in_the_evening Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Has this ever been researched? When Zep was formed, Page was clearly the leader. Was the income split equally among all 4? I can see this being the case later in their career, but it would seem a little illogical in the beginning. Also, I imagine Bonzo's relations must get any royalties due Bonham to this day... Maybe this is one thing Zep has never put out there for people to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Robert and Bonzo were initially paid a salary. Page & Plant continue to earn the most royalties from publishing because they hold the majority of the songwriting credits. Presumably, sales royalties nowadays are presumably split four ways (though circa 1981 Robert sold his rights to receive any sales royalties on their back catalog). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenton Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Didn't Robert Plant buy back his rights in the early 2000s? I believe I read that somewhere, I cannot attribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_the_evening Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 Hmm....looks like this HAS been covered before. My apologies! http://forums.ledzeppelin.com/index.php?/topic/12906-robert-plant-on-his-led-zeppelin-royalties/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Didn't Robert Plant buy back his rights in the early 2000s? I believe I read that somewhere, I cannot attribute. Not to my knowledge. No offense, but I have found that ten times out of ten when anyone says they "read somewhere" they misread it, it was wrong anyway or they never actually read it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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