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Re: Is Zeppelin Really That Good? Maybe Sabbath...
Dec 06, 2007, 16:49
Budgie had exactly the same producer as Black Sabbath: Roger Bain. (And both bands only started to sound more polished after leaving his tutelage; Sabbath for their 4th record and Budgie for their 3rd.)

And yes, you're right, Zeppelin was obviously modeled on the Who, at least "structurally" (virtuoso power trio + lion maned rock god). But their musical style was quite a bit different.

I think Zeppelin's influence is everywhere (or at least "was" in the days before rock was put in a museum) -- and more prominent than Sabbath's (the Sabs weren't "rehabilitated" into a "legit" influence til at least the '90s.)

Zep's position in rock is a bit like Charlie Parker in jazz -- his saxophone playing doesn't sound all that innovative today, but that's only because of the perspective of history. After everybody copied him for decades, his style became "generic jazz." But it was radical stuff in the context of the times it was created in.

The most influential artists are the ones whose influence is so all-pervasive that it replaces the previous paradigm and becomes the new paradigm.

Think of Zeppelin in the context of stodgy old Cream or Clapton-era Yardbirds, and it's clear they were a huge step forward in terms of "sonic mass & depth."

Bad Company, AC/DC, Wolfmother and all the rest who came after don't represent nearly as large of a leap from Zep (they could be said to merely be doing variations on Zep themes, whereas you can't really say Zep was just doing variations on Cream or The Who themes.)
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