Flanked between “Misty Mountain Hop” and “Going to California,” “Four Sticks” was a harder deliverance that moves in a trance-like state between 5/4 and 6/8. The song was difficult to record and ...
His image is familiar to millions, iconic to a generation of rock fans and a 52-year mystery finally solved: The old, bearded, hunched-over man toting a big bundle of sticks as seen on the cover of ...
Call it Four Symbols. Call it Zoso. Call it 'the one with the old man carrying the sticks on the front’ (newsflash: the old man been identified). But while the name might be up for debate, one thing ...
The identity of the man on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV has finally been identified by a historian, 52 years after the album’s release. The well-known image of an elderly, bearded figure, who’s ...
In a case of life imitating art, Robert Plant has joked that in his older years, he's become the guy that is featured logging around sticks within the artwork of Led Zeppelin's fourth self-titled ...
Some hard rock albums are good, and others are straight-up perfect. Most would agree that's the case for these three classic ...
On Led Zeppelin IV, Page designed his own sigil that reads “Zoso.” However, the famous guitarist has never truly clarified how he came up with the design. “So I accessed my symbol or my sigil, and ...
Before releasing their fourth studio album, Led Zeppelin members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham were known as The Lord of the Rings fans. J. R. R. Tolkien first created the ...
Robert Plant joked that his experience of off-grid living at Bron-Yr-Aur Cottage had transformed him into the man seen on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV. The singer, who’d spent childhood holidays at ...
Each week in The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First’s Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen dive into a featured album, highlight standout tracks, and explore what makes it truly unique. This week, Tony and Parker ...
Most tribute acts stick to a particular recording artist. The focus isn’t just on a particular sound but also a look. However, Black Jacket Symphony is a tribute act that comes from a completely ...