Hammer of the Gods
The Led Zeppelin Saga
by Stephen Davis
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Music and Nonfiction.
The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters, they violently shook the foundations of rock music and took no prisoners on the road. Their tours were legendary, their lives were exalted?and in an era well known for sex and drugs, the mighty Zeppelin set an unattainable...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Music and Nonfiction.
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“Today?s 2 books on one topic: the early giants of rock and roll mythmaking ?No One Here Gets Out Alive? by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman ?Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga? by Stephen Davis”
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