Stairway to Heaven: "Led Zeppelin" Uncensored

by RichardTrubo (Author), RichardCole (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $27.45

  No-one knows more than tour manager Richard Cole about the dramatic and often bizarre life-styles of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones. As tour manager for Led Zeppelin for 12 years, Richard Cole witnessed the making of the band from the very beginning. In this book, he tells the truth behind the legend: how a diverse group of musicians became one of the most powerful, popular, and enduring rock bands of all time; how the group's appetite for sexual excess exceeded the wild rumours; how the almost mystical chemistry between them during concerts left fans awe-struck; the friendships with Elvis and The Who ; the tragic death of Robert Plant's son; the truth about Page's dabbling in black magic; and the group's descent into heroin, alcohol, and other drugs, which ultimately proved fatal to drummer John Bonham.