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Summary: Hammer of the Gods is a great book.
Review: Hammer of the Gods is extremely readable and very interesting. It contains the complete history of the band as well as other facts about the Yardbirds, the Band of Joy, and Jimmy Page's and Robert Plant's respective solo efforts. Although when looking back on the book, I can't recall any facts about "Presence", and little about"In Through the Out Door", I really enjoyed the overall content of the book. I would have liked a little bit more about the other members of the band besides Page and Plant. Overall, though, the book was enthralling, and I want to read it again.
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Summary: Advice: Watch your audience!
Review: Beyond getting a history of the band, the reader gets a full-color transcript of the band's lifestyle, complete with f*bombs, sexual descriptions, and more gore and detail than necessary. Where's the music? LZ is more than that, and you never get to the real story. Watch who you buy this for, and what your expectations are. Language is offensive. We returned our copy...
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Summary: Rock'n'Roll Damnation
Review: I read this book in the mid-'80's during the prime of my Led Zeppelin phase: middle school. And while ordering (for old time's sake), I took a moment to read some of the reviews, and my response is LIGHTEN UP! "Hammer of the Gods" is about a band that represented an era when rock'n'roll was SUPPOSED to be ridiculous and mythological! So what Jimmy Page threw it out the window...embarrassed or something, Zoso? If you want to relive the golden years of your youth when you believed the stories of Zep, KISS and Ozzy, then read this book and enjoy it. Otherwise, find stories about current bands and their politically correct, sterile accounts of "reality."
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Summary: Tabloid in paperback form
Review: I read it. I'm not proud, but I did. I figured I couldn't possibly be a true Led Zepp fan if I didn't read this book. I bought the paperback, which doesn't include any bio on the author, but I assume he's british. He explains in detail what most Americans take for granted, and takes for granted the reader knows stuff I guess only the British do. He also praises Led Zepp for being Rock 'n Roll pioneers, but berates bands who have the audacity to be influenced by them. (calling Rush "the dreaded Canadian group"?) Still, I read the whole thing. The author wanted us to know the entire set list of every show. Pretty tiresome. This book was like a bloody car accident. You just have to look. Even when you know you should move on. I still love Led Zeppelin, in spite of the book. I guess that means I'm a true Zepp fan after all!
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Summary: Can there ever be another band like Led Zeppelin?
Review: "Hammer of the Gods" truly brought me into the world of Led Zeppelin-- I got to read the stories of their antics, see wonderful pictures as well as read the stories behind the music. I love to reread this book as I listen to the songs that they are talking about. It's wonderful...it's marvelous. And it's also very human. I have never read another book that dealt with Jimmy Page's personal turmoils the way that this one did and I never quite understood before reading this book how hard it must have been for two kids like Robert Plant and John Bonham just to jump into the world of Rock and Roll. This book shows why Led Zeppelin are the true kings of rock and roll-- it does nothing but prove the legendry.
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Summary: I read this in one day.
Review: It's okay, very interesting and very, very readable. It dies down quite a bit after John Bonham dies. Aww... You might be "Zepped" out after reading this though. Well, back to my plate spinning.
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Summary: Great book.
Review: This books tells you all you need to know about the kings of rock and roll. It takes you behind the stage and into there personal lives. After reading this book you can talk with the biggest Led Zeppelin fans and tell them stuff they never new. This is one of those books you never want to put down. I strongly recommend this book.
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Summary: Pretty darn good read.......
Review: This book brings back some memories. I was in a band in the 80's and stuff and we was almost as bad as these dudes. I think we shoulda hit it big time. We was good. Now I'm stuck in a TV plant working 14 hour days - and for what??? If we woulda hit it big like Zep, I wouldn't be complainin'. We patterned ourselves after U2. Them boys can rock. At least I think so. I remember playing gigs at local bars. Reading this book, I was smashed by a huge nostalgic wave. I remember I gave one of my tapes (from our old band) to this temporary employee who used to goof off, I mean work, at this plant. He liked it, and again I dreamed of playing in a band, you know, big time. But then on his last day he stuffed sunflower seed shells all through my junk and I was perturbed. What a joker!!
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Summary: Rock's Greatest Excesses, Finally Told
Review: The introduction in this book reaffirms something that I had felt all along about this group while I was growing up. There truly was a mystique and a power that seemed unworldly about the band and its music. Davis has captured that power, whether he's historically accurate or not, quite amazingly well, with descriptive tales from those closest to the band, and also the reviews of music, as well. He shows a genuine love for the one thing that has stood the test of time with Led Zeppelin-the riffs, the wails, the rythme, and the magic of their music.
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Summary: Led Zeppelin, not quite a lead balloon.
Review: The story of Led Zeppelin, and the bands rise to fame, fortune and tragedy is a story I had wanted to know. I got the impression that this interpretation was leaving something out. But for some reason, the picture of Plant looking out from the balcony of the Riot House in the middle of the book keeps coming back to me. I guess having a balcony is symbolic of success, but also reaffirms how near a downfall can always lurk.
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