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[TheStairwayRemainsTheSame]

My story is fairly recent around early 2009 I was a BIG Jimi Hendrix fan and Isle Of Wight concert was playing on Sky Arts (UK) and after that they showed "Led Zeppelin" so I was like what's this, it came on and it was the Denmark TV show thing and the first thing I heard was that opening to riff to Communication Breakdown and from that all the way to the end of How Many More Times my face was .

How could the Denmark show not hook anyone with a soul on Zeppelin?!

Tell me your tales

[ledzepfilm]

I was part of School of Rock and they had a Zeppelin themed - show back in 2009, when I really started listening to their music, my jaw dropped.

[TheStairwayRemainsTheSame]

I'm just gutted I didn't have an interest before 2007 so I at least had some chance of going to the o2 concert.

[ledzepfilm]

Me too ^

[LedZep342]

Back in 2007 I was bored, so I listened to Zoso for the first time, and I was amazed by their sound, then I got more into other bands, The Beatles, Hendrix, The Who etc., also some of the famous festivals of the 60's Monterey, Woodstock etc, and the acts that performed there, then in 2010 I relly got into Zep again, now I'm obsessed with collecting and viewing all the footage/recordings!

[TheStairwayRemainsTheSame]

Back in 2007 I was bored, so I listened to Zoso for the first time, and I was amazed by their sound, then I got more into other bands, The Beatles, Hendrix, The Who etc., also some of the famous festivals of the 60's Monterey, Woodstock etc, and the acts that performed there, then in 2010 I relly got into Zep again, now I'm obsessed with collecting and viewing all the footage/recordings!

By Zoso do you mean the tribute band or actually Zep?

[ledzepfilm]

I think he means LZ4

[TheStairwayRemainsTheSame]

Oh yeah

[cheesehead1204]

At first, I knew some of their major songs (Stairway, WLL) so I asked my dad if he had any Led Zeppelin cds. He gave me the fourth album, and after listening to it I was blown away. I proceed to buy Mothership, and I realized I knew more Zeppelin songs than I though I did. I also realized Zeppelin were amazing so I went on to buy a few more of their songs on mp3. It ended up being a waste of money because I decided that I needed all of Zeppelin's music. I bought the Mini LP Box Set, BBC Sessions, and How The West Was Won, and I came to the conclusion that Led Zeppelin were my favorite band of all time.

[TheStairwayRemainsTheSame]

At first, I knew some of their major songs (Stairway, WLL) so I asked my dad if he had any Led Zeppelin cds. He gave me the fourth album, and after listening to it I was blown away. I proceed to buy Mothership, and I realized I knew more Zeppelin songs than I though I did. I also realized Zeppelin were amazing so I went on to buy a few more of their songs on mp3. It ended up being a waste of money because I decided that I needed all of Zeppelin's music. I bought the Mini LP Box Set, BBC Sessions, and How The West Was Won, and I came to the conclusion that Led Zeppelin were my favorite band of all time.

When was this?

[LedZep342]

I think he means LZ4

Correct!

[The Rover]

On entering my Freshman year of High School, I overheard some other students, in class, talking about something fantastic that they had heard on a Led Zeppelin record. I had lost interest in music after The Beatles had stopped touring in 1965. I was ready to give another band, that was worthy, my heart & soul...

So, I was curious. On a dark October night, a few days after turning 14 in 1969, I rode my bicycle up to the Department Store, and went to their record department. On display in the Led Zeppelin section were 15 new Led Zeppelin II albums. So, I bought one, and carefully rode home with it. I placed the record on the turntable, and put the headphones on. When I dropped the needle, and WLL began to play....it was so fantastic.... that I was hooked from the beginning. As you may, or may not already know.... those original US pressings of LZ II were very dynamic. I had one of those pressings (with RL in the groove stamp...) After listening to HB, I was fully down the rabbit hole, and deeply into the eye of the storm, that was Led Zeppelin.

So, I got hooked on LZ with a pair of Koss Headphones on. I had never heard Hard Rock before that. What a way to begin the journey into Blues-based Hard Rock, that was and is ... Led Zeppelin !!!

Edited by The Rover, 05 September 2011 - 10:46 AM.

[cheesehead1204]

When was this?

Sorry, I forgot to mention that. It was last summer, just before my senior year of high school.

[Big Lake Bob]

I was 11 years old in 1969 when Whole Lotta Love first came on the radio. It was (whole lotta) love at first listen. I bought the single(vinyl, 45rpm). Then Immigrant Song came on the radio and Led Zeppelin 4 came in the mail because my sister forgot to send in the card for the record club she belonged to. Who can say what the mystical quality is in their music, but I was hooked from the first moment I heard them.

[fsmith9095]

My older brother has Zep II on 8 track in 1975 or so.I listened to it for days.

I then bought PG around 1983 and heard the BBC sessions the same year.In 84,I traders leather jacket for 3 vinyl bootleg albums.

I've been a fan and collector ever since.

The apex of my fandom was being given tickets to the O2 show,rehearsal and after show parties ....thanks to my membership @ FBO.

What an exciting journey its been!!!

[fsmith9095]

My older brother has Zep II on 8 track in 1975 or so.I listened to it for days.

I then bought PG around 1983 and heard the BBC sessions the same year.In 84,I traders leather jacket for 3 vinyl bootleg albums.

I've been a fan and collector ever since.

The apex of my fandom was being given tickets to the O2 show,rehearsal and after show parties ....thanks to my membership @ FBO.

What an exciting journey its been!!!

[zed lep]

A work mate of mate of mine who was about 8 to 10 years older than me found out I was getting in to rock music and when he asked me if I liked Zeppelin I had to confess I hadn't even heard of them.This would be around 1989 so I would have been about 17.He went right it's time to educate you my friend and brought in the first three albums on CD the next day.I took them home and put the first album on and pressed the random button.The first Led Zeppelin song I ever knowingly heard was Communication Breakdown and from that moment on I was IN hook,line and sinker.Afew years later we stood and watched Page and Plant at Glastonbury and I have also been fortunate enough to recount this story to Jimmy Page himself as it also led to me taking up the Guitar not to long after.

[Greg]

It would have been around the spring of 1989. I'd started doing what all kids/teenagers ought to do at some point - dig out their parents record collection and see what still sounds good. The rack of vinyl that presented itself was (and still is) a good indication of the late 60's and 70's rock music scene. Included were Sabbath, Purple, Quo, Wings, Bread, Blood Sweat & Tears, Wishbone Ash, Walker Brothers etc.

In amongst them was the Brown Bomber (LZII). Although I can't recall the exact moment, the very first Zepp sounds to reach my ears can only have been when the needle dropped onto the run-in and WLL kicked in. A great way to get started, and also at a fortunate time - the six years that followed saw a new wave of Zepp activity; Remasters; two London conventions (attended both), and the MTV Unledded (also attended). So for a 'just hooked' Zepp junkie, "it (was) the spring time of my loving . . ."

22 years on and the candle burns just as strongly, and always will. As a collective unit they're peerless.

[Kat24]

I'd say I got hooked on Zeppelin about 30 years ago when my older brother blasted their albums from his room. My first love ..was Led Zeppelin ♥ .

[slave to zep]

I'd say I got hooked on Zeppelin about 30 years ago when my older brother blasted their albums from his room. My first love ..was Led Zeppelin ♥ .

ditto for me! but it was about 37 years ago