Rolling Stone Wasn't The Only One To Write Off Led Zeppelin
12/17/2009
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Rolling Stone magazine famously wrote off Led Zeppelin when they debuted, but they weren't the only ones who didn't get it. Rock Radio reports: When the BBC first heard Led Zeppelin in 1969 they damned the band with faint praise, calling them "old fashioned", describing them as Muddy Waters wannabes and saying they weren't suitable for daytime airplay.Archive paperwork shows how the audition panel sat through Communication Breakdown, Dazed and Confused and I Can't Quit You Baby, but didn't think they were a particularly valuable act, although in the end they were allowed to record for the Beeb. The audition panel slammed David Bowie as "devoid of personality" and Marc Bolan "crap - and pretentious crap at that". And when Led Zep auditioned for a John Peel session, the same panel thought Jimmy Page could play guitar well, but the rest of the act lacked merit - despite being confronted with a set of future classics. - more on this story
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