Vanity Fair, November 2003: Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Excess

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I'm clearing out old papers and magazines.

These were some wild and crazy guys.

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STAIRWAY TO EXCESS

As Led Zeppelin's concerts broke attendance records across America, the band was dismissed by critics, while gaining a reputation for unprecedented debauchery, thanks to tales (often true) of drugs, sex, and violence. Unearthing her diaries, written on tour with "the boys and maverick manager Peter Grant between 1973 and 1979, LISA ROBINSON recalls the men behind the mayhem, the integrity and innovation of their music, and why the biggest-selling rock group of all time was so short-lived

NOVEMBER 2003 LISA ROBINSON

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[CincyDem]

1. Zep, Chicago Stadium, 1975...still one of, if not the most, memorable concert in my experience. n/t

[3Hotdogs]

2. Madison Sq Garden. 3rd. row, center. I don't recall the year,

ditto on the experience.

After the concert, I walked to the driveway ramp where limos were carrying the guys out of the venue.

Plant's limo was 2 ft. away from me. Plant was in the back seat of one with a blond all over him.