting challenge because it means you can always change things as you’re playing every night. You can make it even more of an adventure. I would play all of the things I’m known to play – instrumental versions of Dazed And Confused etcetera, etcetera…”
The playback saw a selection of remastered tracks from the latest reissues aired in a theater against a backdrop of old tour posters and photos of Led Zeppelin.
It followed a reissue campaign earlier this year of the band’s first three albums. Various formats of ‘Led Zeppelin IV’ and ‘Houses Of The Holy’ will be released on October 28th.
source: nme.com
72 Responses
Here’s a name for Jimmy to use as a vocalist: Graham Bonnet! He has the pipes to sing anything-rock, metal, Zeppelin, WHATEVER! Want proof? Listen to Rainbow’s “Down to Earth”!
Another suggestion? Joe Lynn Turner!
Coverdale, Page, Jones and Jason Bonham. I could dig that.
It sounds like something to really look forward to! A tour with Jimmy Page! What more can we ask for!! Maybe some new music? The music in Led Zeppilin is so great that I can understand why he would love a reunion with the other Zep Members! But that was done in 93, I saw it up close and it is a great feeling to have seen it! Roberts voice was incredible But, people age differently, and Robert tends to be a little crabby lately when pushed about the Zep material. Jimmy is best to let it go with him! I will pay top dollar to see Jimmy and his new band!! Maybe a reunion with Paul Roger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yea hah!!
I saw Robert at Costco on Saturday and he said he is done. He said he is glad Jimmy has finally realized it is over.
Guys, I am serious.
Was he buying a pallet of toilet paper? cause I smell some BS.
HarryT, Aint it medication time?
Robert Plant and Ritchie Blackmore should get together and swap notes on how to make crappy music,when your longtime fans want to see you ROCK !!