Mithril46 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 All this speculation is very interesting, and the links to American Mafia seem possible. But this was 35-40 yrs ago, people would still be scared , no one would reveal this stuff ?? You're talking regular shakedown, not 20% of each gig. Almost all huge takes or projected significant takes by the mafia are known within a decade at best, as many members of course rat out each other to avoid jail, etc. Although that 73' hotel theft still seems fishy. This may seem retarded but as powerful as the mafia was, Grant, Cole and the others in Zep's team looked and acted as if they would have no problem killing someone right on the spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonolith Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 11/9/2008 at 9:37 PM, danelectro59 said: according to Hammer of the Gods...Page played the next night sitting on a chair. 1) I wouldn't give any credence to what Stephen Davis wrote. How would he know what happened when he wasn't even there? 2) The above quote infers Page was in some kind of emotional shock, not at all chemical-related...LMAO. This supports Point 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfan63 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 On 11/9/2008 at 12:49 PM, pinky said: I'm not exactly sure as this is shrouded in rumors, but I beleive Jason Bonham was trying to get an autograph from somebody when a security gaurd hit him and sent him away, so Bonzo and Peter Grant apparently beat the sh*t out of him. ut was peter grant,sson who was spoken to harshly by a grant employee,bonham misinterpeted it and kicked the guy in the balls.then he told grant who took it from there.they ended up being arrested for battery the day before zep,s final show in oakland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfan63 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 it,s all told rather well in bill grahams book that came out after his death in the 90s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boleskine Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 (edited) Apologies if already posted Matzorkis died of COVID in 2021. Eleven days before retirement. First time I'd seen a photo of him. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/04/longtime-port-of-richmond-director-jim-matzorkis-dies-of-covid-19/ Edited June 17 by Boleskine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeplz71 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 1 hour ago, Boleskine said: Apologies if already posted Matzorkis died of COVID in 2021. Eleven days before retirement. First time I'd seen a photo of him. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/04/longtime-port-of-richmond-director-jim-matzorkis-dies-of-covid-19/ Thanks for posting this. Never knew he passed away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boleskine Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 (edited) Good listen this Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-led-zeppelin-heist-4/id1710775237?i=1000637516106 In the spring of 1973, Led Zeppelin was the biggest live act in the world…on may 4, they started a two-leg, 34-date tour of North America, their ninth time on the continent…and they began to break records… There were 53,000 at the first show in Atlanta…the second show—played at Tampa Stadium in Florida—58,600 fans showed up, breaking the attendance record for a gig by a single band set by the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1965… The tour wound through the U.S. south, out to the west coast and then back through the north, popping up to Vancouver for one Canadian show…the final three shows were booked for Madison Square Garden in new york on July 27th, 28th and 29th…these nights were also reserved for the filming of a concert film that would become “the song remains the same”… The first two shows—a Friday and Saturday—went off without a hitch…all they had left was one more concert on Sunday night and then they could go home… The band was exhausted…they were performing three hours a night…drugs and alcohol and groupies and dealers were everywhere…they had their own private jet which allowed the parties to continue between gigs… Meanwhile, the money flowing in was unlike anything any other act had every seen…peter grant, the band’s scary manager, had insisted that Zeppelin be paid in cash…only he and road manager Richard Cole ever saw the money… So who stole nearly $200,000 from the band’s hotel the night of that final gig?... Edited June 17 by Boleskine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boleskine Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 (edited) Jim Matzorkis (left) 1971 Edited June 18 by Boleskine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie0024 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-unseen-documents-reveal-the-full-impact-of-led-zeppelins-1977-backstage-violence/ https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-4-senators-were-involved-in-campaign-to-ban-led-zeppelin-from-the-us/ https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-led-zeppelin-worked-for-a-russian-ballerina-and-dutch-radio-hosts/ https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-led-zeppelin-signed-a-deal-to-continue-working-until-at-least-1991/ https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-read-the-full-documents-here/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 8 hours ago, Cookie0024 said: https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-unseen-documents-reveal-the-full-impact-of-led-zeppelins-1977-backstage-violence/ https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-4-senators-were-involved-in-campaign-to-ban-led-zeppelin-from-the-us/ https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-led-zeppelin-worked-for-a-russian-ballerina-and-dutch-radio-hosts/ https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-led-zeppelin-signed-a-deal-to-continue-working-until-at-least-1991/ https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/19/the-day-on-the-green-files-read-the-full-documents-here/ Superb work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZ98 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 On 6/19/2024 at 11:02 PM, luvlz2 said: Superb work! Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 https://ledzepnews.com/2024/06/25/the-day-on-the-green-files-a-confidentiality-agreement-is-still-in-place-46-years-after-the-backstage-violence/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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