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Arsillus 
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 Posted: June 02 2005 at 19:28 |
Prog-influnces are quite obvious, espcially in their later works, but not enough to be considered prog.
But they're still one of the most awesome bands of all time. 
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 19:03 |
IMO, Led Zeppelin was a bluse-oriented hard-rock band with progressive attitude and influenses.
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bluetailfly
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 19:00 |
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Carouselambra <---------Very proggy. Great song, awesome Plant vocal moments, awesome Page rhythm and arpeggio guitar. One of Zep's best.
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"The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle."
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dalt99
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 18:35 |
NO, Led Zeppelin is not prog. They are one of my favorite bands of all time but they are not prog. At least not by overall classification. Yes, the did have songs that flirted with prog, sometimes heavily flirted with prog (Kashmir, The Crunge, The Rain Song, No Quarter, etc) but largely they were a rock n' roll group based in a blues structure.
Along with bands like Deep Purple, Queen, REO Speedwagon, Journey and The Who, IMO Led Zeppelin isn't a prog group and shouldn't be listed on this site though they all had a few songs that fit into the genre.
Great band nonetheless!
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Jared
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 17:29 |
 Dazo wrote:
richardh wrote:
Achilles Last Stand is more progressive than most so called 'prog metal'.Kashmir is a no brainer as well.The great Heavy Rock triumvirat Led Zep, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath all harboured prog influences without doubt BUT none could truly be called 'Progressive Rock' IMO. |
I agree.
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Excellently put, Rich...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Yanns
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 17:28 |
danbo wrote:
On a whole LZ are NOT prog, though they have many tunes, which individually could be considered prog. I'd say the same about Queen. Songs from either of those bands regularly appear on my prog compilation CDs. Over all, I'd say much of Houses of the Holy was clearly prog. My fav LZ release. |
Agreed about Zep and Queen. I was shocked the first time I heard The Crunge and I realized thy were playing in alternating 4 and 5 beats per measure. But, of course, if Led Zeppelin were in the Archives, then we'd have to let in basically every other band in existence.
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 17:22 |
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On a whole LZ are NOT prog, though they have many tunes, which individually could be considered prog. I'd say the same about Queen. Songs from either of those bands regularly appear on my prog compilation CDs. Over all, I'd say much of Houses of the Holy was clearly prog. My fav LZ release.
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Dazo
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 17:16 |
richardh wrote:
Achilles Last Stand is more progressive than most so called 'prog metal'.Kashmir is a no brainer as well.The great Heavy Rock triumvirat Led Zep, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath all harboured prog influences without doubt BUT none could truly be called 'Progressive Rock' IMO. |
I agree.
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richardh
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 17:13 |
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Achilles Last Stand is more progressive than most so called 'prog metal'.Kashmir is a no brainer as well.The great Heavy Rock triumvirat Led Zep, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath all harboured prog influences without doubt BUT none could truly be called 'Progressive Rock' IMO.
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 17:09 |
I've been listening to a lot of Led Zeppelin lately and was astounded at the complexity of their music. There are too many elements for me to point out that i would consider prog. Their best work was from 1969 (early prog period) to 1976 (peak of prog).
Although they have many songs that are considered hard rock with the various folk influences, I would say there are many songs that contain elements of prog that were apparent in "prog groups" at the time.
So what do you think? Could they be considered progressive?
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