[Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes]

We were at the Tinley Park (Chicago) show. I have never been soaked like that before, as it was raining sideways into the pavilion, but it was worth it. Great show, enjoyed it a lot. There were cameras there, so they did film it, but it was never officially released.

[Favorite Album Opener]

Tough call, many solid choices, while Good Times, started it all, the first song I ever heard by Zeppelin is Black Dog, so I went with that.

[Was Stairway to Heaven really never released as a single?]

I do recall it played on Top 40 AM back in the day, but it was an edited version. I'm not exactly sure what they chopped.

[Iron Maiden thread]

Just heard Speed of Light, really dig it. Nice to hear some new Maiden, hoping the rest is that solid.

[Not so hot Zep songs]

I voted for Fool in the Rain, I know many people like that song as we as ITTOD, to me, it was my least favorite album. To me it just didn't sound like Led Zep, just my opinion.

[Eagles]

I saw The Eagles once, in 94' for the Hell Freezes Over Tour where they charged $75 a ticket at a time every other big name was charging $25. IMO they ruined the live show industry by pulling this shit. They are however a great studio band, live they are boring as all hell, they really are the anti-Zeppelin live. Where Zeppelin expanded and changed their songs live, the Eagles played every song EXACTLY like the album (except for Hotel California post-94 acoustic), and except for Joe Walsh everyone else seemed made out of cardboard.

They are excellent and very talented musicians without doubt, unfortunately they (Glenn Fry & Don Henley) even exceed Gene Simmons in regards to greed and egomania. And lets face it, the Eagles were, and always have been exclusively Glenn Fry & Don Henley as they have both admitted to in interview after interview, the rest of the band are just easily replaceable hired hands lucky to be making scale and licking Glenn's hairy ass.

I saw that same tour here in Chicagoland, but I believe the tickets were $125 at the time. I never saw them, so I went for it. They were solid, but Joe Walsh clearly stole the show, taking his turn doing his solo material. The surprise at the time was Melissa Etheridge, she was the opening act, it was a great double bill.

But as time has gone by the dbaggery by Frey & Henley have put them in the Simmons category for me as well.

[Best song off Houses of the Holy]

Hard to pick one, but I went with No Quarter. You hear JPJ really expand the sound, in a different direction.