Robert Plant , legendary vocalist of Led Zeppelin BBC radio program Desert Island Discs , hosted by Lauren Laverne, where he talked about what it was like to join the group in the late 1960s.
“ John Bonham [drummer] and I came from Black Country. We were big fish there, but suddenly we were alongside John Paul Jones [bassist] and Jimmy Page [guitarist], who were really serious, much more mature and very well versed in all the different elements of melody and composition and things like that, so it was kind of scary in a way,” the vocalist said (via Classic Rock ).
"Although I really wanted to be close to excellence, when I came across this I was actually quite intimidated." Led Zeppelin was formed in 1968 and became one of the most influential names in rock, and Plant became an icon in the genre. The band came to an end in December 1980 after Bonham's death.
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