Episode #39 | 10.1.19
Led Zeppelin: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick
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In this episode
Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defined excess. The designed the avatar for the heavy metal rockstar; themselves. Along the way there were violent brawls, car crashes, lots of cocaine, satanic sexual rituals and a very freaked out David Bowie.
Sources
When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin by Mick Wall
Rolling Stone: Led Zeppelin’s 10 Boldest Rip-Offs
Vanity Fair: Stairway to Excess
Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin and Beyond by Mark Blake
Carwreckedbangs: Aleister Crowley, Jimmy Page and the Curse of Led Zeppelin
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Music
Score by Jake Brennan.
Mixed and Engineered by Sean Cahalin.
Disgraceland theme song, "Crenshaw Space Boogie" written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
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