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Edited Dec 06, 2007, 12:58

Re: Is Zeppelin Really That Good? Maybe Sabbath...

Dec 06, 2007, 12:56

Sabbath win hands down for me every time. I don't see them as heavy metal per se - more like amped pschedelic rock with distortion pedals.

Zep were a bit too portentious and overblown, and Page's guitar never quite had the long range influence that Iommi has, to my mind.

Zep did cut some great records - I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't like Physical Graffitti. But Sabbath had an edge - an ear for a great tune, a sound to die for and a more street level sensibility - and in Geezer Butler a really talented lyricist (the words to Spiral Architect for instance).

Influence wise, Sabbath inspired a million garage bands, their sound is extant to this day. Zep were among the last of the blues rock behemoths.

Also, if Hammer of the Gods has just a micron of truth in it, I wouldn't have cared to have spent much time in the same room as Page and especially Bonham.

That's my tuppence worth.

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